中石油2016通用英语选读课文40Fundamental Techniques in Handling People处理人际关系的基本技巧.doc

40 Fundamental基本的 Techniques in Handling People 处理人际关系的基本技巧 1. On the morning of April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln lay dying in a hall bedroom of a cheap lodging寄住的，暂住的 house directly across the street from Fords Theater, where John Wilkes Booth had shot him. Lincolns long body lay stretched伸展 diagonallyadv斜线地，对角地 across a sagging下陷的，下垂 bed that was too short for him. A cheap reproduction复制品，仿制品 of Rosa Bonheurs famous painting The Horse Fair hung above the bed, and a dismaladj阴暗的，阴沉的，凄凉的 gas jet煤气喷嘴，煤气火焰 flickered发出 yellow light. 1.1865年4月15日清晨,亚伯拉罕.林肯奄奄一息地躺在福特戏院对面一家廉价客栈的卧房里。约翰·威尔克斯·布斯枪杀了他。那张下陷的床对身材修长的林肯而言实在太短了。床的上方，挂着一件罗莎·邦赫的名画《马市》的廉价仿制品，一盏阴暗的煤气灯发出惨淡的黄晕。 2. As Lincoln lay dying, Secretary of War Stanton said, There lies the most perfect ruler元首，统治者 of men that the world has ever seen. 2.当林肯奄奄一息地躺着时，陆军部长斯坦顿说：“躺在这里的，是世界上有史以来最完美的元首。” 3. What was the secret of Lincolns success in dealing with people? I studied the life of Abraham Lincoln for ten years and devoted投入 all of three years to writing and rewriting润色 a book entitled书名叫做 Lincoln the Unknown. I believe I have made as detailed and exhaustiveadj透彻的，彻底的，无遗漏的，详尽的 a study of Lincolns personality个性，人格，人品 and home life as it is possible for any being to make. I made a special study of Lincolns method of dealing with people. Did he indulge in热衷于，沉湎于 criticism? Oh, yes. As a young man in the Pigeon Creekn小溪，小河 Valley of Indiana, he not only criticized but he wrote letters and poems诗 ridiculingvt嘲笑，奚落 n揶揄，嘲笑，奚落 people and dropped these letters on the country roads where they were sure to be found. One of these letters aroused引起 resentmentsn怨恨，愤恨 that burned for a lifetime. 3.林肯待人方面成功的秘诀是什么？，4. Even after Lincoln had become a practicing开业的，在工作的 lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, he attacked攻击 his opponents对手 openly公开地 in letters published in the newspapers. But he did this just once too often. 4.林肯在伊利诺斯州的春田镇，，， 5. In the autumn of 1842 he ridiculed讥笑 a vain自负的, pugnaciousadj好斗的 politician政客 by the name of James Shields. Linc