新概念閱讀：十字路口的抉擇

《年輕的戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)》歌詞唱到：“今天我終于站上這年輕的戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)，請(qǐng)你為我驕傲鼓掌。今天我想要走向這勝利的遠(yuǎn)方?；蛟S你即將完成新概念英語(yǔ)的學(xué)習(xí)，就要奔向下一個(gè)目標(biāo)為了出國(guó)為了大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四六級(jí)的考試，乃至更多的選擇在我們的人生道路上潛伏著。讓我們看看這些有關(guān)于抉擇的話語(yǔ)。

Would you tell me which way I ought to go from here?”asked Alice.

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get,” said the Cat.

“I really don’t care where” replied Alice.

“Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

- Quote from the Alice in Wonderland Movie

“你能告訴我從這兒我該走哪條路嗎?”愛(ài)麗絲問(wèn)。

“那在很大程度上取決于你想去哪兒?！必埢氐?。

“哪兒都可以，我不在乎?！?

“那么你走哪條路也就無(wú)關(guān)緊要了?！?

——引自《愛(ài)麗絲夢(mèng)游仙境》

My brother called me the other day and asked me for some advice? He was trying to decidebetween two job offers:

Job 1 – The first job was your typical 40 hour a week “office” job.

Job 2 – The second job was more of a career in the insurance industry, where he would startat the bottom, and after many years and many long hours eventually rise to the top (if he wasgood). The second job did not pay as well as the first job (initially), but the potential pay-off of thesecond job was much greater than the first job.

So which job should my brother take? Well the answer is…it depends.

Just like the Cat was trying to tell Alice, which road you take depends a great deal on whereyou want to end up.

一天，弟弟打電話想征求些我的意見(jiàn)，他要在兩份工作中做出選擇：

工作1——典型的一周40個(gè)小時(shí)的“辦公室”工作

工作2——在保險(xiǎn)行業(yè)的工作，需要從基層做起，可以經(jīng)過(guò)多年和長(zhǎng)時(shí)間努力后最終升職到高層(如果他足夠優(yōu)秀的話)

顯然，第二份工作的薪水不如第一份豐厚(在剛開(kāi)始時(shí))，但是第二份工作潛在的薪水支付遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)多于第一份工作。

那么，弟弟應(yīng)該選哪份工作呢?答案當(dāng)然還是……取決于他自己想得到什么。

就如貓告訴愛(ài)麗絲的，你選擇哪條路在很大程度上取決于你想停到哪，想到哪去。

Begin with the End in Mind

I asked my brother what was his life’s purpose. He said his purpose is to “teach,” but hewants to make a lot of money first.

I told my brother to forget about the money, and I advised him to focus on his purpose.

I then asked him which job best supports his end result of “teaching.” He said the first jobbest supports his goal because he would only have to work 40 hours a week, which would givehim spare time to teach.

He continued on to say, but if I take job number two, I can work hard and make moremoney, then I can retire early and “teach” later in life. I again advised him to “focus” on hispurpose, not money.

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I cautioned him to think this process through carefully because things don’t end wrong, theybegin wrong!

思而后行

我問(wèn)弟弟他的人生目標(biāo)是什么，他說(shuō)目標(biāo)就是“教書(shū)”，但想先掙些錢。

我告訴他要忘記金錢，要專注于自己的目標(biāo)理想。

我又問(wèn)他哪個(gè)工作對(duì)他的目標(biāo)“教學(xué)”最有幫助，他說(shuō)是第一份，因?yàn)樗恍枰恢芄ぷ?0個(gè)小時(shí)，這樣的話就會(huì)有閑余時(shí)間來(lái)教書(shū)。

他接著說(shuō)，“如果我選擇第二份工作，我可以努力掙很多錢，然后提早退休，用剩余的時(shí)間教書(shū)。聽(tīng)他這樣說(shuō)，我提醒他要專注與自己的理想而不是錢。

我告誡他須謹(jǐn)慎考慮，因?yàn)楹芏嗍虏皇清e(cuò)誤的結(jié)束，而是一開(kāi)始就是錯(cuò)誤的。