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I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect to 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 them.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.Ithas taken me a long time to believe in the power of simplesaying
"I'm so sorry," when someone is in pain.
One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell herstory people often interrupted
to tell her that they once hadsomething just like that happening to them.Her pain becamea
story about themselves.Eventually she stopped talking to most people.We connect through
listening.When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them 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 handkerchiefmay be
just another way to shut him down,to take them out of their experience of sadness.Now I
just listen.When they have cried all they need to cry,they find me there with them.
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn.It certainly went against everything I
had 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 knowthat a loving silence often
has far more power to heal than thekindest words.
1．What does the author value most in the communication with each other?
A．Deep understanding .
B．Saying "I'm sorry"．
C．Attention from heart.
D．Doing nothing.
2．The woman patient stopped telling her story to most people because________.
A．she didn't get enough respect from others
B．she was discouraged by being often interrupted
C．people often told her their own opinions
D．people couldn't understand her sad situation
3．If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying,you may________.
A．hurt his feelings
B．make him embarrassed
C．encourage him to continue to cry
D．stop him from letting out his sorrow
4．It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating,________.
A．listening is a perfect way to respond to others
B．people keep silent because they don't know the answer
C．keeping silent means being too shy to speak
D．it is easy to form the habit of listening silently
5．Which of the following might be the author's opinion about communication?
A．Keep silent.
B．Just listen.
C．Be careful.
D．Tell your own story.
