Read the following passage carefully and compose a "topic outline" for it. When You Refuse to Be a Victim Sometimes life can be downright nasty. People can wrong you, cheat you, betray you, and put you in a situation where you are victimized. If you fall a victim to an abuse or a rumor, you may feel hopeless and helpless, or even desperate. It's unfortunate, but it happens. Complaints in cases like these certainly lead you nowhere. Your own initiative does. It plays a decisive role if you want to take back control of your life. The easiest approach to the problem is asking whether you can remove yourself from the situation. For example, if you're betrayed in a relationship for whatever reason, can you put yourself out of harm's way'? On many occasions, we find ourselves helplessly victimized. It's time to change that. You could go stay with a friend, family member, or get a hotel. Either way, refusing to leave the harmful situation is not healthy. If leaving is not the best choice, what can you do? More often than not, you cannot force a person to change, but you can greatly influence him. You can act as a catalyst. For example, if you live with a family member who has an abuse problem and tends to be really mean to you, what can you do? You can start changing the situation by setting boundaries. You can take your power back by letting that person know what is unacceptable. You cannot change others---it's up to them, but you can influence their behavior by changing how you interact with them. When these approaches fail, accepting the situation and then changing your mindset should be applied where you have been victimized. This is definitely a hard thing to do, but you can do it. If a tragic wrong has been done, accept it, put it in the past and live in the present. It may take time, but the greatest gift you have is the present. Changing your mindset means you will no longer assume the role of a victim. You will reclaim your power and voice-they are yours and should have never been taken. Regardless of how you are victimized, you can change your life by changing your mindset, knowing that you have complete power over your thoughts, actions and reactions. You know what will happen when you decide to stop playing the victim and take your life back? A lifetime is full of possibilities. You will have your personal power back. Your creative spark will glow to help solve problems where most other people wouldn't know what to do. By taking back your power and no longer playing the victim, you will have more freedom, as you no longer depend on others. You will become the master of your own life. You set the pace and decide what road to take.
【参考答案】Topic OutlineⅠ. Introduction: (Paragraph 1)A. Cases of being victimizedB. Thesis: Your initiative will lead you out of a victimized situation.Ⅱ. Three helpful strategies/approaches (Paragraphs 2-4)A. Leaving the harmful situationB. Changing the situationC. Accepting the situation and changing your mindsetⅢ. Conclusion: Taking back your personal power to be the master of your own life. (Paragraph 5)
