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Some years ago, thumping, jumping noises routinely issued from the apartment upstairs as if baby elephants were competing in the
Some years ago, thumping, jumping noises routinely issued from the apartment upstairs as if baby elephants were competing in the
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2013-09-04
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Some years ago, thumping, jumping noises routinely issued from the apartment upstairs as if baby elephants were competing in the 50-yard dash. I went up one day to politely inquire. "No, nobody’s making noise here," the husband and wife both insisted. "It must be coming from elsewhere in the building." Two children about five years old, each holding soccer balls, stood right beside their parents. "Could the thumping be your kids running around, perhaps playing soccer?" I asked. "Oh no, we never let the kids play in the house."
For months, the pattern continued: the thumping and jumping above, our delicate check-in, the denial. It got so that every time I saw the couple, I glared without a word of greeting. When they moved out of the building, the thumping stopped.
I suppose I could have forgiven my neighbors and spared them the glare. After all, forgiveness is in a trend advocated by best-selling books, foundations and research institutes. The notion has gone well beyond spiritual leaders advising that forgiveness is good for the soul and that hard feelings will turn us bitter and hostile. Now the medical community cites studies showing that forgiveness can prevent heart attacks, lower blood pressure and even ease depression.
I may be outnumbered, but I still believe in the healing power of the grudge(不满). I’ve deployed grudges with an equal-opportunity sense of fairness—against teachers and classmates, bosses and colleagues, family and friends. I’ve chosen to stop speaking to certain people permanently and occasionally even spoken ill of them—but more with disbelief than a sense of revenge. I’m neither proud nor ashamed. But I’ve discovered that nothing feels quite as satisfying as a grudge well nursed.
I’m not against forgiveness itself; I have forgiven people for rudeness as well as for deep misunderstandings and have done so without holding on to hard feelings. What I deplore is the propaganda about forgiveness. No longer an option, forgiveness is an official order. Forgiving so democratically cheapens the very act.
A long standing grudge suggests that we hold certain standards, that we respect ourselves enough to reject bad behavior. Failure to forgive can be just as righteous, just as honorable as forgiveness itself.
Paragraph 3 is focused on______.
选项
A、how forgiveness is good for us spiritually and physically
B、how forgiveness has become a fashionable concept
C、what has changed people’s understanding of forgiveness
D、what is the true meaning and virtue of forgiveness
答案
A
解析
第三段讲的是原谅别人对自己的好处。首先是从精神层面,宗教领袖一直倡导这样有助于人的灵魂。现在医学界的研究也表明原谅别人能够预防心脏病、降低血压和缓解抑郁。所以说原谅别人从精神上和身体上都对自己有好处。
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