Things I wish I’d known when I was younger

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The thing The thing I wish I’d knownI wish I’d known when I was when I was younger/ … younger/ … is is ..

Things Things I wish I’d knownI wish I’d known when I was youngerwhen I was younger

Adrian Savage

Key sentenceKey sentenceSo here are some of the things I wish I had learned long ago.

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So

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Most of it doesn’t matter.…………

Reading for informationT or F

1.I didn’t know many things that would have been extremely useful to me earlier in my life.

2.I believe the notion that the mistakes were “put” there to help me learn.

3.My life and work was less stressful and more enjoyable.

T or F

1.I didn’t know many things that would have neen extremely useful to me earlier in my life.

T

T or F

2. I believe the notion that the mistakes were “put” there to help me learn.

F

I don’t believe the romantic notion that my life has been somehow richer or more interesting because of all the times I failed; nor that the mistakes were “put” there to help me learn.

A.story B. thing C. idea D. expectation

idea

T or F

3. My life and work was less stressful and more enjoyable.

F

Without them, life and work would have been less stressful and more enjoyable.

Key sentenceKey sentenceSo here are some of the things I wish I had learned long ago.

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Most of it doesn’t matter.…………

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• Most of it doesn’t matter.

So much of what I got excited about, anxious about, or wasted my time and energy on, turned out not to matter.

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• Every winner may become a loser in due course.

He as charged with driving without due care and attention.Things took their natural course. Your request will be dealt with in due course.

at the right / appropriate time

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•Trying to please other people is largely an activity of no use.

Most of the people you deal with willdislike, belittle, or ignore what you say or do most of the time.

A. be fond of

B. look down upon

C. get excited aboutD. get anxious about

or

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•If people complain that you’re too fond of going your own way and aren’t fitting in, you are making the right decision. Who wants to live life as a herd animal?

Who wants to live life as a herd animal.

a group of animals of the same type that live and feed together

a large group of people of the same type 人群；芸芸众生

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• However hard you try, you can’t avoid being yourself.

If you won’t accept yourself and do the best you can with what you have, who then has any obligation to accept you?

Reading for appreciation •Most people learn over time, but often learning comes too late to be fully useful. •It’s great to be up on the winner’s podium. Just don’t imagine you can stay there for ever. Worst of all is being determined to do so, by any means available.•The guys in power don’t want you to fit in for your own sake.

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Reading for comprehension Try to group the 5 points

Most of it doesn’t matter. Every winner may become a loser at times.

Trying to please others is largely a useless activity

If people complain that you’re too fond of going your own way and aren’t fitting in, you are making the right decision.

However hard you try, you can’t avoid being yourself.

Reading for comprehension Try to group the 5 points

Most of it doesn’t matter. Every winner may become a loser at times.

Trying to please others is largely a useless activity

If people complain that you’re too fond of going your own way and aren’t fitting in, you are making the right decision.

However hard you try, you can’t avoid being yourself.

Enjoy yourself.Be yourself.

Enjoy yourself! Be Enjoy yourself! Be yourself!yourself!

HomeworkI. Read the passage.II. Recite 5-8 beautiful sentences.III. Fill in the blanks.IV. Write down your opinion on the author’s blog.

( www.slowleadership.org/blog/)★V. Read more points from the author.VI. Self-assessment.

April 13April 13thth,2009,2009