内容正文:
Fail Smarter, Grow Faster
Post Reading:
Complete the table.
Learning from failure
Difficulties
Failure makes people feel (1)________. They may give up easily, not care about (2)__________ and find fault with the task.
Solutions
⁕Think of failure as others’ experience
⁕Give advice to those with (3)_________________
Conclusion
Fail again, fail (4)________
Excises:
Ⅰ. Complete each sentence with one word in its proper form.
fail, situation, protect, satisfaction
1. His fear of ___________ stopped him from trying the new task.
2. Helping others with their problems brings her a lot of __________.
3. We need to stay calm when facing a difficult .___________.
4. Parents always try their best ___________ their children from danger.
Ⅱ. Translate the following sentences with the given phrases from the article.
1. 不要挑剔他说话的方式。(find fault with)
2. 她努力克服了自己的羞怯。(get past)
Keys:
Post Reading:
Complete the table.
(1) bad
(2) succeeding
(3) the same problems
(4) smarter
Excises:
Ⅰ.
1. failure
2. satisfaction
3. situation
4. to protect
Ⅱ.
1. Don’t find fault with his way of speaking.
2. She tried hard to get past her shyness.
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补充阅读理解练习
Q: Have you ever failed to do anything?
How did you feel at that time?
Fail Smarter, Grow Faster
From the title, we can know the following is about __________________________________________.
how to learn from failure to grow faster
Fail Smarter, Grow Faster
Many of us were told from a young age that, whether at school or in life, “you should learn from your mistakes”. But is this really true?
The answer is “yes” — failure can be a chance to learn. But in fact, learning from our mistakes is very difficult because nobody likes to fail. It feels bad to fail, so we often react to failure emotionally. We might give up a task too soon, tell ourselves we don’t care about succeeding, or find fault with the task itself. In fact, this is a way to protect ourselves. Most of us want to prove that we’re good at things.
Luckily, research shows there are ways to get past the feelings that stop us from learning from failure. One way is to look at the situation as if it happened to someone else. Instead of asking “Why did I fail?”, we can ask
“Why did Sam fail?” Looking at things this way makes us feel less bad. Then we can look at failure more objectively.
Another way is to give advice to others who face the same problems. A study shows that kids who give advice based on their own failure become more motivated and do better at school. The satisfaction of helping others makes them better understand their experiences and what they have learned.
So fail again, fail smarter — right? Failure is part of life, but if we learn to deal with our feelings about it, it might help us grow faster.
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Many of us were told from a young age that, whether at school or in life, “you should learn from your mistakes”. But is this really true?
该句采用问句形式,对“从小被教导要从错误中学习”这一观点提出质疑,不仅打破了读者的思维定式,促使其主动反思“从错误中学习”这一说法的合理性,还激发了其阅读兴趣。
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The answer is “yes” — failure can be a chance to learn. But in fact, learning from our mistakes is very difficult because nobody likes to fail. It feels bad to fail, so we often react to failure emotionally. We might give up a task too soon, tell ourselves we don’t care about succeeding, or find fault with the task itself. In fact, this is a way to protect ourselves. Most of us want to prove that we’re good at things.
衔接上文,对上文的疑问给出肯定回答。
本段第二个句子转折,提出从失败中学习很难,随后分析了原因。共情式的分析让抽象的道理变得具体可感,也为后文探讨如何从失败中学习做好了铺垫。
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Q: What do the underlined words “this way” refer to?
承接上文,针对“从失败中学习的困难性”的论述,指出有解决方案。
Looking at the situation as if it happened to someone else.
Luckily, research shows there are ways to get past the feelings that stop us from learning from failure. One way is to look at the situation as if it happened to someone else. Instead of asking “Why did I fail?”, we can ask “Why did Sam fail?” Looking at things this way makes us feel less bad. Then we can look at failure more objectively.
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Another way is to give advice to others who face the same problems. A study shows that kids who give advice based on their own failure become more motivated and do better at school. The satisfaction of helping others makes them better understand their experiences and what they have learned.
