如中英慣用例句:
  • 確定公司運作的方向。站在鏡子前，連續5遍不間斷地說："這就是我們公司的未來"。身為任何企業的領導，最重要的工作就是繪製出未來的藍圖。如果你不能為大傢指明方向，你就衹能算是個經理而不能成為領導人。你所繪製的藍圖必須是現實可行、實質性的，能讓人相信是可以實現的。即便是存在風險，你也必須敢於當機立斷。
    Give direction. Stand in front of the mirror and say, "Here is our future" five times without stuttering. A leader's most important job at any organization is to lay out a road map to the future. If you can't provide that direction, you're a manager -- not a leader. Your vision must be real, substantive, and something people can believe in.Have the guts to make decisions while there's still risk in them.
  • 建立以"勇於創新、精誠合作"為基礎的企業文化。創新不僅僅衹是設計出更多的時髦産品，它還應包括如何令客戶更滿意、為客戶提供更好的服務等方面。
    Create a culture based on innovation and cooperation. Innovation is about more than designing snazzy products. It's also about improving customer experiences and services.
  • 工作應該目標明確、重點突出。確定你的公司或部門中5個急需改進的關鍵領域，並着手調整，緊抓不放，直到一切改好為止。或許你的清單上應列有諸如成本控製、産品質量、客戶滿意程度等內容。為每一項改進製定硬指標，並派專人負責。你必須及時考核、監督並審查工作的進程，並對取得成果者給予奬勵。
    Keep it simple and focused. Identify five key areas that need improvement in your company or division and keep at them until you get them right. Your list might include such things as cost containment, quality, or customer satisfaction. Set tough targets for each one, and hold people accountable for results. Measure, monitor, and review progress on a timely basis and reward results.
  • 如果你能做到所有這些，你就一定會擁有一個引以為豪的企業。
    Do all of that, and you'll have an organization that will make you proud.
  • 假如你從未有這樣的經驗，也是時候了–除非你好比不限話題的行動日誌。
    If you haven't suffered through one of these conversations, your time will come.. . or you are a walking diary.
  • 健康狀況：法律禁止醫院與人資部門洩漏你的健康資訊。當他人發現你有，或曾有過，健康問題，他們會傾嚮改變態度–待你有如病童或將你屏除生活圈。
    Medical history: Hospitals and human resources departments are prohibited by law from giving out your medical information for a reason. People have a tendency to adjust their behavior when they find out you have, or had, a medical condition. They might treat you like a sick child or make you an outcast.
  • 發洩情緒的網站：假如你有使用社交網站或部落格表達你對私人生活或工作不滿情緒的習慣，决不要讓同事知道連結。你將必須清除留過的不雅網絡言論，以及從今開始停止這麼做。
    Online venting sites: If you use your social networking profile or a blog to release frustration about your personal and work life, don't send your co-workers a link. You'll have to clean up your digital dirt (even more than it already should be) and censor yourself from now on.
  • 電視肥皂劇很有趣沒錯，但如果在現實生活中上演就沒那麼好玩。假如你因分手而淚眼婆娑，然後下星期又因新戀情而手舞足蹈，將會打壞你的名聲。別人對你的愛情生活沒那麼感興趣，而且也會導致他人無法分割你的感情和專業生活。
    Matters of the heart: Soap operas are fun to watch on TV, but they're not fun to live. Your reputation will suffer if you come into the office in tears one day because you broke up with your significant other and then you dance down the hall the next week because you met the love of your life. Your love life isn't as interesting to anyone else as it is to you, and people may be unable to separate your romantic life from your professional one.
  • 政治議題：你已體認過與傢人吃飯時所聊的政治議題如何失去控製，你還要讓這種戲碼在工作崗位上演嗎？謹記你的傢人有義務無條件愛你，但同事可沒有。
    You've seen how out of hand political discussions can get with your family at the dinner table. Do you really want to start that kind of drama at work? Keep in mind that while your family is obligated to love you no matter what, co-workers are not.
  • 宗教議題：如同“政治議題”。
    See politics.
  • 所享特權：正如薪資，別讓別人知道你對上流人士令人又羨又忌的吸引力。雖然有幸認識有權勢的公司老闆和社交花蝴蝶，誇耀他們給的好處衹會有損形象。
    Your privileged life: Along the same lines of keeping salary information to yourself, your enviable pull with society's high rollers should also stay private. Although you have the good fortune to know powerful business leaders and social butterflies, bragging about how many doors they've opened for you will tarnish your image.
  • “不要以此惹怒同事。”奧利福警告，“人們的奬賞應奠基於實力。”炫燿你如何進入長春藤名校或是目前職位將會使你的能力受到質疑
    "Don't rub your privilege in other people's faces, " Oliver warns. "People should be rewarded on the basis of merit." Bragging about how you got into an Ivy League school or even in your current position will put doubt about your qualifications.
  • “她還說她男友並不快樂，因為她6歲大的兒子每晚都跟他們一起睡，而且他們衹交往幾個禮拜而已。”瑪西回憶道。想當然爾，介紹所為找到一個可以安頓她的職位而大費苦心，因為她是一位不懂如何藏起私人想法的高風險雇員
    "Somehow in this tale about the boyfriend, she told us that the boyfriend was not a happy camper, because her 6 year old slept with them every night -- and they'd only been going together for a few weeks, " Diehl remembers. Naturally, the agency had a difficult time placing her because she was a risky employee who didn't know when to keep her thoughts to herself.
