四级阅读选文（十八）：赞誉别人的好处

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赞扬的益处
1 k) ^7 m- ~  ]+ i: z; wIt was the end of my exhausting first day as a waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone awry， 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 As I made out a complicated check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream ， I was ready to quit.
我在纽约一家繁忙餐馆做女招待的第一天就要结束了，我的帽子歪了，围裙上污迹斑斑，两脚疼痛难忍。盛着食物的托盘让我感觉越来越沉重。我又疲倦又沮丧，似乎什么事情都没能干好。有一个带着好几个小孩的人家，他们在要冰激凌时换来换去多达十几次，就在我为他们开好复杂和账单时，我准备辞职不干了。
Then the father smiled at me as he handed me tip. “Well done，” he said. “You’ve looked after us really well.”
这时，那位当父亲一边把小费递给我，一边对我微笑。“干得不错，”他说，“你对我们照顾得真周到。”
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.
顿时，我的倦意消失了。我对他也报以微笑。天上班的感觉时，我说：“好极了！”那不多的几个赞美之辞改变了一切。