Feelings & Attitudes
People are often nervous or apprehensive before performing in front of an audience.
People who are really nervous may feel tense, which is the opposite of relaxed.
譯文：在觀眾面前表演之前，人們通常會(huì)感到緊張或不安昔园。真正神經(jīng)緊繃的人可能會(huì)感到緊張蔓榄，和放松相反。
Exercise:
1. Sometimes, taking a deep breath can help a nervous person feel more relaxed.
Someone who strongly believes in their ability to do something is often confident.
The best way to build confidence is to practice what you're going to do until you can do it with ease.
譯文：堅(jiān)信自己有能力做某事的人往往很自信默刚。建立自信的最好方法是練習(xí)你要做的事情甥郑，直到你能毫不費(fèi)力地完成。
Exercise:
1. The key to building confidence and reducing nervousness is effective and frequent practice.
To be?indifferent means to not care one way or the other about something.
If you are indifferent to a person or?project, it means that the person or project isn't important to you.
譯文：冷漠意味著對(duì)某件事漠不關(guān)心荤西。如果你對(duì)一個(gè)人或項(xiàng)目漠不關(guān)心澜搅，那就意味著這個(gè)人或項(xiàng)目對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)并不重要。
Exercise:
1.?People who are?indifferent?may value anything or anyone but themselves.
2. People who are indifferent are often cold and uncaring about others.
To be appreciative is to be thankful?or?grateful for something.
If someone does something nice for you, you should appreciate it.
譯文：感激就是對(duì)某件事心存感恩之情邪锌。如果有人為你做了好事勉躺，你應(yīng)該感激。
Exercise:
1. It's important to show your appreciation for someone's support or help.
2. If someone does a favor for you, you should show your appreciation by thanking them.
"To be depressed" is the opposite of "to be happy".
When someone is depressed, they feel very sad.
譯文：“沮喪”是“快樂(lè)”的反義詞觅丰。當(dāng)一個(gè)人沮喪的時(shí)候饵溅，他們感到非常難過(guò)。
Exercise:
1. When people are depressed, they are usually pessimistic about the future.
2. When you are really sad, you may be depressed.
3. If someone?does a favor for you, you should appreciate it.
4. If you don't care about anything, then you may be indifferent.
5. Someone who has practiced a lot and believes in his or her ability is confident.
6. This is how many people feel just before giving a performance? (nervous)
7.?People are often nervous or apprehensive before performing in front of an audience.
8.?Someone who strongly believes in their ability to do something is often confident.
9.?To be?indifferent means to not care one way or the other about something.
10.?Depression can be caused by disappointing news or by failing to reach a goal.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1.?"To be depressed" is the opposite of "to be happy".
2.?When you are really sad, you may be?depressed.
3.?It's important to?show?your appreciation for someone's support or help.
4.?When people are?depressed, they are usually pessimistic?about?the?future.
5.?When someone is?nervous,?their muscles often?tense?up and their heart rate?increases.
Types of Character
Aggressive people often push their own ideas or try to force others to follow them.
Someone who is passive will usually not resist the efforts of others.
譯文：好強(qiáng)的人通常會(huì)力勸別人接受自己的想法妇萄，或者試圖強(qiáng)加于人蜕企。被動(dòng)的人通常不會(huì)抵制別人的這種努力咬荷。
Exercise:
1. A passive person is often seen as weak and easy to control.
2. An aggressive person pushes or attacks?and a passive person doesn't resist.
An optimistic person believes in a positive future.
Optimists see a glass as half full rather than half empty.
The opposite of an optimist is a pessimist.
譯文：樂(lè)觀的人相信積極的未來(lái)。樂(lè)觀主義者認(rèn)為杯子是半滿的轻掩，而不是半空的幸乒。樂(lè)觀主義者的反面是悲觀主義者。
Exercise:
1.?Ppessimists see a glass as half empty?rather than half full.
2. A pessimist sees things with a negative light and has little hope for the future.
Sensitive people are emotional and have strong feelings about things.
It's important to be careful when dealing with sensitive people, because it's easy to upset them.
Insensitive people don't seem to be aware of or care about the feelings of others.
譯文：敏感的人很情緒化唇牧，對(duì)事物有強(qiáng)烈的感情罕扎。和敏感的人打交道要小心謹(jǐn)慎，這很重要奋构，因?yàn)樗麄兒苋菀仔臒２幻舾械娜怂坪醪恢阑虿魂P(guān)心別人的感受拱层。
Exercise:
1. He doesn't realize when she's?upset because he's quite insensitive to the?feelings of others.
2. It's important to know how to act around extremely sensitive people.
A mean person doesn't treat other people well or with kindness.
Mean people often enjoy making people suffer for their mistakes.
"To be kind" is the opposite of "to be mean".
譯文：刻薄的人不會(huì)善待他人或者心懷善意弥臼。刻薄的人常常喜歡讓別人為自己的錯(cuò)誤而痛苦根灯。善良是卑鄙的反義詞径缅。
Exercise:
1. Nobody ever asks him for help because he's mean and selfish.
Conceited people have a very high opinion of themselves.
They often talk about how great they are and tend to?exaggerate their strengths.
Modest people don't show off their strengths, but are often very good at what they do.
譯文：自負(fù)的人對(duì)自己的評(píng)價(jià)很高。他們經(jīng)常談?wù)撟约河卸鄠ゴ罄臃危浯笞约旱膶?shí)力纳猪。謙虛的人不炫耀他們的力量，但往往很擅長(zhǎng)他們所做的事情桃笙。
Exercise:
1. Conceited people often?exaggerate their abilities and can fool people into believing them.
2. A person who doesn't like to fight or resist is passive.
3. Someone who sees a?glass?as half?empty?rather?than half?full is?pessimistic.
4.?A person who enjoys making others suffer is mean.
5. A person who likes to show off and talk about herself is conceited.
6.?It's important to be careful when dealing with sensitive people because it's easy to upset them.
7. Mean?people often enjoy making people suffer for their mistakes.
8.?They often talk about how great they are and tend to?exaggerate their strengths.
9.?Modest people are often?overlooked?in a job interview because they fail to communicate their strengths.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1.?An optimistic person believes in a positive future.
2.?"To be mean" is the opposite of "to be kind".
3.?He doesn't realize when she's upset because he's quite insensitive to the feelings of others.
4. He was really mean to her when she disagreed with him and he told her to shut up.
