给予你的脑子伟大思想培训。
-- Benjamin Disraeli
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Choice（选择）
Choice（选择）
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
约翰是个让你感觉爱恨交织的人。他永远都有个开朗的心情，话语间也保持着正面思维。每当有人问他如何啦？他会回答，“今天很好，但明天会更好。”
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
他是位很自然的激励者，如遇到有雇员心情不好时，他总会前去开解并告诉他们如何往好的角度看事物。
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it!
这连串的事件让我疑惑不解，有一天我前去见他并问：“我还是想不通！”
You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or .. you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood."
你不是时刻都有好心情。但你是如何做到的呢？
他回答：“每天早晨当我起床后会告诉自己，今天你有两个选择，要嘛保持好心情，不然呢就选择坏心情啰！我选择好心情。”
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or... I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
每次当不好的事发生时，我可以选择成为受害者或。。。从中学习。我选择从中学习。
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. "Yeah, right, it's not that easy", I protested.
每当有人前来向我抱怨时，我可以选择接受他们抱怨或。。。我能为其点出生活上正面的方向，我选择正面的方向。“是的，没错，但并不容易呀！”我抗议说。
"Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."
“是的，”他说。“生活就是选择。当你要切割所有与你无关的事务时，每个情况都是选择。你选择如何应对状况，你选择人们怎么影响你的心情。
你选择要有好心情或坏心情。这其中的底线是：你选择要过怎样的生活。”
I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
他的话语影响着我。不久后，我离开了塔吊业并创立了自己的公司。我们失去了联络，在生活上每当我要采取行动前进行抉择的时候都会想起他。
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
数年后，我听说他遇到了一宗严重的意外，他从60英尺（约20米）高的通讯塔上掉了下来。
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
经过了18小时的急救手术并在加护病房住了数整周，在出院时他的背椎上还安装了一根支撑柱。
I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
我在事发后约六个月见到了他。当我问他的状况时，他答说：“大难不死，必有后福。你要看我的伤疤吗？”我拒绝看，但我问他当意外发生时闪过他脑子的是什么？
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
他回答说：“首先闪过我脑子的念头是我那即将出世的女儿。当我躺在地上的那一刻，我记得我有两个选择：我能选择活下去或。。。选择死去。当然，我选择活下去。”“你觉得害怕吗？当时你可否失去知觉？” 我问道。
He continued, "..the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked.
他接着说：“。。那些医务人员真能干。他们不断的告诉我我会没事的。但当我被推入急救所时，当我看到那些医生与护士们的脸色时，我也真感到害怕。他们的眼神似乎在说‘他已死了吧！’我知道我必须要有所表示。”我问：“那你做了些什么呢？”
"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity.'"
约翰说到：“当时刚好有位壮大魁梧的护士大声地问我问题，她问我对什么东西会感到敏感？‘有的，我回说。’所有的医生和护士们都停止了手头上的工作等待我的回答。我深深的吸了一口气后大声喊说：‘地心引力。’”
Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
他们都笑了，我告诉他们：“我选择活下去。在我活着时给我动手术把，而不是等我死后。”
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
他活了下来，除了感谢医生们的技术，这更取决于他那惊人的心态。。。我向他学到的是我们每天都能选择活得更为充实。心态，说白了，就是一切。
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
所以，别担心明天的事，就让明天去担心自己吧。
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
每一天都有它自己的麻烦事。
After all today is the tomorrow of yesterday, you worried about yesterday.
总之，今天是昨天的明天，你只须为昨天烦恼。
You have two choices now:
01. Forget about this storey; or
02. Share with people this storey to show them you really care about them.
(the link at: http://storeybag.blogsport.com )
你现在有两个选择：
01. 忘掉这个故事；或者
02. 与他人分享这则故事以表示你真正的关心他们
（接连上：http://storeybag.blogsport.com）
I choose to share with you. Cheers !!!
我选择与你共享之。祝福你！！！
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
约翰是个让你感觉爱恨交织的人。他永远都有个开朗的心情，话语间也保持着正面思维。每当有人问他如何啦？他会回答，“今天很好，但明天会更好。”
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
他是位很自然的激励者，如遇到有雇员心情不好时，他总会前去开解并告诉他们如何往好的角度看事物。
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it!
