What if I had pretended not to be annoyed by Mark's rant about the Wall Street Journal?

如果马克责骂《华尔街日报》时，我假装不嫌他烦会怎么样？

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If you waste your time and energy on being angry or annoyed about your lazy colleague, your work performance may start slipping and you may be less pleasant to be around.

如果你浪费时间和精力，对你的懒惰同事生气发怒，你的工作表现可能会开始下滑，你也许不容易和别人相处。

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When you are genuinely curious about the way someone reacts or the way they feel about something, it's unlikely that you will also be annoyed.

当你对某人对某事的反应或感受有真正的兴趣时，恐怕你就不大可能感到气恼。

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"We are not really upset about it, but what is psychologically disturbing is that people can be annoyed or feel insecure at the slightest differences that appear,"

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Where would that leave theatergoers who just want to see a show and not be annoyed or tell their friends about it in real time?

WSJ: Culture City: Eats and Tweets in the Seats