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How to Be True to
Yourself
1.
My grandparents believed you were
either honest or you weren
’
tThere. was no
in-between. They had a simple motto
hanging on their living- room wall,
“
Life is like a field of
newly fallen snow; where I choose to
walk every step will show.
They
”
didn
’
t have to talk about it
—
they demonstrated the
motto by the way they lived.
2.
They understood instinctively that
integrity means having a personal standard of
morality and ethics that does not sell
out to expediency and that is not relative to the
situation
at hand. Integrity
is an inner standard for judging your behavior.
Unfortunately, integrity is in
short supply today
—
and getting scarcer. But
it
is the real bottom line
in every area of
society. And it is something we must
demand of ourselves.
3.
A good test
for this value is to look at what I call the
Integrity Triad, which
three
key principles :
4.
about a
surgical nurse
’
firsst day
on the medical
responsible
for ensuring that all instruments and
abdominal operation. The nurse said to
the surgeon,
we used 12. We
need to find the last one.
5.
6.
7.
“
I
removed them all,
”
consists of
Stand firmly for your
conviction s in the face of personal pressure.
There
team at a well-known
hospital. She was
materials
were accounted for
’
s a story told
during an
“
You
’
ve only removed 11 sponges,
and
”
the doctor
declared.
“
We
’
ll close
now.
“
Think of
the patient.
”
”
You
’
ll
do
“
You
can
’
t do that,
sir,objected the
”
rookie
nurse,
just fine in this or
any other hospital,
Smiling,
the surgeon lifted his foot and showed the nurse
the 12th sponge.
”
he told her.
back
down
’
t .
“
8.
9.
When you know you are right, you
can
Always give others
credit that is rightfully theirs.
Don
’
t be afraid of those
who might
have a better idea
or who might even be smarter than you
are.
10.
David Ogilvy,
founder of the advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather,
made this point clear to
his
newly- appointed office
heads
by sending
each
a Russian
nesting
doll
with
five
progressively smaller figures
inside.
11.
His message was contained in
the smallest
doll,
“
eachIf of
us hires
people
who
are
smaller than we are, we
shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of
us hires people
who are
bigger than we are, Ogilvy & Mather will become a
company of giants.
organizations in the world.
12.
And that is
”
precisely what
the company became
—
one of
the largest and most respected
advertising
Be honest and
open about what you really are. People who lack
genuine
core values
rely
on
external factors
—
their looks
or status
—
in
order to feel good about
themselves.
Inevitably they will do everything they
can to preserve this fa?ade, but they will do very
little
to develop their inner value and
personal growth.
13.
So be yourself. Don
’
t engage in a personal-upcoverofareas
that are unpleasing in your
life. When it
tough,
’
s do it tough. In
other words, face reality and be adult in our
responses to
life
’
s challenges.
14.
Self-respect and a clear conscience are
powerful components of integrity and are the basis
for
enriching your relationships with
others.
15.
Integrity means you do what you do
because it
’
rights and not
just fashionable or
politically
correct. A life of principle, of not
succumbing to the seductive sirens of
an easy
1
morality, will always win the day. It
will take you forward into the 21st century
without having to
check your tracks in
a rearview mirror. My grandparents taught me
that.
Paragraphs
1-2
Words and
Expressions
1.
demonstrate
vt.
1) show; make clear
e.g.
These figures clearly
demonstrate the size of the economic problem
facing the country.
Research
has demonstrated that babies can recognize their
mother
’
s voice very soon
after birth.
2)
make a public
expression that you are not satisfied about
something, especially by marching
or
having a meeting
e.g.
Thousands of people gathered to
demonstrate against the new proposals.
成千上万的人一起游行示威反对新提议。
Derivations:
demonstration: n.
demonstrative: adj.
Synonyms:
show,
exhibit, display
Translation:
Galileo demonstrated that objects of
different weights fall at the same
speed.
伽利略证明，不同重量的物体下落时速度相同。
Please demonstrate how the machine
works.
请示范机器的使用方法。
2. integrity
: n.
1) the
quality of being honest and having strong moral
principles that you refuse to change
e.g.
No one doubted that the
president was a man of the highest
integrity.
You can trust
him; he is a man of complete integrity.
你可以相信他，他是一个刚正不阿的人。
2) the quality of being whole and
complete
e.g.
Our
integrity as a nation is threatened by these
separatist forces.
我们国家的完整受到了这些分裂主义势力的威胁。
Synonyms:
honesty, unity, wholeness
Collocations:
in
one
’
s integrity
完整，原封未动
3.
morality
: n.
a
personal or social set of standards for good or
bad behavior and character, or the quality
of being right, honest or
acceptable
e.g.
They are discussing the morality of
cloning.
2
他们正在讨论克隆的道德性。
His
ways of making money are certainly successful, but
I doubt their morality.
Synonym
:
ethics
Antonym
:
immorality
Derivation
:
moral adj .
Comparison:
morality,
ethics
morality:
the rightness or pureness of
behavior
ethics:
It refers to the study of what is
morally right,what is not and the questions
concerned.
e.g.
I
am unconcerned with questions of religion or
morality
.
