英語經典勵志美文欣賞

　　優美的文字於細微處傳達出美感，並浸潤著人們的心靈。通過英語美文,不僅能夠感受語言之美,領悟語言之用，還能產生學習語言的興趣。下面是小編給大家整理的，供大家參閱!

　　：變成不可少的人物

　　無論你只是位員工或公司老闆，多付出一點點都可使你 成為公司裡不可少的人物：你為公司提供其他人無法提供的 服務。也許其他人具備更多的知識、技術或聲望，但是，只有 你能提供公司不可缺少的服務。也許還有其他公司能提供公 關專業服務，但如果你能容忍在半夜二點時被叫醒，並且以“願意做”的態度提供服務時、則客戶們將會記住你並會給你 高度評價。

　　Whether you are an employee or the head of your own company,going the extra mile makes you indispensable to others.You do for them what no one else does.There may be others with more knowledge,skill,or prestige,but you are the only one who provides something absolutely necessary.There may be seven other companies providing public relations expertise,but if you are the one who can be called upon at two in the morning with a can-do attitude when a disaster strikes,people will remember and value that.

　　有位在電影人才經紀公司任職的年輕人，是該公司惟一 願意每天，甚至每個小時，聽一位脾氣古怪的電影明星抱怨的 人。當這位明星生氣罷工時，也是由這位年輕人***不是導演， 製作人或錄影室老闆***去說服她回來工作，並因而使得招片能 趕上進度，併為電影公司省下好幾百萬美金，他使自己成為照 顧重要明星的不可缺少的人。

　　One young man,working for a movie talent agency,was the only person willing to listen to a cantankerous star complain about her problems hour after hour,day after day.No one else took the time.When she threw a tantrum on the set studio,or her agent,was the only one to persuade her to go back to work.The movie went back on schedule,and millions of dollars were saved.He had made himself indispensable by befriending that important client.

　　除非你能成為某人或某團體不可或缺的人物，否則你的 所得將永遠無法超過一般的水平。你應使你自己的地位，變 得重要到無人能取代你的地步，能使自己變得比別人強，並且 服務中有多付出一點點的精神及具積極進取心的人，便可自 己決定自己的薪水。

　　You will never command more than average compensation until you become indispensable to somebody or some group.Make yourself so useful that it would be extremely difficult,if not impossible,to replace you.People who have pulled themselves out of the crowd and have included the priceless ingredients of going the extra mile and personal initiative in their service virtually write their own paychecks.

　　：處事方法A—B—C

　　As an airport skycap checked through a customer at curbside, he accidentally knocked over theman's luggage.

　　一個機場行李搬運員在航站樓邊幫一個旅客搬行李時無意 中撞翻了這個人的箱包。

　　He quickly collected the fallen bags and apologized for the mishap. Unappeased, the travelerburst into an angry tirade, raging and swearing at the skycap for his clumsiness.

　　他趕快收拾起掉落的行李，並且為他的 過失道歉。然而那個旅客一點不領情，他大發脾氣，言辭激烈， 粗暴地罵那個行李員笨拙。

　　Throughout the traveler's rant, the baggage handler simply apologized and smiled. The angryman continued to berate the skycap, until he finally headed off to catch his plane.

　　叫罵過程中，那個行李員始終都是微 笑道歉。那個暴怒的旅客一直不停地訓斥那個行李員，直到最後 他去趕飛機。

　　Even then the baggage handler remained calm and passively smiled.

　　即使這樣，那個行李員依然保持著平靜和微笑。

　　The next customer in line witnessed the incident and marveled at the skycap's professionalismand control.

　　排隊等候的另一位顧客目睹了整個事件，對行李員的職業 水準和控制力讚歎不已。

　　"I have never seen such restraint and humility," he said. "How do you keep your cool whensomebody is attacking you so viciously?"

　　“我從沒見過如此的剋制與謙卑。”他說， “當別人這麼惡毒的攻擊你時，你是怎麼保持冷靜的?”

　　"It's easy," the skycap answered. "He's going to Denver, but his bags are going to Detroit."

　　“很簡單。”行李員答道：“他要去丹佛，但是他的行李會 去底特律。”

　　That is certainly ONE way of managing attitudes, but here is a more constructive approach.Have you heard of the A-B-C method of managing your attitude? It's simple and effective.

　　這當然是一種處事的態度，但我們還有更富建設性的方法。你聽說過一個叫“A-B-C”的處事方法嗎?這是個簡單而 有效的方法。

　　"A" stands for the "Activating Event." Let's say you get stuck in traffic. The traffic jam is theactivating event.

