原文赏析

With his father gone, Rockefeller is forced

父亲离去后 洛克菲勒不得不

to quit school and get a job

退学并谋求一份工作

to support his mother and siblings.

来养活自己的母亲和兄弟姐妹

His work ethic and intuition will become

他的勤劳和智慧将会成为

the building blocks for the American dream.

美国梦的基石

My great-grandfather, John D. Rockefeller,

我的曾祖父约翰·D·洛克菲勒

was an absolutely brilliant businessman when he started out.

从最开始就展现出了惊人的商业头脑

He wasn't even in oil or anything.

他当时还没开始做石油

You know, he worked at it very very hard,

但他工作非常非常勤奋

and there's an ethic in the Rockefeller family of hard work.

勤奋是洛克菲勒家族的传统美德

Stuck in a dead-end job,

陷入到没有出路的工作

he becomes fixated on finding a big idea,

他非常希望能够找到一个伟大的点子

and taking a chance.

并不惜冒险尝试

Be therefore perfect,

所以 你们当成为完全的

even as your father, which is in Heaven, is perfect.

就像你们的天父是完全的

Would you please rise?

请大家起立

Let us sing Hymn 89.

一起唱颂歌89

Joyful, joyful. We adore Thee

快乐 快乐 我们崇拜

God of glory Lord above

荣耀慈爱大主宰

Get out! It's gonna blow, get out!

快跑 它要炸了 快跑

Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee

奉献心灵在主面前

Opening to the sun above

如同花朵向日开

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness...

愁雾疑云 罪恶忧惊

Drive the dark of doubt away

恳求救主尽除清

Giver of immortal gladness

万福之源 永乐之主

Fill us with the light of day

求赐光明满我灵

I think entrepreneurs, and certain business people,

我认为企业家和部分商人有这种潜质

just look at life, and look at things that are changing,

他们能看到生活中正在变化的事物

and are able to see those things and say,

他们能够看到前途 告诉自己

"I can create a business out of that."

"我能通过这个来创业"

Rockefeller realizes oil has the potential

洛克菲勒认识到了石油

to change the world.

改变世界的潜质

And, make him rich in the process.

过程中 他也会变得富有

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洛克菲勒、范德比尔特、卡内基、阿斯托、福特和摩根，他们的名字几乎是美国梦的近义词，也代表着美国梦的历史。他们转变了他们所接触的每个行业：石油、铁路、钢铁、船运、汽车，还有金融。他们的付出改变了一个国家。出身贫寒，他们却多次涉足总统选举，设立经济政策，影响他们那个年代——内战到大萧条时期。他们，被称为造就美国的人。

重点讲解

1.quit school 退学

例句：If you really want my advice I don't think you should quit school.

如果你真想听我的意见，我想你不应该退学。

Quit the job as manager 在经理的职位上辞职

If I don't get more money I'll quit.

不给我加薪我就辞职。

He has decided to quit as manager of the team.

他已决定辞掉球队经理的职务。

He quit the show last year because of bad health.

去年他因身体欠佳而退出了表演。

2.work ethic 工作态度，工作要求

例句：You have the choice of where to work, what to do, and what work ethic you are going to have.

去哪里工作，做什么，你想要怎样的职业要求，这些你都得做出选择。

professional/business/medical ethics

职业/商业道德；医德

to draw up a code of ethics

拟定一份道德规范

He began to question the ethics of his position.

他开始对他的立场是否符合道德准则提出质疑。

3.have an intuition that 我有…的直觉（我感到）

例句：With the number of people I am touching increasing, I have seemingly cultivated an intuition that who will be the true friends and who are not.

现在接触人多了，对于谁会成为我的朋友，谁不会是我的朋友的判断仿佛有了直觉。

4.start out 1.开始从事,着手(某工作)；从业 2.最初想要；起先打算

to start out in business

做起生意来

例句：She started out on her legal career in 1987.

她于 1987 年开始从事法律工作。

I started out to write a short story, but it soon developed into a novel.

我起先打算写一篇短篇小说,但很快就写成了长篇小说。

5.dead end 绝境；僵局

例句：We had come to a dead end in our research.

我们的研究工作已陷入绝境。

He's in a dead-end job in the local factory.

他在当地工厂的工作是没有前途的。

These negotiations are a dead-end street.

谈判陷入僵局。

6.fixated (on sb/sth) (对…)异常依恋,固恋，关注某事

例句：Ironically, my husband was fixated on the fact that I might be an alcoholic.

具有讽刺意味的是，我的丈夫深信我只是一个嗜酒的人。

7.有关“potential”的短语

potential customers 潜在的客户

a potential source of conflict 潜在的冲突根源

a potential prime minister 未来的首相

例句：First we need to identify actual and potential problems.

首先,我们需要弄清实际的问题和潜在的问题。