白领英语晨读-065 Tips for Work 工作小贴士

Tips for Work

Know what you believe in and stick to it. Nothing loses you respect quicker than inconsistency.

　　Keep your distance. Be friendly but not over familiar. Don't confide¹ intimate details.

　　Keep your own counsel. Don't share all your dilemmas². Even if you resolve them you'll have left the impression that you're indecisive or unable to cope with pressure.

　　Don't ask anyone to do anything you wouldn't do yourself.

　　Communicate—simply and often.

　　Keep your eye on the objective.

　　Don't get drawn³ into colleagues' personal lives.

　　Keep cool. Don't respond instantly or say yes to everything.

　　Keep your head. A calm presence is an invaluable⁴ asset.

　　Be good at your job. Know that you're good. Self-respect is the key. It'll show up in the way people deal with you.

　　Accept that you can't please all the people all the time—or even some of the people all of the time.

1 confide   

v.向某人吐露秘密

参考例句：

• I would never readily confide in anybody.我从不轻易向人吐露秘密。
• He is going to confide the secrets of his heart to us.他将向我们吐露他心里的秘密。

2 dilemmas   

n.左右为难( dilemma的名词复数 )；窘境，困境

参考例句：

• They dealt with their dilemmas by mixing perhaps unintentionally an explosive brew. 他们――也许是无意地――把爆炸性的佐料混合在一起，以此来应付困难处境。 来自辞典例句
• Ten years later we encountered the same dilemmas in Vietnam. 十年后，我们又在越南遇到了同样进退两难的局面。 来自辞典例句

3 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

4 invaluable   

adj.无价的，非常宝贵的，极为贵重的

参考例句：

• A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
• This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。