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WEEK EIGHT
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道歉有技巧
Monday
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I was running late.My wife.Eleanor.and I had I
to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock.and it
was already half past.I had a good 2 a client meeting had run over.and I'd 3 no time getting to the
dinner as quickly as possible.
When I arrived at the restaurant.I 4 and told my wife I didn't mean to be late.
She answered,"You never mean to be late."She was 5
"Sorry.it was unavoidable."I told her about the 6 Not only did my explanation not calm her down.
it seemed to make things 7.And that started to make me angry.
Several weeks later,when I described the 8 to a friend,Ken Hardy.he 9."You made a classie
mistake,"he told me."You're 10 in your opinion,"he said."You didn't mean to be late.But that's not the
point.The point-and what's important in your communication-is 11 your lateness affected Eleanor."
In other words,I 12 my intention,while Eleanor concentrated her mind on the consequences.She
and I were having two 13 conversations.At last,we both 14 and felt angry.The more I thought about
what Ken had said,the 15 I recognized that this battle-intention vs.consequences-was the root 16 of so
much interpersonal disharmony.
As it turns out.it's not the thought that counts or even the action that counts.That's 17 the other
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person doesn't experience your thought or your action.He or she experiences the consequences of your action.
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18 talking to Eleanor and really understanding her experience of the consequences of my action.
our 19 has gotten better and somehow I've managed to be on time a lot more 20.
)1.A.liked
B.agreed
C.hoped
D.thought
)2.A.idea
B.opinion
C.excuse
D.word
)3.A.devoted
B.spent
C.taken
D.wasted
)4.A.apologized
B.refused
C.forgave
D.worried
)5.A.worried
B.annoyed
C.satisfied
D.surprised
G
)6.A.meeting
B.man
C.restaurant
D.friend
入
)7.A.good
B.well
C.better
D.worse
)8.A.occasion
B.position
C.situation
D.condition
)9.A.shouted
B.cried
C.smiled
D.announced
)10.A.moved
B.hit
C.stuck