高三英语二轮复习学案-名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选：Away in a Manger.docxVIP

高三英语培优·名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 Away in a Manger（答案在最后） 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 心灵鸡汤精选Away in a Manger 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 生命体悟 五星 1016 【文章梗概】圣诞前的一次全家出行，五岁的儿子问父亲：“怎么从未见父亲哭过？”这一问题引出了父亲对于男人惯有的坚忍克己的反思。他并不希望自己的下一代压抑他们的情绪，便告诉孩子：“眼泪是好事，是上帝治愈悲伤的方式。”平安夜，父亲在儿子美妙的歌声里泪流满面。仪式之后，儿子看到父亲湿润的眼睛并告诉他：“有时生活太美妙，我们不得不流泪！” Christmas gift suggestions:To your enemy, forgiveness.To an opponent, tolerance.To a friend, your heart.To a customer, service.To all, charity.To every child, a good example.To yourself, respect. ~Oren Arnold One afternoon about a week before Christmas, my family of four piled into our minivan to run an errand, and this question came from a small voice in the back seat: “Dad,” began my five-year-old son, Patrick, “how come I’ve never seen you cry?” Just like that. No preamble. No warning. Surprised, I mumbled something about crying when he wasn’t around, but I knew that Patrick had put his young finger on the largest obstacle to my own peace and contentment— the dragon-filled moat separating me from the fullest human expression of joy, sadness and anger. Simply put, I could not cry. I am scarcely the only man for whom this is true. We men have been conditioned to believe that stoicism is the embodiment of strength. We have traveled through life with stiff upper lips, secretly dying within. For most of my adult life, I have battled depression. Doctors have said much of my problem is physiological, and they have treated it with medication. But I know that my illness is also attributable to years of swallowing rage, sadness and even joy. Strange as it seems, in this world where macho is everything, drunkenness and depression are safer ways than tears for many men to deal with feelings. I could only hope the same debilitating handicap would not be passed to the next generation. So the following day when Patrick and I were in the van after playing at a park, I thanked him for his curiosity. Tears are a good thing, I told him, for boys and girls alike. Crying is God’