大学英语精读听力第二册 2_un10

[06:26.87]One teacher writes that instead of drowning students' compositions
[06:33.21]in critical red ink,
[06:36.77]the teacher will get far more constructive results by finding one or two things
[06:44.42] which have been done better than last time,
[06:49.07]and commenting favorably on them.
[06:53.20]"I believe that a student knows
[06:57.56]when he has handed in something above his usual standard,"
[07:03.31] writes the teacher,"and that he waits hungrily for a brief comment
[07:10.07] in the margin to show him that the teacher is aware of it,too."
[07:16.13] Behavioral scientists have done countless experiments to prove
[07:22.30] that any human being tends to repeat an act
[07:27.73]which has been immediately followed by a pleasant result.
[07:33.37]In one such experiment a number of schoolchildren were divided into three groups
[07:41.13] and given arithmetic tests daily for five days.
[07:46.98] One group was consistently praised for its previous performance;
[07:53.36]another group was criticized; the third was ignored.
[07:59.42] Not surprisingly,those who were praised improved dramatically.
[08:06.37]Those who were criticized improved also,but not so much.
[08:12.53] And the scores of the children who were ignored hardly improved at all.
[08:19.06]Interestingly the brightest children were helped
[08:24.34] just as much by criticism as by praise,
[08:29.38]but the less able children reacted badly to criticism,
[08:35.75]needed praise the most. Yet the latter are the very youngsters who,
[08:42.91]in most schools,fail to get the pat on the back.
[08:48.87]To give praise costs the giver nothing
[08:53.41]but a moment's thought and a moment's effort
[08:58.09]perhaps a quick phone call to pass on a compliment,
[09:03.13]or five minutes spent writing an appreciative letter.
[09:08.30]It is such a small investment and yet consider the results it may produce.
[09:15.75]"I can live for two months on a good compliment,"said Mark Twain.
[09:21.91]So,let's be alert to the small excellences around us and comment on them.
[09:29.78]We will not only bring joy into other people's lives,
[09:35.42]but also,very often,added happiness into our own.