首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
职业资格
In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good ne
In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good ne
admin
2022-12-06
77
问题
In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.
Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out of the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, "Oh boy, bad day for a picniC. The weatherman says it’s going to rain." I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, but for his smile.
Several months ago, I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, "Oh, that bus left five minutes ago." Dreams of head-cutting!
It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.
Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as a traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.
Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, "Oh, that’s all right. I’ll catch the next one." Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded person is sure to have.
In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was________.
选项
A、not helpful
B、not considerate
C、friendly
D、warm-hearted
答案
B
解析
细节题。第二段提到,作者与朋友正要开心地出去野餐,邻居却微笑着告知天要下雨,由此可以看出这位邻居并没有顾及作者的感受,缺少同理心,故B项“不够体贴的”正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/PdjD777K
本试题收录于:
英语学科知识与教学能力题库教师资格分类
0
英语学科知识与教学能力
教师资格
相关试题推荐
导游在接到讲解任务后要做好哪些方面的准备?()
独自式口头语言的特点是()。
导游人员运用突出重点法讲解神农架,对华侨及港澳台同胞重点介绍祭坛,讲解炎帝尝百草、搭架采药的壮举;对青年学生则把重点放在神农架自然博物馆向他们介绍珙桐、金丝猴等珍稀动植物;对喜欢逐新猎奇的游客,着重介绍神农架的“野人”之谜。这是突出了(
导游语言从狭义的角度上看,是导游人员与游客()时使用的一种具有丰富表达力、生动形象的口头语言。
Thedancerand_________hasalreadyarrivedattheconcerthall.
InancientEgypt,thepharaohtreatedthepoormessagerunnerlikeaprincewhenhearrivedatthepalace,ifhebroughtgoodne
What’shappening:Withglobalpopulationlevelssettoreachcloseto10billionpeopleby2050,theecologicalimpactofth
Whichofthefollowingdescribesthelanguageofpeoplelivinginthesamegeographicalareawithitsuniqueaccent?
Veryfewpeoplecouldunderstandhislecturebecausethesubjectwasvery________.
随机试题
电子商务生产以()为中心。
A.上腹部包块B.肌紧张反跳痛C.胸腹腔积液D.腹壁皮下青紫E.假性肠梗阻急性胰腺炎常见的表现是
乳胶凝集试验属于
关于股票与债券的区别,下列说法错误的是( )。
依据《中华人民共和国教师法》的规定,下列属于教师义务的是()。
“考霸”宋涛是某中学高一(3)班的学生。同学们之所以称他为“考霸”,是因为他对成绩格外看重,每次考试后,他都会十分积极地去找老师问分数,大多数情况下他能取得令自己满意的成绩。事实上,宋涛上课时经常会在课堂上睡觉,他取得好成绩的秘密究竟在哪里?平时,宋涛总是
Tescohasoverhauleditspaypolicyfortopexecutivesasittriestoheadoffarepeatoflastyear’sembarrassingshareholder
森林里准备举行才艺比赛,比赛前的三个星期,兔子发现自己胖了,就打算减肥。比赛当天,熊猫顺利地打完了太极拳,小鸟唱出了好听的歌曲,最后是兔子的表演,大家都很期待,没想到它跳了不久就晕倒了。原来,兔子由于减肥过度,导致营养不良,需要住院治疗。本来兔子最有希望得
Inamovetodisseminatefacultyresearchandscholarshipmorebroadly,theFacultyofArtsandSciences(FAS)votedonTuesdayto
NewmodelpoliceWilliamBratton,thechiefoftheLosAngelesPoliceDepartment(LAPD),likestosaythat"copscount".They
最新回复
(
0
)