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有声双语美文：真正的尊重要靠努力换来OK, I wasn’t fired but this is how it went.好吧，我不是被炒鱿鱼了，事情是这样的。

Back in 2005, I had just started working and was almost at my peak of being a ladies man (or so i thought). Always spotted with a different girl (or so people perceived). I was an associate and kinda developed a crush on this manager. She seemed nice and the usual.2005年的时候，我刚开始工作，当时是我作为大众情人的巅峰时期（至少我是这么想的）。

人们总是看见我和不同的女孩在一起（至少他们是这么想的）。

我当时是个准合伙人，并且有点暗恋我的经理。

她则表现得很友好、很正常。

Long story short I asked her out and it worked. (Story for another day).长话短说，我约她出去了，而且成功了。

（详细故事改天讲）We seemed to be pretty fond of each other and hung out quite a lot. In and out of office. Later on, during one of her 1-on-1s with her manager, he suggested her to stop hanging out with me. You know ‘perception is reality’ kinda stuff. That hanging out with a younger and reckless guy like me would be a career liming move for her.我们互相挺喜欢的，经常在一起，不管是在工作中还是工作外。

英语学习阅读材料（A4打印版）-180830有声双语美文：林肯的10句经典名言1.Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to testa man's character, give him power.1.几乎所有的人都能忍受逆境，但如果你想测试一个人的性格，那就给他权力。

2.Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.2.大多数人的快乐程度都是他们自己设定的。

3.And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.3.最后，重要的不是你活了多久，而是怎么活。

4.Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.4.永远记住，你成功的决心比什么都重要。

5.You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.5.你可以一直欺骗一些人，也可以在一定时间内欺骗所有人，但你不可能一直欺骗所有人。

6.A house divided against itself cannot stand.6.一个分裂的家是没有立足之地的。

7.Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.7.做一个消除一切疑虑的出头鸟，还不如保持沉默被当成傻子。

英语学习阅读材料(A4打印版) - 180730有声双语美文:花点时间和值得的人在一起Nurture your relationships. It\'s really prominent . 维护你的人际关系,这真的非常重要。

Your family and friends matter. 你的家人和朋友都是很重要的人。

They appear in your life for reasons. 他们出现在你的生命中是有原因的。

Cherish them. Let them know no matter how busy you are, you always have them in mind.珍惜他们。

让他们知道:无论你有多忙,你总会记着他们。

Spending time with people you look up to. 与那些你欣赏的人呆在一起。

There must be someone who is living the kind you life you envision. 肯定有人过着你梦想中的那种生活。

Spend time with them. 花些时间和他们呆在一起。

Spending time with these people need not be two-way all the time. 这种"呆在一起"并不一定得是双向的。

