英语四级听力美文第19篇:Every Living Person Has Problems

　　What is the secret ingredient of tough people that enables them to succeed?

　　Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by them? Why do they winwhen others lose? Why do they soar when others sink? The answer is very simple. It’s all inhow they perceive their problems. Yes, every living person has problems. A problem-free life isan illusion — a mirage in the desert. Accept that fact. Every mountain has a peak. Everyvalley has its low point. Life has its ups and downs, its peaks and its valleys. No one is up all thetime, nor are they down all the time. Problems do end. They are all resolved in time.You maynot be able to control the times, but you can compose your responses. You may nothavechosen your tough time, but you can choose how you will react to it. For instance, what isthe positive reaction to a terrible financial setback? In this situation would it be the positivereaction to cop out and run away? Escape through alcohol, drug, or suicide?

　　No! Such negative reactions only produce greater problems by promising a temporary “solution” to the pressing problem. The positive solution to a problem may require courageto initiate it.

　　When you control your reaction to the seemingly uncontrollable problem of life, then in factyou do control the problem’s effect on you. Your reaction to the problem is the last word! That’s the bottom line. What will you let this problem do to you? It can make you tender ortough. It can make you better or bitter. It all depends on you. In the final analysis, the toughpeople who survive the tough times do so because they’ve chosen to react positively to theirpredicament. Tough times never last, but tough people do. Tough people stick it out. Historyteaches us that every problem has a lifespan. bNo problem is permanent.