As a motivational tool, of course, praise has been around forever, long before the self-styled experts began teaching us how to practice it.

即使没有各式各样的专家的宣扬， 赞美作为一种激励方式， 是人类生来就会的。 而赞美变的流行起来是源自婴儿潮。

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Since it opened last week, James Cameron's much-anticipated film "Avatar" has won praise from movie critics and been a juggernaut at the box office.

自上周公映以来，詹姆斯·卡梅隆备受期待的电影《阿凡达》赢得了评论家们的赞赏，同时也成了票房榜上的重头戏。

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But praise has always been tempered by warnings.

但赞赏总被警示所调和。

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Elsewhere there has been praise for the post-2007 defences.

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Nashvegas a.k.a the Third Coast, has actually been receiving praise for quite a while.

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But Mr Kerry has been careful to praise Mr Blair, for he knows that the British prime minister will be a more important ally than the critics of the war in France and Germany.

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