精美英文欣赏:Making judgement评判

Making judgement

评判

Are you the type of person that is quick to judge?

你是那种能非常迅速做出评判的人吗?

I often make the mistake of quickly judging someone.

我经常犯这样迅速评判某人的错误。

You've probably heard the expression, "Don't judge a book by its cover".

你有没有听过这样一句话，叫做“人不可貌相。”

But, it's hard not to.

但是,很难不去这样做。

In this fast-food world, where everything travels faster and faster, and we are still not satisfied.

在这个快节奏的世界,在这里所有事物的传播速度越来越快,但我们仍然不满意。

It's hard not to make quick judgement.

很难不去快速的做出判断。

We channel surf, and people surf too.

我们频繁的变换频道,而人们也频繁的变换频道。

I think it's easy to criticize¹ others, and it's easy to criticize ourselves.

我认为批评别人很容易,批评我们自己也会很容易。

I would have to say that I'm my worst critic.

我必须得说我对自己来说是最差的评论家。

I'm pretty hard on myself. How about you?

我对自己非常苛刻。你呢?

Do you consider yourself to be a fairly understanding person?

你认为自己是一个相当能理解的人吗?

Criticizing² yourself a little bit is ok.

稍微批评一下自己就可以了。

Actually I think it's important to laugh at yourself, even to tease³ yourself.

其实我想重要的是嘲笑,甚至取笑自己。

Better you tease yourself than others.

你取笑自己好过别人如此对你。

Rodney Dangerfield, a famous American comedian⁴, passed away not too long ago, he has many one-liners, where he put himself down.

罗德尼?泽菲尔德是一位著名的美国喜剧演员,他在不久前刚刚去世,他有许多短笑话,他对自己失望的时候会对自己讲。

Would you like to hear one of the silly things he said?

你想听一个他说的傻傻的事情的吗?

He said:“I told my psychiatrist⁵ that everyone hates me, he said I was being ridiculous. Everyone hasn't met me yet".

他说道:“我告诉我的心理医生,每个人都恨我,他说我荒谬可笑。因为每个人都不曾看见过我。”

Recently, I'm trying to be less critical of people, and even myself.

最近,我正在试着少批评人,甚至我自己。

When I'm in a judgement mood, I even try to laugh a little, what do you do?

当我处于一种评判的心境,我还能继续笑一下,你会做怎样做呢?

Talk about it:

谈论下面的话题:

Are you a critical person?

你是一个批判的人吗?

What do you usually criticize?

你通常批判什么?

How do you feel when people criticize you?

当人们批评你的时候，你感觉如何?

Are you good at laughing at yourself?

你擅长嘲笑自己吗?

How important are first impressions to you?

第一印象对你有多重要?

Do you ever judge people before you meet them?

你曾经在见人之前就判断他们吗?

Are you able to change the first impression of a person later on?

以后你能够改变一个人的第一印象吗?

What do you do to make a good first impression?

你能做什么来留下好的第一印象?

How do you decide whether to change something about yourself?

你怎么决定是否要改变自己?

Would you change something about yourself if a close friend or relative pointed⁶ out a fault?

如果一位亲密的朋友或亲戚指出错误,你会改变自己吗?

1 criticize   

vt.批评；批判，指责；评论，评价

参考例句：

• Whenever you criticize him,he always has an excuse.你批评他，他总有说头儿。
• You are free to criticize my work.你可以随意批评我的工作。

2 criticizing   

v.评论，批评( criticize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He committed the cardinal sin of criticizing his teammates. 他犯了指责队友的大错。
• She's always criticizing her husband for being sloppy. 她总是指责她的丈夫做事马虎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 tease   

vt.戏弄，取笑，挑逗，撩拨；n.戏弄人者

参考例句：

• The other boys tease him because he is fat.因为他很胖，所以其他男生都取笑他。
• His friends used to tease him about his tatty clothes.他的朋友过去常常笑话他破旧的衣服。

4 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

5 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

6 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。