双语故事:如果你有邮箱那将会怎样
日期:2010-11-23 13:41

(单词翻译:单击)


A jobless man applied for the position of 'office boy' at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

一个失业的人去微软申请办公室文员的职位,人事经理面试他,并且看着他打扫地板,作为测试。

"You are employed" he said. " Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start."

“你被录用了”,人事经理说:“给我你的邮箱地址,我会把申请表发给你填,发给你的同时也意味着你开始上班。”
The man replied "But I don't have a computer, neither an email".
这个人回答说:“但是我没有电脑,更没有邮箱了。”

"I'm sorry", said the HR manager." If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job."

“我很抱歉,”人事经理说:“如果你没有邮箱,那就意味着你不能生存,一个不能生存的人当然不能有工作。”

The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg tomato crate.He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with.

这个人不抱希望的离开了,他不知道要做什么,口袋里只有10块钱,他决定去超市买了10公斤西红柿。接着他在附近门挨着门卖西红柿,不到两小时,他成功的将他的资金翻了一倍,他又做了3个小时,到回家时身上已经有60块钱了。

The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled everyday.Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.

这个人认识到他可以用这种方式生存,以后他每天起的很早,回家的很晚,因此,他的钱每天都翻两三倍。很短的时间里,他买了个手推车,然后卡车,接着他有了自己的运输车队。5年以后,他成了美国最大的食品零售商。

He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance.He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his email.
The man replied,"I don't have an email."

他开始计划他家庭的未来,就决定买个人身保险。他打电话给保险经济人,然后选择一个保险。当谈话结束后保险经济人问他的邮箱地址,他说:“我没有邮箱”.

The broker answered curiously, "You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e mail?!!" The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"

保险经济人很吃惊的说:“你没有邮箱都可以成功的建立一个帝国,你能想象如果你有邮箱的话会怎么样吗?”这个人想了一下然后回答:“是的,我会成为微软的办公室文员”


Moral of the story 故事寓意

Moral 1

Internet is not the solution to your life.

网络不是你生活的解决办法

Moral 2

If you don't have Internet, and work hard, you can be a millionaire.

如果你没有网络,但是努力工作,你仍可以成为百万富翁.

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重点单词
  • solutionn. 解答,解决办法,溶解,溶液
  • addressn. 住址,致词,讲话,谈吐,(处理问题的)技巧 vt.
  • insurancen. 保险,保险费,安全措施
  • conversationn. 会话,谈话
  • applicationn. 应用; 申请; 专心 n. 应用软件程序
  • brokern. 经纪人 vt. 安排,协商(协议的细节,尤指在两国
  • deliveryn. 递送,交付,分娩
  • survivevt. 比 ... 活得长,幸免于难,艰难度过 vi.
  • protectionn. 保护,防卫
  • cartn. 手推车,(二轮)载货车 v. (用手推车)运送,(