『听书学英语』第六期
书名：Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
作者：John Gray
起始部份：第二章第一节
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Mr. Fix It and the
Home Improvement Committee
The most frequently expressed complaint women have about men is that men don't listen. Either a man completely ignores her when she speaks, or he listens for a few beats, __1____ what is bothering her, and then he proudly puts on his Mr. Fix It cap and offers her a solution to make her feel better. No matter how many times she tells him that he's not listening, he doesn't get it and keeps doing the same thing. She wants __2____, he thinks she wants solutions.
The most frequently expressed complaint men have about women is that women are always trying to change them. When a woman loves a man she feels responsible to assist him in growing and tries to help him improve the way he does things. She forms the Home Improvement Committee, and he becomes her primary focus. No matter how much he resists her help, she ___3____ waiting for an opportunity to help him or tell him what to do. She thinks she's ____4____ him, while he feels he's being controlled. Instead, he wants her acceptance.
___5___句子听写 Let's pretend to go back in time, and observe life on Mars and Venus –before the planets discovered one another or came to Earth we can gain some insights into men and women.
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"修理大王"与"家庭改善委员会"
作为女人，你对男人最大的抱怨之一，就是在你说话时，他不肯耐心地倾听。你竭力吐露内心的感受，他要么满不在乎、漠然置之，要么听完之后，马上指出你的困惑或问题的症结。你好比一台出了问题的"机器"，需要他动手"修理"似的--他骄傲地戴上"修理大王"的帽子，观察一通、琢磨一番，便煞有介事地宣布："你的问题，可以这样解决......"男人认为，这可使你心花怒放，遗憾的是，他这种爱的姿态，你却不买账。于是，男人困惑不解：他好言好语，你却愁眉不展，究竟为什么呢？
女人抱怨在说话时，男人总是"开小差"。她不由得感到恼火，她感受不到男人的体贴、关心和共鸣。而男人偏偏以为，女人真正需要的，不是倾听的过程，而是解决的办法或方案。
对于女人，男人最多的抱怨，就是女人总是改变他。女人深爱她的男人，就觉得有必要帮助男人成长和成熟，改进男人的言谈举止，改进他的想法和做法。为达到这个目的，女人还特地创立"家庭改善委员会"--对他实施改造，指导他取得进步。这是委员会担负的使命。男人却奋力反抗，拒绝女人的关心和帮助。
他的反抗似乎徒劳，因为女人寻找一切机会教育男人，告诉男人怎样立身处世，怎样待人接物，怎样功成名就！在教育和改造男人的过程中，身为女人，似乎其乐无穷，越发野心勃勃，"磨刀霍霍"。
男人的感受，却与女人截然相反！他觉得自己是"可怜虫"，处境过于凄惨，因为被你牢牢控制。事实上，男人需要女人的认可和接纳，而不是所谓改造。
你看，男人和女人在相处时，各有各的问题。要想解决它们，首先要了解：为什么男人总想提供解决方案？为什么女人总想改造男人？现在，设想我们可以回归久远的过去，调查火星人和金星人的原貌。我们需要知道：在火星人和金星人相识之前，或者说，还没有落户地球时，他们是怎样一番模样？这有助于更深入地认识男人，了解女人。
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