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　　How to Be Ture to Yourself

My grandparents believed you were either honest or you weren't. There was no in had a simple motto hanging on their living-room wall: "Life is like a field of newly fallensnow; where I choose to walk every step will show." They didn't have to talk about it – theydemonstrated the motto by the way they lived.

They understood instinctively that integrity means having a personal standard of morality andethics that does not sell out to expediency and that is not relative to the situation at grity is an inner standard for judging your behavior. Unfortunately, integrity is in shortsupply today – and getting scarcer. But it is the real bottom line in every area of society. And itis something we must demand of ourselves.

A good test for this value is to look at what I call the Integrity Triad, which consists of three keyprinciples:

d firmly for your convictions in the face of personal pressure. There's a story told abouta surgical nurse's first day on the medical team at a well-known hospital. She was responsiblefor ensuring that all instruments and materials were accounted for during an abdominaloperation. The nurse said to the surgeon, "You've only remove 11 sponges, and we sued need to find the last one. "

"I removed them all," the doctor declared. "We'll close now."

"You can't do that, sir," objected the rookie nurse. "Think of the patient." Smiling, thesurgeon lifted his foot and showed the nurse the 12th sponge.

"You'll do just fine in this or any other hospital," he told her. When you know you're right, youcan't back down.

ys give others credit that is rightfully theirs. Don't be afraid of those who might have abetter idea or who might even be smarter than you are.

David Ogilvy, founder of the advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather, made this point clear of hisnewly appointed office head by sending each a Russian nesting doll with five progressivelysmaller figures inside. His message was contained in the smallest doll:

"If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, Ogilvy & Mather will become acompany of giants." And that is precisely that the company became – one of the largest andmost respected advertising organizations in the world.

honest and open about who you really are. People who lack genuine core values rely onexternal factors – their looks or status – in order to feel good about themselves. Inevitablythey will do everything they can to preserve this façade, but they will do every little to developtheir inner value and personal growth.

So be yourself. Don't engage in a personal cover-up of areas that are unpleasing in your it's tough, do it tough. In other words, face reality and be adult in your responses tolife's challenges.

　　参考翻译

我的祖父母认为, 人要么诚实, 要么不诚实. 不可能居于两者之间. 他们在起居室的墙上挂着一幅简短的箴言: “生活就像刚被白雪覆盖的原野, 无论走到哪儿, 都会出现我的脚印.” 他们从不在口头上做文章----而是身体力行去实践这句箴言.

他们本能地懂得, 诚实意味着有个人道德标准, 既不见利忘义, 也不趋炎附势. 诚实是评判举止的内在标准. 遗憾的是, 当今社会越练越缺少诚信, 而它却是社会每一个领域的真正底线, 也是我们对自己的必须要求.

检验这种价值, 要依据我所谓的”诚实三和弦”, 它包括三个主要原则:

面对个人压力, 要坚定信念. 有这样一个故事: 在一个著名的医院, 一个外科护士第一天到医疗组上班. 在一个腹部手术中, 她负责对所有的器材进行清点时, 对外科医生说: “您只取出11块纱布, 可我们用了12块, 必须找到最后一块.

“我都取出来了,” 医生断言, “现在要缝合刀口了.”

“您不能这样, 先生,” 新来的护士抗议道, “得想想病人,” 外科医生抬起脚, 笑着给护士看第12块纱布.

他告诉护士: “不论你是在这所医院还是其他地方, 都会干得很好的.” 当你确定自己正确时, 就不能退缩.

经常赞扬那些值得肯定的人. 不要惧怕那些比你更有见解, 更机智的'人.

戴维.奥格尔维是奥格尔维和马瑟广告公司的创始人, 他给每一个新上任的部门经理送一个俄罗斯式套娃, 里面有一次变小的5个娃娃. 最小的一个里面有他的留言, 清晰地告诉他们:

“如果我们雇用的每个人都比我们矮小, 我们就会成为侏儒公司. 但是, 反过来, 如果雇用的人都很高大, 奥格尔维和马瑟将成为巨人公司.” 正是这样, 这个公司后来成为世界上最达最有声望的广告公司.

真诚, 坦率地展现真我风采. 只有缺乏核心价值观的人才会依靠外界因素----他们的外貌或地位 ---- 使自我感觉良好. 不可避免地, 他们会掩饰内心, 不去培养自己的核心价值, 也不注重自我成长.

所以, 要做你自己. 不要掩饰生活中不尽人意的方方面面, 要坚强地面对生活中的困难时刻. 换言之, 面对现实, 要成熟地应对生活中的种种挑战.

　　核心词组：

At hand

1. 在手边

I haven't my book at hand. 我的书不在手边。

2. 即将到来

He believes that the great day is at hand. 他相信这个伟大的日子就要到来。

In short supply: not existing in large enough quantities to satisfy demand 不充裕;短缺;紧缺

Basic foodstuffs were in short supply.

基本食物紧缺。

Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.

西海岸将不会有充足的阳光。

Back down: 放弃;让步;打退堂鼓

He backed down after I saw his mistake.

在我拆穿他的大话后,他让步了。

I see he has backed down from the position he took last week.

我注意到他放弃了上星期的立场。

　　核心词汇：

Motto: a short sentence or phrase thatexpresses the aims and beliefs of a person, agroup, an institution, etc. and is used as a ruleof behaviour 座右铭;格言;箴言

The school's motto is: ‘Duty, Honour, Country’.

这所学校的校训是：“责任、荣誉、国家”。

‘Live and let live.’ That's my motto.

“待人宽如待己。”这就是我的座右铭。

Integrity: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles 诚实正直

personal/professional/artistic integrity

个人的╱职业上的╱艺术家的诚实正直

to behave with integrity

行为表现诚实正直

Facade: 表面;外观

Her honesty was all a facade.

她的诚实只是一种表面现象。

Dwarf: (in stories) a creature like a small man, who has magic powers and who isusually described as living and working under the ground, especially working withmetal (神话中有魔法的)小矮人

　　Two Ways of Thinking of History

There are two ways of thinking of history. There is,first, history regarded as a way of look¬ing at otherthings, really the temporal aspect of anything, fromthe universe to this nib with which I am ything has its history. There is the history of theuniverse, if only we knew it-and we know something of it, if we do not know much. Nor is thecontrast so great, when you come to think of it, between the universe and this pen-nib. Amere pen-nib has quite a considerable history. There is, to begin with, what has been writtenwith it, and that might be something quite important. After all it was probably only one quill-pen or a couple that wrote Hamlet. Whatever has been written with the pen-nib is part of itshistory. In addition to that there is the history of its manufacture: this particular nib is a'Relief' nib, No. 314, made by R. Esterbrook and Co. in England, who supply the Midland Bankwith pen-nibs, from whom I got it—a gift, I may say, but behind this nib there is the wholeprocess of manufacture. In fact a pen nib implies of universe, and the history of it implies itshistory. We may regard this way of looking at it—history as the time-aspect of all things: a pen-nib, the universe, the fiddled before me as I write, as a relative conception of history. Thereis, secondly, what we mat call a substantive conception of history, what we usually mean byit, history proper as a subject of study in itself.

　　参考翻译：

历史的思考方式有两种。其一，历史作为审视其它事物是一种，其实仅为所有事物暂时的面貌，从整个宇宙到有正在书写的笔端。每一样事物都有它的历史。宇宙也有它的历史，要是我们知道的话──虽然我们所知有限，总算知道一些;仔细想一下，宇宙和这笔端，其间的差异也不是那么大。但即使仅是这笔端也有一段历史。首先，透过它便有写出来的东西，而这些可能相当重要。毕竟莎剧(哈姆莱特)也只靠一支鹅毛笔或二支便完成了。通过笔端所写出来的变成了它自身的历史。此外，还有制造过程的历史：我这支笔尖其实是英国艾斯塔布禒克(Esterbrook)厂牌314号凸版型产品，专门供应米特兰银行用品，我是从那儿取得的───或许应该说是银行的赠品。在这笔尖的北后有一连串的制造过程……。故此，这笔尖蕴含了一个宇宙，而它的历史也蕴含了它自身的历史。

我们可以把这种审视的方式看作──历史就是所有事务的时间之面貌：一支笔尖、宇宙、眼前我写作的领域……作为历史的相对观念。

其二，则为我们称作实质观念的历史，就是我们通常所说的，历史本身作为一个研究的科目。

　　核心词汇：

temporal：当时的, 暂时的, 现世的

Although spiritual leader of millions of people, thePope has no temporal power.

教宗虽然是亿万人的精神领袖，但没有丝毫的世俗权力。

nib：鹅管笔的尖端, 钢笔尖

considerable：worthy of consideration; significant 重要的值得考虑的;有重大意义的

The project wasted a considerable amount of time and money.

那项工程耗费了相当多的时间和资金。

Damage to the building was considerable.

对这栋建筑物的损坏相当的严重。

Midland Bank：米特兰银行

the fiddled：不重要的事

substantive：实质的，实在的

substantive issues/matters

实质性问题

The report concluded that no substantive changes were necessary.

报告的结论是，无须作任何重大变更。