(
课件网) 选择性必修第四册 UNIT 11 CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE (主题语境：人与社会———人际沟通) 晨诵研读 主题探寻 必备知识 巧记活用 核心考点 讲练提升 联想拓展 厚积博发 写作提升 妙语成篇 关键能力 对点习得 晨诵研读 主题探寻 Did you ever have to say “no” to somebody Such as a classmate who asks to go to lunch with you New research suggests that, at least socially, a rejection (拒绝) should not include an apology. In other words, saying you are sorry does not make the person being rejected feel any better. In fact, it might make the rejected person feel worse. That is surprising. Many people consider it to be good manners to say they are sorry when they turn down a request. Gili Freedman is doing some related research at Dartmouth College. For her research, she asked over 1，000 people to respond to different examples of social rejection. In one example, the researchers asked people for their reaction after a person named Taylor asked to join a co worker who went out to lunch every Friday. And Taylor was told “no”. But in some cases, the person rejecting Taylor offered an apology. In other cases, the people doing the rejection did not say they were sorry. People were asked how they would feel if they were being turned down, just as Taylor was. Most said they would be more hurt by a rejection with an apology than a rejection without an apology. Freedman said the reason is that apologies make people feel like they need to say that the rejection was okay—even when they felt like it was not okay. Rejection without an apology lets them express their feelings of disappointment, hurt or anger more easily. Freedman also said that an apology often makes the person doing the rejection feel better—even as it makes the person being rejected feel worse. Her research deals only with social communication. A business situation might be very different. “If a manager rejects a job interviewee or a boss must tell an employee that he or she is being fired from a job，” Freedman said, “reactions to apologies may be different.” 阅读自测 1．In Gili Freedman's research, over 1，000 people ． A．rejected others without an apology B．offered an apology when rejecting others C．would be more hurt by a rejection with an apology D．were asked to answer the question in different situations D 2．What will be mentioned(提及) next according to the last paragraph _____ A．The effect of an apology during a rejection. B．Gili Freedman's research on business situations. C．A rejection with an apology in a business situation. D．The difference between a social situation and a business one. C 长难句分析 1．In other words, saying you are sorry does not make the person being rejected feel any better. 分析：句中saying you are sorry 是动名词短语作主语， 后半句中being rejected是现在分词作后置定语，修饰 the person。 2．Freedman said the reason is that apologies make people feel like they need to say that the rejection was okay—even ... ...
