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English Reading and Translation for Postgraduates(Level B) Jincao YU * Unit 1 Living A Full Life Something similar happens to many people who experience a terrifying physical threat. In that moment, our sense of invulnerability is pierced, and the self-protective mental armor that normally stands between us and our perceptions of the world is torn away. Our everyday life scripts- our habits, self-perceptions and assumptions – go out the window, and we are left with a raw experience of the world. 13. Still, actually implementing these changes, as well as fully coming to terms with a new reality, usually takes conscious effort. Being willing and able to take on this process is one of the major differences between those who grow through adversity and those who are destroyed by it. The people who find value in adversity aren’t the toughest or the most rational. What makes them different is that they are able to incorporate what happened into the story of their own life. Comprehension 14. Eventually, they may find themselves freed in ways they never imagined. Survivors often say they have become more tolerant and forgiving of others, capable of bringing peace to formerly troubled relationships. They say that material ambitions suddenly seem silly and the pleasures of friends and family paramount- and that the crisis allowed them to recognize life in line with their new priorities. 15. People who have grown from adversity often feel much less fear, despite the frightening things they’ve been through. They are surprised by their own strength, confident that they can handle whatever else life throws at them. “People don’t say that what they went through was wonderful,” said Tedeschi. “They weren’t meaning to grow from it. They were just trying to survive. But in retrospect, what they gained was more than they ever anticipated.” 16. In his recent book Satisfaction, Emory University psychiatrist Gregory Berns points to extreme endurance athletes who push themselves to