Unit Ten Profits of Praise 赞扬的好处

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1、UnitTen:ProfitsofPraiseArewetooquicktoblameandslowtopraise?Itseemsweare.ProfitsofPraiseItwastheendofmyexhausting【疲惫的】firstdayaswaitressinabusyNewYorkrestaurant.Mycap【帽子】hadgoneawry【歪斜的】,myapron【围裙】wasstained【变脏了】,myfeetached【痛】.Theloaded【载重的，装了菜的】trays【盘子】Icarriedfeltheavierandheavier.W

2、eary【疲倦的】anddiscouraged【沮丧的】,Ididn'tseemabletodoanythingright.AsImadeout【填写】acomplicatedcheck【支票】forafamilywithseveralchildrenwhohadchangedtheirice-creamorder【订单，菜单】adozentimes,Iwasreadytoquit.Thenthefathersmiledatmeashehandedmemytip【小费】."Welldone,"hesaid."You'velookedafterusreallywell.

3、"Suddenlymytiredness【疲惫】vanished【突然消失不见】.Ismiledback,andlater,whenthemanageraskedmehowI'dlikedmyfirstday,Isaid,"Fine!"Thosefewwordsofpraisehadchangedeverything.Praiseislikesunlighttothehumanspirit;wecannotflowerandgrowwithoutit.Andyet,whilemostofusareonlytooreadytoapplyto【运用，将…用在…身上】oth

4、ersthecoldwindofcriticism,wearesomehow【不知怎的】reluctant【不情愿的】togiveourfellowsthewarmsunshineofpraise.Why-whenonewordcanbringsuchpleasure?Afriendofminewhotravelswidelyalwaystriestolearnalittleofthelanguageofanyplaceshevisits.She'snotmuchof【算不上是】alinguist【语言学家，通晓多国语言的人】,butshedoes【do或dose或d

5、id位于动词前表强调，do代替该动词进行时态的变化】knowhowtosayoneword-"beautiful"-inseverallanguages.Shecanuseittoamotherholding【抱着】herbaby,ortolonelysalesmanfishingout【掏出】picturesofhisfamily.Theabilityhasearnedherfriendsallovertheworld.It'sstrangehowchary【谨慎】weareaboutpraising.Perhapsit'sbecausefewofusknowhow

6、toacceptcompliments【恭维】gracefully【优雅的】.Instead,weareembarrassed【尴尬的】andshrugoff【耸肩表示蔑视】thewordswearereallysogladtohear.Becauseofthisdefensive【防御的】reaction,directcomplimentsaresurprisinglydifficulttogive.Thatiswhysomeofthemostvaluedpats【轻拍】ontheback【n.轻拍肩膀】arethosewhichcometousindirectly

7、【间接地】,inaletterorpassedon【传递】byafriend.Whenonethinksofthespeedwithwhichspiteful【恶意的】remarks【言论】areconveyed,itseemsapitythatthereisn'tmoreefforttorelay【传播】pleasingandflattering【讨好的】comments.It'sespeciallyrewardingtogivepraiseinareasinwhicheffortgenerallygoesunnoticed【不知不觉】orunme