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1、Read ing for writ ingThe Art of Livi ng-Find Real Happ in essThere was a little boy who was bored, so he went out to the tree to play. Soon the boy grew tired of play ing in the tree.“ I ' m hungry, ” said the boy.“ Here, ” said the tree,“take an apple. ”The boy took the apple and ate.“ Iwant a

2、bicycle, said the boy, “ butI don' t have eno ugh money to buy one.”“ Here, ” said the tree,take all my apples, and sell them so you can have eno ugh money to buy the bicycle you want.”The boy took the apples and went to the market. The tree was so happy to have helped his new friend and looked

3、forward to see inghow happy the boy will be riding around on his new bicycle.Days turned to weeks. Weeks turned into mon ths and mon ths to years. The boy did not visit the tree. Fin ally the boy retur ned, but he was not a boy any more. He was a young man, and he was un happy.but I do not have a“I

4、want to travel, ” the young man complained, boat. ”“ Here, said the tree, “ cutme down and use my wood to build a boat. ”The young man cut dow n the tree and built a boat.Many years passed and the tree did not see or hear from the young man who was once a boy. Fin ally, he retur ned, but he was an o

5、ld man, an un happy old man.“ What is wron g?as”ed the tree.“I am old and alone, and I have nothing.”“I have nothing to give you,” said the tree.“I just want to sit dow n.”The old man who was once a young man who was once a boy sat dow n on the stump that was once a beautiful tree. Then he wept. The

6、 old man fin ally un derstood.From The Givi ng Tree, by Shel SilversteinDon' always ask for more”The boy, like most people, wants conditional happiness. He did not understand that we should accept life unconditionally, and that leads to happiness. We can all have and enjoy the luxury of things-t

7、he latest digital product, the biggest TV , the newest and greatest cell phone-yet we must not forget that someone else in this world may be suffering because of our greed, because of our lack of understanding. To get whatever you want is to forget that wanting is the source of suffering. There is n

8、o limitation to happiness except for the conditions we set for ourselves.Learn to be contentIf we get to know who we really are and what we really need, we may come to realize what is here right now is perfect. Thus, we should learn to be content with where we are and what we have now. When we live

9、each moment with a peaceful state of mind, when we look at the world with our “child” eyes, when we are happy, truly happy, what we need automatically comes to us. It has been said that when the student is ready the teacher comes. In the world, everyone and every experience can be our “teacher”. Bel

10、ieve in magic and the magic is -love what you are doing in the moment, which will reward you in spectacular ways you least expect, becausebeing happy doesn't just mean putting a smile on your face, and making you feel good about yourself. Happiness has far-reaching, positive effects on every asp

11、ects of life. When we are in ahappy mood, people like us better, and friendship and love are more likely to build up.Develop a happy habit1. Learn to notice when you are actually happy and teach yourself to appreciate those moments. Think up five moments in every day when you are conscious of feelin

12、g happy.2. When something bad happens, train yourself to put it behind you rather than let it ruin your day.3. Stop thinking that you can never be happy unless your surroundings change. If you always delay your happiness like this, you 're actually giving yourself much unnecessary pain.4. Try to smile more and to chat more with people- and feel the levels of your own happiness rise as they respond positively to you.5. Accept that happiness is a skill that we can all work on-and that it can become a habit.Answer the following questions.1. Why is the giving ' tree happy?2. Why