嚴(yán)雙紅
One day a father was teaching his son and said,“The keys to your success are keeping your word and cleverness. Once you give somebody a promise, you must carry it out no matter what will happen. This is called‘keeping ones word.”
“What is cleverness?” asked his son.
“Cleverness is that youll never make such a promise, ” the father answered.
成功的關(guān)鍵
一天,父親教育兒子說(shuō):“一個(gè)人成功的關(guān)鍵就是嚴(yán)守諾言和足夠聰明。一旦你給了別人承諾,無(wú)論發(fā)生什么事,你都得實(shí)現(xiàn)它,這個(gè)就叫‘守諾言?!?
兒子問(wèn):“那么什么是聰明呢?”
父親回答:“聰明就是任何時(shí)候都別作這樣的承諾?!?/p>
中學(xué)教學(xué)參考·語(yǔ)英版2008年7期