(单词翻译:单击)
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Speaking skills
谈话技巧
Gossip Positively
正面八卦
Not all gossip is bad gossip, especially when it comes to compliments.
并非所有的八卦都是不好的闲话，尤其是赞美的话。
A study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found what you say about others colors how people see you.
《人格与社会心理学》杂志上的一项研究发现，你对别人的评价会影响别人对你的看法。
If you compliment people, you're likely to be seen positively; if you complain, you're likely to be associated with those negative traits you hate.
如果你赞美别人，听众也会用积极的眼光来看待你;如果你抱怨别人，听众可能会把你和那些你讨厌的消极品质联系在一起。
When you gossip about others, listeners unconsciously associate you with those characteristics you're describing, eventually having those traits 'transferred' on to you.
当你八卦别人的时候，听众会不自觉地把你所描述的那些特征和你联系在一起，最终把这些特征“转移”到你身上。
Rule of thumb: if you're going to gossip about people, do it in a positive way.
经验法则：如果你要聊别人的八卦，就聊正面的内容。
【知识点讲解】
be associated with 与...有关
例句：
Dogs were also associated with healing in the ancient world.
在古代，狗也与治病有关。
He hates the wheeling and dealing associated with conventional political life.
他对传统政治生活中的权术钻营深恶痛绝。
Both groups share two attributes normally associated with vertebrates.
两组都具有通常脊椎动物才具备的两个特征。
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