摘自：恒星英語(yǔ)

我沒有電子郵箱

摘自：恒星英語(yǔ)

Ajobless1man wanted toapply2for the position of“office boy”at Microsoft.The staff managerinterviewed3him and then gave him a test:clean the floor.The man passed it:He cleaned the floor very well.

一個(gè)失業(yè)的年輕人想應(yīng)征微軟公司勤雜工的職位。人事經(jīng)理面試了他，并給他出了一個(gè)打掃地板的測(cè)試。這個(gè)年輕人把地板打掃得很干凈，順利地通過了測(cè)試。

“You arehired4,”the manager told the man.“Give me your e mail address,and I’ll send you the form to fill in.I shall also send you the date you should report for the work.”

“你被錄用了，”經(jīng)理告訴這個(gè)年輕人，“現(xiàn)在需要你的郵箱地址，我會(huì)把需要填寫的表格發(fā)送到你郵箱，同時(shí)會(huì)在郵件內(nèi)寫明工作所需表格的發(fā)送時(shí)間?！?/p>

The man replied,“I don’t have a computer,or an email!”

可是這個(gè)年輕人卻說：“我既沒有電腦，也沒有電子郵箱?！?/p>

“I am sorry,”said the manager.“If you don’t have an email,that means you do notexist5.And we cannot accept persons who do not exist.”

“很抱歉，如果說一個(gè)人沒有電子郵箱，就意味著這個(gè)人‘不存在’。我們是沒辦法讓一個(gè)不存在的人在這里工作的?！比耸陆?jīng)理回答道。

The man was very disappointed.He didn’t know what to do.He only had 10 dollars with him.Once that was spent,he wouldn’t have any money to buy even food.He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10 dollars.He went from door to door and sold the tomatoes in small bags.He doubled his money.

這個(gè)年輕人非常失望，不知道接下來(lái)可以做什么。他身上也僅剩10美元，一旦花掉這10美元，他連吃的都沒錢買了。他用僅剩的10美元去超市買了一盒番茄，把從超市買來(lái)的番茄分成了一小袋一小袋，挨家挨戶售賣，最后他手頭的錢翻了一倍。

He repeated this three times,and returned home with 60 dollars.He realized that he could continue to live this way.He started to go earlier every day,and returned later.He doubled or made even three times his money every day.Soon,he bought a cart,then a truck.In a very short time,he had manydelivery6trucks.

這樣重復(fù)了三次后，他回家時(shí)身上有了60美元。他意識(shí)到自己完全可以以這樣的方式去賺錢生活。他開始每天早出晚歸，每天都可以將帶出去的錢翻一倍，甚至是兩倍。很快，他就買了一輛手推車，緊接著又買了一輛卡車，很短的時(shí)間內(nèi)，他賺了錢，買了很多卡車用于送貨。

Five years later,the man became one of the most biggest food sellers in the country.He started to plan his family’s future.He called aninsurance7broker8,a man who sells insurance.At the end of the conversation,the broker asked him for his e mail address.The man replied,“I don’t have an e mail.”

五年后，這個(gè)年輕人成為了城中最大的食品零售商之一。此時(shí)他開始計(jì)劃家庭的未來(lái)，于是他給一位保險(xiǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)打了電話。交談快結(jié)束時(shí)，保險(xiǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)詢問他的郵箱地址，這個(gè)年輕人依舊回答：“我沒有電子郵箱。”

Hearing that,the broker felt very surprised.“You don’t have an email,and yet have succeeded in becoming so rich.Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?”he said aloud.The man thought for a while,and replied,“An office boy at Microsoft!”

聽到這樣的答案，保險(xiǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)異常驚訝，大聲說道：“你沒有郵箱地址都可以如此富有。倘若你有郵箱的話，你能想象得出你會(huì)變成什么樣嗎？”這個(gè)年輕人思考了一會(huì)兒回答道：“我會(huì)是微軟的一個(gè)勤雜工?！?/p>

If you just lose your job or just fail an interview,don’t worry.Think of thepositive9.Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you.

如果你失業(yè)了或者面試失敗了，不要因此擔(dān)心憂慮，往積極的方面去想吧。開心美好的日子即將來(lái)臨，總會(huì)有好事發(fā)生的。

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