英语名篇诵读 职业信条

A Business Creed¹

职业信条

To respect my work, my associates and myself. To be honest and fair with them as I expect

them to be honest and fair with me. To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster ,

not a knocker; a pusher, not a kicker, a motor, not a clog² .

To base my expectations of reward on a solid foundation of service rendered ; to be

willing to pay the price of success in honest effort. To look upon my work as opportunity, to be

seized with joy and made the most of, and not as painful drudgery³ to be reluctantly endured.

To remember that success lies within myself, in my own brain, my own ambition, my own

courage and determination. To expect difficulties and force my way through them, to turn hard

experiences into capital for future struggles.

To interest my heart and soul in my work, and aspire⁴ to the highest efficiency in the

achievement of results. To be patiently receptive of just criticism and profit from its teaching.

To treat equals and superiors with respect, and subordinates with kindly⁵ encouragement.

To make a study of my business duties; to know my work from the ground up. To mix brains

with my efforts and use system and method in all I undertake. To find time to do everything

needful by never letting time find me or my subordinates doing nothing. To hoard⁶ days as a

miser⁷ does dollars, to make every hour bring me dividends⁸ in specific results accomplished⁹. To

steer¹⁰ clear of dissipation and guard my health of body and peace of mind as my most precious

stock in trade.

Finally, to take a good grip on the joy of life; to play the game like a gentleman; to fight

against nothing so hard as my own weakness, and endeavor to grow in business capacity, and as a

man, with the passage of every day of time.

尊重我的工作、我的同事和我自己。待人如待己，诚实而公正。言而有信，热心支持

他人而不是打击，要推动他人而不是使绊，要做马达而不是障碍。

把自己对报酬的期待，建立在提供服务的坚实基础之上，愿意以诚实的劳动，支付成

功的代价。视工作为机遇，以快乐的心情投入到工作中，换取最大的收获，而不是当成难

以忍受的苦差事。

牢记成功在于自己，在于自己的头脑，在于自己的抱负、勇气和决心。对困难有足够

的思想准备，勇闯难关，把艰难的经历变成未来拼搏的资本。

做事尽心尽力，发挥出最大的效率以获得成果。耐心接纳合理的批评，并从中受益。

对待同仁和上司都一样尊重，给下属以友善的激励。

认真思考自己的职业，从基层开始熟悉自己的工作。把智慧同勤奋相结合，在所做的

所有事情中运用制度与方法。找时间做一切需要做的事，而不是让自己和下属虚度时日，

无所事事。像吝啬鬼对待金钱那样珍惜每一天，让每个小时给自己带来具体成果的红利。

避免不必要的体力和精力消耗，守卫身心健康，心灵安宁，因为身心的健康才是自己最珍

贵的库存。

最后，尽情享受生活的快乐，像绅士那样公正诚实地行事，克服自己的弱点，不断努

力增强自己的商业才能，随着时间的推移成为一个真正的男子汉。

1 creed   

n.信条；信念，纲领

参考例句：

• They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
• Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。

2 clog   

vt.塞满，阻塞；n.[常pl.]木屐

参考例句：

• In cotton and wool processing,short length fibers may clog sewers.在棉毛生产中，短纤维可能堵塞下水管道。
• These streets often clog during the rush hour.这几条大街在交通高峰时间常常发生交通堵塞。

3 drudgery   

n.苦工，重活，单调乏味的工作

参考例句：

• People want to get away from the drudgery of their everyday lives.人们想摆脱日常生活中单调乏味的工作。
• He spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery.他的一生都在做毫无意义的烦人的苦差事。

4 aspire   

vi.(to，after)渴望，追求，有志于

参考例句：

• Living together with you is what I aspire toward in my life.和你一起生活是我一生最大的愿望。
• I aspire to be an innovator not a follower.我迫切希望能变成个开创者而不是跟随者。

5 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

6 hoard   

n./v.窖藏，贮存，囤积

参考例句：

• They have a hoard of food in the basement.地下室里有他们贮藏的食物。
• How many curios do you hoard in your study?你在你书房里聚藏了多少古玩？

7 miser   

n.守财奴，吝啬鬼 (adj.miserly)

参考例句：

• The miser doesn't like to part with his money.守财奴舍不得花他的钱。
• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。

8 dividends   

红利( dividend的名词复数 )； 股息； 被除数； （足球彩票的）彩金

参考例句：

• Nothing pays richer dividends than magnanimity. 没有什么比宽宏大量更能得到厚报。
• Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends. 五年前他们作出的使公司电脑化的决定现在正产生出效益。

9 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

10 steer   

vt.驾驶，为…操舵；引导；vi.驾驶

参考例句：

• If you push the car, I'll steer it.如果你来推车，我就来驾车。
• It's no use trying to steer the boy into a course of action that suits you.想说服这孩子按你的方式行事是徒劳的。