这连串的事件让我疑惑不解，有一天我前去见他并问：“我还是想不通！”
You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or .. you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood."
你不是时刻都有好心情。但你是如何做到的呢？
他回答：“每天早晨当我起床后会告诉自己，今天你有两个选择，要嘛保持好心情，不然呢就选择坏心情啰！我选择好心情。”
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or... I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
每次当不好的事发生时，我可以选择成为受害者或。。。从中学习。我选择从中学习。
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. "Yeah, right, it's not that easy", I protested.
每当有人前来向我抱怨时，我可以选择接受他们抱怨或。。。我能为其点出生活上正面的方向，我选择正面的方向。“是的，没错，但并不容易呀！”我抗议说。
"Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."
“是的，”他说。“生活就是选择。当你要切割所有与你无关的事务时，每个情况都是选择。你选择如何应对状况，你选择人们怎么影响你的心情。
你选择要有好心情或坏心情。这其中的底线是：你选择要过怎样的生活。”
I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
他的话语影响着我。不久后，我离开了塔吊业并创立了自己的公司。我们失去了联络，在生活上每当我要采取行动前进行抉择的时候都会想起他。
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
数年后，我听说他遇到了一宗严重的意外，他从60英尺（约20米）高的通讯塔上掉了下来。
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
经过了18小时的急救手术并在加护病房住了数整周，在出院时他的背椎上还安装了一根支撑柱。
I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
我在事发后约六个月见到了他。当我问他的状况时，他答说：“大难不死，必有后福。你要看我的伤疤吗？”我拒绝看，但我问他当意外发生时闪过他脑子的是什么？
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
他回答说：“首先闪过我脑子的念头是我那即将出世的女儿。当我躺在地上的那一刻，我记得我有两个选择：我能选择活下去或。。。选择死去。当然，我选择活下去。”“你觉得害怕吗？当时你可否失去知觉？” 我问道。
He continued, "..the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked.
他接着说：“。。那些医务人员真能干。他们不断的告诉我我会没事的。但当我被推入急救所时，当我看到那些医生与护士们的脸色时，我也真感到害怕。他们的眼神似乎在说‘他已死了吧！’我知道我必须要有所表示。”我问：“那你做了些什么呢？”
"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity.'"
约翰说到：“当时刚好有位壮大魁梧的护士大声地问我问题，她问我对什么东西会感到敏感？‘有的，我回说。’所有的医生和护士们都停止了手头上的工作等待我的回答。我深深的吸了一口气后大声喊说：‘地心引力。’”
Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
他们都笑了，我告诉他们：“我选择活下去。在我活着时给我动手术把，而不是等我死后。”
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
他活了下来，除了感谢医生们的技术，这更取决于他那惊人的心态。。。我向他学到的是我们每天都能选择活得更为充实。心态，说白了，就是一切。
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
所以，别担心明天的事，就让明天去担心自己吧。
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
每一天都有它自己的麻烦事。
After all today is the tomorrow of yesterday, you worried about yesterday.
总之，今天是昨天的明天，你只须为昨天烦恼。
You have two choices now:
01. Forget about this storey; or
02. Share with people this storey to show them you really care about them.
(the link at: http://storeybag.blogsport.com )
你现在有两个选择：
01. 忘掉这个故事；或者
02. 与他人分享这则故事以表示你真正的关心他们
（接连上：http://storeybag.blogsport.com）
I choose to share with you. Cheers !!!
我选择与你共享之。祝福你！！！
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Quote of the day（每日一语）
If we cannot love the person whom we see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see !
如果我们没能爱我们所能见到的人，那我们又如何能爱我们所见不到的上主呢 !
-- Mother Teresa
如果我们没能爱我们所能见到的人，那我们又如何能爱我们所见不到的上主呢 !
-- Mother Teresa
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Why Employees Leave Organisations 雇员为何会离开公司 ! ! !
Why Employees Leave Organisations ! ! !
雇员为何会离开公司 ! ! !
- Azim Premji, CEO- Wipro
Every company faces the problem of people leaving the company for better pay or profile.
每家公司都面对员工因更好的待遇或发展机会而离开。
Early this year, Mark, a senior software designer, got an offer from a prestigious international firm to work in its India operations developing specialized software. He was thrilled by the offer.
