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1、Unit10ProfitsofPraiseArewetooquicktoblameandslowtopraise?Itseemsweare.ItwastheendofmyexhaustingfirstdayaswaitressinabusyNewYorkrestaurant.Mycaphadgoneawry,myapronwasstained,myfeetached.TheloadedtraysIcarriedfeltheavierandheavier.Wearyanddiscouraged,Ididn'tseemabl
2、etodoanythingright.AsImadeoutacomplicatedcheckforafamilywithseveralchildrenwhohadchangedtheirice-creamorderadozentimes,Iwasreadytoquit.Thenthefathersmiledatmeashehandedmemytip."Welldone,"hesaid."You'velookedafterusreallywell."Suddenlymytirednessvanished.Ismiledba
3、ck,andlater,whenthemanageraskedmehowI'dlikedmyfirstday,Isaid,"Fine!"Thosefewwordsofpraisehadchangedeverything.Praiseislikesunlighttothehumanspirit;wecannotflowerandgrowwithoutit.Andyet,whilemostofusareonlytooreadytoapplytoothersthecoldwindofcriticism,wearesomehow
4、reluctanttogiveourfellowsthewarmsunshineofpraise.Why-whenonewordcanbringsuchpleasure?Afriendofminewhotravelswidelyalwaystriestolearnalittleofthelanguageofanyplaceshevisits.She'snotmuchofalinguist,butshedoesknowhowtosayoneword-"beautiful"-inseverallanguages.Shecan
5、useittoamotherholdingherbaby,ortolonelysalesmanfishingoutpicturesofhisfamily.Theabilityhasearnedherfriendsallovertheworld.It'sstrangehowcharyweareaboutpraising.Perhapsit'sbecausefewofusknowhowtoacceptcomplimentsgracefully.Instead,weareembarrassedandshrugoffthewor
6、dswearereallysogladtohear.Becauseofthisdefensivereaction,directcomplimentsaresurprisinglydifficulttogive.Thatiswhysomeofthemostvaluedpatsonthebackarethosewhichcometousindirectly,inaletterorpassedonbyafriend.Whenonethinksofthespeedwithwhichspitefulremarksareconvey
7、ed,itseemsapitythatthereisn'tmoreefforttorelaypleasingandflatteringcomments.It'sespeciallyrewardingtogivepraiseinareasinwhicheffortgenerallygoesunnoticedorunmentioned.Anartistgetscomplimentedforagloriouspicture,acookforaperfectmeal.Butdoyouevertellyoulaundrymanag
8、erhowpleasedyouarewhentheshirtsaredonejustright?Doyoueverpraiseyourpaperboyforgettingthepapertoyouontime365daysayear?Praiseisparticularlyappreciatedbythosedoin
