刘大使顺手举起桌上的水杯，然后说，现在杯子里有半杯水，不少西方人往往看到“空的一半”，认为一半已经空了，而中国人则看到“满的一半”，认为已有一半水，因而中国人遇事总是抱乐观和积极的态度，西方人遇事喜欢看消极的一面，中国人主张劝和促谈，西方人更急于动手制裁。

Ambassador Liu took the glass of water on the table and said, now there was half a glass of water in it. While Westerners tend to see the "empty half ", the Chinese people will see the "full half".

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