I was running late. My wife Eleanor and I had agreed to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock and it was already half past. I had a good excuse in the form of a client meeting that ran over and I wasted no time getting to the dinner as fast as possible.
迟到了。我跟老婆埃莉诺约好7点在饭店见面来着,现在已经7点半了。我的理由还算充分:因为跟某个客户有约,所以只能先忙完再马不停蹄赶来一起吃晚饭。
When I arrived at the restaurant, I apologized and told her I didn't mean to be late.
赶到饭店后,我急忙跟老婆道歉:我不是故意要迟到的。
She answered: "You never mean to be late." Uh oh, she was mad.
她回道:“你什么时候故意迟到过?”呃,看来老婆生气了。
"Sorry," I retorted, "but it was unavoidable." I told her about the client meeting. Not only did my explanations not soothe her, they seemed to make things worse. That started to make me angry.
“对不起,”我说,“但事情真的推不开。”接下来就是我要跟客户见面如何如何……可是,我越解释越是火上浇油,最后连我自己也气得不行。
That dinner didn't turn out to be our best.
自然,那顿晚饭也吃得不开心。
Several weeks later, when I was describing the situation to a friend of mine, Ken Hardy, a professor of family therapy, he smiled.
几个星期后,我把这件事告诉了朋友肯-哈迪。肯是家庭治疗方面的专家。听完我的诉说,他笑了。
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