少兒英語閱讀：《英語小達人》之憤怒管理
Anger Management
I thought I was a calm and collected person until one day at the office when my anger got the best ofme. I was ina meeting and I felt like I wasn’t being listened to. I felt that my ideas were being put down and people were interrupting me. I couldn’t take it and I shouted,“Listen to me!”
My sudden8outburst9 made the room go very quiet and I felt embarrassed10. I definitely11 didn’t handle my emotions very well! Not long after theincident, a colleague of mine came to my rescue. She took me for lunch and gave me a book to read。
It was a book about recognizing your feelingsso you can understand them and not let them control you. It gave me lessons to follow and some great advice. I feel I have come a long way. The other day my supervisor pulled me into her office and told me she recognized an improvement in my attitude. It felt great to hear this and gave me the encouragement I needed to continue working on myself。
憤怒管理
我以前以為我是個冷靜的人，直到有天在辦公室，我才知道原來我也有控制不住脾氣的時候。當時在開會，我覺得別人都沒在聽我講話，我的意見被批評，說話也被打斷，我忍不住地大喊：“聽我說話！”
突然的發(fā)飆讓辦公室瞬間鴉雀無聲，而我 覺得很尷尬，我顯然沒有好好控制情緒！這件 事發(fā)生沒多久，一位同事成了我的救星，她找 我去吃午餐，并給了我一本書閱讀，這是一本 有關了解情緒的書。
一旦了解后就不會被情緒所控制，它給了 我許多值得遵守的訓誡以及一些很棒的忠告， 我覺得自己大有進步。有一天，我的上司找我 去她的辦公室，并告訴我她覺得我的態(tài)度大有 改善，我很高興聽到她這么說，這給了我鼓勵， 讓我繼續(xù)工作下去。
1 anger n. 憤怒
Tim shouted in anger. 蒂姆憤怒地大叫。
2 management n. 管理
Sam has been promoted to the management level. 山姆升職到管理階層。
3 collected adj. 平靜的
He tried to calm down and become collected. 他嘗試冷靜下來并且變得平靜了。
4 get the best of 擊敗
The boxer easily got the best of his opponent. 這位拳擊手輕而易舉便擊敗對手。
5 put down 批評
She always puts down her husband, but he doesn’t mind. 她老是批評她的先生，可是他不在意。
6 interrupt v. 打斷
Go on. Do not let me interrupt you. 請繼續(xù)，別讓我打斷你。
7 take v. 接受
I will take your advice. 我會接受你的建議。
8sudden adj. 突然的
This is a sudden change in the plan. 這項計劃突然生變。
9 outburst n. 爆發(fā)
He apologized for his outburst just now. 他為他剛才發(fā)脾氣而道歉。
10 embarrassed adj. 尷尬的
Kathy feels embarrassed to ask for help. 凱西對于開口求助感到難為情。
11 definitely adv. 明顯地
He’s definitely going. 他一定會去。
12 handle v. 處理
Ms. Hopkins handles the company’s accounts. 霍普金斯小姐負責處理公司的賬務。
13 emotion n. 情緒
Kevin doesn’t like to express his emotions. 凱文不喜歡表達他的情感。
14 incident n. 事件
We decided never to tell anyone about the incident. 我們決定絕不告訴任何人這件事。
15 colleague n. 同事
That lady in blue is my colleague. She works for the accounting department. 那個穿藍衣的女子是我會計部的同事。
16 rescue n. 拯救
Rescue was at hand. 救援馬上就到。
17 feeling n. 感情
Sue was guided by feeling rather than thought. 蘇跟著感覺走，而不是經(jīng)過深思熟慮。
18 lesson n. 訓誡
Peter has learned his lesson and won’t drive above the speed limit. 彼得已學到教訓，再也不會超速駕駛。
19 advice n. 忠告
I should have taken his advice. 早知道我就聽他的忠告。
20 have come a long way 進展
Her translation skills have come a long way during the past two years。她的翻譯能力在過去兩年大有進展。
21 supervisor n。上級
The contractor was caught bribing the supervisors. 那名建筑商人被抓到對監(jiān)督單位行賄。
22 improvement n. 進步
I cannot see any improvement in his writing。我看不到他的寫作有任何進步。
23attitude n. 態(tài)度
His awful attitude toward the Israelis is because of his bias. 他因為偏見而對猶太人態(tài)度很糟。
24 encouragement n. 鼓勵
Charles owed his success to his wife’s encouragement. 查爾斯把成功歸功于太太的鼓勵。
25 continue v. 繼續(xù)
We continued to meet every month. 我們每個月都見面。