You can also spend time with them via reading or actively learning from their YouTube videos. 你也可以通过阅读他们的著作或者观看他们的YouTube视频来和他们"呆在一起" == LeadershipWhat Makes A Good Leader?What makes a good leader is the use of effective management skills such as spending 50 percent or more of their time listening carefully. Great leaders understand that some of the best leadership qualities entail listening to others with undivided attention.Great leaders with excellent management skills to encourage input and change, Also who encouraged a dialogue with the team came out on top. and the best way to measure them is based on feedback they get from their best people. People usually give the best scores to leaders you trust and to leaders who listen.1 / 21The Most Essential Leadership Qualities:Integrity is perhaps the most valued and respected quality ofleadership and one of the most important management skills you need to attain. By saying what you’ll do and then be doing what you say, you will build trust around your team.To be successful as a leader, you need a bination of two ingredients: character and petence. You need to be a person of integrity. Someone people trust and are willing to follow.To be trusted in business, you must be trustworthy. You must believe in yourself, your pany, the essential goodness of your products and services, and in your people.Out of all the existing leadership qualities, the most fascinating and distinguishing characteristic of level 5 is an often misunderstood trait: humility.As it happens, humility doesn’t actually mean being humble . . . "Humility simply means you have a burning, driving, relentless ambition to serve and to win,""Without the arrogance to delude yourself into believing that you are knowing everything or always right."As a Level 5 Leader, you don’t believe you are perfect. You must, however, believe in yourself, and be convinced that you have what it takes to succeed and that you can get better. You are always looking for new ways to develop your leadership qualities and take your thoughts to the next level.And most of all a successful leader shouldn\'t build a wall between him and his employee, in contrast, he should earn the trust of his employ. A Summery of Brian Tracy answers the question leader?essential for an effective leader.2 / 21Maram Al-khazmary==9 Signs You’re a Highly Sensitive PersonSensitive people get a bad rap. Research suggests that genes are responsible for the 15–20% of people who qualify as "highly sensitive." Psychologist Elain Aron has studied this phenomenon extensively, and using MRI scans of highly sensitive people’s brains, she’s found that they experience sounds, feelings, and even the presence of other people much more intensely than the average person. Sensitivity and Emotional IntelligenceEmotional intelligence (EQ) is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships. The good news is that highly sensitive people aren’t more or less emotionally intelligent than others. Highly sensitive people experience things more intensely. Their strong emotions are easier to identify (and potentially use to their benefit) than the average person. This also helps them to municate effectively because they don’t just hear the words ing out of other people’s mouths, but they also catch on to subtleties in gesture and tone.There are trade-offs, however, as strong emotions that are left unchecked can have disastrous consequences. Highly sensitive people can use EQ to their benefit only once they understand that they are highly sensitive. This awareness ensures they reap the benefits of their heightened emotional awareness while spotting and defeating their negative tendencies. The Highly Sensitive PersonYou’re likely wondering if you or someone you know are highly sensitive. The following are the most mon qualities that highly sensitive3 / 21people possess. See how many apply.You think deeply. When life throws you a curveball, you retreat deep into your shell, thinking through every aspect of what transpired before taking any action. Small things (in your own life and other people’s lives) can have a big impact on you.英语学习英语学习阅读材料(A4打印版) - 180730You’re detail-oriented. You’re as sensitive to details as you are to feelings. You see details that others miss, and you aren’t content until you’ve dotted all the i’s and crossed the t’s. This is a strength that is highly valuable in the right profession.You take longer to reach decisions. Since you’re prone to dig deep beneath the surface, you tend to drag out decisions. You can’t help but try to run every possible oute through your head, and this is often at the expense of the ticking clock.You’re crushed by bad decisions. When you finally make a decision, and it turns out to be a poor choice, you take it much harder than most. This can create a vicious cycle that slows down your decision-making process even more, as fear of making a bad decision is part of what slows you down in the first place.You’re emotionally reactive. When left to your own devices, you have a knee-jerk reaction to your feelings. You also have strong reactions to what other people are going through. When your emotions e on strong, it’s easy to let them hijack your behavior. The hard part is channeling your feelings into producing the behavior that you want. You take criticism harshly. Your strong feelings and intense emotional reactions can make criticism hard to take. Though you may overreact to criticism initially, you also have the tendency to think hard about things and explore them deeply. This exploration of criticism can play out well for you in the long run, as your inability to "shrug it off" helps you make the appropriate changes.You work well in teams. Your unique ability to take other people’s4 / 21feelings into account, weigh different aspects of multifaceted decisions, and pay attention to the smaller details makes you extremely valuable in a team environment. Of course, this can backfire if you’re the one that is tasked with making final decisions, as you’re better suited to offering input and analysis than you are to deciding whether or not to push the red button.You have great manners. Your heightened awareness of the emotions of other people makes you highly conscientious. You pay close attention to how your behavior affects other people and have the good manners to show for it. You also get particularly irked when other people are rude. Open offices drive you crazy. Your sensitivity to other people, loud noises, and other stimuli makes it practically impossible for you to work effectively in an open-office environment. You’re better off in a cube or working from home. Bringing It All TogetherLike many things in life, being a highly sensitive person is both a blessing and a curse. It all es down to what you make of it. Are you or someone you know highly sensitive? Please share your thoughts in the ments section below as I learn just as much from you as you do from me. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning co-author of the #1 bestselling book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and the cofounder of TalentSmart, the world\'s leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training, serving more than 75% of Fortune 500 panies. His bestselling books have been translated into 25 languages and are available in more than 150 countries. Dr. Bradberry has written for, or been covered by, Newsweek, TIME, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The5 / 21Washington Post, and The Harvard Business Review. ==我是年过40,没有孩子的单身女人,我过得很开心A few months before my 42nd birthday, I was out to dinner with friends and found myself seated next to a well-known older male writer.42岁生日的前几个月,我和一些朋友外出吃饭,发现邻座是一位知名且年长的男作家。

