大学英语综合教程1 UNIT5 TextA A simple life well lived原文+译文
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大学英语综合教程1 UNIT5 TextA A simple life well lived原文+译文
21世纪大学英语应用型综合教程(修订版)1
Unit 5 Part A
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A simple life well lived
1The businessman was at the pier of small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The businessman complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied, “Only a little while”.
2 The businessman then asked why he didn’t stay out longer and catch more fish. The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The businessman then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?” The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, paly with ma children, take a nap with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play the guitar with my amigos; I have a full and busy life, senor.”
3 The businessman scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and I could help you. You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats; eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman, you would sell directly to the processor and eventually open your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexican City, then LA and eventually New York City where you would run your expanding enterprise.” 4 The Mexican fisherman asked, “But senor, how long will this all take?” To which the businessman replied, “15-20 years”. “But what then, senor?” The businessman laughed and said, “That’s the best part! When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions.” “Millions, senor? Then what?” The businessman said, “Then you would retire, move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”
大学英语综合教程1 UNIT5 TextA A simple life well lived原文+译文
5 The fisherman, still smiling, looked up and said, “Isn’t that what I’m doing right now?”
6 We live in a world in which being successful is everything. Success is measured by power, popularity, control, achievement, and winning. Having more and being more is success. The businessman measured success by the accumulation of wealth and by living an extravagant life. He held a Harvard MBA, millions of dollars, and status as a powerful businessman. “The person with the most toys wins” is a fitting motto.
7 Possessions and wealth are not enough. While comforting, wealth cannot fulfill. Benjamin Franklin was of the opinion, “Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.” Wealth may help us to escape emptiness for a short while; it cannot cure it.
8 The businessman accumulated money to support his retirement. It was wise to plan for the future. Yet, what sort of life was he living in the present? The businessman was so future-oriented that he hadn’t taken sufficient time to question what the future looked like. The businessman was living for what the Mexican already enjoyed – a simple life well lived.
9 Rudyard Kipling, giving a commencement address at McGill University in Montreal, said there was one striking thing that deserves to be remembered about people. Warning the students against an over-concern for money, power, or popularity, he said, “Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.” The businessman discovered how poor he was when he met the Mexican fisherman.
10 Ralph Waldo Emerson defined success in a simple life well lived as: “to laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a litter bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or an improved social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
11 I think the Mexican fisherman would have agreed with Emerson.
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大学英语综合教程1 UNIT5 TextA A simple life well lived原文+译文
一个简单的生活生活
1商人是在一个小的沿海墨西哥村庄的码头时,一个小的船,只有一个渔夫停靠。小渔船里有几个大的黄色鳍金枪鱼。商人称赞墨西哥他鱼的质量要花多长时间去抓住他们。墨西哥回答说:“只有一小会儿”。
2商人问他为什么不多呆更长的时间,多吃鱼。墨西哥说他有足够的支持他的家人的迫切需要。商人接着问:“但是你的时间和你的休息时间怎么办?“墨西哥渔夫说,“我睡得晚,鱼小,与儿童玩耍,午睡与我的妻子玛丽亚,散步,每天晚上去村里啜饮葡萄酒和朋友弹吉他;我有一个充实而忙碌的生活,先生。” 3商人嗤之以鼻,“我是哈佛的MBA,我可以帮你。你应该花更多的时间钓鱼,并与收益买一个更大的船。从更大的船上,你可以买几艘船,最终你会有一个渔船船队。而不是把鱼卖给中间人,你会直接卖给加工和最终自己开罐头厂。你可以控制产品,加工和分配。你需要离开这个小的沿海渔村搬到墨西哥城,然后洛杉矶,最终纽约市,你将经营你的扩张的企业。”
4墨西哥渔夫问,“但是先生,这要花多长时间?“这生意人回答,“15-20年”。“但是什么,先生?商人笑着说:“这是最好的部分!当时间是正确的,你会宣布一个首次公开发行股票,并将你的公司股票卖给公众,变得非常富有。你会成为百万富翁。”数以百万计,先生?那又怎样?”商人说,“然后你就退休,搬到一个小渔村,你可以睡懒觉,鱼小,和孩子一起玩,和你老婆睡个午觉,逛到村里在晚上你可以和你的朋友喝酒,玩你的吉他。”
5渔夫仍然微笑着,抬起头说:“那不是我现在做的事吗?“
6我们生活在一个成功的世界里。成功的衡量是权力、声望、控制、成就和胜利。有更多,更成功。商人以财富的积累和奢侈的生活而获得成功。他举办了一个哈佛工商管理硕士,数百万美元,并作为一个强大的商人地位。“最有玩具的人”是一个恰当的座右铭。
7财富和财富是不够的。安慰时,财富不能满足。本杰明的看法是,“钱从未使人幸福,也。一个人越有希望,他就越想要。它不填一个真空,而是一个,“财富可以帮助我们暂时摆脱空虚,它不能治愈它。
8商人积累了钱来支持他的退休。对未来的计划是明智的。然而,他生活在现在的生活是什么样的?商人是如此的未来,他没有花足够的时间去质疑未来的样子。这个商人为墨西哥已经喜欢的东西生活了一个简单的生活。
9吉卜林,在蒙特利尔麦克吉尔大学发表演讲时,说有一个引人注目的地方,值得记住的人。他说:“有一天,你会遇到一个不关心这些事情的人,因为他们对金钱、权力或受欢迎程度都不关心。你就会知道你有多贫穷了,“这个商人发现
大学英语综合教程1 UNIT5 TextA A simple life well lived原文+译文
他在遇到墨西哥渔民时有多么可怜。
10瓦尔多爱默生定义成功的一个简单的生活:“经常笑;赢得智者的尊敬和孩子的喜爱;为了得到诚实的批评家的欣赏,忍受虚伪朋友的背叛;审美;发现别人的优点;要离开这个世界点好,无论是一个健康的孩子,一片花园,或改善社会条件;甚至知道一个生命因你的存在而生活得更轻松。这是成功的。” 11我认为墨西哥渔夫同意爱默生。
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