Toerrishuman.Toblametheotherguyisevenmorehuman.Commonsenseisnotallthatcommon.Whytellthetruthwhenyoucancomeupwithagoodexcuse?Thesethreepopularmisquotes(戏谑的引语)aremeanttobejokesandyett
Toerrishuman.Toblametheotherguyisevenmorehuman.
Commonsenseisnotallthatcommon.
Whytellthetruthwhenyoucancomeupwithagoodexcuse?
Thesethreepopularmisquotes(戏谑的引语)aremeanttobejokesandyettheytellusalotabouthumannature.Toerrortomakemistakesisindeedapartofbeinghumanbutitseemsthatmostpeopledon’twanttoaccepttheresponsibilityforhavingmadeamistake.Theynaturallylookforsomeoneelsewhocouldberesponsiblefortheproblem.Perhapsitisthenaturalthingtodo.Theoriginalquoteabouthumannaturewentlikethis:“Toerrishumantoforgivedivine(神圣的).”Thissayingmirrorsanideal:peopleshouldbeforgivingofothers’mistakes.Insteadwetendtodotheopposite—findsomeoneelsetopasstheblameonto.Howevertakingresponsibilityforsomethingthatwentwrongisamarkofgreatmaturity.
Commonsenseiswhatwecallclearthought.Havingcommonsensemeanshavingagoodgeneralplanthatwillmakethingsworkwellanditalsomeansstayingwiththeplan.Commonsensetellsyouthatyoutakeanumbrellaoutintoarainstormbutyouleavetheumbrellahomewhenyouhearaweatherforecastforsunshine.Commonsensedoesnotseemtobecommonforlargeorganizationsbecausetherearesomanythingsgoingonthatonepersoncannotbeinchargeofeverything.Peoplesaythatinalargecompany“therighthanddoesnotknowwhatthelefthandisdoing.”
Andwhatiswrongwithasocietythatthinksthatmakingupagoodexcuseislikecreatingaworkofart?Oneofthecommonproblemswithmakingexcusesisthatpeopleespeciallyyoungpeoplegettheideathatit’sokaynottobetotallyhonestallthetime.Thereisacorollary(直接推论)tothat:ifagoodexcuseis“good”evenifitisn’thonestthenwhereistheplaceofthetruth?
1.Accordingtothepassagewhichoffollowingseemsthemosthuman?
A.Tosearchfortruth.
B.Toachieveone’sideal.
C.Tomakefunofothers’mistakes.
D.Tocriticizeothersforone’sownerror.
2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTbasedoncommonsense?
A.Amantriestotakechargeofeverythinginalargecompany.
B.Astudentgoesoutwithanumbrellainstormyweather.
C.Acompany’snextmovefollowsagoodplan.
D.Alawyer