2019年中石油职称英语新版选读文章系列(44)
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2019 年中石油职称英语新版选读文章系列 (44)
Fundamental Techniques in Handling People 处理人际关系的基本
技巧
1.On the morning of April 15,1865,Abraham Lincoln lay
dying in a hall bedroom of a cheap lodging house directly
across the street from Ford's Theater,where John Wilkes Booth
had shot him. Lincoln's long body lay stretched diagonally
across a sagging bed that was too short for him. A cheap
reproduction of Rosa Bonheur's famous painting The Horse Fair
hung above the bed,and a dismal gas jet flickered yellow
light.
1、1865 年 4 月 15 日清晨, 亚伯拉罕. 林肯奄奄一息地躺在福特戏
院对面一家廉价客栈的卧房里。约翰。威尔克斯。布斯枪杀了他。那
张下陷的床对身材修长的林肯来说实在太短了。床的上方，挂着一件
罗莎。邦赫的名画《马市》的廉价仿制品，一盏阴暗的煤气灯发出惨
淡的黄晕。
2.As Lincoln lay dying,Secretary of War Stanton
said,"There lies the most perfect ruler of men that the world
has ever seen."
2、当林肯奄奄一息地躺着时，陆军部长斯坦顿说：“躺在这里
的，是世界上有史以来最完美的元首。”
3.What was the secret of Lincoln's success in dealing
with people? I studied the life of Abraham Lincoln for ten
years and devoted all of three years to writing and rewriting
a book entitled Lincoln the Unknown. I believe I have made as
detailed and exhaustive a study of Lincoln's personality and
home life as it is possible for any being to make. I made a
special study of Lincoln's method of dealing with people. Did
he indulge in criticism? Oh,yes. As a young man in the Pigeon
Creek Valley of Indiana,he not only criticized but he wrote
letters and poems ridiculing people and dropped these letters
on the country roads where they were sure to be found. One of
these letters aroused resentments that burned for a lifetime.
3、林肯待人方面成功的秘诀是什么 ?我花了十年的时间研究亚伯
拉罕。林肯的一生，并投入了整整三年的时间写作和润色一本叫做
《林肯不为人知的一面》的书。我相信我已经尽了人类一切的可能，
对林肯的个性和他的家庭生活，做了详尽和透彻的研究。关于林肯待
人的方法我还做了特别的研究。林肯热衷于批评吗 ?是的，年轻时，他
住在印第安纳州的鸽溪谷 ; 他不但批评他人，还写信作诗揶揄别人，他
把写好的信扔到乡间街道上故意让人看到，其中有一封信所引起的反
感，延续了一辈子。
4.Even after Lincoln had become a practicing lawyer in
Springfield,Illinois,he attacked his opponents openly in
letters published in the newspapers. But he did this just
once too often.
4、林肯在伊利诺斯州的春田镇，挂牌做了律师后，甚至投书给
报社，公开攻击他的对手，但是像这样的事他只做了一次。
5.In the autumn of 1842 he ridiculed a vain,pugnacious
politician by the name of James Shields. Lincoln damned him
through an anonymous letter published in Springfield Journal.
The town roared with laughter. Shields,sensitive and
proud,boiled with indignation. He found out who wrote the
letter,leaped on his horse,started after Lincoln,and
challenged him to fight a duel. Lincoln didn't want to fight.
He was opposed to dueling,but he couldn't get out of it and
save his honor. He was given the choice of weapons. Since he
had very long arms,he chose cavalry broadswords and took
lessons in sword fighting from a West Point graduate; and,on
the appointed day,he and Shields met on a sandbar in the
Mississippi River,prepared to fight to the death; but,at the
last minute,their seconds interrupted and stopped the duel.
5、1842 年秋季，林肯讥笑一个自大好斗的政客，这人叫詹姆斯。
西尔滋。林肯在春田的报上，刊登出一封匿名的信讽刺他，令镇上的
人都捧腹大笑起来。西尔滋是个敏感和骄傲的人，怒火中烧。他查出
写这封信的人是谁，跳上了马，去找林肯，要和他作一次决斗。林肯
不想打架，反对决斗，不过为了自己的面子又不能退出。对方给他选
择武器的只有。林肯手臂特别长，就选了骑兵用的大砍刀，他向一位
西点军校毕业生学习刀术。到了指定的日期，他和西尔滋在密西西比
河的河滩上碰头，准备决一死战，就在最后一刻，他们双方的助阵者
介入并阻止了决斗。
6.That was the most lurid personal incident in Lincoln's
life. It taught him an invaluable lesson in the art of
dealing with people. Never again did he write an insulting
letter. Never again did he ridicule anyone. And from that
time on,he almost never criticized anybody for anything.
