时间:2018-11-29 作者:英语课 分类:四级晨读英语美文


英语课

Clear Your Mental Space


Think about the last time you felt a negative emotion---like stress, anger, or frustration 1. What was going through your mind as you were going through that negativity? Was your mind cluttered 2 with thoughts? Or was it paralyzed, unable to think?


The next time you find yourself in the middle of a very stressful time, or you feel angry or frustrated 3, stop. Yes, that’s right, stop. Whatever you’re doing, stop and sit for one minute. While you’re sitting there, completely immerse yourself in the negative emotion.


Allow that emotion to consume you. Allow yourself one minute to truly feel that emotion. Don’t cheat yourself here. Take the entire minute---but only one minute---to do nothing else but feel that emotion.


Once you’ve allowed yourself to be totally immersed in the emotion and really fell it, you will be surprised to find that the emotion clears rather quickly.


When the minute is over, ask yourself, "Am I wiling 4 to keep holding on to this negative emotion as I go through the rest of the day?"


If you feel you need to hold on to the emotion for a little longer, that is OK. Allow yourself another minute to feel the emotion.


If you’re not willing to carry that negativity with you for the rest of the day. take a deep breath. As you exhale 5, release all that negativity with your breath.


This exercise seems simple---almost too simple. But, it is very effective. By allowing that negative emotion the space to be truly felt, you are dealing 6 with the emotion rather than stuffing it down and trying not to feel it. You are actually taking away the power of the emotion by giving it the space and attention it needs. When you immerse yourself in the emotion, and realize that it is only emotion, it loses its control. You can clear your head and proceed with your task.



1 frustration
n.挫折,失败,失效,落空
  • He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
2 cluttered
v.杂物,零乱的东西零乱vt.( clutter的过去式和过去分词 );乱糟糟地堆满,把…弄得很乱;(以…) 塞满…
  • The room is cluttered up with all kinds of things. 零七八碎的东西放满了一屋子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The desk is cluttered with books and papers. 桌上乱糟糟地堆满了书报。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 frustrated
adj.挫败的,失意的,泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
  • It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
  • The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 wiling
v.引诱( wile的现在分词 );诱惑;消遣;消磨
5 exhale
v.呼气,散出,吐出,蒸发
  • Sweet odours exhale from flowers.花儿散发出花香。
  • Wade exhaled a cloud of smoke and coughed.韦德吐出一口烟,然后咳嗽起来。
6 dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
学英语单词
a juicer
ab farad
admiralty g.
amyloamylose
Anderson-Brinkman-Morel state
anti-downdraught terminal
antithrombotic
apparent emissivity
append to existing
arthritic, arthritical
Attapulgus
balzar
Bathurst, L.
battlefield reporting
Bauska
bch(bose-chadhuri hocquen-hem)error correction codes
berlinsky
brothy
busan
Buzias
camera with eyepiece
canted nozzle
channelopathy
closing appliance
coal sample
combat trousers
commodity warrant
crash coverage
CTDI
delivered at container collection depot
dichloroethylenes
direct lithography
distortion function
dolmeh
drinks down
edge blower
eigen-mobility
Elaeagnus moorcroftii
enterprise management of dye-stuffs industry
Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnhardt
FABPs
fluid sealant
front-vowel
fuel-burning
fully-graded aggregate
granitizing
hatchcover
healthcare measure
Heloniopsis acutifolia
Hergenroth
Homobasidiomycetidae
hooked riveting with lock rivet
house feeding
hug oneself for
hydrocabon group
immobilization (-sation)
incidence of compliance
International Control Commission
intersil 6120
jana
Japanese encephalitis virus
Kannauj
ledge support
level of the language
link
Mahometanize
mercurous oxide
molecular thermometer
molten lead heat treating
necrotic myelitis
negative-resistance device
officialism
operating system overhead
order Nudibranchia
over-borrowing
Physalis pubescens L.
piper-heidsieck
potato disease
prisoner of war enclosure
program control hardware
Rayleigh region
reduce the price
reflection marker
reflex amaurosis
rubrum phenolis
Rånåsfoss
schizosepalous calyx
screw core
seeing stone
slad
sodium plumbite treatment
submergence of ground
superlogarithm
talk jockey
Toroni
Truandó, R.
two-compartment floodability
Uam-ri
unilateral administrative act
urban tribe
windtunnel instrumentation
zinfandels