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1、ReadingforwritingTheArtofLiving■一FindRealHappinessTherewasalittleboywhowasbored,sohewentouttothetreetoplay.Soontheboygrewtiredofplayinginthetree.“I'mhungry/9saidtheboy."Here,，，saidthetree,"takeanapple.，'Theboytooktheappleandate."Iwantabicycle,”saidtheboy,“butIdon'thaveenoughmoneytobuyone."“Here,，，sa
2、idthetree,“takeallmyapples,andsellthemsoyoucanhaveenoughmoneytobuythebicycleyouwant."Theboytooktheapplesandwenttothemarket.Thetreewassohappytohavehelpedhisnewfriendandlookedforwardtoseeinghowhappytheboywillberidingaroundonhisnewbicycle・Daysturnedtoweeks.Weeksturnedintomonthsandmonthstoyears.Theboydi
3、dnotvisitthetree・Finallytheboyreturned,buthewasnotboyanymore.Hewasayoungman,andhewasunhappy.Twanttotravel,，theyoungmancomplained,"butIdonothaveboat.，'"Here,，，saidthetree,"cutmedownandusemywoodtobuildboat."Theyoungmancutdownthetreeandbuiltaboat.Manyyearspassedandthetreedidnotseeorhearfromtheyoungmanw
4、howasonceaboy.Finally,hereturned,buthewasanoldman,anunhappyoldman."Whatiswrong?'，askedthetree.Tamoldandalone,andIhavenothing."Thavenothingtogiveyou,，，saidthetree."Ijustwanttositdown.^^Theoldmanwhowasonceayoungmanwhowasonceaboysatdownonthestumpthatwasonceabeautifultree・Thenhewept.Theoldmanfinallyunde
5、rstood・FromTheGivingTree,byShelSilversteinDon7alwaysaskfor"more"Theboy,likemostpeople,wantsconditionalhappiness.Hedidnotunderstandthatweshouldacceptlifeunconditionally,andthatleadstohappiness.Wecanallhaveandenjoytheluxuryofthings—thelatestdigitalproduct,thebiggestTV,thenewestandgreatestcellphone―yet
6、wemustnotforgetthatsomeoneelseinthisworldmaybesufferingbecauseofourgreed,becauseofourlackofunderstanding.Togetwhateveryouwantistoforgetthatwantingisthesourceofsuffering.Thereisnolimitationtohappinessexceptfortheconditionswesetforourselves・LearntobecontentIfwegettoknowwhowereallyareandwhatwereallynee
7、d,wemaycometorealizewhatishererightnowisperfect.Thus,weshouldlearntobecontentwithwhereweareandwhatwehavenow.Whenweliveeachmomentwithapeacefulstateofmind,whenwelookattheworldwithour"child"eyes,whenwear
