温馨夜读II PART2 9.The Priorities of Life
时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读II
[00:00.74]9.The Priorities 1 of Life
[00:04.22]Friday afternoon, when I was worrying about my pregnancy 2 and the future conflicts between work and family,
[00:11.62]Dan’s assistant dropped a memo 3 at my desk.
[00:15.01]We were supposed to run a new set of numbers on our report.
[00:18.81]“Have them sent to me by Monday,” Dan, my work-obsessed boss, wrote.
[00:23.72]It was near leaving time.
[00:26.00]The mainframe computer was already shut down for the weekend, which meant doing them by hand on Saturday.
[00:31.88]Working extra hours always made me doubt if I would have time with my family.
[00:37.33]I had to talk to Mike, my team leader.
[00:41.26]“We don’t need to,” Mike said, “I’ll run a program first thing Monday when the computer comes back up.
[00:47.68]And I’ll explain things to Dan on Tuesday.
[00:50.40]The extra day means there won’t be any mistakes.”
[00:53.67]I had a terrible weekend.
[00:56.40]After this, how would Dan view my maternity 4 leave?
[01:00.11]Monday, Mike finished running the program before I came in.
[01:04.24]I checked the information for my division.
[01:07.23]Tuesday, Dan asked me into his office.
[01:10.27]“I wanted those reports yesterday so I could get my notes ready.
[01:14.41]If that meant working on a Saturday, that is normal at your level of responsibility.
[01:19.42]Instead, you deliberately 5 disobeyed me.”
[01:22.47]I struggled to hold back my tears.
[01:25.84]That was when Mike breezed in, plopping the new report on his desk.
[01:30.09]“Here we go, Dan,” he said, “Guaranteed accuracy down to the decimal 6. To me that was worth taking an extra day.”
[01:38.04]“Why didn’t you work on Saturday to finish this?”
[01:41.42]“It seemed like a huge waste when we could just use the computer and get it right,”
[01:46.64]Mike said, “so we waited until Monday.”
[01:49.36]Dan stared at the top page for a long while, then nodded.
[01:53.28]At that moment the tension went out of the room like air going out of a balloon.
[01:58.08]He even cracked a smile.
[02:00.25]Later, finally on my way to talk to Dan about my pregnancy, I stopped by Mike’s cubicle 7.
[02:07.01]There he was, working as hard as ever, surrounded by the photos of his boys,
[02:11.36]the football team he coached, his family on Easter Sunday.
[02:14.86]That’s why he didn’t make time wasting decisions or worry about office politics.
[02:21.43]He had his priorities right: faith, family, then work.
[02:27.00]And because of that he was good at all three.
[02:30.18]“Thanks, Mike.” I said. “I learned to get my priorities straight.
[02:35.86]Now I’m ready to tell my boss the good news.”
- The document provided a revealing insight into the government's priorities. 这份文件使人看出政府的轻重缓急是怎样安排的。
- We must work together to fund only our most important priorities. 我们必须共同努力,只为最重要的项目提供资金。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
- Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。
- Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗?
- Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗?
- Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。
- Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。
- The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
- They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。