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小词魅力
小词拓展
佳词仿写
主题语境:人与自我篇
Become a better you
你期望遇见怎样的自己?
话题:成为更好的自己
Do you hope that 2019 will be the year in
which
you can achieve higher scores, eat healthier, go to
bed
earlier,
or
simply
delve
into
other
self-improvements?
In
China,
Spring
Festival
is
a
time
to
get
together with family and express your best wishes for the New Year. In Western countries,
however
, these
kinds of New Year’s resolutions(
决心
) are usually made befor
e New Year’s Eve.
According to
(根据)
the Statistics
(数据)
Brain Research Institute, about 58 percent of US people
make these resolutions, but only 9.2 percent of people say they are successful in achieving their resolutions
by the end of the year. Why do people
fail
to maintain their resolutions throughout the year?
We all know that controlling our desires
when faced with
temptation and holding back our
hunger
for
immediate results can help us exercise our willpower and allow us to achieve our goals. But we often give
in
to
our
immediate
desires
because
we
have
poor
self-control.
Weimagine
self-control
to
be
like
a
resistance
band,
holding
us
back
from
desserts,
holding
us
back
from
playing
video
games
and
finally
holding us back from happiness.
Adding to this,
we often face emotional situations that can lead to stress. We feel stressed at school
and
use
binge
eating(
暴饮暴食
)
as
an
outlet(
发泄方式
)
We
find
it
difficult
to
improve
our
studies
and
decide to ignore our books and try to have fun. We give up on willpower because it makes us miserable.
Yet if we are able to
strengthen
our self-control and willpower, it is very
likely
that we will achieve our
goals. Since it has been two months since 2018 kicked off, let's take some time to reflect on our emotional
well-being and resolutions. We should be
grateful
about
what
we have now instead of
what
we want. We
should
be
patient
with
ourselves
and
be
proud
of
all
our
achievements,
no
matter
how
tiny
they
are.