　　“A”表示“引發亊件”。比如說你遇到交通堵塞，塞車就是 那個引發事件。

　　"B" stands for your "Belief System." You believe that traffic is only getting worse and you'll havemore and more days like this ahead.

　　“B”表示你的“信念系統”。你相信交通會越來越糟，以後 像這樣的日子會越來越多，

　　"C" stands for the "Consequence of the Event." You become angry. You want to honk yourhorn. Your stomach is tied in knots and you bang the dashboard with your fist.

　　“C”代表“事件結果”。你開始生氣，你想要鳴汽車喇叭, 你的胃扭成了一團，你用拳頭使勁砸儀表盤。

　　The problem is...most people jump directly from "A" to "C." They get stuck in traffic and becomeangry. They think the traffic jam made them upset. They don't realize that they didn't HAVE toget angry. They skipped an important step!

　　問題是……很多人會從“A”直接跳到“C”。他們遇到塞車 就暴怒，他們認為塞車讓他們難受，他們認識不到他們根本沒必 要憤怒，他們漏掉了最重要的一步。

　　Let's try it again:

　　我們來再試一追：

　　"A" - you get stuck in traffic.

　　“A” 一你遇到塞車。

　　"B" - you believe that you were given some unexpected and extra time to spend in solitude,to listen to a great tape or to plan your day.

　　“B” 一一你認為你得到了意外的或額外的時間可以一個人^ 待會兒，聽聽動聽的音樂，或者計劃一下一天的時間，

　　"C" - the consequence is that you feel gratitude for the gift of time.

　　“C”——結果就是你會感激這份時間的禮物。

　　I have a friend who is fond of saying, "A traffic jam has no power to make us angry. It juststops our car." He is aware that between the activating event and the consequence issomething that we control: our beliefs about what is happening.

　　我有個朋友總喜歡說：“塞車本身沒有讓我們發怒的鷹力， 它只是讓車子停下來而已。”他知道在引發事件和結果之間的東 西是我們所能控制的，即對於正在發生的事情的看法。

　　The next time you have a problem -- at home or at work, big or small -- decide to manage yourattitude toward it. Practice the A-B-C method.

　　下次你遇到問題——無論在家裡還是在單位，也無論大 小——先決定你對這件事要採取什麼態度。

　　You probably can't change "A," the activating event. But try changing "B," your beliefs aboutthe problem. When you change your beliefs, you also change "C," the consequences of thesituation.

　　試試這個“A-B-C” 法，也許你改變不了 “A”，那個引發事件，但是試著把握“B”， 你對這個問題的信念。當你改變了信念，你也就改變了 “C”， 亊情的結果。

　　It's as simple as A-B-C. Manage your beliefs, and you'll manage to be a lot happier!

　　像A-B-C—樣簡單，掌握了你的信念，你就能獲得更多的 快樂!

　　：贏得有利的注意

　　需要你付出的人，總是會給你一些回報，你可能不是能滿 足客戶要求的惟一供應者，你應如何使消費者特別注意你呢? 其中的竅門就在於提供物超所值的服務。

　　People who need your work have things to offer you.You probably are not the only person capable of providing what they need.What will distinguish you from the crowd? The attention you generate by doing more than you are being paid to do.

　　有天早晨，史瓦布來到他所經營的一家鋼鐵工廠，看到有 一位公司的儲備速記員也在那裡。當史瓦布問他為什麼這麼 早來公司時，這位儲備速記員說他是來看看史瓦布先生是否 有什麼急的信件或電報要處理。他比其他員工早到了好幾個 小時來上班。

　　Early one morning Charles Schwab arrived at one of the steel mills he managed.There, in the dawn's faint light, was a clerk from the company's stenography pool.When Schwab wondered what he was doing there were any letters or telegrams Schwab wanted sent right away.It would be hours before the rest of the staff arrived.

　　史瓦布向這位員工說了聲“謝謝”，並告訴他晚一點會需要他的幫忙。當天晚上史瓦布回到辦公室時，身邊多了一位私入助理，而他就是在早上令史瓦布印象深刻的那位儲備速記員。

　　Schwab thanked the fellow and told him he might need him later that day.And he did.That night,as Schwab headed back to the main office,he tool along his new personal assistant,the fellow who had gotten his attention so early in the morning.

　　這位年輕人吸引史瓦布的地方，並非他的速記能力，而是 他願意多付出一點點的進取心。

　　It wasn't the fact that this young man was an extraordinary stenographer that got him attention.It was his habit of showing his personal initiative in going the extra mile.