给出第二种解决方案
该段由三个句子构成,逻辑层层递进:首句明确指出具体方法;次句援引研究结果,实证该方法的可行性;末句则深入阐释了这一方法背后的原理。
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So fail again, fail smarter — right? Failure is part of life, but if we learn to deal with our feelings about it, it might help us grow faster.
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Complete the table.
bad
Learning from failure
Difficulties Failure makes people feel (1)________. They may give up easily, not care about (2)__________ and find fault with the task.
Solutions ⁕Think of failure as others’ experience
⁕Give advice to those with (3)_________________
Conclusion Fail again, fail (4)________
bad
succeeding
the same problems
smarter
The answer is “yes” — failure can be a chance to learn. But in fact, learning from our mistakes is very difficult because nobody likes to fail.
failure作名词,意为“失败”,其动词形式为fail.
e.g. 这项计划的成败取决于你。(翻译)
The success or failure of the plan depends on you.
e.g. 他允许自己失败。 (翻译)
He allows himself to fail.
2. We might give up a task too soon, tell ourselves we don’t care about succeeding, or find fault with the task itself.
find fault with … 意为“挑……的错”。
e.g. 他总是挑弟弟画作的毛病,可他自己画得并不好。(翻译)
He always finds fault with his brother’s painting, but he
can’t paint well.
3. Then we can look at failure more objectively.
objectively作副词,意为“客观地”。
e.g. 在做决定之前,我们应该客观地看待这个问题。(翻译)
We should look at the problem objectively before making
a decision.
His fear of ___________ stopped him from trying the new task.
2. Helping others with their problems brings her a lot of __________.
3. We need to stay calm when facing a difficult .___________.
4. Parents always try their best ___________ their children from
danger.
Ⅰ. Complete each sentence with one word in its proper form.
fail, situation, protect, satisfaction
failure
to protect
situation
satisfaction
Ⅱ. Translate the following sentences with the given phrases
from the article.
Don’t find fault with his way of speaking.
2. 她努力克服了自己的羞怯。(get past)
1. 不要挑剔他说话的方式。(find fault with)
She tried hard to get past her shyness.
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$$Fail smarter, grow faster. Many of us were told from a Young age that whether at school or in life, you should learn from your mistakes. But is this really true? The answer is yes. Failure can be a chance to learn. But in fact, learning from our mistakes is very difficult, because nobody likes to fail. IT feels bad to fail, so we often react to failure emotionally. We might give up a task too soon, tell ourselves we don't care about succeeding, or find fault with the task itself. In fact, this is a way to protect ourselves. Most of us want to prove that we are good at things. Luckily, research shows there are ways to get past the feelings that stop us from learning from failure. One way is to look at the situation as if IT happened to someone else. Instead of asking, why did I fail, we can ask, why did sam fail? Looking at things this way makes us feel less bad, then we can look at failure more objectively. Another way is to give advice to others who face the same problems. A study shows that kids who give advice based on their own failure become more motivated and do Better at school. The satisfaction of helping others makes them Better understand their experiences and what they have learned. So fail again, fail smarter, right? Failure is part of life. But if we learn to deal with our feelings about IT, IT might help us grow faster.
Fail Smarter, Grow Faster
Many of us were told from a young age that, whether at school or in life, “you should learn from your mistakes”. But is this really true?
The answer is “yes”— failure can be a chance to learn. But in fact, learning from our mistakes is very difficult because nobody likes to fail. It feels bad to fail,so we often react to failure emotionally. We might give up a task too soon, tell ourselves we don’t care about succeeding, or find fault with the task itself. In fact, this is a way to protect ourselves. Most of us want to prove that we’re good at things.
Luckily, research shows there are ways to get past the feelings that stop us from learning from failure. One way is to look at the situation as if it happened to someone else. Instead of asking “Why did I fail?”, we can ask “Why did Sam fail?”Looking at things this way makes us feel less bad. Then we can look at failure more objectively.
Another way is to give advice to others who face the same problems. A study shows that kids who give advice based on their own failure become more motivated and do better at school. The satisfaction of helping others makes them better understand their experiences and what they have learned.
So fail again, fail smarter — right? Failure is part of life, but if we learn to dealwith our feelings about it, it might help us grow faster.
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