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  3. So many of us hold on to little resentments that may have stemmed from an argument, a misunderstanding, or some other painful ev

So many of us hold on to little resentments that may have stemmed from an argument, a misunderstanding, or some other painful ev

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问题     So many of us hold on to little resentments that may have stemmed from an argument, a misunderstanding, or some other painful event. Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out to us—believing this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle(重新激起)a friendship or family relationship.
    An acquaintance of mine whose health isn’t very good recently told me that she hasn’t spoken to her son in almost three years. "Why not?" I asked. She said that she and her son had had a disagreement about his wife and that she wouldn’t speak to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out, she resisted initially and said, "I can’t do that. He’s the one who should apologize." She was literally willing to die before reaching out to her only son. After a little gentle encouragement, however, she did decide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement her son was grateful for her willingness to call and offered an apology of his own.
    As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, he wins. Whenever we hold on to our anger we turn "small stuff’ into really "big stuff" in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn’t mean that you’re wrong. Everything will be fine. You’ll experience the peace of letting go as well as the joy of letting others be right You’ll also notice that as you reach out and let others be "right" they will become less defensive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But if for some reason they don’t that’s okay too. You will have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more loving world and certainly you’ll be more peaceful yourself.
In the sentence "Stubbornly we wait for someone else to reach out to us...", the phrase "reach out" is closest in meaning to _____.
选项 A、offer help
B、be in pursuit of
C、offer an apology
D、offer one’s hand
答案C
解析 文章第2句破折号后面半句是对前半句的解释说明，由forgive及第2段所举朋友与其儿子的事例可以推测reach out在此文中最接近“道歉”之义。其他选项不符合上下文的意思。
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