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Whether you are trying to build a personal or professional relationship, the following tips will help you build interpersonal bridges.
You Will NeedListening skills
Ability to overlook faults
Mutual expectations
Common ground
Humor
Spontaneity
Ability to overlook faults
Mutual expectations
Common ground
Humor
Spontaneity
Step 1: Listen 倾听
Take time to listen to the other person. Do not attempt to dominate every conversation.
Take time to listen to the other person. Do not attempt to dominate every conversation.
Don’t insist on winning every argument or on always having the last word.
Step 2: Forgive 原谅
Be willing to overlook faults in the other person.
Be willing to overlook faults in the other person.
Remember that you, too, have faults.
Step 3: Seek out mutual benefits 追求共同利益
Don’t approach the relationship as a source of gain for only yourself; instead, seek out mutual benefits.
Don’t approach the relationship as a source of gain for only yourself; instead, seek out mutual benefits.
Step 4: Look for common ground 寻找共同兴趣
Seek out common ground. This will establish mutual expectations.
Seek out common ground. This will establish mutual expectations.
Step 5: Use humor 风趣幽默
Use humor to smooth over rough moments in the relationship.
Use humor to smooth over rough moments in the relationship.
Remember that life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.
Step 6: Stay spontaneous 主动，积极，热情
Keep the relationship spontaneous. Don’t let the monotony of life’s day-to-day challenges bring you down. Instead, try something new! Enjoy your relationships!
Keep the relationship spontaneous. Don’t let the monotony of life’s day-to-day challenges bring you down. Instead, try something new! Enjoy your relationships!
The first psychological experiment was conducted around 700 BCE in Egypt.
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dominate
vt. & vi.1控制, 支配, 统治,左右,影响
The stronger man dominates the weaker.
强者支配弱者。
2.在…中占首要地位
Sports, and not learning, seem to dominate in the school.
似乎是运动而不是学习在那所学校占重要地位。
3.在…中具有最重要（或明显）的特色；在…中拥有最重要的位置，俯视，高耸于
vt. & vi.1控制, 支配, 统治,左右,影响
The stronger man dominates the weaker.
强者支配弱者。
2.在…中占首要地位
Sports, and not learning, seem to dominate in the school.
似乎是运动而不是学习在那所学校占重要地位。
3.在…中具有最重要（或明显）的特色；在…中拥有最重要的位置，俯视，高耸于
mutual
adj.1.相互的, 彼此的
They were mutual enemies.
他们相互为敌。
We will put military muscle into the mutual defence pact.
我们将把兵力加进防御互助条约。
2.共同的, 共有的
She is our mutual friend.
她是我们共同的朋友。
I like her and I hope the feeling is mutual.
adj.1.相互的, 彼此的
They were mutual enemies.
他们相互为敌。
We will put military muscle into the mutual defence pact.
我们将把兵力加进防御互助条约。
2.共同的, 共有的
She is our mutual friend.
她是我们共同的朋友。
I like her and I hope the feeling is mutual.
smooth
adj.1.光滑的, 平滑的, 平坦的, 平整的, 平静的
She has a smooth skin.
她皮肤光滑。
He planed the board smooth.
他刨平了这块木板。
2.平稳的, 连续而流畅的, 不颠簸的, 不摇晃的
3.顺利的, 没有困难的, 没问题的
There is a smooth style of writing in this novel.
这本小说文体流畅。
She has a smooth skin.
她皮肤光滑。
He planed the board smooth.
他刨平了这块木板。
2.平稳的, 连续而流畅的, 不颠簸的, 不摇晃的
3.顺利的, 没有困难的, 没问题的
There is a smooth style of writing in this novel.
这本小说文体流畅。
