When someone gives you advice, listen without judgment, try to find value in what you’re hearing, and say “Thank you”．This wise advice is easy to understand yet hard to practice．I’ll give you an example from my life when I totally blew it in terms of practicing what I teach．
In my work I travel constantly．I always put off going to the airport until the last second．My wife, Lynda, was sitting next to me in the front seat．I was racing along and not paying much attention．Lynda cried out, “Look out! There is a red light up ahead．”
Being a trained behavioral science professional --- who teaches others the value of encouraging advice --- I naturally screamed at her, “I know there is a red light up ahead! Don’t you think I can see?” When we arrived at the airport, Lynda didn’t speak to me．I wondered why she seemed mad at me．
During the flight to New York, I did a cost-benefit analysis．I asked myself, “What was the cost of just listening when Lynda called out the warning? Zero．” I then reasoned, “What was the potential benefit? What could have been saved?” Several potential benefits came to mind, including her life, my life, and the lives of other people．
I landed in New York feeling ashamed of myself．I immediately called Lynda and told her my cost-benefit story．I convinced her, “The next time you help me with my driving, I am just going to say, ‘Thank you．’”
A few months passed, and I had long forgotten the incident．Again, I was racing off to the airport, when Lynda cried out, “Look out for the red light!” I was embarrassed, and then shouted, “Thank you!”
I’m a long way from perfect, but I’m getting better．My suggestion is that you get in the habit of asking the important people in your life how you can do things better．And be ready for an answer．Some people may tell you things like “Look out for the red light．” When this happens, remember that there is possibly some potential benefit．Then just say, “Thank you．”
【小题1】What do we know about the author?

When someone gives you advice, listen without judgment, try to find value in what you’re hearing, and say “Thank you”．This wise advice is easy to understand yet hard to practice．I’ll give you an example from my life when I totally blew it in terms of practicing what I teach．

In my work I travel constantly．I always put off going to the airport until the last second．My wife, Lynda, was sitting next to me in the front seat．I was racing along and not paying much attention．Lynda cried out, “Look out! There is a red light up ahead．”

Being a trained behavioral science professional --- who teaches others the value of encouraging advice --- I naturally screamed at her, “I know there is a red light up ahead! Don’t you think I can see?” When we arrived at the airport, Lynda didn’t speak to me．I wondered why she seemed mad at me．

During the flight to New York, I did a cost-benefit analysis．I asked myself, “What was the cost of just listening when Lynda called out the warning? Zero．” I then reasoned, “What was the potential benefit? What could have been saved?” Several potential benefits came to mind, including her life, my life, and the lives of other people．

I landed in New York feeling ashamed of myself．I immediately called Lynda and told her my cost-benefit story．I convinced her, “The next time you help me with my driving, I am just going to say, ‘Thank you．’”

A few months passed, and I had long forgotten the incident．Again, I was racing off to the airport, when Lynda cried out, “Look out for the red light!” I was embarrassed, and then shouted, “Thank you!”

I’m a long way from perfect, but I’m getting better．My suggestion is that you get in the habit of asking the important people in your life how you can do things better．And be ready for an answer．Some people may tell you things like “Look out for the red light．” When this happens, remember that there is possibly some potential benefit．Then just say, “Thank you．”

1.What do we know about the author?

2.The underlined part “blew it” in Paragraph 1 probably means “__________”．

3.It can be inferred from the passage that people __________．

4.The purpose of the passage is to advise people to __________．

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　　Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more 1 and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which comes from the printed papers 2 on streets.

　　These printed things 3 newspapers but they have hardly 4 to do with them. You can only find reading materials badly made up these—some are too strange for anyone to 5 ; others are frightening stories of something 6 . However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such 7 reading, which 8 them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares (恶梦) and immoral (邪恶的) ideas in 9 . Homework was left 10 ; daily games lost.

　　These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers, 11 they are, we never know, are 12 their ill-gotten money (黑钱).

　　The sheep-disguised (伪装) wolf’s story seems to have been forgotten. Why not 13 this kind of things? Yes, both the teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers.

　　 14 , the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it. 15 you may even find out several children, driven by their curious natures, 16 one patched paper, which has traveled from hand to hand.

　　It really does 17 to our society. It had already formed a sort of moral pollution. The 18 teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young 19 need more interesting and healthy books to help them 20 those ugly papers.

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