时尚英语话题 24

　　24 Making judgement
Are you the type of person that is quick to judge? I often make the mistake of quickly judging someone. You've probably heard the expression, "Don't judge a book by its cover". But, it's hard not to. In this fast-food world, where everything travels faster and faster, and we are still not satisfied. It's hard not to make quick judgement.
We channel surf, and people surf too.
I think it's easy to critisize others, and it's easy to critisize ourselves. I would have to say that I'm my worst critic. I'm pretty hard on myself. How about you?
Do you consider yourself to be a fairly understanding person? Critisizing yourself a little bit is ok. Actually I think it's important to laugh at yourself, even to tease¹ yourself. Better you tease yourself than others. Rodney Dangerfield, a famous American comedian², passed away not too long ago, he has many one-liners, where he put himself down.Would you like to hear one of the silly things he said?
He said,"I told my psychiatrist³ that everyone hates me, he said I was being rediculous. Everyone hasn't met me yet".
Recently, I'm trying to be less critical of people, and even myself. When I'm in a judgement mood, I even try to laugh a little, what do you do?
Talk about it:
1)are you a critical person?
2)what do you usually criticize⁴?
3)how do you feel when people criticize you?
4)are you good at laughing at yourself?
5)how important are first impressions to you?
6)do you ever judge people before you meet them?
7)are you able to change the first impression of a person later on?
8)what do you do to make a good first impression?
9)how do you decide whether to change something about youself?
10)would you change something about yourself if a close friend or relative pointed⁵ out a fault?

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。

4 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。

5 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。