根据下面资料,回答16-20题
I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to communicate with another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention, and especially if it’s given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive it. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it. Most of us don’t value ourselves or our love enough to know this. It has taken me along time to believe in the power of simply saying “I’m so sorry” when someone is in pain.
One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story, people often interrupted to tell her that something just like that once happened to them. Her pain became a story about themselves. Eventually she stopped talking to most people. We communicate through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let him know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care.
I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchiefs, until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief might be just another way to shut him up, and to take him out of his experience of sadness. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they will find me there with them.
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly goes against everything I have been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer. But now I know that a loving silence often has more power to heal than the kindest words.
What does the author value most in communication with each other?
A
Deep understanding.
B
Saying “I’m sorry”.
C
Attention from the heart.
D
Doing nothing.
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答案:
C
解析:
【全文翻译】
我认为与另一个人沟通最基本、最有效的方式就是倾听。只是倾听。也许我们给予彼此的最重要的东西就是我们的关注,倘若是发自内心给予的关注,那么就尤其(重要)。当人们在讲话时,除了接收他们的话,没有必要做任何事情。听听他们在说什么。关注它。大多数时候,关注它甚至比理解它要重要得多。我们中的大多数人都不够重视自己或自己的爱,因此不知道这一点。我花了很长时间才相信在一个人痛苦时仅仅说句“我很抱歉”的力量。
我的一个病人告诉我,当她试图讲述自己的故事时,人们经常打断她,并告诉她曾经有过恰好类似的事情发生在他们身上。她的痛苦变成了一个关于他们自己的故事。最终她停止了与大多数人交谈。我们通过倾听来沟通。当我们打断一个人正在说的话,以便让他知道我们理解了时,我们就把注意力的焦点转移到了自己身上。当我们倾听时,他们知道我们在乎。
我甚至学会了只是用倾听来回应正在哭泣的某个人。在过去,我常常伸手去拿纸巾,直到我意识到把纸巾递给一个人可能只是让他闭嘴、让他摆脱自己的悲伤经历的另一种方式,现在我只是倾听。当他们哭够了,他们会发现我和他们在一起。
这件简单的事学起来并不那么容易。这当然违背了我从小就被教育的一切。我原以为人们倾听只是因为太害羞而不敢讲话或者不知道答案。但现在我知道,充满爱的沉默往往比最友善的话语有更多治愈的力量。
【答题思路】
题干大意是:在彼此沟通时,作者最重视什么?根据第一段第三句“…is our attention,and especially if it’s given from the heart.”可知,也许我们给予彼此的最重要的东西就是我们的关注,倘若是发自内心给予的关注,那么就尤其重要。由此可知,在彼此沟通时,作者最重视的是发自内心的关注。故选C。