专题18 心灵鸡汤：如何停止愤怒-2023年高考英语外刊阅读及模拟强化训练

How to Stop Being Angry? 如何停止愤怒 文章选自《心灵鸡汤》 主题语境：人与社会 子语境：自我完善与提升 原文出处：Inspirational Stories 语篇类型：说明文 关键词：anger；emotion；attitude；management 篇章导读：愤怒是最具破坏性的情绪。当你发脾气时，你会做出草率的、考虑不周的决定，你可能会后悔。你也会后悔没有经过思考的鲁莽语言。愤怒会支配你的思想和行动。你可以花很多时间和精力感到愤怒或委屈。愤怒往往伴随着仇恨，另一种破坏性情绪。 原汁原味外刊阅读及模拟强化训练 Anger is the most destructive emotion. When you are in a temper, you make hasty ill-considered decisions that you will probably regret. You will also regret reckless language spoken without thought. Anger will dominate your thoughts and your actions. You can spend a lot of time and energy feeling angry or aggrieved. Often anger is partnered by hate, another destructive emotion. Anger arrives quickly, in response to an event, action, or perceived insult. By contrast, anger is slow to pass. You might feel long-burning anger that saps your spirit, destroys all your good intentions, and causes you to become an unpleasant person. You will cease to be an optimist, and will lose your sunny, go-getting nature. What can be done to control anger and prevent it from ruining our lives? How to stop being angry? Here are five ways that you can combat the causes of anger. Firstly, you need to change your attitude to the way the world works. You have to accept that sometimes things do go wrong and that people are not always lovely. The actions of other people can be a significant cause of anger. Try to accept that other people do behave in ways that will make you both frustrated and angry. Often, there might be an excellent reason why a person acted in a way that you found unacceptable. Realizing that no-one is perfect is a good start to avoiding getting angry. Also, you need to accept that not everyone has the same standards as you, nor will they behave in the same way that you would in a given situation. This applies to work, day-to-day life, and relationships. When you are in a position of authority, and you give instructions that are not followed, inste