英语短文-不做有才华的穷人Don'tworkformoney

1、英语短文不做有才华的穷人 Don t work for moneythe world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. we meet them every day. a few days ago, my carwas not running well. i pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. he knew what waswrong by simply listening t

2、o the engine. i was amazed. the sad truth is, great talent is not enough.世界上满坑满谷都是精明能干、 才华横溢、 学富五车以及极具天赋之人，我们每天都会见到他们。几天前，我的汽车运转不灵了。我把它 开进维修厂，一位年轻的机械工只消几分钟就把它修好了。他仅凭倾听发动机的声音就能确定哪儿有毛病， 这让我惊奇不已。 然 而遗憾的是， 光有非凡才华是不够的 。i am constantly shocked at how little talented peopleearn. i heard the other day that

3、less than 5 percent of americans earn more than $100,000 a year. a business consultant who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how manyalldoctors, dentists and chiropractors struggle financially. this time, i thought that when they graduated, the dollarswould pour in. it was this busines

4、s consultant who gave me the phrase, “ they are one skill away from great wealth.” whatthis phrase means is that most people need only to learn and master one more skill and their income would jump exponentially.i have mentioned before that financial intelligence is a synergy of accounting, investin

5、g, marketing and law. combine those four technical skills and making money with money iseasier. when it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.我常常吃惊， 为什么有才华的人却只有微薄的收入。 前几天我听人说，只有不到5的美国人年收入在10 万美元以上。一位精通药品贸易的 商务顾问曾经告诉我，有许多医生、牙医和按摩师生活拮据。 以前我总以为他们一毕业， 财源便会滚滚而来。 这位商务顾问告诉了我一句话： “

6、离发大财，他们还差一项技能。 ”这句话的意思是说， 大部分人还需多学习并掌握一项技能， 他们的收入才能呈指数倍增长。以前我提到过 ，财商是会计、投资、市场营销和法律方面的能力综合。将上述四种专业技能结合起来，以钱生钱就会更容易。说到钱，大部分人所知的唯一 技能就是拼命工作。when i graduated from the u.s. merchant marine academyin 1969, my educated dad was happy. standard oil of california had hired me for its oil-tanker fleet. i had a

7、 great career ahead of me, yet i resigned after six months with the company and joined the marine corps to learn how to fly. my educated dad was devastated. rich dad congratulated me.1969 年，我从美国海运学院毕业了。我那有学识的爸爸十分高兴， 因为加州标准石油公司录用我为它的油轮队工作。 尽管我的未来前程远 大，但我还是在6 个月后辞职离开了这家公司，加入海军陆战队去学习飞行。 对此我那有学识的爸爸非常伤心，

8、 而富爸爸则祝 贺我做出的决定。job security meant everything to my educated dad. learning meant everything to my rich dad. educated dad thought i went to school to learn to be a ship s officer. rich dadknew that i went to school to study international trade. so as a student, i made cargo runs, navigating large fre

9、ighters, oil tankers and passenger ships to the far east and the south pacific. while most of my classmates, including mike, were partying at their fraternity houses, i was studying trade, people and cultures in japan, thailand, singapore, hong kong, vietnam, korea and the philippines. i also was pa

10、rtying, but it was not in any frat house. i grew up rapidly.对于有学识的爸爸来说， 稳定的工作就是一切。 而对于富爸爸来说，学习才是一切。有学识的爸爸以为我上学是为了做一名船长，而富爸 爸明白我上学是为了学习国际贸易。因此，在做学生时，我跑过货运、 为前往远东及南太平洋的大型货轮、 油轮和客轮导航。 当我的大部分同 班同学，包括迈克，在他们的联谊会会堂举办晚会的时候，我正在日本、泰国、新加坡、中国香港、越南、韩国和菲律宾学习贸易、人际关系 和文化。我也参加晚会，但不去任何联谊会，我迅速地成熟起来了。there is an old cl

11、ich e that goes, “job is an acronym for just over broke. ”and unfortunately, i would say thatthe saying applies to millions of people.because school doesnot think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers “ live within their means.” they work and they pay the bills.instead i recommendto y

12、oung people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn. look down the roadat what skills they want to acquire before choosing a specific profession and before getting trapped in the “rat race ” . once people are trapped in the lifelong process of bill paying, theybecome lik

13、e those little hamsters running around in those little metal wheels. their little furry legs are spinning furiously, the wheel is turning furiously, but come tomorrow morning, they ll still be in the same cage: great job.常言道， “工作 （ job ） 就是 比破产强一点 （ just over broke ） 的缩写” 。 然而不幸的是， 这句话确实适用于千百万人， 因为学

14、校没有把财商看作是一种才智，大部分工人都“量入为出” ：干活挣钱，支 付账单。相反，我劝告年轻人在寻找工作时要看看能从中学到什么，而 不是只看能挣到多少。 在选择某种特定职业之前或是陷入 “老鼠赛跑 （激烈的竞争） ” 之前， 要好好掂量自己到底需要获得什么技能。一旦人 们为支付账单而整天疲于奔命，就和那些在小铁轮里不停奔跑转圈的小老鼠一样了。 老鼠的小毛腿跑得飞快， 小铁轮也转得飞快，可到了第二 天早上，他们发现自己依然困在同一个老鼠笼里，那就是：重要的工作。when i ask the classes i teach, cook a better hamburger than mcdona

15、ld students raise their hands. i then ask,how many of you cans? ” almost all theso if most of yous makes morecan cook a better hamburger, how come mcdonaldmoney than you?the answer is obvious: mcdonald s is excellent at business systems. the reason so many talented people are poor is because they fo

16、cus on building a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems. the world is filled with talented poor people. all too often, they re poor or struggle financially or earn less than they are capable of, not because of what they know but because of what they do not know. they focus on perfecting their skillsat building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.当我在自己教授的班级上问到 “你们当中有多少人做的汉堡包能比麦当