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1. How can you show respect for others if you do not give them your full attention?actively listen to them?hearing them out rather than impatiently waiting for your turn to talk. hear sb out 听完
“而不是，与其……宁愿”。例如：
He ran rather than walked there.他跑着而不是走着去了那儿。 Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad,he sold them at half price. 为了不让菜烂掉，他把菜半价卖了。
2. Don't you expect the same of others?to be listened to and taken seriously? 重视;认真对待,当真
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One reason (for discussing listening here) is because of concerns (expressed by people attending assertiveness courses), (many of whom are helped by improving their listening skills.) 分词作后置定语
expressed by people...过去分词做定语修饰concerns; attending... 现在分词做定语修饰people. 本句的主句为One reason is because of concerns.
many of whom are helped by improving their listening skills为非限制性定语从句
翻译：我们在这里讨论“倾听”，因为许多参加过自信力培训的人都对“倾听”较感兴趣，非常关心，其中许多人通过提高倾听技能而获益匪浅。
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1. Many people find it relatively easy to communicate on a professional level, (on which the content of conversation is technical, technological or business-oriented,) but have difficulty in stepping from behind their desks and chatting with superiors, co-workers,clients and customers on a more personal level.
(1) 本句是由but 引导的并列复合句，主要结构为Many people find it easy...but have difficulty in stepping...and chatting...
(2) it作形式宾语，真正的宾语为不定式短语 (3) 注意介词on 的用法
(4) On which...为非限制性定语从句
(5) business-oriented -oriented导向的，面向...的；以...为方向的，以...为目的的，eg: money-oriented, profit-oriented (6) have difficulty in doing sth.
翻译：许多人发现专业知识交流往往相对容易，因为大家谈论的是技术、科技或商业问题。但是，他们却难以走出工作环境，与上司、同事及客户进行更加个人化的沟通。
2.On training courses participants (previously unknown to each other) will soon talk together about work-related issues—common objectives— but some keep silent during refreshment breaks (where social chitchat is required).
(1)本句是由but 引导的并列复合句，主要结构为On training courses participants will soon talk...but some keep silent...
(2)…previously unknown to each other过去分词短语作定语修饰participants. (3)...where 引导定语从句
翻译：培训中，原本彼此不相识的受训者迅速开始交流与工作相关的问题，即共同目标，但在课间休息应进行一般社交性的闲谈时，他们却保持沉默。
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At the other end of the pole are the ―short fuse brigade‖, (who find that differences of opinions too often escalate into aggressive outbursts.) If this is your tendency, you too will benefit from paying attention to others. Here too, listening is of paramount importance. (1) 倒装结构。The \into aggressive outbursts, are at the other end of the pole. (复数意义) (2) who 引导非限制性定语从句； (3) benefit from 从...中获益
(4) be of paramount importance= be very important be of great value = be very valuable
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Then there are the non-assertive individuals (whose self-confidence plummets when others don‘t listen to them. ) Well, admit it, haven‘t you ever been made to feel inadequate or bored when others interrupt you in order to express their own views , or change the subject before you‘ve finished speaking? How do you cope with people (who continually interrupt ,or whose topic-hopping make it virtually impossible for you to maintain a dialogue? ) How do you stop your boss when he is in full flow, to explain that you are unsure of something he has said?
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Note how I do it, then copy me. (2) the former, the latter
(3) not …but … 不是，而是 eg: He is not rich but poor.
（1） note that… = notice that… ; observe that… eg:She noted that his hands were dirty.
当not….but 连接两个主语时，谓语动词必须与其靠近的那个 主语保持人称和数的一致. eg ：
Not the students, but the teacher is hoping to go there.
(4) self-disclosure = talking about oneself or one?s own experiences
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1. as if 好像
2. shut…in 围住，笼罩
Eg. The village is shut in by hills. 这村子四周环山。 3. I had no way of knowing…… : I don?t know……
4. 译文：你曾经在浓雾茫茫的时候到过海上吗? 那时会有这样的感觉，周围是白茫茫的一片，什么也看不见。轮船焦急万分又小心翼翼地摸索着靠近海岸。开始接受教育之前，我就好像是那条船，只是不知道海岸还有多远。
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1. The most important day (I remember in all my life) is the one (on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me).