6、在林肯的一生中，这是件最可怕的个人事件。在做人的艺术
方面，林肯学到了无价的一课。他再没有写过侮辱人的信，也没有取
笑过任何人。从那时起，他几乎没有因任何事而批评任何人。
7.Time after time,during the Civil War,Lincoln put a new
general at the head of the Army of the Potomac,and each one
in turn-McClellan,Pope,Burnside,Hooker,Meade-blundered
tragically and drove Lincoln to pacing the floor in despair.
Half the nation savagely condemned these incompetent
generals,but Lincoln,"with malice toward none,with charity
for all," held his peace. One of his favorite quotations was
"Judge not,that ye be not judged." And when Mrs. Lincoln and
others spoke harshly of the southern people,Lincoln replied ：
"Don't criticize them; they are just what we would be under
similar circumstances." He had learned by bitter experience
that sharp criticisms and rebukes almost invariably end in
futility.
7、美国内战的时候，林肯屡次委派新将领 ( 依次有柯克林、波伯、
伯恩赛德、胡克、米德 )，统帅“波多马克”军队，不过他们都相继惨
败而归，使林肯绝望地在地板上踱步。有一半的国人都在痛骂这些差
劲的将领，不过林肯因为“不怨恨任何人，对所有人宽容”，一声也
不吭。他最喜欢引用的一句格言是，“不要批评别人，别人才不会评
议你”。当林肯太太和其他人非议南方人士时，林肯总是这样回答：”
不要批评他们，我们在相同的情形下，也会像他们一样。”他已经从
他的痛苦经验中明白，尖锐的批评、指责从来都是无果而终。
8.Theodore Roosevelt said that when he,as President,was
confronted with a perplexing problem,he used to lean back and
look up at a large painting of Lincoln which hung above his
desk in the White House and ask himself,"What would Lincoln
do if he were in my shoes? How would he solve this problem? "
The next time we are tempted to admonish somebody,let's pull
a five-dollar bill out of our pocket,look at Lincoln's
picture on the bill,-and ask,"How would Lincoln handle this
problem if he had it? "
8、西奥多。罗斯福说过，他任总统时，每逢遇到棘手的问题，
他常会往后一靠，抬头望望他白宫办公桌墙上那张林肯的巨幅画像，
并自问：“如果林肯处在我当前的情形，他会怎么办 ?他将怎样解决这
个问题?”下次我们如果忍不住要训诫某人时，不妨从口袋拿出一张五
元的钞票，看看钞票上林肯的像问自己：“如果林肯遇到这种事，他
会如何解决这个问题呢 ?”
9.Do you know someone you would like to change and
regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor
of it. But why not begin on yourself? From a purely selfish
standpoint,that is a lot more profitable than trying to
improve others-yes,and a lot less dangerous. "Don't complain
about the snow on your neighbor's roof," said Confucius,"when
your own doorstep is unclean."
9、你愿意你理解的人有所改变、调整和改进吗 ?如果是，那很好。
我完全赞同。但为何不从你自己开始呢 ?站到纯自私的立场上，这要比
改进别人获益更多 -- 没错，而且风险更小。孔夫子说过：“如果你的
门阶不干净，就不要对你邻居家屋顶上的雪大发牢骚。” ( “不能正其
身，如正人何 ?”)
10.When dealing with people,let us remember we are not
dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with
creatures of emotion,creatures bristling with prejudices and
motivated by pride and vanity. If you and I want to stir up a
resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and
endure until death,just let us indulge in a little stinging
criticism-no matter how certain we are that it is justified.
10、当我们与人相处时，应该记住，我们所接触的不是逻辑生物，
而是情感生物，会因为偏见二怒发冲冠，也会被骄傲与虚荣心所激励。
如果你我明天要造成一种历经数十年，直至死亡才会消失的反感，只
要轻轻吐出一句恶毒的评语就得了 -- 不论你多么肯定自己那样做事理
所当然的。
11.Any fool can criticize,condemn and complain-and most
fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be
understanding and forgiving.
11、任何一个愚蠢的人，都会批评人、斥责人、抱怨人，绝绝大
部分蠢人都是这样。若要做到了解和宽恕别人，那就需在性格、自制
力上下功夫。
12."A great man shows his greatness," said Carlyle,"by
the way he treats little men." And Dr. Johnson said ： "God
himself,sir,does not propose to judge man until the end of
his days." Why should you and I?
12、卡莱尔以前说：”看一个伟人的伟大之处，就是看他如何对
待卑微之人。”约翰逊博士也说过：“上帝在一个人的末日之前是不
会给他下结论的。“那么你我又为什么要批评人呢 ?
