For more than fifty years we have known, or could have known, that there is an unconsciousness to counterbalance consciousness. Medical psychology has furnished all the necessary empirical and experimental proofs of this. There is an unconscious psychic reality which demonstrably influences consciousness and behavior. All this is known, but no practical conclusions have been drawn from it. We still go on thinking and acting as before, as if we were simplex and not duplex. Accordingly, we imagine ourselves to be innocuous, reasonable and humane. 46 ) We do not think of distrusting our motives or of asking ourselves how the inner man feels about the things we do in the outside world, but actually it is frivolous, superficial, and unreasonable of us, as well as psychically unhygienic, to overlook the reaction and viewpoint of the unconscious.
47) One can regard one’s stomach or heart as unimportant or even worthy of contempt, nevertheless overeating and over
For more than fifty years we have known, or could have known, that there is an unconsciousness to counterbalance consciousness. Medical psychology has furnished all the necessary empirical and experimental proofs of this. There is an unconscious psychic reality which demonstrably influences consciousness and behavior. All this is known, but no practical conclusions have been drawn from it. We still go on thinking and acting as before, as if we were simplex and not duplex. Accordingly, we imagine ourselves to be innocuous, reasonable and humane. 46 ) We do not think of distrusting our motives or of asking ourselves how the inner man feels about the things we do in the outside world, but actually it is frivolous, superficial, and unreasonable of us, as well as psychically unhygienic, to overlook the reaction and viewpoint of the unconscious.
47) One can regard one’s stomach or heart as unimportant or even worthy of contempt, nevertheless overeating and over
Since the 1950s, we have destroyed more than a third of our natural world. Our way of life has caused many serious environmental problems. We use huge amounts of natural resources and produce too much rubbish. Pollution is changing the Earth’s climate and our planet is getting hotter. The big question is: Will things ever change for the better
There are some scientists who are full of hope that something good will happen. They believe that with the help of science and strict laws today’s environmental problems will disappear in the future. Other scientists are pessimistic (悲观的): They believe that environmental problems are getting worse and soon it will be too late to save the environment. Let’s see what predictions those pessimistic scientists have made about life on Earth in the year 2100 :
●The Earth’s population will probably be 22.2 billion.
●The Earth’s temperature will be 1.4 to 5.8 degrees higher than it is today. The
A. People’s way of life.
B. Consumption of natural resources.
C. Change in the Earth’s climate.
D. Production of huge amoants of rubbish.
W: We have been waiting for you for more than half an hour. Where have you been
M: I’m terribly sorry. My car broke down and it took me some 20 minutes to repair it.
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