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第58章 智慧人生(5)

BThe concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other, here there, and everywhere.“Don"t put all your eggs in one basket.”is all wrong.I tell you to“put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.”Look round you and take notice, men who do that not often fail.It is easy to watch and carry the one basket.It is trying to carry too many baskets that break most eggs in this country.CHe who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up.One fault of the American businessman is lack of concentration.

To summarize what I have said:aim for the highest;never enter a bar room;do not touch liquor, or if at all only at meals;never speculate;never indorse beyond your surplus cash fund;make the firm"s interest yours;break orders always to save owners;concentrate;put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket;expenditure always within revenue;lastly, be not impatient, for as Emerson says,“no one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves.”

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析Sentence Structures

ABut if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning, the boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his hand at the broom.

如果碰巧哪天上午专职清扫员没有来,某个具有未来合伙人气质的年轻人会毫不犹豫地试着拿起扫帚。

by chance 恰巧,碰巧。例如:I met her quite by chance.我遇见她完全是偶然的。

BThe concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also.

一些企业的失败源于他们分散了资金,同时这意味着也分散了他们的精力。

这句为定语从句:which fail是concerns(公司)的定语;which have scattered their capital是those的定语;which means that they have scattered their brains also是scattered their capital的定语。

CHe who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up.

提三个篮子的人,必须把一个顶在头上,而这个篮子很可能倒下来,把他自己绊倒。

apt to 易于做……,有做某事的倾向。例如:She is apt to be quick-tempered.她动不动就发脾气。

108.Unleashing Your Creativity释放你的创造力

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想象力和聪明才智足以让世界更美妙,使我们热衷于接触新事物,挑战难题。我们可以通过多种方式发挥想象力和聪明才智。凭借人类与生俱来的创造能力和坚忍不拔的品格,世界将会日益完善。

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I"ve always been an optimist and AI supposed that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place.

For as long as I can remember, I"ve loved learning new things and solving problems. So when I sat down at a computer for the first time in seventh grade, I was hooked.It was a clunky and teletype machine that barely does anything compared to the computer we have today.But it changed my life.

When my friend Paul Allen and I stared Microsoft 30 years ago, we had a vision of“a computer on every desk and in every home,”which probably sounded a little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the size of refrigerators. But we believe that personal computer would change the world.And they have.

And after 30 years, I"m still as inspired by computers as I was back in seventh grade.

I believe that computers are the most incredible tool we can use to feed our curiosity and inventiveness-to help us solve problems that even the smartest people couldn"t solve on their own. BComputer have transformed how we learn, giving kids everywhere a window into all of the world"s knowledge.They"re helping us build communicates around the things we care about and to stay close to the people who are important to us, no matter where they are.

But for all the cool things that a person can do with a pc, there are lots other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world. There are still far too many people in the world whose most basic needs go unmet.Every year, for example, millions of people die from diseases that are easy to prevent or treat in the developed world.

I believe that my own good fortune brings with it a responsibility to give back to the world. My wife, Melinda, and I have committed to improving health and education in a way that can help as many people as possible.

CAs a father, I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else. And that doesn"t take much to make an immense difference in these children"s lives.

I"m still very optimist, and I believe that progress on even the world"s toughest problems is possible-and it"s happening every day. We"re seeing new drugs for deadly diseases, new diagnostic tools, and new attention paid to the health problems in the developing world.

I"m excited by the possibilities I see for medicine, for education and, of course, for technology. And I believe that through our natural inventiveness, creativity and willingness to solve tough problems, we"re going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime.

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析Sentence Structures

AI supposed that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place.

我坚信人类凭创造力和聪明才智可以让世界日益美妙,这一设想一直根植于我的内心深处。

句中第一个that是代词,指代后面的内容,第二个that是连词,引导同位语从句。

BComputer have transformed how we learn, giving kids everywhere a window into all of the world"s knowledge.

计算机已经改变了我们的学习方式,为全球各地的孩子们开启了一扇通向大千世界知识的窗户。

句中giving的主语是computer,这是现在分词作伴随状语。

CAs a father, I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else.

作为一个父亲,我相信任何一个非洲孩子死亡所带来的痛苦和悲伤丝毫不亚于任何其他地方孩子的死亡。

no less……than 与……一样。例如:He is no less wise than you.他跟你一样聪明。

109.The Fringe Benefits of Failure失败的额外收益

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《哈利·波特》的作者J.K.罗琳女士曾同时经受感情和经济的双重打击。像她那样的失败,漫漫人生中无可避免。但失败却让她更好地认识自己,坚定了做自己喜欢的事情的决心。

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