排比：用结构相同或相似、语气一致的一连串词语，把相似或相关的内容表达出来，这样的修辞手法，叫做排比。运用排比，能加强语气。排比用于叙事，语意畅达，层次清楚；用于抒情，节奏和谐，显得感情洋溢；用于说理条理分明，适合详尽的论述。
第42章 感恩是生活的大智慧
Be Grateful to Life
Read the article quickly and answer the following question.
Why should we be grateful to our life？
Once President Roosevelt’s house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this， one of Roosevelt’s friends wrote to him and advised him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt wrote back immediately， saying， “Dear friend， thank you for your letter to comfort me. I’m all right now. I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three reasons： firstly， the thief only stole things from me but did not hurt me at all； secondly， the thief has stolen some of my things instead of all my things； thirdly， most luckily for me， it was the man rather than me who became a thief...”