Have you heard of the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proves it wrong in 1954.
What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when people, who do not know how to swim, fall in deep waters? They drown. If an animal who has not learned swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not.
Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam (堵塞) if the operator typed too fast.
These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers command to your nervous system.
I used a snake in my workshops of children to learn how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. Students of a school in India, said snakes were slippery, slimy(黏糊糊的) and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.
Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change.
小题1:From the first paragraph, we know that _________.
A．several people have run a mile in four minutes.
B．Roger Banister set a record
C．nobody has run a mile in three minutes.
D．Roger Banister tied a world record小题2: By comparing a drowning animal and a person, the writer tried to show _________.
A．the power of confidence
B．the responses of humans and animals to dangers
C．the difference between humans and animals
D．the power of belief小题3:Which of the following statements would the writer agree with?
A．Our beliefs are impossible to change
B．How we act mainly depends on our beliefs.
C．Our beliefs create or destroy our nervous system
D．Our beliefs always go against the truth小题4:The children visiting the writer’s workshops might_________.
A．learn how to keep off snakes
B．become brave and realistic
C．become clever and strong
D．learn to review their beliefs
