英语乐观_悲观.pptVIP

Optimism   Pessimism  Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.　　所谓的乐观者就是：被狮子赶上树，却还不忘远眺赏风景。 Let＇s take some thing in our everyday life as an example. 1、Faced with a challenge A pessimistic person may feel gloomy, distressed, and even afraid of it. He considers himself powerless, and complains about it all day long, refusing even to have a try before giving it up in the end. An optimistic person, however, may adopt an entirely different approach. He may not regard the challenge as something bad, instead, he takes it as an excellent opportunity to display his abilities and talent. Pressure simply adds to his enthusiasm to realize his dream. 2.explain success and failure If an optimist encounters a computer program she cant figure out, shes likely to say, Either the manual is unclear or this program is hard or maybe Im having an off day. The optimist keeps the failure outside herself (the manual), specific (this program), and temporary (an off day), while the pessimist would make it internal, global, and permanent. When success occurs optimists say, Of course dinner turned out; Im a good cook, while pessimists say, Boy, was I lucky today, literally snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. If you start to speak to yourself in a more positive way when you succeed and fail, youll gradually become more optimistic. 3. What is it that optimists think about most of the time? In its simplest terms, optimists think about what they want and how to get it, most of the time. They think about where they are going and how to get there. The very idea of thinking about what they want makes them happy and positive. It increases their energy and releases their creativity. It motivates and stimulates them to perform at higher level　　 If you start to speak to yourself in a more positive way when you succeed and fail, youll gradually become more optimistic. 4. What is it that Pessimists think about most of the