有声双语美文：珍惜你邂逅的每一个人We don't meet people by accident.我们遇见的人不是偶然。

Every person you meet will have a role in your life, be it big or small. Some will help you grow, some will hurt you, some will inspire you to do better. At the same time, you are playing some role in their lives as well. Know that paths cross for a reason and treat people with significance.无论大小，你见到的每一个人将在你的人生中扮演一个角色。

一些人帮助你成长，一些人伤害你，一些人激励你做的更好。

与此同时，你也在他们的人生中扮演一定的角色。

知道道路不会无缘无故交错，有意义地对待别人。

The best teachers are those who don't tell you how to get there but show the way.最佳的老师，并非授人以鱼，而是授人以渔。

There is no better joy then helping people see a vision for themselves, seeing them go to levels higher than they ever would have imagined on their own. But that doesn't mean you have to fix them or enable them; instead, guide them to the source of their own power. Offer them support and motivation as they find their own way and show you what they're capable of. All you have to do is believe in them.再没有比帮助别人自己看到未来、看到他们到达了他们原来也没想到的高度让人更高兴的事了。

每日英语学习阅读材料(A4打印版)有声双语美文：读书、升学的意义是什么？Let me tell you one of the earliest disasters in my career as a teacher. It was January of 1940 and I was fresh out of graduate school starting myfirst semester at the University of Kansas City. Part of the student body was a beanpole with hair on top who came into my class, sat down, folded his arms, and looked at me as if to say \started Hamlet. Three weeks later he came into my office with his hands on his hips. \stuff\lying on the desk.给你们讲讲我刚当老师时候的一次失败经历吧。

那是1940年的1月，我从研究生院毕业不久，在堪萨斯城大学开始第一学期的教学工作。

一个瘦高，长得就像顶上有毛的豆角架一样的男学生走进我的课堂，坐下，双臂交叉放在胸前，看着我，好似在说：―好吧，教我一些东西。

‖两周后我们开始学习《哈姆雷特》。

三周后他双手叉腰走进我的办公室，―看，‖他说，―我来这是学习当药剂师的。

我为什么必须读这个？‖由于没有随身带着自己的书，他就指着桌子上放着的我的那本。

New as I was to the faculty, I could have told this specimen a number of things. I could have pointed out that he had enrolled, not in a drugstore-mechanics school, but in a college and that at the end of his course meant to reach for a scroll that read Bachelor of Science. It would not read: Qualified Pill-Grinding Technician. It would certify that he had specialized in pharmacy, but it would further certify that he had been exposed to some of the ideas mankind has generated within its history. That is to say, he had not entered a technical training school but a university and in universities students enroll for both training and education. 虽然我是位新老师，我本来可以告诉这个家伙许多事情的。

有声双语美文：先洗干净你自己的杯子I recently started a new job, in a small office, where four of us sharea fridge. In that fridge is a Brita water filter pitcher. One of my coworkers complained the water tasted "dirty". It went on for a few days, and she was stunned I could drink the water without any trouble. I started to doubt my taste buds, but the water really tasted fine.最近我找了份新工作，是在一间小办公室里，我们四个人共用一个冰箱。

冰箱里有一个Brita牌滤水壶，有一个同事抱怨说水喝起来感觉很“脏”，她连续抱怨了几天，还很震惊我喝这样的水竟然没事。

我开始怀疑自己的味蕾出问题了，但我真觉着水喝着还不错。

Finally, she figured out the problem was actually her cup. She simply forgot to clean it, and after awhile started to affect the water inside it. She cleaned her cup, and drank the water with no problem.最后，她发现问题出在了她的杯子上，她只是忘了刷杯子，过一段时间就影响里面水的味道了。

