Now it's line that the human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us adjust to the world. Without our nerves—and our brain, which is a bundle of nerves—we wouldn't know what's happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of your body. The history of torture is based on the human body being open to pain.
But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir who sits on a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm. And feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.
The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it. If the dentist says, "This will hurt a little", it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation, we can handle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the stuff of life.
The purpose of this passage is mainly to tell us ______.
A. that pain is good for us
B. to stop taking the "needle" at the dentist's
C. how to handle pain
D. how to avoid torture
A.She should call the taxi herself.B.The taxi driver is a friend of his.C.He's taking
A. She should call the taxi herself.
B. The taxi driver is a friend of his.
C. He's taking the same bus she is.
D. He'll drive her to the bus station.
Manners are important to happy relations among people. Everyone likes a person with good manners. No one likes a person with bad manners. But what are good manners? How does one know what to do and what not to do?
Well, here are some examples.
A person with good manners never laughs at people when they are in trouble. Instead, he tried to help them. He is always kind to others. When people are waiting for a bus, he takes his mm. He does not push to the front of the line. On the bus he gives his seat to an older person or a person with a very young child. If he knocks into someone, or gets in his way, he says "Excuse me" or "I'm sorry".
He says "Please" when he asks for something and "Thank you' when he receives something. He stands up when he is speaking to an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person takes his seat. He does not interrupt other people what they are talking. He does not talk too much. He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in public.
When he is eating, he does not speak with his mouth full of food. He uses handkerchief when he sneezes or coughs. He does not spit in public.
Ideas of what are good manners are not always the same in different countries. But in all countries it is important to be kind and helpful.
A person with good manners is popular with others because______.
A. he will do what he is asked to do
B. he knows what to do and what not to do on different occasions
C. he is always saying good words to others
D. he can make others know what good manners are