今年初，麦克，一位资深的软件设计师，获得了一家国际知名企业之雇用为其在印度的分公司开发专业软件，他对此感到非常的兴奋。
He had heard a lot about the CEO. The salary was great. The company had all the right systems in place employee-friendly human resources (HR) policies, a spanking new office, and the very best technology, even a canteen that served superb food.
他听闻了许多有关于执行总裁的事。优厚的工资。公司的人事（HR）政策里也有多项善待员工的好系统，一个全新的办公室和最佳的科技，就连餐厅也提供最好的餐饮。
Twice Mark was sent abroad for training. "My learning curve is the sharpest it's ever been," he said soon after he joined.
麦克曾经两次被派往海外接受训练。当他刚加入时就曾说：“我从未经历过如此强化的学习历程。”
Last week, less than eight months after he joined, Mark walked out of the job.
上周，麦克在加入公司不到八个月就提出正式的辞呈。
Why did this talented employee leave? Mark quit for the same reason that drives many good people away.
这位深具才干的雇员为何要离开呢？麦克的辞职与许多好雇员离职的原因都很相似。
The answer lies in one of the largest studies undertaken by the Gallup Organization. The study surveyed over a million employees and 80,000 managers and was published in a book called "First Break All The Rules". It came up with this surprising finding:
If you're losing good people, look to their immediate boss. Immediate boss is the reason people stay and thrive in an organization; and he's the reason why people leave. When people leave they take knowledge, experience and contacts with them, straight to the competition.
其中的答案就在概而立小组所进行的一项最大的研究当中。此调查访问超过了百万名的雇员和八万名经理级人员，其报告内容刊载于名为《撤除所有条规》的书内。其中有如此惊人的发现：
如果你失去好雇员，得先看看他们的直属上司。直属上司是人员留职并积极干活的主因；他也是人员流失的原因。当人员离开时他们也会把知识、经验和他们所联系的客户一并带走，直带往往竞争对手那里。
"People leave managers not companies," write the authors Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.
“人们要离开的是上司而不是公司，”作者马克思•布金汉和科特•克夫曼写道。
Mostly manager drives people away? HR experts say that of all the abuses, employees find humiliation the most intolerable:
– The first time, an employee may not leave, but a thought has been planted.
– The second time, that thought gets strengthened.
– The third time, he looks for another job.
是否多数的经理都把人给驱走呢？人事专家说在所有的陋习当中，雇员发现屈辱是最难容忍的：
– 第一次，雇员也许不会离开，但有些许去意。
– 第二次，内心的去意进一步获得加强。
– 第三次，他另谋高就。
When people cannot retort openly in anger, they do so by passive aggression. By digging their heels in and slowing down. By doing only what they are told to do and no more. By omitting to give the boss crucial information. Dev says: "If you work for a jerk, you basically want to get him into trouble. You don't have your heart and soul in the job."
当人们在愤怒而不能公开发泄时，他们就会转而采取消极的行为，他们会先把怨气藏于心中并慢慢的找机会发泄。他们会只做分内之事就得了。在给上司的报告中也把关键重要之事项给省略掉。德弗说：“如果你为不称职的上司工做，你会给他添加麻烦，而你的心与魂也早已离工作而他去。”
Different managers can stress out employees in different ways – by being too controlling, too suspicious, too pushy, too critical, but they forget that workers are not fixed assets, they are free agents. When this goes on too long, an employee will quit – often over a trivial issue.
不同的经理常常以不同的方式给予员工各种的压力，例如：控制性太强、疑心太重、常爱推卸、太爱批评等；但是他们忘了员工不是固定资产，他们犹如自由个体。当这些事件不断发生时，雇员将会心萌去意，而经常的这类事件都是些细微琐碎的问题。
Talented men leave. Dead wood doesn't.
能干者另谋高就，冗员却留了下来。
~ Wisdom is a shelter, as money is a shelter, but the advantage of wisdom is it preserves the life of its possessor ~
~ 智慧好比是遮雨棚，犹如金钱如遮雨棚，但智慧的优点是它能让它的主人展翅高飞 ~
~ In the middle of every difficulty lies an opportunity - Albert Einstein. ~
~ 每个困难当中都藏有机会 – 艾伯特•爱因斯坦 ~
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
雇员为何会离开公司 ! ! !
