TED演讲:为什么最棒的雇员并没有完美的简历(2)

 A resume tells a story. And over the years, I've learned something about people whose experiences read like a patchwork¹ quilt, 一份简历讲述了一个故事。过去的那些年，我了解到那些经历好似拼布床单的人，

that makes me stop and fully² consider them before tossing their resumes away. 会让我在把他们的简历扔掉前会停下来认真地考虑一下他们。

A series of odd jobs may indicate inconsistency, lack of focus, unpredictability. 一系列杂乱的工作可能意味着易变，不专心，难以捉摸。

Or it may signal a committed struggle against obstacles. At the very least, the Scrapper³ deserves an interview. 或者，它可能标志着努力挣扎跨越障碍。至少，“拳击手”应该得到一次面试机会。

To be clear, I don't hold anything against the Silver Spoon; 不过我要强调一下，我并不排斥“银汤匙”；

getting into and graduating from an elite⁴ university takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice. 能够被精英大学录取并顺利毕业，同样需要付出很多心血和牺牲。

But if your whole life has been engineered toward success, how will you handle the tough times? 但是，如果你的一生都被设计为走向成功，你要如何应对困难的时刻呢？

One person I hired felt that because he attended an elite university, 一位我曾经雇用过的人认为，因为他毕业于精英大学，

there were certain assignments that were beneath him, like temporarily doing manual labor⁵ to better understand an operation. 某些类型的工作对他而言是低下的，比如短时间从事体力劳动以更好地了解公司运作。

Eventually, he quit. But on the flip⁶ side, what happens when your whole life is destined⁷ for failure and you actually succeed? 最终，他离开了。但是，另一方面，如果你的人生注定失败，而你却成功了，这是怎么回事呢？

I want to urge you to interview the Scrapper. I know a lot about this because I am a Scrapper. 我会建议你去面试“拳击手”。我很了解这些，因为我自己就是一个“拳击手”。

Before I was born, my father was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and he couldn't hold a job in spite of his brilliance⁸. 在我出生之前，我的父亲就被诊断为精神分裂症，他无法继续工作尽管他很有才华。

Our lives were one part "Cuckoo's Nest," one part "Awakenings" and one part "A Beautiful Mind." 我们的生活就像“飞越疯人院”，“无语问苍天”和“美丽心灵”的合集。

1 patchwork   

n.混杂物；拼缝物

参考例句：

• That proposal is nothing else other than a patchwork.那个建议只是一个大杂烩而已。
• She patched new cloth to the old coat,so It'seemed mere patchwork. 她把新布初到那件旧上衣上，所以那件衣服看上去就象拼凑起来的东西。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 scrapper   

好打架的人，拳击手； 爱吵架的人

参考例句：

• The worker brought a new scrapper with him. 那个工人随身带着一把新刮刀。
• Mr Hsieh a reputation as a scrapper, having survived numerous crises and failures. 经历过无数危机和失败的谢长廷拥有“拳击手”的名声。

4 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

5 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

6 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

7 destined   

adj.命中注定的；(for)以…为目的地的

参考例句：

• It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
• The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。

8 brilliance   

n.光辉，辉煌，壮丽，（卓越的）才华，才智

参考例句：

• I was totally amazed by the brilliance of her paintings.她的绘画才能令我惊歎不已。
• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。