我对宗教问题或者道德问题不感兴趣。
Whether a country should have nuclear
weapons or not should be a question of ethics, not
of politics.
一个国家是否该拥有核武器应该是个道德问题，而非政治问题。
Ethics is a branch of
philosophy.
伦理学是哲学的分科。
4.
expediency:
n. when something is helpful or useful
in a particular situation, but sometimes
not
morally
acceptable
e.g.
His behaviour seems to be governed
solely by expediency.
All
his actions are governed by
expediency.
他所有的行动都是一种权宜之计。
Synonym:
expedience
Derivation
:
expedient adj .
5.
at hand:
near in time or place
e.g.
He always kept the
picture of his girlfriend's close at
hand.
他总是把女朋友的相片放在身边。
Your big moment is at hand.
你的重大时刻即将到来。
6.
scarce:
adj. not easy to find or get
e.g.
Food was scarce
throughout the war.
在战争期间食物匮乏。
Hotel
accommodation was scarce during the Olympic
Games.
奥运会期间，旅馆房间很难找。
Food and clean water were becoming
scarce.
Synonym:
deficient
Derivation
:
3
scarcity n.
7.
the bottom
line:
the most important fact in a
situation
e.g.
The bottom line is that we need another
ten thousand dollars to complete the
project.
If you don
’
tmake a profit,you go out
of business: that's the bottom line.
不盈利，就停业：根本问题就在这里。
Sentences:
1.
My
grandparents believed you were either honest
or you weren
’
was
no
in-between.
(Paragraph 1)
Translation
:
我的祖父母坚信人要么是诚实的要么是不诚实的，不存在中间的品质。
2.
They had a simple motto
hanging on their living- room wall,
“
Life is like a
field of newly
fallen snow; where I choose to walk
every step will show.
(Paragraph
1)
”
Translation
:
他们起居室的墙上挂着一条简短的箴言。
的土地；我选择从哪里走过，哪里就会留下清晰的足迹。
箴言写道：
“生活就像一块刚刚下过雪
”
3.
They understood instinctively that
integrity means having a personal standard of
morality and
ethics that does not sell out to
expediency and that is not relative to the
situation at hand.
(Paragraph 2)
Explanation
: Integrity means
that one should have a personal standard for
judging what is morally
right and wrong. He does what he thinks
he should do, not what he thinks will help him and
his
judgment is not affected by any
external circumstances.
Translation
:
出于直觉，他们领悟到
“正直
”意味着拥有自己的道德和伦
理标准，不会出于权
宜而牺牲这一标准，也不会将它与眼下的形式联系起来。
4.
But it is the real bottom
line in every area of society.
(Paragraph 2)
Paraphrase
: But it is the
most important consideration in every social
activity and, therefore,
you
must accept it, even though you may not
like it.
Translation
:
但是，这是社会任何领域中真实的底线。
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Words and Expressions
8.
consist of:
be made of or formed from
something
e.g.
A
week consists of seven days.
Most people are familiar with the idea
that all matter consist of atoms.
大多数人熟
悉一切物
质都由原子组成这一概念。
The team consists of four Europeans and
two Americans.
It
’
s a simple dish to prepare,
consisting mainly of rice and
vegetables.
Collocation:
consist in: have something as a main
and necessary part or quality
e.g.
Happiness consists in trying to do
one's duty,not in amassing wealth.
4
快乐的源泉在于尽义务，而不在于积聚财富。
The value of this teaching method
consists in the interest it stimulates in the
students.
这种教学法的优点是在于能引起学生的兴趣。
Synonym:
be
compose of
e.g.
Water is composed of hydrogen and
oxygen.
9. principle:
n.
1) a basic
idea or rule that explains or controls how
something happens or
works
e.g.
The system works on the
principle that heat rises.
该项装置是按照热力上升的原理运转的。
The organization works on the principle
that all members have the same rights.
2) moral rule or standard of good
behavior
e.g.
We
adhere to the principle that everyone should be
treated fairly.
我们必须坚持平等待人这一原则。
She doesn
’
t have
any principles.
He was a man
of principle.
Anyway, I can
’
tdeceive him
—
it's against all my
principles.
I never gamble,
as a matter of principle (= because I believe it
is wrong).
Collocation:
in
principle: If you agree with or believe something
in principle, you agree with the idea.
e.g.
They have agreed to the
proposal in principle but we still have to
negotiate the terms.
他们基本上同意了那项提议，但我们仍须商定具体条款。
In principle I agree with the idea, but
in practice it's not always possible.
They have approved the changes in
principle.
Synonyms:
rule,
law
10.
conviction:
n.
1) a very firm
belief
e.g.
I
have the conviction that he is right.
我深信他是对的。
I speak
in the full conviction
that
I will win.
我深信我会赢。
2) when
someone is officially found to be guilty of a
particular
crime
e.g.
They have no previous
convictions.
他们没有前科。
Derivations
:
convince vt.
convincing adj.
11. be responsible for:
have
control and authority over something or someone
and the duty of
taking;care of it or
them
e.g.
Who
’
s
responsible for the terrible mess?
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