时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:TED演讲商业篇


英语课

 A resume tells a story. And over the years, I've learned something about people whose experiences read like a patchwork 1 quilt, 一份简历讲述了一个故事。过去的那些年,我了解到那些经历好似拼布床单的人,


that makes me stop and fully 2 consider them before tossing their resumes away. 会让我在把他们的简历扔掉前会停下来认真地考虑一下他们。
A series of odd jobs may indicate inconsistency, lack of focus, unpredictability. 一系列杂乱的工作可能意味着易变,不专心,难以捉摸。
Or it may signal a committed struggle against obstacles. At the very least, the Scrapper 3 deserves an interview. 或者,它可能标志着努力挣扎跨越障碍。至少,“拳击手”应该得到一次面试机会。
To be clear, I don't hold anything against the Silver Spoon; 不过我要强调一下,我并不排斥“银汤匙”;
getting into and graduating from an elite 4 university takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice. 能够被精英大学录取并顺利毕业,同样需要付出很多心血和牺牲。
But if your whole life has been engineered toward success, how will you handle the tough times? 但是,如果你的一生都被设计为走向成功,你要如何应对困难的时刻呢?
One person I hired felt that because he attended an elite university, 一位我曾经雇用过的人认为,因为他毕业于精英大学,
there were certain assignments that were beneath him, like temporarily doing manual labor 5 to better understand an operation. 某些类型的工作对他而言是低下的,比如短时间从事体力劳动以更好地了解公司运作。
Eventually, he quit. But on the flip 6 side, what happens when your whole life is destined 7 for failure and you actually succeed? 最终,他离开了。但是,另一方面,如果你的人生注定失败,而你却成功了,这是怎么回事呢?
I want to urge you to interview the Scrapper. I know a lot about this because I am a Scrapper. 我会建议你去面试“拳击手”。我很了解这些,因为我自己就是一个“拳击手”。
Before I was born, my father was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and he couldn't hold a job in spite of his brilliance 8. 在我出生之前,我的父亲就被诊断为精神分裂症,他无法继续工作尽管他很有才华。
Our lives were one part "Cuckoo's Nest," one part "Awakenings" and one part "A Beautiful Mind." 我们的生活就像“飞越疯人院”,“无语问苍天”和“美丽心灵”的合集。

1 patchwork
n.混杂物;拼缝物
  • That proposal is nothing else other than a patchwork.那个建议只是一个大杂烩而已。
  • She patched new cloth to the old coat,so It'seemed mere patchwork. 她把新布初到那件旧上衣上,所以那件衣服看上去就象拼凑起来的东西。
2 fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
3 scrapper
好打架的人,拳击手; 爱吵架的人
  • The worker brought a new scrapper with him. 那个工人随身带着一把新刮刀。
  • Mr Hsieh a reputation as a scrapper, having survived numerous crises and failures. 经历过无数危机和失败的谢长廷拥有“拳击手”的名声。
4 elite
n.精英阶层;实力集团;adj.杰出的,卓越的
  • The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
  • We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
5 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
6 flip
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的
  • I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书,看来似乎很有趣。
  • Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
7 destined
adj.命中注定的;(for)以…为目的地的
  • It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
  • The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。
8 brilliance
n.光辉,辉煌,壮丽,(卓越的)才华,才智
  • I was totally amazed by the brilliance of her paintings.她的绘画才能令我惊歎不已。
  • The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
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