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第
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Text
A
Work Is a
Blessing
I grew up in
Lakeland, LA, one of 12 children. We all lived on
my parents'
subsistence
farm(
自耕自给农场
).
We
grew
cotton,
sugar
cane,
corn,
hogs, and chickens and had a large
garden, but it didn't bring in much
cash. So when I was 12, I got a part-
time job on a dairy farm down the
road,
helping to milk cows. We milked 65 cows at 5 in
the morning and
again at 2 in the
afternoon, seven days a week.
工作是一种福气
我在路易斯安那州的
莱克兰长大，是家里
12
个孩子之一。我们所有
人都依赖父母的农场勉强维持生活。
我们种棉花、
甘蔗
、
玉米，
养猪、
养鸡，还有一个大花园
，但农场没办法让我们有多少收入，所以我在
12
岁时在马路旁
边的一个奶牛场里找了一份兼职工作
——
帮忙挤牛
奶。我要在早晨
5
点钟为
6
5
头奶牛挤奶，下午
2
点钟还要挤一次
，
一周工作七天。
In the
kitchen one Saturday before daylight, I remember
complaining to
my
father
and
grandfather
about
having
to
go
milk
those
cows.
My
father
said,
在一个周六的黎明之前，
我记得我在厨房里跟父亲和爷爷抱怨自己一
大早还要去给那些奶牛挤奶，父亲说：
“
儿子，你要知道，能工作是
一种福气啊。
”
I looked at
those two men who had worked harder than I ever
had
—
my
father
eking
out(=making/earning)
a
living
on
that
farm
and
my
grandfather farming and
working as a carpenter during the Depression. I
had
a
feeling
I
had
been
told
something
really
important,
but
it
took
many years before it sank
in(
完全被弄懂
).
我看着这两个男人，
知道他们比我有生以来工作得要更努力
——
父亲
靠那个农场竭力维持生计，而爷爷在大萧条期
间既开农场又当木匠。
我那时有一种感觉，
父亲跟我说了一些非
常重要的东西，
但许多年后
我才真正理解了其中的含义。
Going to college was a rare
privilege for a kid from Lakeland. My father
told me if I picked something to study
that I liked doing, I'd always look
forward to my work. But he also added,
better than not having a job at
all.
the
ROTC
program
to
help
pay for
college.
And
what started
out
as
an
obligation to the Army became a way of
life that I stayed committed to
for 37
years, three months and three days.
对莱克兰的孩子来说，上大学是一种珍贵的待遇。父亲跟我说，如果
我
学了自己喜欢从事的内容，我便会一直期待找到适合自己的工作。
但他也补充道：
“
就算从事了自己不喜欢的工作，那也比什么工作都
< br>没有要好。
”
我当时想做一名农夫，但为了减少学费负担
，我参加了
预备军官训练项目，
当初的义务从军便成为我以后的
生活方式，
我在
部队服役长达
37
年
3
个月零
3
天。
Serving in the . Army overseas, I saw a
lot of people like that woman in
Bangladesh. And I have come to
believe(
逐步相信
) that people
without
jobs
are
not
free.
They
are
victims
of
crime,
the
ideology
of terrorism,
poor
health,
depression
and
social
unrest.
These
victims
become
the
illegal immigrants, the slaves of human
trafficking, the drug dealers, and
the
street
gang
members.
I
have
seen
it
over
and
over
again
on
the .
border,
in Somalia, the Congo, Afghanistan and in New
Orleans. People
who
have
jobs
can
have
a
home,
send
their
kids
to
school,
develop
a
sense of pride, contribute to the good
of the community, and even help
others.
When we can work, we are free. We are blessed.
在驻海外的美军部队服役时，
我看到
许多人都和孟加拉国那个女
人一样，于是我开始相信，
没有工作
的人是不自由的。他们遭受着犯
罪、恐怖主义、疾病、经济萧条和社会动荡的侵害，于是
这些受害者
变成了非法移民，沦为人口贩卖的囚奴、贩毒者和街头帮派的成员。
这种景象我一次次地在美国边境、索马里、刚果、阿富汗以及新奥尔
良目
睹过。有工作的人可以建立家庭，将孩子送到学校上学，内心树
立起一种自豪感，增加对
社区的积极影响，甚至去帮助他人。当我们
有事可做时，我们身心自由，身处幸福之中。
I don't think I will ever
quit working. I'm retired from the Army, but I'm
still working to help people be
prepared for disaster. And I may get to do
a
little
farming
someday,
too.
I'm
not
going
to
stop.
I
believe
in
my
father's
words. I believe in the blessing of
work.
我觉得我不会停止工作。如今我已从军队退役，但我仍在致力。
于帮助人们在灾害来
临前做好准备，可能哪天我也要去做点儿农活。
我不会停下来的。我相信父亲的话。我相
信工作是一种福气。
第
4
课
Text B
How to Start Your Own
Business
The
paradox(
悖论
) of starting your
own business lies in the simultaneous
challenge and reward, making it an
experience unlike any other. So many
businesses
fail,
and
most
entrepreneurs
exclude
themselves
from
the
possibility.
The
tragic
reality
is
that
when
businesses
fail,
the
passion
often dies with it. By following some
sound advice and being prepared
for the
process, you will decrease your chances of losing
a lot more than
you bargained
for
（期望）
. I have recently
started a business and have
learned
some
crucial
lessons
in
the
process
that
I
feel
privileged
（<
/p>
=honored/lucky
）
to
share with you.
如何开始自己创业
和其他的经历不同
，
自己创业的矛盾之处在于挑战和收益并存。
很多
企业倒闭，而大多数企业家则能全身而退。然而残酷的现实是，跟着
企业一起
倒下的，
还有创业的激情。
然而在准备过程中的一些忠告则
会让你比预计的少一些损失。
最近我也在创业，
并且在其中学习到了
一些重要的经验教训，我很荣幸与你分享。
1. Identify your
motivation. Why do you want to start your own
business
To have more time To make more
money To be your own boss To have
creative control over what you love to
do Write out all of your motivating
factors and prioritize them. When you
see them listed, you might see a
patter
n
（风格，
特色）
in that
you're just unhappy at your current job and
starting your own business isn't the
answer.
1
．明确你的动机所
在。你为何要创业为了有更多的时间为了赚更多
的钱为了自己当老板为了能有创造性地掌
控你喜欢做的事情写出所
有激励你的因素，并排出先后顺序。当你列好以后再看。如果发
现你
只是对现在的工作不满意，那么创业绝不是你想要的。
2.
Identify
your
passion.
What
do
you
love
to
do
What
skills
and
knowledge do you
uniquely bring to the
table
（拿得出手）
What
gets
you excited about your work Keep
that passion at the forefront of your
business
plan,
your marketing
strategies,
and
your
daily
routine.
If
you
keep your passion in plain
sight
（
显而易见）
, you
will stay focused on the
purpose of
your business and not solely on the
logistics
（后勤）
.
2
．明确你的激情所在。你喜欢做什么你有什么样的独门绝技什么能
让你对你的工作很兴奋把激情置于你的商业计划、
营销策略和日
常生
活之前。如果你能保持激情，你就能更加专注于创办公司的目的，而
不仅仅是运营。
3.
Identify
your
market.
If
you
are
starting
your
business
locally,
research your competitors. Determine if
there is
room(
余地，
空间
) in
the
market
for
your
business.
What
will
you
do
differently
to
draw
in
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