One day a father was teaching2 his son and said3, "The keys to your success are keeping your word and cleverness. Once you give somebody4 a promise5, you must carry it out on matter what will happen. This is called 'keeping one's words.'
"What is cleverness?" asked his son.
"Cleverness is that you'll never make such6 a promise, " the father answered.
成功的关键
一天,父亲教育儿子说:“一个人成功的关键就是严守诺言和足够聪明。一旦你给了别人承诺,无论发生什么事,你都得实现它,这个就叫‘守诺言’。”
儿子问:“那么什么是聪明呢?”
父亲回答:“聪明就是任何时候都别做这样的承诺。”
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success [səkˈses]
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teaching [ˈti:tʃɪŋ]
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n.教学,执教,任教,讲授;(复数)教诲 | |
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v.动词say的过去式、过去分词 | |
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somebody [ˈsʌmbədi]
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n.重要人物;pron.某人,有人 | |
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