- Azim Premji, CEO- Wipro
Every company faces the problem of people leaving the company for better pay or profile.
每家公司都面对员工因更好的待遇或发展机会而离开。
Early this year, Mark, a senior software designer, got an offer from a prestigious international firm to work in its India operations developing specialized software. He was thrilled by the offer.
今年初，麦克，一位资深的软件设计师，获得了一家国际知名企业之雇用为其在印度的分公司开发专业软件，他对此感到非常的兴奋。
He had heard a lot about the CEO. The salary was great. The company had all the right systems in place employee-friendly human resources (HR) policies, a spanking new office, and the very best technology, even a canteen that served superb food.
他听闻了许多有关于执行总裁的事。优厚的工资。公司的人事（HR）政策里也有多项善待员工的好系统，一个全新的办公室和最佳的科技，就连餐厅也提供最好的餐饮。
Twice Mark was sent abroad for training. "My learning curve is the sharpest it's ever been," he said soon after he joined.
麦克曾经两次被派往海外接受训练。当他刚加入时就曾说：“我从未经历过如此强化的学习历程。”
Last week, less than eight months after he joined, Mark walked out of the job.
上周，麦克在加入公司不到八个月就提出正式的辞呈。
Why did this talented employee leave? Mark quit for the same reason that drives many good people away.
这位深具才干的雇员为何要离开呢？麦克的辞职与许多好雇员离职的原因都很相似。
The answer lies in one of the largest studies undertaken by the Gallup Organization. The study surveyed over a million employees and 80,000 managers and was published in a book called "First Break All The Rules". It came up with this surprising finding:
If you're losing good people, look to their immediate boss. Immediate boss is the reason people stay and thrive in an organization; and he's the reason why people leave. When people leave they take knowledge, experience and contacts with them, straight to the competition.
其中的答案就在概而立小组所进行的一项最大的研究当中。此调查访问超过了百万名的雇员和八万名经理级人员，其报告内容刊载于名为《撤除所有条规》的书内。其中有如此惊人的发现：
如果你失去好雇员，得先看看他们的直属上司。直属上司是人员留职并积极干活的主因；他也是人员流失的原因。当人员离开时他们也会把知识、经验和他们所联系的客户一并带走，直带往往竞争对手那里。
"People leave managers not companies," write the authors Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.
“人们要离开的是上司而不是公司，”作者马克思•布金汉和科特•克夫曼写道。
Mostly manager drives people away? HR experts say that of all the abuses, employees find humiliation the most intolerable:
– The first time, an employee may not leave, but a thought has been planted.
– The second time, that thought gets strengthened.
– The third time, he looks for another job.
是否多数的经理都把人给驱走呢？人事专家说在所有的陋习当中，雇员发现屈辱是最难容忍的：
– 第一次，雇员也许不会离开，但有些许去意。
– 第二次，内心的去意进一步获得加强。
– 第三次，他另谋高就。
When people cannot retort openly in anger, they do so by passive aggression. By digging their heels in and slowing down. By doing only what they are told to do and no more. By omitting to give the boss crucial information. Dev says: "If you work for a jerk, you basically want to get him into trouble. You don't have your heart and soul in the job."
当人们在愤怒而不能公开发泄时，他们就会转而采取消极的行为，他们会先把怨气藏于心中并慢慢的找机会发泄。他们会只做分内之事就得了。在给上司的报告中也把关键重要之事项给省略掉。德弗说：“如果你为不称职的上司工做，你会给他添加麻烦，而你的心与魂也早已离工作而他去。”
Different managers can stress out employees in different ways – by being too controlling, too suspicious, too pushy, too critical, but they forget that workers are not fixed assets, they are free agents. When this goes on too long, an employee will quit – often over a trivial issue.
不同的经理常常以不同的方式给予员工各种的压力，例如：控制性太强、疑心太重、常爱推卸、太爱批评等；但是他们忘了员工不是固定资产，他们犹如自由个体。当这些事件不断发生时，雇员将会心萌去意，而经常的这类事件都是些细微琐碎的问题。
Talented men leave. Dead wood doesn't.
