谷歌总裁百忙之中给7岁求职女孩回信

 　　An "entrepreneurial¹" seven year old wrote to Google for a job and its CEO replied.

　　一个具有创业精神的七岁女孩向谷歌公司递交了求职信，并收到了谷歌首席执行官的回复。

　　After discussing her father's work, Chloe Bridgewater decided² she would like to work for Google and penned a letter beginning "dear Google boss".

　　在讨论完父亲的工作后，克洛伊·布里奇沃特下定决心要为谷歌公司工作，于是写了一封开头为“亲爱的谷歌老板” 的求职信。

　　It was only the schoolgirl's second letter, after her first missive to Father Christmas, but the search engine's CEO Sundar Pichai wrote back.

　　这是这个小学生写的第二封信，第一封是她写给圣诞老人的。但是该搜索引擎的总裁桑达尔·皮查伊竟然回复了她。

　　"We were gobsmacked, but I don't think Chloe could understand the magnitude³ of the reaction she'd got afterwards," said father Andy, a sales manager from Hereford.

　　克洛伊的父亲安迪是赫里福郡的一个营销部经理，他表示：“我们都惊呆了！但我觉得克洛伊可能不能理解这个回信的重量。”

　　"She's got a great entrepreneurial spirit. Ever since nursery⁴, she's always been told in school reports she's bright, hard-working and polite - we're very proud of her and her younger sister is similar," he said.

　　“她很有企业精神，从幼儿园开始，学校的报告单就总是说她阳光、勤奋而且懂礼貌。我们为她感到骄傲，她的妹妹哈莉也是这样。”他说道。

　　谷歌总裁百忙之中给7岁求职女孩回信

　　Mr Pichai's full reply.

　　以下是皮查伊先生的完整回复

　　"Thank you so much for your letter. I'm glad that you like computers and robots, and hope that you will continue to learn about technology."

　　“感谢你的来信！听说你喜欢电脑和机器人，我真是非常高兴！希望你能继续学习和了解科技。”

　　"I think if you keep working hard and following your dreams, you can accomplish⁵ everything you set your mind to - from working at Google to swimming at the Olympics."

　　“我认为只要你为了梦想而不断努力，用心去做，无论是在谷歌工作，还是成为奥运会游泳健将，你都没问题的！”

　　"I look forward to receiving your job application when you are finished with school! All the best to you and your family."

　　“当你完成学业时，我期待着收到你的求职信！祝福你和家人一帆风顺。”

1 entrepreneurial   

adj.企业家的；企业性质的

参考例句：

• Supply-side economics was supposed to promote savings, investment, and entrepreneurial creativity. 供应经济学政策的经济应该能够提高存款，刺激投资和企业创造力。
• How developing countries should enlarge their ranks of entrepreneurial organizers is very much an open question. 发展中国家应该怎样扩大其企业组织者的队伍是一个很有争论的问题。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 magnitude   

n.大小；重大；星等

参考例句：

• I want to know the magnitude of this equipment.我想知道这个设备的大小。
• I hadn't realized the magnitude of the problem.我没有认识到这个问题的重要性。

4 nursery   

n.托儿所；苗圃

参考例句：

• They have decided to start up a nursery in the factory.他们已决定要在工厂里开办一个托儿所。
• Her company ran its own workplace nursery.她的公司开办了内部的托儿所。

5 accomplish   

v.完成，实现，达到

参考例句：

• He can accomplish more in a day than any other boy in his class.他一天所完成的工作比他班上其他的孩子都多。
• They'll certainly accomplish something.他们会搞出名堂来的。