I remember in all my life: 定语从句，修饰The most important day.
on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me: 定语从句，修饰the one. 其中介词on是由on the day搭配所决定的。 2. be filled with 充满
3. immeasurable: (adj.) too big, great, etc.
measure → measurable → immeasurable → immeasurableness Exercise: 这一调查显示，互联网给人类社会带来了巨大变化。
This survey indicates that the Internet ___________________ to human society. 从朋友那他得到了巨大的勇气来说出事实的真相。 From his friends he ___________________to tell the truth. Answers: has brought immeasurable changes got immeasurable courage
译文：我的老师--安?曼斯菲尔德?萨莉文小姐来到我家的那一天，是我一生中最重要的日子。每当我回想起正是那一天连接了我生活的两个完全不同的阶段时，心中就感慨万端。那是1887年3月5日，再过三个月，我就满七周岁了。
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1. On the afternoon of that exciting day, I guessed vaguely from my mother‘s signs and from the hurrying to and fro in the house (that something unusual was about to happen), so …… (1) that something unusual was about to happen: that引导的宾语从句，谓语为guessed (2) vaguely adv. 含混地，不清楚地 Eg. I vaguely remember their house.
无表情的 Eg. She looked vaguely around her and said:\
(3) be about to do something: intend to do sth immediately; on the point of doing sth. Eg. I was about to leave my house when the phone rang. 2. stretch out one‘s hand(s) 3. reveal sth. to sb. reveal one?s identity reveal a secret to sb.
research has revealed that……
4. someone took it, and then I was caught up and held close in the arms of the person (who had come to reveal all things to me, and, more important than that , to love me)． who had come to reveal all things to me, and, more important than that , to love me: who引导的定语从句, 修饰先行词the person.
译文：在那个激动人心的下午，我从妈妈的活动和家里人们的忙乱中猜到要有什么不平常的事情发生。我走到门口，在台阶上等着。我感到有人朝我走来，以为是妈妈，就伸出了手，有个人握住它，把我拉了过去，紧紧的抱在怀里。这个抱我的人，就是那个将为我揭开生活的帷幕，而且也将把她满腔的爱倾注给我的人。
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1. be interested in 2. succeed in doing sth 3. childish a.
(characteristic) of a child She had a childish face.
【derog】(of an adult) (behaving) like a child; immature,silly Crying for things you can?t have is childish. That was a very childish remark.
4. But my teacher had been with me several weeks before I understood that everything has a name.
我和老师生活了几个星期之后，我才明白了每个东西都有自己的名称。注意这句话的翻译，一般把before翻译成“….之后”。
eg. It was not long before we met again. 不多久后，我们又相见了。
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1. 1.apply vt. 应用，运用 eg. apply a theory to practice 把理论运用于实践 He applied his Marxist knowledge to the events around him. 他把马克思主义知识运用到周围的事情中。 vi. 适用，应用，运用 eg. The rules of safe driving apply to everyone. 安全驾驶规则，人人适用。 vi. 申请 eg. He applied to the school for a teaching post. 他向那所学校申请了一个教书的岗位。 2.impress sth. on/upon sb.使某人铭记某事；使某人深深意识到某事 eg. The manager impressed on his office staff the importance of keeping accurate records. Paragraph 7 1. thrill n. 激动，狂喜；引起激动或狂喜的事物 v. 使激动，使兴奋 一阵喜悦（恐怖） a thrill of joy / horror 激动得不能自已 thrill with excitement 恐惧得发抖 thrill with horror 因喜讯而激动 thrill at the good news 2. 2.I stood still; my whole attention was fixed upon the movements of her finger. 我一动不动地站着，全神贯注的感觉她手指的动作。这句话中，still是形容词，表示“静止的，不动的”，stand是系动词。英语中，有一类这样的动词，既保留动词含义，又可以充当系动词，后面要求跟表语。 eg. The boys came back low-spirited. 男孩们回来了，情绪低落。 fix my whole attention upon sth: 把我的全部注意力集中到某物上 Paragraph 8 1. give birth to sb/sth: produce young Eg. She gave birth to a healthy baby last night. Marx?s ideas gave birth to communism. 2. On entering the door I remembered the doll I had broken. 一进门我就记起了那个被我摔破的娃娃 on/upon doing sth或on/upon + N: 一……就……，表示此动作一发生，另一动作立即发生。 Text B
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