(1) Enjoy English: The Lonely girl
(2) Discussing bad habits
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(1) Enjoy English: The Lonely girl
(2) Discussing bad habits
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Haha Katherine, that's so interesting! You always wanted a person on your right side ..?! I wonder why?! Now you force yourself to walk on the other side to break that habit! Well, good for you; I hope you will eventually succeed (as it doesn't really matter where a person walks next to us, does it?!). ;-) Oh, you are so funny (and cute too!) - now I read about your bedtime issues and those "angels" fighting over you! But I think that's a good habit (I'm on the side of your evil angel now!) as I also do that before going to bed! Because if I don't, I would often have to get up in the middle of the night to visit the bathroom! So, maybe you have confused your two angels ... the one saying you shouldn't go, is probably the bad one, and the other giving you the wise advice to go, can be the good one! ;-) Haha, you got me smiling a lot now!
Haha Katrina, maybe your intentions are good, but if you were Emily and have seen (or heard) all your other friends denied the invitation, you should be brave and stand up for what is right and not also use an excuse for "being busy". Not even a profuse apology can change that - it may still be a lie (if you were not really 'busy' because of the pressure from your other friends)!
About your comment on bad habits, I want to quote to you the following quotation by Bob Gass: "If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits, or change your dream." and further: "If you want to hold on to your dream, then be prepared to change your habits, because a habit never goes away by itself" ...! ;-)
Gina, you can't have many bad habits; you are too young! Old guys like me can claim that (not that I'm proud of some of them)! But you are right that we should show the will to give up some of the bad habits (starting by acknowledging that it is a bad habit!). Many people don't see the need to give up bad habits. I think they just don't care to improve their lives (I've witnessed that)!
As for my bad habits,maybe i can't insist on one thing to totally extend.In order to overcome it, i'll improve myself little by little,like just from insisting on one very small thing.Obscales are always be there,needed us to put it away.
I agree with you, Jiang Dan, that those friends of Emily had bad attitudes (not only toward Joan, but probably in life also). But sadly, in today's life, people don't care much about having bad attitudes; many think it is their right to be like that ..! Haha, do you really have bad habits?! You look like such a sweet girl who can't be plagued by wrong habits! ;-)
You are right, Liu Weifang, that bad habits don't care whether one is rich or poor; if it wants to imprison you with some nasty habit, it'll happen! But you mentioned an important point about quitting a bad habit; and that is that one should believe yourself that the habit is bad or unhealthy and therefore you need to quit. If one doesn't believe that, one would care about giving up that nasty habit. And even if you succeeded quitting the habit for a while, you'll take it up again later, as you mentioned. But smoking is not only a habit; we tend to forget that. It is also an addiction (though not many would admit that!). And to quit something which your body is addicted to, is much more difficult. Well, I am happy for you if your father isn't smoking at home (or inside the home) any longer!
As to bad habits,everyone more or less have some bad habits.They may be consious or subconcious.I also have some bad habits,For example ,i usually so impatient that i interrupt others when they talk to me .As a result the talker would be very embarrassed or i didn't understand his purpose .It is a really bad habit.Then i tried to break the habit gradually.It is very hard ,but now i have some patience to listen to others.I believe i will succeed in the end. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Hou Jialei, I agree with you that we should care for our classmates who are shy! Being timid and shy is not a bad characteristic, I believe; it just represents a different personality (and in many cases, a more attractive one, I think!).
I am glad you are trying to break the bad habit of interrupting the speaker; I will be alert next time I talk with you! Yes, patience is a virtue ... I am working on mine nearly daily as I am in need of much of that! ;-)
Haha Lyn, looks like you don't like the habit of smoking! Most Chinese men smoke (and many boys take up smoking when they start working so that they can fit in with their superiors and new friends, I understand); so, where would you get a bf (and later a husband!) who don't smoke?! Or would you accept it (and therefore compromise) as your bf (or husband) smokes, as long as he doesn't smoke in the house?! Oh, and maybe you also think if you are married to him, he will love you so much that he'll quit his bad habit for you (as I heard a number of girls say)?! Far from it! The reality is that when a girl is married to a man, he'll start his demands after a while, and later he'll insist to smoke where he likes; and if she refuses, the trouble will start in that relationship or marriage ... But, I absolutely agree with you if you are against smoking, because I hate that habit with a passion! I've picked up much trouble about that in China as I would often complain in a restaurant where there is a sign up on the wall that one can't smoke there, and I see (and smell!) some guys around me lighting up (because they think they can smoke where they like!). Boy, they get so angry with me; I'm surprised that I haven't yet been beaten up by an angry Chinese guy for that!
Interesting that you mentioned the habit to be harmful to one's health, like contracting cancer and heart diseases as a result of smoking (forget about the costs; they don't care about that!). You know, after being here for a few years, I get the impression there is not sufficient respect for life in China as it appears people don't really care if others die (as long as it is not from their own families). For example, in China it is a well-known fact (which the health department of the government is also telling) that more than one million Chinese men die annually from cancer or heart disease being related to smoking. But still they continue that unhealthy habit (probably because 349 million men do not die annually from smoking-related diseases!). But what about the non-smokers being contaminated by the 'second-hand' smoke from the smokers? I read that the smoke from the smokers even cause them (us) greater harm ... A very big problem with this is that governments make too much money from cigarettes (from taxes, and some even own tobacco factories, though under cover-ups of it being owned by companies). Haha, I don't think we would ever win this "war" on smoking; not until kingdom comes!
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