她把杯子洗干净了，水就没有异味了。

I can't help but think about the world we live in. Too often we quickly blame other people, other things, anything else but ourselves. "You're racist". "You're intolerant". "You're the problem". The world isn't perfect, I know, but I think we should take a step back sometimes and ask ourselves some tough questions.我禁不住思考了我们生活的世界，我们总是急于责备其他人、其他事、除了自己之外的一切东西。

每日英语学习阅读材料(A4打印版)双语美文：为什么你存不下钱？Don’t save what is left after spending. But spend what is left after savings. 不要把花剩下的钱拿来存，而是把存剩下的钱拿来花。

Wanting to save money is not enough. Anyway, there are a lot of things which didn’t xxe true although you wanted them to.想存钱是远远不够的，毕竟你希望发生的事情并不一定就能发生。

Saving is a technique . It’s simple. It’s just not easy. 存钱是一门技术，这门技术很简单，只是不容易实现。

If you only xxe to think about saving after you spend, there is no chance for you to accumulate a considerable fortune, because spending is always irrational.如果你总是在消费之后才想着应该存钱，那你肯定存不下钱，因为任何消费都是非理性的。

The way that works is to make plans in advance. 真正可行的方法，是事先计划好自己的消费方式。

Would it be too much to use 40% of my inxxe to rentan apartment 每个月用收入的40%租房子会不会太多？ Is it really enough to save just 20% every month 每个月只存收入的20%会不会太少？Only by making it clear how much you want to save can you xxe to know how much you can actually spend.你只有先计划好要存多少钱，才能知道自己实际上可以花多少钱双语美文：巴菲特最睿智的一句话Warren Buffett is the current richest investor in the world. And he ranks1 / 14among the world’s billionaires.沃伦巴菲特是目前世界上最有钱的投资人，也是全球第2富有的富翁。

有声双语美文：什么才是生命中真正重要的？A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches indiameter.课前，一位哲学教授站在讲台上，他面前的桌子上放了几样东西。

上课后，教授什么也没说，他拿起一个又大又空的蛋黄酱罐子，然后往里面放入大概2英寸直径的小石块。

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.然后，他问学生这个罐子是否已经满了？学生们都回答说是。

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.然后教授就拿起一瓶小鹅卵石，然后把石头倒进罐子里，他轻轻地摇了摇罐子。

这样小鹅卵石就进到石块的间隙中去。

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.然后，他又问学生这个罐子是否已经满了？学生们都回答说是。

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up the remaining open areas of the jar.然后教授就拿起一瓶沙子，然后把沙子倒进罐子里，沙子又填充进了间隙中。

Little House in the Big WoodsBy Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls Wilder wrote many books about her life in the wilderness。

This is a true story from one of her books. On the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin in 1872, she lived with her family in a little log house. It was miles from any neighbors and far from any town。

One day her father was away from home, leaving the family alone in the wilderness. At night there came a big bear. What were the mother and her daughters going to do? Were they safe in the end？ Please read the following story。

Then one day Pa said that spring was coming。

In the Big Woods the snow was beginning to thaw. Bits of it dropped from the branches of the trees and made little holes in the softening snowbanks below。

At noon all the big icicles along the eaves of the little house quivered and sparkled in the sunshine, and drops of water hung trembling at their tips。

