王秀鳳

漫漫人生路，有誰(shuí)能說(shuō)自己是踏著一路鮮花、一路陽(yáng)光走過(guò)來(lái)的？又有誰(shuí)能夠放言自己以后不會(huì)遭遇挫折和打擊？如果因?yàn)橐粫r(shí)的受挫就輕易地退出“戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)”，半途而廢，到頭來(lái)懊悔的只能是你自己。命運(yùn)把握在自己的手中！

A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test，”he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied， “But I don’t have a computer， neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry，” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail， that means you are not living. ①And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”

The man left with no hope at all. ②He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours， he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times， and started to go early every day， and returned home late. Shortly， he bought a cart， then a truck， then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later， the man was one of the biggest food retailers in the US.

One day， one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said， “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “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！”

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把握住你自己的命運(yùn)

一個(gè)失業(yè)的人非常想在微軟謀求一個(gè)“勤雜工”的工作。人事經(jīng)理面試他，然后看著他打掃地板作為一個(gè)測(cè)試。他說(shuō)，“你已經(jīng)通過(guò)了測(cè)試，給我你的e-mail地址，我將給你郵去要填的表格并通知你可能上班的日期?！痹撃凶踊卮鹫f(shuō)，“但是，我沒(méi)有電腦，也沒(méi)有電子郵箱?！薄昂苓z憾，”人事經(jīng)理說(shuō)， “如果你沒(méi)有一個(gè)電子郵箱，這意味著你沒(méi)有活著。沒(méi)有活著的人是不能有這份工作的?！?/p>

這個(gè)男子絕望地離開(kāi)了。他不知道如何利用他兜里僅剩的10塊錢(qián)。他想了又想，然后，他去超市買(mǎi)了10公斤西紅柿。他挨家挨戶賣(mài)西紅柿。不到2個(gè)小時(shí)，他就有20塊錢(qián)。他每天開(kāi)始早出晚歸，重復(fù)買(mǎi)賣(mài)物品3次。很短的時(shí)間里，他買(mǎi)了個(gè)手推車(chē)，然后買(mǎi)了卡車(chē)，再后來(lái)他有了自己的運(yùn)輸車(chē)隊(duì)（運(yùn)貨車(chē)隊(duì)）。5年后，該名男子成為美國(guó)最大的食品零售商之一。

有一天，他的一個(gè)朋友問(wèn)他要電子郵箱。他說(shuō)，“我沒(méi)有。”他的朋友簡(jiǎn)直不敢相信自己的耳朵。 “你想過(guò)要是當(dāng)初你有一個(gè)電子郵箱會(huì)怎樣嗎？”他想了一會(huì)兒，回答說(shuō)：“是的，我會(huì)是微軟公司的一個(gè)員工?！?/p>

難點(diǎn)解讀：

生詞

1. position ?n. 地位，職位

2. interview ?vt. 面試

3. operation ?n.操作，經(jīng)營(yíng)

4. cart ? n.運(yùn)貨馬車(chē)，手推車(chē)

5. delivery ?n.傳送，投遞

6. vehicle ?n.車(chē)輛

7. retailer ?n.零售商

句型

1. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.

沒(méi)有活著的人是不能有這份工作的。

本句中的who isn’t living作anyone的定語(yǔ)，例如：

Anyone who breaks the laws will be punished.

任何人違法都會(huì)遭到懲罰。

2. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket.

他不知道如何利用他兜里僅剩的10塊錢(qián)。

do with 常與連接代詞 what 連用，例如：

I don’t know how they deal with the problem.

= I don’t know what they do with the problem. 我不知道他們?nèi)绾翁幚磉@個(gè)問(wèn)題。