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Language points Are we too quick to blame and slow to praise? It seens we are Profits of praise Janet graham
Language Points Are we too quick to blame and slow to praise? It seems we are. Profits of Praise Janet Graham
Language points 1 It was the end of my exhausting first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, my apron was stained, my feet ached. The loaded trays I carried felt heavier and heavier. Weary and discouraged, I didn't seem able to do anything right. As I made out a complicated check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream order a dozen times, I was ready to quit
Language Points 1 It was the end of my exhausting first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, my apron was stained, my feet ached. The loaded trays I carried felt heavier and heavier. Weary and discouraged, I didn’t seem able to do anything right. As I made out a complicated check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream order a dozen times, I was ready to quit
Language points 2 Then the father smiled at me as he handed me my tip. Well done, he said. You've looked after us really well 3 Suddenly my tiredness vanished. I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how Id liked my first day, I said, Fine! Those few words of praise had changed everything. 4 Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise
Language Points 2 Then the father smiled at me as he handed me my tip. “Well done,” he said. “You’ve looked after us really well.” 3 Suddenly my tiredness vanished. I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I’d liked my first day, I said, “Fine!” Those few words of praise had changed everything. 4 Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise