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晨讀英語美文100篇:How to Be Ture to Yourself
晨讀英語美文100篇:How to Be Ture to Yourself
My grandparents believed you were either honest or you weren't. There was no in between. They had a simple motto hanging on their living-room wall: "Life is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose to walk every step will show." They didn't have to talk about it – they demonstrated the motto by the way they lived.
They understood instinctively that integrity means having a personal standard of morality and ethics that does not sell out to expediency and that is not relative to the situation at hand. Integrity is an inner standard for judging your behavior. Unfortunately, integrity is in short supply today – and getting scarcer. But it is the real bottom line in every area of society. And it is 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 key principles:
1.Stand firmly for your convictions in the face of personal pressure. There's a story told about a surgical nurse's first day on the medical team at a well-known hospital. She was responsible for ensuring that all instruments and materials were accounted for during an abdominal operation. The nurse said to the surgeon, "You've only remove 11 sponges, and we sued 12. We 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, the surgeon 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, you can't back down.
2.Always give others credit that is rightfully theirs. Don't be afraid of those who might have a better idea or who might even be smarter than you are.
David Ogilvy, founder of the advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather, made this point clear of his newly appointed office head by sending each a Russian nesting doll with five progressively smaller 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 dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, Ogilvy & Mather will become a company of giants." And that is precisely that the company became – one of the largest and most respected advertising organizations in the world.
3.Be honest and open about who you really are. People who lack genuine core values rely on external factors – their looks or status – in order to feel good about themselves. Inevitably they will do everything they can to preserve this façade, but they will do every little to develop their inner value and personal growth.
So be yourself. Don't engage in a personal cover-up of areas that are unpleasing in your life. When it's tough, do it tough. In other words, face reality and be adult in your responses to life's challenges.
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我的祖父母認(rèn)為, 人要么誠實(shí), 要么不誠實(shí). 不可能居于兩者之間. 他們?cè)谄鹁邮业膲ι蠏熘环喍痰捏鹧? “生活就像剛被白雪覆蓋的原野, 無論走到哪兒, 都會(huì)出現(xiàn)我的腳印.” 他們從不在口頭上做文章----而是身體力行去實(shí)踐這句箴言.
他們本能地懂得, 誠實(shí)意味著有個(gè)人道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn), 既不見利忘義, 也不趨炎附勢. 誠實(shí)是評(píng)判舉止的內(nèi)在標(biāo)準(zhǔn). 遺憾的是, 當(dāng)今社會(huì)越練越缺少誠信, 而它卻是社會(huì)每一個(gè)領(lǐng)域的真正底線, 也是我們對(duì)自己的必須要求.
檢驗(yàn)這種價(jià)值, 要依據(jù)我所謂的”誠實(shí)三和弦”, 它包括三個(gè)主要原則:
面對(duì)個(gè)人壓力, 要堅(jiān)定信念. 有這樣一個(gè)故事: 在一個(gè)著名的醫(yī)院, 一個(gè)外科護(hù)士第一天到醫(yī)療組上班. 在一個(gè)腹部手術(shù)中, 她負(fù)責(zé)對(duì)所有的器材進(jìn)行清點(diǎn)時(shí), 對(duì)外科醫(yī)生說: “您只取出11塊紗布, 可我們用了12塊, 必須找到最后一塊.
“我都取出來了,” 醫(yī)生斷言, “現(xiàn)在要縫合刀口了.”
“您不能這樣, 先生,” 新來的護(hù)士抗議道, “得想想病人,” 外科醫(yī)生抬起腳, 笑著給護(hù)士看第12塊紗布.
他告訴護(hù)士: “不論你是在這所醫(yī)院還是其他地方, 都會(huì)干得很好的.” 當(dāng)你確定自己正確時(shí), 就不能退縮.
經(jīng)常贊揚(yáng)那些值得肯定的人. 不要懼怕那些比你更有見解, 更機(jī)智的人.
戴維.奧格爾維是奧格爾維和馬瑟廣告公司的創(chuàng)始人, 他給每一個(gè)新上任的部門經(jīng)理送一個(gè)俄羅斯式套娃, 里面有一次變小的5個(gè)娃娃. 最小的一個(gè)里面有他的留言, 清晰地告訴他們:
“如果我們雇用的每個(gè)人都比我們矮小, 我們就會(huì)成為侏儒公司. 但是, 反過來, 如果雇用的人都很高大, 奧格爾維和馬瑟將成為巨人公司.” 正是這樣, 這個(gè)公司后來成為世界上最達(dá)最有聲望的廣告公司.
真誠, 坦率地展現(xiàn)真我風(fēng)采. 只有缺乏核心價(jià)值觀的人才會(huì)依靠外界因素----他們的外貌或地位 ---- 使自我感覺良好. 不可避免地, 他們會(huì)掩飾內(nèi)心, 不去培養(yǎng)自己的核心價(jià)值, 也不注重自我成長.
所以, 要做你自己. 不要掩飾生活中不盡人意的方方面面, 要堅(jiān)強(qiáng)地面對(duì)生活中的困難時(shí)刻. 換言之, 面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí), 要成熟地應(yīng)對(duì)生活中的種種挑戰(zhàn).
重點(diǎn)核心詞匯講解：
At hand
1. 在手邊
I haven't my book at hand. 我的書不在手邊。
2. 即將到來
He believes that the great day is at hand. 他相信這個(gè)偉大的日子就要到來。
In short supply: not existing in large enough quantities to satisfy demand 不充裕;短缺;緊缺
Basic foodstuffs were in short supply.
基本食物緊缺。
Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.
西海岸將不會(huì)有充足的陽光。
Back down: 放棄;讓步;打退堂鼓
He backed down after I saw his mistake.
在我拆穿他的大話后,他讓步了。
I see he has backed down from the position he took last week.
我注意到他放棄了上星期的立場。
Motto: a short sentence or phrase that expresses the aims and beliefs of a person, a group, an institution, etc. and is used as a rule of behaviour 座右銘;格言;箴言
The school's motto is: ‘Duty, Honour, Country’.
這所學(xué)校的校訓(xùn)是：“責(zé)任、榮譽(yù)、國家”。
‘Live and let live.’ That's my motto.
“待人寬如待己。”這就是我的座右銘。
Integrity: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles 誠實(shí)正直
personal/professional/artistic integrity
個(gè)人的╱職業(yè)上的╱藝術(shù)家的誠實(shí)正直
to behave with integrity
行為表現(xiàn)誠實(shí)正直
Facade: 表面;外觀
Her honesty was all a facade.
她的誠實(shí)只是一種表面現(xiàn)象。
Dwarf: (in stories) a creature like a small man, who has magic powers and who is usually described as living and working under the ground, especially working with metal (神話中有魔法的)小矮人
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