• 2021-04-14
    What nature is telling youLike it or not, nature is no longer kind with us. For nature to __________ the day again for our good, let’s sit down on her open grassland free from the debris and facilities of modern life, ___________ ourselves into her as part of her, and listen to her from the perspective of her whole being.Indeed, we have impaired our ability to ________ with nature. There is power in wild animals, for example, so we tame them with whips until they are __________ to our commands. We can’t do much with a cat, so we declaw it and even cut its vocal cords so that it is no longer able to disturb us.We love the breast meat of wild birds in particular, so we have them kept in a repressive way. And meanwhile, we _________ to the belief that nature is far from perfect. So we improve our natural looks through _____________; and we keep everything free from germs through making a steady flow of rules, even though we make our armpits smell good through spraying botanical odor on ourselves.As a result of our alienation from nature, our homes are filled with cage dwellers removed from such __________ as enjoying the _______________, sunbathing through the nodding branches of trees, and plunging into a cold stream upon a hot bath. And unable to feel the ________________ in the open, like the humidity of the summer and the chill of winter, we have to live it out through a _____________________ on TV.
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      ‍We can learn from the example of Vera Wang that we should challenge ourselves to pair our studies. ‎‍‎

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      According to Dr. Drohan, when we believe everything from nature is good for us, we are tempted to commit a fallacy called:

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      Translate the paragrah into Chinese. There is a special life stage that our generation goes through. It is the transition period, during which we move from teenage to adolescence. We learn who we are and what we stand for and what inspires us. Also, in this period we are saddled with a lot of pressure from our parents who want us to make something out of ourselves.

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