Communicating clearly-to your boss, co-workers, friends, children, and spouse(配偶)－is an important part of your success and your 1 to improve the conditions you live and work in．Many people think that good communication is born, not 2 , and that some people are just 3 good speakers and motivators．They think the rest of us are just 4 to sit on the sidelines．
Communication is a habit．And being a habit it can be 5 and mastered, it is 6 an important habit, in fact, that it 7 its own step, its own place 8 the path to success．
It's also a little different． 9 the other good habits you are trying to 10 , this one is not just 11 self control and inner focus．Communication is interaction outside yourself, with other people, and about the ability to judge a 12 so that you 13 the right thing at the right time．
Life is about the 14 with other people：those above us(our boss), those 15 us(our colleagues, friends), and those who look up to us(our employees and children)．The 16 of communication is about how to make 17 with each of these groups so that they can help you achieve your 18 , and you, in turn; can help them achieve theirs．For even though you are on the road to self-improvement, it's not a 19 you are taking alone．
If you can't communicate with people, you have dramatically 20 your chances for success．
When I opened my email the other day, a pretty woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen．She greeted me by name and started talking with great enthusiasm(热情)． 1 now and then she stopped to smile at me or 2 a kiss．She was a mean email form from my brother, and much of it was about his getting the phone company to give him a high speed Internet 3 ．It was pretty cool．
Rachel was there 4 to a new technology called 5 ．Face mail lets you send email that gets ready to the receiver by an attractive male or female form or by a clown(小丑)．The 6 ．Which is free, can be downloaded at www．Facemail．com．
Face mail faces are lifelike, and they simulate(模拟)feelings 7 on the feelings that you put in your text．For example, type in X, and 8 blows a kiss．
The company that 9 the Face mail is sure there are broad business uses．
The reason e-business is not 10 , the company says, is that buying over the Internet lacks the human 11 ．But what if you go to the Nike website and Michael Jordan greets you by name, 12 on you and 13 closes the sale?And it is talking with Whirlpool(惠而浦公司)about using the 14 in a company screen on a fridge．Then if Mom can’t be home when the kids get back from school, she can leave a 15 with a voice and 16 telling them what there is to 17 ．
Facemail could get 18 fast．Personally, I’m a fan．But Facemail should be used with 19 ．The clown looks lively and funny at first．But if you select the clown, put a few 20 words in an email and add some angry feelings, you’ll get a psycho mail(疯人型电子邮件)．
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When I opened my E-mail the other day, a pretty woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen．She greeted me by name and 1 talking with great enthusiasm． 2 she stopped to smile at me or blow a kiss．She was reading 3 me an E-mail from my brother, and a lot of it was about his 4 the phone company to give him a high speed Internet connection．It was 5 ．
Rachel was there 6 a new technology called Facemail．It lets you send an E-mail that gets ready to the receiver by a(n) 7 male or female form or by a clown．The software, which is free, can be 8 at www．facemail．com．
Facemail faces are 9 , and they simulate(模拟)emotions 10 those you put in your text． 11 , type in X, and Rachel blows a kiss．
The company that develops the Facemail is sure there are broad 12 uses．
The reason E-business is not popular, the company says, is 13 buying over the Internet lacks the human touch．But 14 you went to the Nike website and Michael Jordan greeted you by name, 5 on you and personally closed the sale? And it is talking with Whirlpool(惠普公司)about using the technology in a computer screen on a fridge．Then if Mom can’t be home 16 the kids get back from school, she can leave a(n) 17 with a voice and image telling them what there is to eat．
Facemail could get hot fast． 18 , I’m a fan．But Facemail should be used with 19 ．The clown looks lively and funny at first．But if you select the clown, put a few 20 words in an E-mail and add some angry emotions, you’ve got a Psycho mail(疯人型电子邮件)．
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rude
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Hot words on the Internet don't stay hot for long．“Geili” and “Fuyun”, last year's biggest creations, are actually 1 on Internet now．What's popular now is “hold steady”．
The term(术语)comes from the very Taiwanese TV show 2 includes Miss Lin(Xie Yilin)giving a lecture on how to 3 like a fashion queen at parties or on the bus．Although the lecture is mainly a mockery(嘲笑)of the fashion world, 4 Miss Lin makes a point：We need to hold steady in pressure-filled or embarrassing situations．
5 steady is one of the qualities the public has been 6 lately 7 pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy．
The quality was 8 by a girl named Su Miaoling this year, who 9 in the TV singing competition “Super Girl”． 10 herself with confidence on stage, she kept 11 when others got anxious．
“I like your poise(淡定)．Very few people on this stage can keep calm like you do,” said one of the show's judges, Hu Haiquan, to Su．Internet users named Su “Sister Poise”．
Poise is also appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a 12 person．
Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People．Kate Middleton was 13 as the one of the Ten Best Mannered People for the way 14 she showed herself in the public．The Duchess of Cambridge was also appreciated 15 this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding．That is good news for many because she has prove 16 true that poise is not born, but it can be got with a bit of 17 ．
About-personal-growth．com, a foreign website on personal growth guidance, gives 18 on how to stay poised．
“Take a few deep breaths when you are facing a situation that tests your patience; practise yoga 19 ; say to yourself “I choose to be calm in any situation”; write down your encouragement daily to 20 the goal,” reads the site．
