Unit3_.ppt

Unit 3 Being True to One’s Self 全新版21世纪大学英语读写教程BOOK 2 Part II Text A How to Be True to Yourself Follow These Sure Steps to Self-Respect Denis Waitley Title of Text A 如何坦诚做人 踏着稳健的(沉着的)步伐迈向自尊 丹尼斯·维特利 Chinese Version My grandparents believed you were either honest or you weren’t. There was no in-between. They had a simple motto hanging on their living-room wall: “Life is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose to walk every step will show.” They didn’t have to talk about it — they demonstrated the motto by the way they lived. Para. 1 of Text A 我的爷爷奶奶相信，一个人要么是诚实的，要么就是不诚实的，不存在两者之间的情况。他们起居室墙上挂着一句简朴的格言:“人生就像一片刚下过雪的田野，我选择走的每一步都会留下印迹。”他们不需多说——他们以自己的生活方式践行这条格言。 Chinese Version Para. 2 of Text A They understood instinctively(本能地) that integrity(honesty) means having a personal standard of morality(道德) and ethics(伦理) that does not sell out to expediency(眼前利益) and that is not relative to the situation at hand2. Integrity is an inner standard for judging your behavior. Unfortunately, integrity is in short supply3 today and getting scarcer. But it is the real bottom line4 in every area of society.And it is something we must demand of ourselves. A good test for this value is to look at what I call the Integrity Triad, which consists of5 three key principles: 1.向…屈服，投降；出卖 2.近在手边 3.短缺 4.底线 5.由…组成 他们本能地知道，正直就是具有自己的道德和伦理准则，这个准则不会屈服于自己的眼前利益，也不会随当下的情形而发生变化。正直是判断自己行为的心灵准则。遗憾的是，正直在今天可是个稀缺物，而且越来越稀罕。但它是社会每个领域真正的底线，是我们必须对自己要求的东西。对这种美德很有效的考验就是我所称的“正直三元素”，它由三个主要原则组成： Chinese Version Stand firmly for6 your convictions(belief) in the face of7 personal pressure. There’s a story told about a surgical nurse’s first day on the medical team at a well-known hospital. She was responsible for ensuring that all instruments and materials were accounted for8 during an abdominal operation(腹部手术). The nurse said to the surgeon, “You’ve only removed 11 sponges