第100多遍跟读"The happy door--谷兴", 希望高手指教.

The Happy Door


Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.

There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find beggars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.

Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.

Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you don’t feel happy, pretend to be!

It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.

Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.
Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.

所有跟帖： 

• 语调模仿的到家了，但音素模仿需继续努力。 -billnet- ♂ (249 bytes) () 05/30/2009 postreply 03:13:52

• 谢谢,我会继续努力,纠正发音,再读100遍. -ntotl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/30/2009 postreply 14:50:33

• 为什么要读100遍? 为什么要模仿, 自己说不就行了. -小谋- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/30/2009 postreply 06:44:42

• 因为我认为, 模仿是ACCENT REDUCTION的最有效的方法. -ntotl- ♂ (461 bytes) () 05/30/2009 postreply 15:40:16

• nice start -eyeyey- ♀ (161 bytes) () 05/30/2009 postreply 07:09:49

• 谢谢. -ntotl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/30/2009 postreply 14:52:28

• good practice! -天泽园- ♀ (141 bytes) () 05/30/2009 postreply 09:39:41

• 从未留意TH 音的弱读与强度,谢谢提醒. -ntotl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/30/2009 postreply 14:56:21