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1、ProfitsOfPraise赞美的好处ItwastheendofmyexhaustingfirstdayaswaitressinabusyNewYorkrestaurant.Mycaphadgoneawry,myapronwasstained,myfeetached.TheloadedtraysIcarriedfeltheavier.Wearyanddiscouraged,Ididn’tseemabletodoanythingright.AsImadeoutacomplicatedcheckforafamilywithseveralchildrenwhohadchangedthei
2、rice-creamorderadozentimes,Iwasreadytoquit.它结束了,我感到精疲力尽第一天当服务员在繁忙的纽约的餐馆里。我的帽子歪了,围裙弄脏了,我的脚疼。携带的托盘让我觉得沉重。疲倦又沮丧,我似乎已经不能做对一件事。当我开了一张支票给一个家庭的复杂与好几个小孩要冰激凌已改变了十几次,我准备辞职不干了。Thenthefathersmiledatmeashehandedmemytip.“Welldone,”hesaid.“You’velookedafterusreallywell.”此时父亲向小男孩微笑地看着我小费递给我,“干得不错,”他说。“你对我们照顾得很
3、好。”Suddenlymytirednessvanished.Ismiledback,andlater,whenthemanageraskedmehowIlikedmyfirstday,Isaid,“Fine!”thosefewwordsofpraisehadchangedeverything.忽然,我疲倦消失了。我微笑着,后来,当经理问我为什么我喜欢我的第一天,我就说:“好!”这几句话的赞美改变了一切。Praiseislikesunlighttothehumanspirit;wecannotflowerandgrowwithoutit.Andyet,whilemostofusare
4、onlytooreadytoapplytoothersthecoldwindofcriticism,wearesomehowreluctanttogiveourfellowsthewarmsunshineofpraise.赞美如同阳光一样照耀着人的精神,我们将无法开花和成长,这是必不可少的。然而,大多数人都十分准备向别人批评的冷风,却不愿意给自己的同伴赞扬的阳光。Why---whenonewordcanbringsuchpleasure?Afriendofminewhotravelswidelyalwaystriestolearnalittleofthelanguageofanypl
5、aceshevisits.She’snotmuchofalinguist,butshedoesknowhowtosayoneword---“beautiful”---inseverallanguages.Shecanuseittoamotherholdingherbaby,ortoalonelysalesmanfishingoutpicturesofhisfamily.Theabilityhasearnedherfriendsallovertheworld.It’sstrangehowcharyweareaboutpraising.Perhapsit’sbecausefewofusk
6、nowhowtoacceptcomplimentsgracefully.Instead,weareembarrassedandshrugoffthewordswearereallysogladtohear.Becauseofthisdefensivereaction,directcomplimentsaresurprisinglydifficulttogive.Thatiswhysomeofthemostvaluedpatsonthebackarethosewhichcometousindirectly,inaletterorpassedonbyafriend.Whenonethin
7、ksofthespeedwithwhichspitefulremarksareconveyed,itseemsapitythatthereisn’tmoreefforttorelaypleasingandflatteringcomments.为什么------当一个词能带来这样的快乐吗?我的一个朋友谁广泛游历总是努力学习一点语言的任何地方她访问。她是不会有多大的语言学家,但她也知道怎么说一个字——“美丽”------在好几种语言。她可以用它来一个母亲牵着她
