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课外短片阅读，往往是阅读材料出题的来源，养成日常课外阅读的习惯，为阅读理解和完形填空叠加BUFF。 Dale Carnegie's name is famous all over the world. But ,in fact He did not write such a book as The significance of Names. 钢铁大王卡耐基的名字闻名于世，但……他并没有写过《论名字的重要性》这样一本书。 It's just that he realized the special function of
name, so that 'name' became a booster on his road to success.只是他意识到了名字对于一个人特殊的意义，从而让“名字”成为他成功路上的助推器。 As a child, he caught a nest of rabbits, However, he had nothing to feed them, he came up with a brilliant idea.小时候，他曾抓到一只窝小兔子，但是没有东西喂他们，就想出了一个绝妙的主意。 He said to the children around him, 'If any of you can get something to eat for the rabbits, I will name the little rabbits after you.’ 他对周围的孩子说：“你们谁能够给兔子弄点吃的来，我以你们的名字给小兔子命名。” This method was so brilliant that Carnegie kept it in mind. Later, when Carnegie competed with George Poolman for the sleeping car business, he recalled the story again and once again played the magical function of name.这个方法太灵验了，卡耐基一直记在心里。后来卡耐基为了卧车生意和乔治·普尔门竞争的时候，他又想起了这个故事，再次发挥了名字的神奇功能。 At that time, Carnegie's company was competing with Poolman's company for the sleeping car business of the United Pacific Railroad.当时，卡耐基的公司正在跟普尔门的公司争夺联合太平洋铁路公司的卧车生意。 The two sides did not give in to each other, and fierce price competition was launched, making the sleeping car business unprofitable. Later, both Carnegie and Poolman went to New York to visit the board of directors of the Union Pacific Railroad.双方互不相让，展开激烈的价格竞争，使得卧车生意毫无利润可言。后来，卡耐基和普尔门都到纽约去拜访联合太平洋铁路公司的董事会。 one night they met at the hotel, and Carnegie said: Good night, Mr. Pulmen, let's not fight, won't we embarrass ourselves if we continue to fight?一天晚上，他们在酒店碰头了，卡耐基说：晚安，普尔门先生，我们别争了，再争下去岂不是让自己为难么？ 'How do you say this?' Poolmen asked.”此话怎讲？”普尔门问。 So Carnegie told Poolman about his decision—the two companies could merged. 于是卡耐基把自己的决定告诉普尔门——他们两家公司合并起来。 He talked about the benefits of merging the two
companies, and Poolmen listened carefully, but did not fully accept it.
Finally, he asked, 'What is the name of this new company?'他把两家公司合并的好处说得天花乱坠，普尔门认真的听着，但并没有完全接受。最后他问：“这个新公司叫什么名字呢？” So Carnegie said without hesitation: 'Of
course it is called the 'Poolmen Palace Sleeping Car Company'.'于是卡耐基毫不犹豫地说：“当然叫'普尔门皇宫卧车公司’。” Poole's eyes lit up, and he immediately said,
'Please come to my room and we will have a discussion.'普尔门地眼睛一亮，马上说到：“请到我地房间来，我们讨论一下。” |
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