One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite
1 at the answer. Thinking he had not made
2 understood or the girl had not
3 him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”
4 the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know
5 to say.
What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t
6 a compliment (恭維) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She
7 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the
8 , people will feel proud and
9 when they are praised . So if someone says the
10 you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion, being confident does not
11 being proud, so sometimes you should be confident
12 being modest.
13 you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by
14 . When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will
15 get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.
小題1: | A.excited | B.surprised | C.relaxed | D.frightened |
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小題2: | A.itself | B.herself | C.himself | D.themselves |
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小題3: | A.heard | B.watched | C.listened to | D.looked at |
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小題4: | A.Though | B.Although | C.Or | D.But |
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小題6: | A.receive | B.accept | C.refuse | D.disagree |
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小題7: | A.hardly | B.really | C.rarely | D.badly |
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小題8: | A.east | B.south | C.west | D.north |
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小題9: | A.dutiful | B.modest | C.shameful | D.confident |
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小題10: | A.dishes | B.cups | C.glasses | D.bowls |
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小題12: | A.as soon as | B.as well as | C.instead of | D.in spite of |
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小題13: | A.Unless | B.Until | C.Whether | D.If |
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小題14: | A.another | B.the other | C.the others | D.others |
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小題15: | A.fail to | B.expect to | C.succeed in | D.believe in |
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