新概念英語試聽課

Be positive. Although life can be challenging. If you’re able to make every moment count and find the good even within the bad, people will be drawn to your resilience. You shouldn’t be a blind optimist but having a positive outlook despite any hardships makes you seem dependable.

要積極。雖然生活充滿挑戰(zhàn)，如果你能夠活在當(dāng)下并在困難中尋找美好，大家將會被你感染。你不應(yīng)該是一個盲目的樂觀主義者，在苦難中保持積極的態(tài)度讓你更加值得信賴。

Realize it’s not all about you. It’s great to show off your strings when meeting someone new but people also like to see a degree of humility because it shows that you understand there’s always room for improvement. There’s a difference between confidence and self-centeredness. To avoid seeming conceited, focus on larger concerns in the world and be sure you’re letting the other person participate equally in the conversation.

意識到這并不總是關(guān)于你。和對方見面時，展現(xiàn)自己很好，但是大家同樣也希望看到一絲謙遜，因為這樣表明你了解永遠(yuǎn)都有進(jìn)步的空間。自信和自我中心還是有差別的。避免自負(fù)、集中注意力于世界更大的問題并確保你讓對方也平等地參與到對話之中。

Try to avoid the bad days. Timing plays an important role and while there’s only so much we can control. If something unfortunate happens that deeply affects you, you’re not obliged to follow through with a scheduled meeting on the same day instead you can bring up the issue and set up another time. Let them know your time with them is valuable to you, so you don’t want to let unfavorable aspects of your life to affect them or make them uncomfortable. It’ll show wise judgment on your part and demonstrate your ability to communicate effectively.

嘗試避免不開心的日子。雖然不可控，但時機(jī)也是非常重要的。如果發(fā)生了不幸的事情，你的心情受到影響，你無須遵照時間表在這一天和對方見面。相反，你可以提出這個問題并另外約時間。告訴他們下次見面的時間很重要，你也不想讓自己不開心的一面影響到他們或讓他們感到不舒服。這能夠展現(xiàn)出你睿智判斷力的一面并有效展現(xiàn)你溝通的能力。