本 期 目 录 微聚焦 【微聚焦】机遇在于生活细节 微课堂 【微口语】如何用英文畅聊各种“机会”？ 【微听力】别错过机会 【微翻译】5 个极易译错的英文句子，你注意了吗？ 【微阅读】人生“第二次机会” ，且行且珍惜 微分享 【微智慧】机遇来了，你能抓住吗？ 【微幽默】你能相信你的耳朵吗？ 【微音乐】 Every Chance We Get We Run （Tegan & Sara） 【微影评】 法官老爹 （The Judge） 微互动 【微讨论】话题讨论：职场晋升，你怎么看？ 【微测试】英语四六级翻译题（8） 微动态 【微聚焦】机遇在于生活细节 我们都知道，机遇面前人人平等。然而，机遇不会从天降，它只垂青于那些注重细节的人。因为同样的一件事，一个注重细节的人会看得更多更远，从而发现机遇，并抓住它，最终实现自己的目标。不过，很多时候，机遇就存在于生活的细节中，需要你用心去挖掘，才能创造自己的成功！ 【编者语】 John and Bobby joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the position of manager but John remained an ordinary employee. John could not take it anymore, tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him. 约翰和博比同年大学毕业后，被同一家批发公司录用。他们二人工作都很努力。然而，几年后，老板提拔博比为部门经理，而约翰还是一名普通员工。约翰再也无法忍受，冲动之下写了一封辞职信，并抱怨老板不会用人，不重用那些敬业的员工，只提升那些奉承他的人。 The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. He thought for a moment and said, “Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation.“ 老板知道这几年约翰工作确实很努力。他想了一会儿说： “谢谢你对我的批评。但是我只有一个请求，我希望在你离开之前再为公司做一件事情。或许到时你会改变决定，收回辞呈。 ” John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man selling watermelon. The boss asked how much per kg? John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg. 约翰答应了。老板让他去市场找到一个卖西瓜的人。约翰去了并很快回来。他说他找到了一个卖西瓜的人。老板问他每公斤多少钱？约翰摇摇头，回到市场去问，然后又回来告诉老板每公斤 1.2 美元。 Boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market. Bobby went, returned and said, boss, only one person selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg, he has inventory of 340 melons. On the table 58 melons, every melon weights about 2 kg, bought from the South two days ago, they are fresh and red, good quality. 老板让约翰等一会儿，这时他把博比叫到办公室。他让博比去市场找到一个卖西瓜的人。博比去了，回来之后说：“老板，只有一个卖西瓜的人，每公斤 1.2 美元，每 10 公斤卖 10 美元。这个人一共有 340 个西瓜，其中 58 个放在货架上，每个西瓜重约 2 公斤，都是两天前从南方运来的，新鲜，红瓤，质量好。 ” John was very impressed and realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby. 约翰受到很大的触动，他意识到自己与博比之间的差距。他决定收回辞呈并向博比学习。 My dear friends, a more successful person is more observant, thinks more and explores in depth. Chances exists in the daily details. For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and farther so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his aim. If a person sees one year ahead, while another sees only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, how could you win? 亲爱的朋友们，成功的人更善于观察，勤于思考和孜孜探求。机遇就存在于生活的细节中。同样的一件事，一个成功的人会看得更多更远。有人看到一年后的情景，而你只看到明天。一年与一天的差距是 365 倍，你怎么能赢呢？ 【微口语】如何用英文畅聊各种“机会”？ 机会永远是转瞬即逝的，正如一去不复返的美景，如果不好好抓住，恐怕就很难再回来了。而学习英语也是如此！因此，请紧紧抓住这来之不易学习英语的机会，千万别让它在你眼前溜走！然而，如何用英文畅聊各种“机会”呢？【编者语】 （1）Ill afford you a chance. 我将给你提供一个机会。 （2）He got a fair hearing. 他获得公平的申诉机会。 （3）Is this my day to excel? 今天是不是我超越他人的机会？ （4）I advise you to take the chance. 我建议你抓住机会。 （5）You should take advantage of it. 你应该好好利用这个机会。 （6）You balked a golden opportunity. 你错过了一个绝好的机会。 （7）This opportunity is too good to waste. 这个机遇千载难逢，绝不能错过。 （8）He eagerly embraced the opportunity. 他迫不及待地利用了这个机会。 （9）Are you sure you are going to set us up? 你确定你要帮我们制造机会吗? （10）Youll never get to hurt me again, I wont let you. 你不会有机会再次伤害我了，我不会让你这么做。 （11）The musician passed up an opportunity to perform. 音乐家放弃演出之机会。 （12）If I get to know him, Ill make him fall in love with me. 如果有机会让我认识他，我肯定能让他爱上我。 （13）The jobless man did nothing but wait for his chance. 那个失业者守株待兔等待机会。 （14）Such an opportunity will be lost in the twinkling of an eye. 这样的机会瞬间即逝。 （15）Ive been working so hard in order to get to be promoted. 我一直很努力地工作为的是能有机会升职。 【微听力】别错过机会 【听力原文】 Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work. There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. Ive noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers. This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. Ive often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Everyday I drove past the flowers thinking, “Ill stop on my way home and dig them.“ “Gee, I dont want to get my good clothes dirty.“ Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel one year for my trunk to be used for that expressed purpose. One day on my way home from work, I was saddened