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Some years ago, thumping, jumping noises routinely issued from the apartment upstairs as if baby elephants were competing in the
Some years ago, thumping, jumping noises routinely issued from the apartment upstairs as if baby elephants were competing in the
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2013-09-04
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Some years ago, thumping, jumping noises routinely issued from the apartment upstairs as if baby elephants were competing in the 50-yard dash. I went up one day to politely inquire. "No, nobody’s making noise here," the husband and wife both insisted. "It must be coming from elsewhere in the building." Two children about five years old, each holding soccer balls, stood right beside their parents. "Could the thumping be your kids running around, perhaps playing soccer?" I asked. "Oh no, we never let the kids play in the house."
For months, the pattern continued: the thumping and jumping above, our delicate check-in, the denial. It got so that every time I saw the couple, I glared without a word of greeting. When they moved out of the building, the thumping stopped.
I suppose I could have forgiven my neighbors and spared them the glare. After all, forgiveness is in a trend advocated by best-selling books, foundations and research institutes. The notion has gone well beyond spiritual leaders advising that forgiveness is good for the soul and that hard feelings will turn us bitter and hostile. Now the medical community cites studies showing that forgiveness can prevent heart attacks, lower blood pressure and even ease depression.
I may be outnumbered, but I still believe in the healing power of the grudge(不满). I’ve deployed grudges with an equal-opportunity sense of fairness—against teachers and classmates, bosses and colleagues, family and friends. I’ve chosen to stop speaking to certain people permanently and occasionally even spoken ill of them—but more with disbelief than a sense of revenge. I’m neither proud nor ashamed. But I’ve discovered that nothing feels quite as satisfying as a grudge well nursed.
I’m not against forgiveness itself; I have forgiven people for rudeness as well as for deep misunderstandings and have done so without holding on to hard feelings. What I deplore is the propaganda about forgiveness. No longer an option, forgiveness is an official order. Forgiving so democratically cheapens the very act.
A long standing grudge suggests that we hold certain standards, that we respect ourselves enough to reject bad behavior. Failure to forgive can be just as righteous, just as honorable as forgiveness itself.
By "I may be outnumbered"(Para. 4), the author means that most people in her situation would probably______.
选项
A、tell people how bad the neighbors are
B、refuse to speak to the neighbors
C、try to practice forgiveness to the neighbors
D、ask the neighbors for an explanation
答案
C
解析
第四段第一句说,我虽然是少数,但我一直相信发泄不满的治疗功效。作者的表现从第二段第二句可以看出来。作者说我每次一看到这夫妻俩,就瞪他们一眼,不理他们。大多数人的表现可能跟作者不同,会更宽容一些,更友好一些。
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