In ancient Egypt,the pharaoh(法老)trented the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace ,if he broubht good news ,However ,if the exharsted runner had the misrlrtune to buing the pharaoh unhappy news ,his head was cut off
Shades of that lpirit priad ovie today’s cknversntions,Once a friend and Ipack up some peanut butter ane sandwiches for an outing As we walked light-heartedly out the door ,pienie basket in hand ,a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and saie ,Oh boy ,bad dny for a picnic the weatherman says it’s going tl raim I wanted to strike him on the race with the peanut butter and sandwiches not for his stupid weather report for his wsile
Several months ago Iwas racing to fcatcb angty A’s I breathlessly put my handfrul of cash acrlss the Greyhound ckunths the sales ager said with a brond smile.Oh that bus lsft rive minrtes ago Dreams of head cutting
It’s not the news thst makes ,someone angry It’s the unsympathetic attitrde with which it’s delivered Everyone must give bad mews from time to time ,and winning professilnalas di it ‘swith the prope attitude A doctor advising a paticnt she needs an operation dose it in a caring way Aboss infonning an employee he didn’t get job takes on a sympathetic tone Big winners know ,when delivering ang ban news they should share th feeling of the receiver.
Unfortumately, many peple are not aware of this?you re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready ye?When you had your heart set on the toast beef ,has your waiter mimily told you that he just seuved the last piece?It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist fight 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 infored 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 bear new ,deliver bombs with the emxtion the bombarded(被轰炸的)person is sure to have.
(1)
In Paragrph 1,the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to ________.
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A.
make a comparison
B.
warm-hearted
C.
not considerate
D.
not helpful
(2)
From“Dreams of head-cutting!”(Paragraph 3),we learn that the writer ________.
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A.
was mad at the sales agent.
B.
was reminded of the cruel pharaoh
C.
wished that the sales agent would have had dreams.
D.
dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night.
(3)
What is the main idea of the text?
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A.
Delivering bad news properly is important in communication.
B.
Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.
C.
Receiving bad news requires great courage.
D.
Learning ancient traditions can be useful.
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As a teenager I was a productive letter writer. One letter I wrote
1 .to56pages, and was 2 .of the extremely ordinary details (微不足道的事) of daily life. It could only have been of interest to me, and maybe, the receiver. But then, 3 , it might become attractive just because of the 4 details it recorded.
Official records of history-books and pictures--may record important events 5 they were always intended to have a large audience. 6 , letters tend not to be modified (修) , often true to 7 . They were, after all, 8 for just one pair of eyes.
Sadly, however, we don t write proper letters any more. Not only that, but, it's a fact that nowadays hardly anyone 9 to the letters they have receivedWe think only about 10 living and throwing things out. Who among us will leave any helpful papers for historians? In researching a book, I would never have found out that, in the late 19 th century, showy(花枝招展) waistcoats caused a lot of 11 , if I hadn't read the 12 . One fellow even wrote to a friend to say that if he were to ever meet a man wearing a kind of showy clothes he 13 shoot the man on sight.
What a 14 if such details were lost due to lack of letter writing and a little saving. I think we should all 15 to write at least one letter a month any try to 16 those we get.
17 good emails should be printed out and kept, too. Emails may not leave an example of our handwriting, but 18 they allow us to record our lives. Some years ago, a friend 19 me with a bundle of letters that I'd sent her since I was 16 . They gave a wonderful 20 of my teenage. History will need to know this, I'm sure.