VOA慢速英语听力训练：温柔比刻薄更能交到朋友
VOA慢速英语，作为国际英语学习者的重要资源，通过清晰缓慢的发音与简洁的词汇，为初学者及中等水平学习者搭建了通往流利英语的桥梁。它不仅帮助提升听力理解能力，还丰富了词汇量，增强了语感，是学习地道英语表达不可或缺的工具，对全球英语学习者的语言提升至关重要。让我们一起进入今天的VOA慢速英语听力训练：温柔比刻薄更能交到朋友。
英文原文
There are many ways to get people to do what you want.You can boss them around."Do this!" "Do that!"You can also threaten them."You had better do what I say or else …"But these methods might not get the best results and you probably will lose a few friends.Perhaps being nice to other people is the best and easiest way to get what you want.
有很多方法可以让别人做你想做的事。你可以对他们颐指气使。“做这个！”“做那个！”你也可以威胁他们。“你最好照我说的去做，否则……”但是这些方法可能不会得到最好的结果，你可能会失去一些朋友。也许善待他人才是最好、最简单的方法去得到你想要的。
In fact, we have a saying that describes this way of thinking.You get more flies with honey than with vinegar.
事实上，我们有一个谚语来描述这种思维方式。温柔比刻薄更能交到朋友。
We should first thank bees for making something as sweet and tasty as honey.Vinegar can be tasty too.But on its own, it is sour and has a bitter taste.When you mix vinegar with other things, such as oil, it can taste much better.But on its own, vinegar is hard to swallow.
我们首先应该感谢蜜蜂，因为它制造了像蜂蜜一样甜而可口的东西。醋也很好吃。但就其本身而言，它是酸的，有一种苦味。当你把醋和其他东西，如油混合起来，味道会好得多。但醋本身就难以下咽。
So, the expression "you get more flies with honey than with vinegar"means it is a good idea to be nice to others.You can win over people more easily by being polite and kind.Being mean or unpleasant is like being full of vinegar.You will push more people away by acting sour or bitter.Nice, polite requests often work better.And in the end, you actually get what you want.
所以，“you get more flies with honey than with vinegar”这个表达的意思是对别人好是一个好主意。礼貌和友善更容易赢得人们的好感。刻薄或令人不快就像充满了醋。你会因为表现得尖酸刻薄而把更多的人推开。友好、礼貌的请求通常效果更好。最终，你会得到你想要的。
Like many English expressions, you do not need to say the full sentence.Simply saying, "you get more flies with honey" is good enough.
像很多英语表达一样，你不需要说出完整的句子。简单地说，“you get more flies with honey”就足够了。
Now, let's hear how to use this idiom in a dialogue.
现在我们来听一听如何在对话中使用这个习语。
A: We are way behind on painting this house.If the volunteers don't speed up, we will be painting in the dark!
A：我们还没来得及粉刷这所房子呢。如果志愿者们不加快速度，我们就要在黑暗中粉刷了！
B: Correction.They will be painting in the dark.I will be at home watching television.
B：纠正下。是他们将在黑暗中粉刷。我会在家看电视。
A: Be nice.After all, the volunteers aren't getting paid.
A：对人家好点吧。毕竟，志愿者并没有得到报酬。
B: Well, that is the definition of a volunteer.But you're right.They should work faster.I'll yell at them some more.
B：嗯，这就是志愿者啊。但你是对的。他们应该提高工作效率。我要再吼他们几声。
A: Wait. You have been yelling at them?
A：等等。你对他们大吼大叫？！
B: Well, yeah.
B：嗯，是的。
A: I put you in charge of the volunteers and you've been shouting at them?!Have you lost your mind?!
A：我让你主管志愿者，你却一直对他们大喊大叫？!你疯了吗？！
B: Who's the one yelling now.Anyway … it's the only way to get them to work hard.
B：现在是谁在喊呢？不管怎样，这是让他们努力工作的唯一方法。
A: No! No, it's not! You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
A：不！不，不是！温柔比刻薄更能交到朋友。
B: Well, that may be true. But yelling works too.
B：嗯，这可能是真的。但是大喊大叫也有用。
A: Not on my project!Now go apologize.And help them paint!And do not be rude or mean.
A：在我的项目上不行！现在去道歉。帮助他们粉刷！不要粗鲁或吝啬。
B: Okay. Okay. Calm down.You don't have to yell or call me names.Didn't you ever hear you catch more flies with …
B：好吧。好吧。冷静冷静。你没必要对我大喊大叫或者骂我。你没听过温柔比刻薄更能交到朋友吗……
A: Don't you even finish that sentence.
A：你连这句话都没说完。
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