初屮英语课外阅读:（一）农夫和苹果树A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wondertul apple he grew・One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it.The former was pleased with the gift, but when he got home he did not know where to plant it.He was atra id that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his field, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples ・ If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit・Finally he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it. But without sunlight andgood soil, the tree soon died・Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place.n What r s thedifference?11 the farmer said angrily・"Iflhad planted the tree near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit ・ If I had planted the tree in one of my field, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples ・ I fl had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the lruit.nn Yes,M said the friend, n but at least someone could have enjoyed the iruit・ Now you not only haverobbed everyone of the iruit, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree!n（二）阅读理解趣味故事题Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people inAmerica・ One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.The reporter was talking to them about being important.“ How do we know if someone is really important? ” the reporter asked the banker・The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “ I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important. ”The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “ Do you agree with that? asked.The man shook his head, “ No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House ・You?d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call fromthe president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it ・The reporter turned to the third man・“ Do you think so? ”“ No, I don?t. ” he said. “ I don?t think that makes the vis it or important. That makes the President important. ”“ Then what would make the visitor important? ” the reporter and the other two men asked・“ Oh, I think if the vis itor to the White House was talking to the Pr esident and the phone rang, andthe President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ,it?s for you.?1.This story happened in ________ ・A・ England B. America C. Japan D. Australia2.There are _______ in this passage.A.two men and two womenB. three men and one womanC. three women and one man D・ four women3.The banker thought _______ .A.he was re a lly important because he was a rich bankerB.the visitor to the White House was really importantC.the visitor who met the President of the United States in the White House was really important.D・ the reporter was really important4.The owner of the very large company thought _________ .A.she was really important because she owned one of the largestcompaniesB.the banker was really important.C.the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was re a lly importantD.the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President, the President wouldnot answer any telephone call5.The owner of many buildings thought _________ .A. he was re a lly important because he owned many buildings in the center of NewYork B. the owner of the very large company was really importantC.the vis itor was re a lly important if he talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitorD.the person who worked in the White House was really important（三）趣味阅读理解题，A farmer had a cow.A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he wasvery worried・ He telephoned the vet.“ What?s the problem? ” The vet asked him when he arrived・“ My cow?s ill, ” the former said・“ I don?t know whafs the matter with her. She?s lying down and won?t eat. She?s making a strange noise. ”The vet look ed over the cow. "Shc?s certainly ill/1 he said, n and she needs to take some very strong medicine/1He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, n Give her these ・ The pillsshould make her better.11“ How should I give them to her? ” the former asked.The vet gave him a tube （管子）and said, n Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tubeand blow. That? 11 make it.”The next day the vet came to the farm again. The former was sitting outs ide his house and lookedmore worried・“ How?s your cow? ” theaskved.“ No change, ” the farmer said, “ and I?m feeling very strange myself. ”“Oh?” the vet said, H Why?n“ I did what you said, ” the farmer answered・“ I put the tube in the cow?s mouth and then put two pills down it. ”"And? ” the vet asked.“ The cow blew first, v the farmer said・1.In the story, the vet must be __________ .A. the fermefs friendB. a milk factoryC. a hospital for cowsD. a doctor for animals2.The former asked the vet for help when his cow _________A・ couldn't lie down B. didn't eat the pillsC・ couldn't make any noise D. was ill3.What medicine did the vet give the farmer?A. Bottle of pills.B. A long tube.C. Two pills.D. A small box.4.The vet taught the farmer how __________ .A. to blow the tube B・ to make the cow take the pillsC・ to take the medicine D・ to put the tube in his mouth5.Which of the following is true?A.The farmer ate the pills himself.B.The cow got better after taking the medicine.C.The vet came to help the farmer change the cow the next day.D.The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.（四）英语趣味阅读：But the teacher criedThe six-year-old John was terribly spoiled （溺爱）.His father knew it, but his grandma doted onhim.He hardly left her side・ And when he wanted anything, he either cried or threw a temper tantrum.Then came his first day of school, his first day away from his grandmothers loving arms.When he came home from school his grandma met him at the door.”Was school all right?n she asked, ”Did you get along all right? did you cry?n"Cry?" John asked. "No, I didn't cry, but the teacher did!"（五）英语幽默小故事：奖赏A lady lost her handbag. It was found byan honest little boy and returned to her.Looking in her purse, she commented/f Hmmm... That r s lUnny. When I lost my bag there was a$20 bill in it. Now there are twenty $1 bills.'*The boy quickly replied, n That f s rightjady・ The last time I found a lady's purse, shedidn't haye any change for a re ward.n（六）The House of 1000 Mirrors千镜之屋Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors・ A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to vis it. When he arrived, he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house ・He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fest as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly・ As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and vis it it often.HIn this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to vis it the house・ He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again.HAll the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?。