How to Work with Difficult People (Without Losing Yourself)

🎯 聽之前

How to work with difficult people without becoming them, or disappearing. The language is about roles, tone, and what you will not trade away.

• Do they tell you to win, or to stay intact?
• What is the difference between being kind and being available?
• Which sentence is about work, and which is about home?
• Listen for "yourself" as something you can lose.

💬 重點句 6

先讀英文，想一下意思，再點「翻譯」。按 🔊 聽一次，然後跟著唸。

1. You can work with a difficult person without hiring them to live in your head.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   你可以跟一個難搞的人共事，而不必聘請他們住在你腦子裡。

   hiring them to live in your head：比喻一直想著對方。without + -ing。
2. Kind is not the same as available.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   善良和隨時有空不是同一件事。

   the same as + 形容詞或名詞。available：隨叫隨到。
3. Match the task, not the temperature of their voice.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   對齊的是任務，不是他們聲音的溫度。

   temperature 比喻情緒熱度。match A, not B。
4. Write down what was asked. Then do that, and nothing extra to buy peace.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   把對方要求的寫下來。然後做那些，不要為了買平靜而多做。

   nothing extra to buy peace：不多付情緒成本。
5. Losing yourself looks like agreeing in the meeting and resenting it at night.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   失去自己的樣子是：會議上答應，夜裡怨恨。

   looks like + -ing。and 連接兩個 -ing。
6. Keep one sentence that is yours, and say it the same way every time.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   留一句屬於你的話，每次都用同樣的方式說。

   that is yours 修飾 sentence。the same way 是方式。

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

🧩 句型練習 3

讀完範例，用自己的事造一句。寫在筆記本或手機備忘錄裡，隔天回頭唸一次。

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

1. What should you match?
   The temperature of their voiceThe taskTheir mood at nightTheir family history
   The work is the task. The tone is not the assignment.
2. "Get under your skin" means:
   Injure you physicallyAnnoy you in a way that lingersBecome your friendDocument a request
   It is irritation that stays after the person has left.
3. Kind versus available:
   They are the sameKind does not mean always reachableAvailable is more moralNeither matters at work
   The lesson splits generosity from endless access.
4. Losing yourself, in the example, looks like:
   Agreeing in the meeting and resenting it at nightWriting down the requestLeaving on timeRepeating one sentence
   The split between the public yes and the private resentment is the loss.

💭 用英文想一想

挑一題，用英文寫 3 到 5 句，或對著手機錄一分鐘。不用完美，說出來最重要。

• Where are you available when you only meant to be kind?
• Write the one sentence that is yours, the one you will say the same way every time.
• Describe a time you matched someone's temperature instead of the task. What did the evening cost?