伟大的声音 第三章（11）（2/2）
《世界上最伟大的演说辞》作者：吴文智 2017-04-14 03:38
It goes like this: “A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.”
Some years ago, a department store in New York City, in recognition of the pressures its sales clerks were under during the Christmas rush, presented the readers of its advertisements with the following homely philosophy:
THE VALUE OF A **ILE AT CHRISTMAS
It costs nothing, but creates much.
It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give.
It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None are so rich they can get along without it, and none so poor but are richer for its benefits.
It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and Nature’s best antidote fee trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody till it is given away. And if in the last-minute rush of Christmas buying some of our salespeople should be too tired to give you a smile, may we ask you to leave one of yours? For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give!
参考译文
如果你希望别人热情接待你，你一定要热情接待别人。
我曾要求成千上万的商业人士时刻对某人微笑，持续一个星期后，到班上来讲讲结果。它会产生怎样的效果呢？让我们来看看……这封信是一个叫斯坦因?哈特的先生写的，他是纽约的一个股票经纪人。他的情况并不少见，事实上，它是成千上万的案例中最典型的一个。
Some years ago, a department store in New York City, in recognition of the pressures its sales clerks were under during the Christmas rush, presented the readers of its advertisements with the following homely philosophy:
THE VALUE OF A **ILE AT CHRISTMAS
It costs nothing, but creates much.
It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give.
It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None are so rich they can get along without it, and none so poor but are richer for its benefits.
It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and Nature’s best antidote fee trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody till it is given away. And if in the last-minute rush of Christmas buying some of our salespeople should be too tired to give you a smile, may we ask you to leave one of yours? For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give!
参考译文
如果你希望别人热情接待你，你一定要热情接待别人。
我曾要求成千上万的商业人士时刻对某人微笑，持续一个星期后，到班上来讲讲结果。它会产生怎样的效果呢？让我们来看看……这封信是一个叫斯坦因?哈特的先生写的，他是纽约的一个股票经纪人。他的情况并不少见，事实上，它是成千上万的案例中最典型的一个。