能干者另谋高就，冗员却留了下来。
~ Wisdom is a shelter, as money is a shelter, but the advantage of wisdom is it preserves the life of its possessor ~
~ 智慧好比是遮雨棚，犹如金钱如遮雨棚，但智慧的优点是它能让它的主人展翅高飞 ~
~ In the middle of every difficulty lies an opportunity - Albert Einstein. ~
~ 每个困难当中都藏有机会 – 艾伯特•爱因斯坦 ~
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Quote of the day（每日一语）
Three sentences for getting SUCCESS:
三句成功至理名言：
a) know more than other 比别人懂得更多
b) work more than other 比别人更加勤劳
c) expect less than other 要求比别人少些
-- William Shakesphere
三句成功至理名言：
a) know more than other 比别人懂得更多
b) work more than other 比别人更加勤劳
c) expect less than other 要求比别人少些
-- William Shakesphere
Friday, August 15, 2008
Never ever laugh at Chinese! 请别嘲笑华人！
Never ever laugh at Chinese!
请别嘲笑华人！
A Chinese man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to China on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.
有位华人走进一间位于纽约市的银行并要求会见贷款部经理。他告诉贷款部经理说他要前往中国两周以办理些商务事而需贷款5千美元。
The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so the Chinese man hands over the keys to a new Ferrari parked on the street in front of the bank. He produces the title and everything checks out.
银行贷款部经理告诉他说银行需要些物品以作为抵押，这位华人便即刻把他停泊在银行门前那辆崭新法拉利跑车的钥匙交给银行。接着还提交出所有与车子相关的文件。
The Loan officer agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the Chinese for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.
贷款部经理同意接受此车作为有效抵押品并批准其贷款申请。银行经理和其职员都嘲笑此华人以价值25万美元的法拉利跑车为抵押品而只借贷区区的5千美元。之后，银行的职员便把此法拉利跑车驾到银行的地下车库停放好。
Two weeks later, the Chinese returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.
The loan officer says, 'Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is why you would bother to borrow $5,000?'
The Chinese replies: 'Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there safely when I return.'
两周后，此华人回来并付还所借的5千美元再加上15.41美元的利息。
贷款部经理说：“先生，我们很高兴做成你这笔生意，而且整个交易都进行得非常之顺利，不过我们有点不解。当你不在的那一段时间里，我们曾调查过你的财务并发现你是位亿万富翁。我们所不解的是你为何只借区区的5千美元？”
这位华人回答说：“在整个纽约市那里能找到只需付区区的15.41美元便能让我的车安全的停泊两周，并在我回来时毫发无伤。”
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
请别嘲笑华人！
A Chinese man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to China on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.
有位华人走进一间位于纽约市的银行并要求会见贷款部经理。他告诉贷款部经理说他要前往中国两周以办理些商务事而需贷款5千美元。
The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so the Chinese man hands over the keys to a new Ferrari parked on the street in front of the bank. He produces the title and everything checks out.
银行贷款部经理告诉他说银行需要些物品以作为抵押，这位华人便即刻把他停泊在银行门前那辆崭新法拉利跑车的钥匙交给银行。接着还提交出所有与车子相关的文件。
The Loan officer agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the Chinese for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.
贷款部经理同意接受此车作为有效抵押品并批准其贷款申请。银行经理和其职员都嘲笑此华人以价值25万美元的法拉利跑车为抵押品而只借贷区区的5千美元。之后，银行的职员便把此法拉利跑车驾到银行的地下车库停放好。
Two weeks later, the Chinese returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.
The loan officer says, 'Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is why you would bother to borrow $5,000?'
The Chinese replies: 'Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there safely when I return.'
两周后，此华人回来并付还所借的5千美元再加上15.41美元的利息。
贷款部经理说：“先生，我们很高兴做成你这笔生意，而且整个交易都进行得非常之顺利，不过我们有点不解。当你不在的那一段时间里，我们曾调查过你的财务并发现你是位亿万富翁。我们所不解的是你为何只借区区的5千美元？”
这位华人回答说：“在整个纽约市那里能找到只需付区区的15.41美元便能让我的车安全的停泊两周，并在我回来时毫发无伤。”
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Quote of the day（每日一语）
Don’t compare yourself with any one in the world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.
人各有所长，不能相比；如坚持求胜，将自取欺辱。
-- Alen Strike
人各有所长，不能相比；如坚持求胜，将自取欺辱。
-- Alen Strike
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