- When I went off to college, I got one piece of advice from my father:"It doesn't matter what courses you take ,just find the great professors." Sure enough,I soon discovered that all kinds of subjects were interesting to me as long as good teachers presented them.In Professor Wein-stein's class,I could hear the tumbrels rolling through the streets of Parris during the French Revolution. And going back further,I can still recall things about the stars that I should have long ago forgotten if not for my second grade teacher,Miss Scorchiotti.To me ,a great teacher is one who performs a subject in a way that makes it come alive.
1. as long as: if? As long as you live better than me, I ..
- 2. tumbrel: 农用车，囚车
- And going back further, I can still recall things about the stars that I should have long ago forgotten if not for my second-grade teacher, Miss Scorchiotti再早些，我仍然记得有关星体的知识，若不是由于我二年级的斯高其奥蒂老师，我早就将其忘光了。
- Analysis This is a complicated sentence. That introduces a relative clause to modify the stars , followed by an if-clause of condition .Attention should be paid to the subjunctive mood used here ：should have forgotten,? with the latter part being an elliptical clause which can be assumed to be if it were not for
- 这是一个复杂句.由 that 引导一个定语从句修饰 the stars 后面还有一个 if? 条件句. 尤其要注意这句中一个与过去事实相反的虚拟语气,其后半部分是省去了主语it
- Example ?If（it were）not for your help, we shouldn’t have finished the experiment successfully.
- A great boss does the same.They turn the day-to-day uninteresting jobs into a learning experience.They convince you that you and what you are doing actually matter.They give you confidence ,which makes you more willing to ask a question ,or assume responsibility,or even suggest a change in some age-old company process.In short,a great boss knows how to teach.
1. convince: make sb believe that sth is true
- The public will be harder to convince.
- 2. assume: take 承担 assume power, role, responsiblities
- 3. age-old: sth with long history
- So my advice to anyone bound for the job market in the coming years and to anyone looking for a different work experience is Don't interview for the right job.Interview for the right boss.Not a best person, but someone who is willing and able to help you grow professionally.
- 1. bound: ?a. certain; having a firm intention; have a duty to obey; intend to travel to一定的；决意的；有义务的；驶往（某地）的
- You are bound to succeed.
- He is bound to go, and nothing can stop him.
- We are bound by the government’s pay policy.
- I’m bound to say, he is a very honest person.
- The ship is bound for New York.
- What are some signs of the wrong boss?Well,anyone who:
Is surrounded by the same team year after year, If you're such a good teacher,why aren't these people moving on and getting promoted?
Is short of a sense of humor. Life is short .Work is hard .Let's lighten up when facing something difficult.
Loves typing.Hates talking .Why are you emailing me when I sit across the hall?
- (是不是年复一年都被一样的人簇拥着?如果你是个够好的导师的话,为什么这些人没有职位流动,没有得到提拔呢?
- 是不是缺乏幽默感?生命如此短暂,工作如此辛苦.当遇到困难时我们应该轻松面对.
- 喜欢打字却不爱说话.为什么我就坐在办公室对面你还要发邮件呢?)
- Who are the best bosses I ever had? Angela,my first boss out of college, was very clever and outspoken. She ruffled feathers around the company but was eager to let me in on what she thought and why .
- 她对公司上下指指点点, 但却愿意让我了解她的想法和做事的原因.
- Ruffle feathers means become annoyed. The phrase let sb. in on sth. means to allow to share or to know a secret.
- Example: Don’t get your feathers ruffled about it. You are not the boss here.
- My boss Tom used to say :"You can sleep when you're dead ."Working for Tom was just a bit exhausting .But he was also unbelievably straightforward,and quick to ask advice and give it. We often had different opinions,yet our discussions helped both of us learn more about what we were trying to perform.A great boss both gives respect and earns it.
我的老板Tom曾说:死后自会长眠.为他做事就是有点太累了.但他也是难以置信的直言不讳,即时地提出和索取建议.我们常常意见不合,但我们的讨论总会帮助我们俩更清楚地了解我们想做什么.一个好的老板尊重他人也值得尊重.
- And how do you know when you've found the right boss?Be yourself with them and see if the self they are with you is someone you want to learn from for a couple of years.If that person is dull or dogmatic in an interview,guess what they're going to be like Monday through Friday?Interviewees are on their best behavior in that setting,but so are interviewers.You don't like what you see?The power is yours.Go out and interview another boss.
- Be yourself with them and see if the self they are with you is someone you want to learn from for a couple of years. 要与他们自然相处,看一看与你相处的人是不是你这两三年来想要学习的人.
- Analysis Be yourself means behave naturally. The self is used as the subject in the if-clause, they are with you is a relative clause modifying self with that omitted.
- Example: You should be yourself if you want the audience to like your speech.
- dogmatic: 教条的，固执己见的Many writers at this time held rigidly dogmatic views这时期有很多作家固执己见。
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