  • 如果你無法做到保持一種姿勢坐5分鐘以上，那麽你可以試一試瑜伽。《瑜伽學報》醫學編輯TimothyMcCall博士說，集中註意力於不同姿態的身體的復雜之處可以迫使你過濾掉那些“如磁帶捲一般無休止的戰顫和恐懼”，從而使你回到現實中來。這樣，你就開始從腦海中清除對未來的擔心。
    If sitting in one position for more than five minutes sounds impossible, you might try yoga. Concentrating on the physical intricacies of different poses forces you to filter out the "endless tape loops of chatter and fear, " says Dr. Timothy McCall, medical editor of Yoga Journal, allowing you to be present in the moment. In so doing, you begin to clear the mind of future worries.
  • 科學家發現徹底不考慮這些問題很有幫助。邁阿密大學觸覺研究所所長TiffanyField在對由於安德魯颶風而受到心理創傷的60名在校兒童的研究中發現，連續一個月、每周接受兩次30分鐘按摩的孩子其憂鬱情況有所下降，而那些看放鬆內容的錄像片的孩子則沒有什麽改觀。作為人的壓力標記的皮質醇水平在接受按摩的一組中也出現了相當程度的下降。如果你不喜歡按摩，那也可以出去好好走一走、遊遊泳或騎騎車。鍛煉不僅有利於保持身體健康，而且能減少焦慮和憂鬱。
    Scientists are finding that it can help to get outside your head completely. In a study of 60 schoolchildren traumatized by Hurricane Andrew, Tiffany Field, director of the University of Miami's Touch Research Institute, found that depression dropped in kids who received 30 minutes of massage twice a week for a month，kids who watched a relaxing video showed no improvement. And cortisol levels, the body's marker for stress, declined significantly in the massage group. If massage isn't your thing, go for a vigorous walk, swim or bike ride. Exercise is not only good at keeping you fit，it reduces anxiety and depression, too.
  • 研究者們說，儘管做起來很難，但是在多事之秋，人們需要從生活的最簡單的快樂中獲取安慰。在Rochester大學醫學院進行的一次小範圍調查中，O.J.Sahler博士發現在骨髓移植病人中，那些聽音樂的反應感到的疼痛和惡心程度比較輕，而且他們移植的骨髓也更早就開始工作。另外，笑可能確實是良藥。LomaLinda大學公共衛生學院的LeeBerk博士發現一組看了一小時喜劇錄像的學生其腎上腺素和皮質醇水平都出現了顯著下降。“如果你非常害怕，”Berk說，“那就看小醜表演吧。”這纔是值得我們好好考慮的東西。
    It may be difficult, but in troubled times, researchers say, people need to take comfort from life' s simplest pleasures.In a small study at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Dr. O. J. Sahler found that bone-marrow transplant patients who listened to music reported less pain and nausea, and their transplants took less time to become functional. And, yes, laughter may be good medicine, too. Dr. Lee Berk, of the Loma Linda University School of Public Health, discovered that a group of students who watched a comic video for an hour had marked reductions in epinephrine and cortisol levels. "If fear is too great, " says Berk, "send in the clowns." Now that's something we can all meditate on.
  • 當前的不景氣給職場人給工作打上了很多問號。但有一件事是確定的：改變。經濟情況對你的公司來說很可能意味着經歷一次轉變，不管是新的經理、新生意的優先權、人手減少或者是工作量加大。你如何駕馭這股改變之風將意味着順風順水和驚濤駭浪的差別。
    The current recession has left workers with many questions about their jobs. But one thing is certain: change. Economic conditions likely mean your firm is undergoing a transition, whether it's new management, emerging business priorities, a reduction in personnel or an increase in workload. How you pilot the winds of change can mean the difference between smooth sailing and rough waters.
  • 多想想“如果”。變化可能突如其來，不給你留一點時間來適應。如果你明天就有一個新老闆了怎麽辦？如果你得到了晉升怎麽辦？如果一名同事離開了，你被要求承擔額外的任務怎麽辦？仔細考慮你會如何處理這些情況會有助於做好準備迎接改變
    Think through the "what ifs." Change can come without notice, leaving you little time to adapt. What would happen if you got a new boss tomorrow? If you were offered a promotion? If a colleague left, and you were asked to assume additional tasks? Considering how you would handle these types of scenarios will help you prepare for them.
  • 提問題。如果你不太確定當前的轉變會對你的部門整體或者特別是你的角色産生什麽樣的影響，和你的上司談談這種轉變。和你的經理討論這個問題也能給你機會提出問題表達出你的擔憂
    Ask questions. If you're unsure of the effects a certain change will have on your department in general or your role in particular, talk about the transition with your supervisor. Discussing the issue with your manager also will allow you to ask questions and voice any concerns.
  • 金窩，銀窩，不如自己的草窩。
    East, west, home is best.
  • 如果需要的話，我會叫出租車的。
    I'll call a taxi in case of need.
  • 是的，如果我是你，我不會早回傢。
    Yes. I wouldn't go home early if I were you.
  • 如果湯姆不能信守諾言，他就會丟面子。
    If Tom cannot keep his promise, he'll lose face.
  • 如果你不學習，你考試就會不及格。
    If you don't work, you will fail to pass the exam.
  • 我吃得如此之飽，我感覺我再吃一口肚子就要脹破了。
    I am so full that I would burst with another bite.
  • 如果不是因為鬧鐘不響的話，她就不會遲到了。
    Had it not been for the alarm clock she wouldn't have been late.
  • 如果他沒有把牙齒弄壞，現在就不在醫院了。
    If he had not broken his tooth, he would not be in hospital now.
  • 你與其把錢花在賭博上，不如把它丟掉的好。
    You might as well throw your money away as spend it in gambling.
  • 會十事不如精一事。
    Better master one than engage with ten.
  • 一根筷子易折斷，十根筷子硬如鐵
    Weak things united become strong.
  • 人生如夢
    Life is but a dream.
  • 如人飲水冷暖自知
    Only the wearer knows where the shoes pain.