对待批评的态度 英文版.doc

Reaction to criticism
It’s an honor to stand here to show my performance.
Today my topic is personal reaction to criticism.
Do you know this person?
He is Li Shiming , one of the most great emperors in China .
In Tang dynasty , Li Shiming , as a emperor , could accepted Wei Zheng’s criticism and corrected his own mistakes , which made him become one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history.
As the old saying goes, Lifeless, faultless.（人非圣贤, 孰能无过）;
Gold cannot be pure and man cannot be perfect(金无足赤，人无完人).
It is inevitable that we are criticized by others. So, questions come . How would we react to these criticisms?
Today we will have a discussion about it.

Whether we like it or not, we are always exposed to criticism, it is the practice of judging merits and faults. But…. how does it come? It means fault-finding in early English. In the 20th century, these meanings continued, but it contains the more general connotation of evaluating one’s pro's and con's .In the 21st century, the popular meaning of the word is having an objection or rejecting something.
Now, we may talk about some wrong ways to react to criticism ….
Here I list some of the wrong ways of reacting to criticism:
1.Tit-for-tat(针锋相对) ;
2.Self-negation (自我否定) ;
3. Ignorance.
1. Those who are stubborn and competitive are apt to react Tit-for-tat(针锋相对) . They argue about the same thing without an end, and neither of them would bow to each other. The argument will end with no end, neither of them will benefited from it. Think back our own teenager’s life, is there anyone who didn’t quarrel with our parents? Teenagers are traitorous(叛逆的), when we are asked to go east ,we choose to go opposite .
2. Those who are self-abased and don’t have their own ideas are apt to be self-negation. They don’t have self-confidence and self –esteem, they lose themselves in life. In other words, they always live for others. Once there was a father and son , they rode a donkey ,when others said they were too cruel , they choose to walk ,when others said they are too stupid to walk with the donkey , They rode it . What should they do on earth? Ride or walk? They never make their own decision and they are driven by others.
3. Those who are determined, purposeful and arrogant are apt to ignore it. Those people treat what others say as rubbish, They “follow their own course and let people talk”, in this way, they lose many chances to success. Xiang Yu finally failed in the battle of Chu-Han Contention, it is not because his ability is inferior to Liu Bang, it resulted from his arrogance and not listening to others’ criticisms.
All of the above are some of the wrong reactions to criticism.

Now, I would share you a parade occurred in Hong Kong, we may know how to treat criticism through it.
On Feb.12th, many places in Hong Kong launched the parade of fighting against the driving tour of people in mainland.
Here I’d like to share you some ways to deal with it.
First, treat their criticisms and rejection rationally and objectively. The fact is that roads in Hong Kong and mainland are different, and we drive in the opposite direction.
Second, be aware of our own mistakes, some people in mainland don’t obey the traffic rule. Their traffic awareness is weak.
Third, Think on Hong Kong’s side: if the driving tour is allowed, there would be more traffic jams and accidents, the environment will be polluted.
Last, learn from it, we must strengthen the traffic awareness and obey traffic rules, only in that way the accidents will be reduced.
Ok, it’s time for conclusion.
Criticism sometimes seems to be harsh to the ear , but it can be the mirror in our life .When we are exposed to it ,we may follow the old saying : Correct the mistakes if any , and keep the good record if none has been committed(有则改之，无则加勉) .
That’s all. Thank you.