12月四級(jí)閱讀：怎樣面對(duì)強(qiáng)勢(shì)的人說(shuō)＂不＂

　　No. It's one of the shortest words in the English vocabulary, but it's also one of the most difficult for many of us to say.

　　NO(不)，這個(gè)詞可謂是英文中最短的單詞之一了。但要說(shuō)出一個(gè)“不”字，對(duì)很多人來(lái)說(shuō)卻大有難度。

　　We all know that setting limits will lower our stress level and save our sanity, but sometimes we are caught off guard by people who simply won't take no for an answer. Read on to learn how to put your foot down with these master manipulators。

　　我們都明白，為自己的承受力設(shè)限可以降低壓力，讓自己保持清醒。但有時(shí)，一些人并不準(zhǔn)備從你那里得到否定答案，你在這些人面前完全沒(méi)有防備之力。閱讀以下的內(nèi)容，可以知道如何在這些超有控制欲的人面前保持立場(chǎng)。

　　The Flatterer

　　拍馬屁的人

　　Whether it's the friend who tells you how smart you are and how much she'd appreciate your help on a volunteer project she's working on, or the school mom who insists that the students will be so disappointed if you don't make your special cupcakes for the class holiday party, the flatterer plays to your vanity by making you feel indispensable。

　　你的朋友或許會(huì)夸獎(jiǎng)你有多聰明，并聲稱(chēng)如果你幫她完成一個(gè)志愿項(xiàng)目的話，她會(huì)心懷感激;老師或許會(huì)說(shuō)如果你不為班級(jí)的周末派對(duì)做蛋糕的話，學(xué)生們會(huì)十分失望。不管何種情形，拍馬屁的人會(huì)以迎合你的虛榮心的方式，讓你覺(jué)得自己無(wú)可替代。

　　Reality check: If you want to help out because it gives you pleasure, fine, but no one is irreplaceable. " If it's not brain surgery, others can do it—maybe not with your pizzazz, but it will get done and the cosmos will not explode in the process," says Susan Newman, PhD, author of The Book of No: 250 Ways to Say It—and Mean It and Stop People- Pleasing Forever。

　　審視現(xiàn)實(shí)：如果你因?yàn)榭梢詮闹械玫娇鞓?lè)而答應(yīng)幫忙，這當(dāng)然無(wú)可厚非。但你必須知道，沒(méi)有人無(wú)可替代。“又不是動(dòng)腦手術(shù)，其他人也能做--或許別人沒(méi)你那么活力四射，但事情還是能完成，并且這個(gè)過(guò)程中，宇宙也不會(huì)爆炸”著有《250種方法說(shuō)“不”》的蘇珊·紐曼博士如是說(shuō)，“別老是想著討好別人�！�

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