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It is our natural desire to be happy. Throughout human history, people as a 1 have been going after happiness. However, the pursuit of happiness is often 2 with dissatisfaction and frustration. This is in part due to our different understanding of happiness. In effect, our sense of happiness is 3 from our definition of happiness. Some believe that happiness can be purchased with wealth. From this point of view, the better 4 one becomes, the happier one gets. Therefore, to be happy, they take 5 to get rich. But wealth does not 6 lead to happiness. Others believe that happiness has something to do with status— a system of ranking. Thus, one’s happiness is built upon his favorable 7 with others. But since society cannot raise its position 8 to itself, unhappiness is thus inevitable. So it can be said that both views 9 more as the barrier to true happiness than as the guide. To 10 true happiness, we must change our inner attitude and strive for the common good of all human beings.
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Today young people tend to jump on the bandwagon of love with so much __1__ that they fail to realize the essence of true love. Given the current state of affairs, we need to consider more closely the nature of love. True love has to be __2__ from the pleasures of the flesh. True love means a __3__ of minds and it takes time to __4___. People who are in true love focus more on inner charm than on physical beauty, more on __5__ than on closeness, more on emotion than on passion, more on sharing than
on acquiring. As true love happens once in a lifetime, they have in their minds the __6___ of the relationship. They share mutual respect, admiration and plenty of romance, so their relationship is lasting and meaningful.
Preserving true love requires effort, however. You should gift your object of __7__ your time, company, support and friendship; you should give yourself and your beloved time and space to __8__ a life-long bond; and you should ___9__ your commitments. In short, you should devote yourself to your love. Your devotion to love will, in return, bring you an __10__ joy.
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When we are suddenly __1___ abroad, we may lose the peace of mind we need for everyday work and life. All the familiar ___2__ disappear including words, gestures, facial expressions, customs, or norms. We reject the foreign environment and slip into the ___3__ to believe that our culture, race and nation form the center of the world. The __4___ and anxiety that can be ___5__ to the loss of familiar signs are symptoms of culture shock. One of the effective cures for this ailment is to know something about the nature of culture and its relationship to the individual. We should bear in mind that we are born with the ___6__ to learn culture and use it. The culture of any people is the product of history and is built up over time. It is by means of culture that we learn to adapt to the physical environment and to the people with whom we associate. Therefore, it is due to our own lack of understanding of other people’s cultural background and of the means of communication that we cannot ___7__ ourselves to the host country. Another quick way to ___8__ over culture shock is to know the language. Once we are equipped with the language, a whole new world of cultural meanings ___9__ up for us. We will begin to find out not only what people do and how they do things, but also what their interests are. In addition, it helps us to be a particular observer by joining the activities of the people and __10___ in their responses, whether this be a carnival, a religious ritual, or some economic activity.
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