細節決定成敗

John and Bobby joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After some years， however， the boss made Bobby the manager but John was still in his old place. John could not take it anymore， wrote a resignation letter to the boss.

約翰和博比同年大學畢業后，被同一家批發公司錄用。他們兩人工作都很努力。然而，幾年后，老板提拔博比為部門經理，而約翰還是一名普通員工。約翰再也無法忍受，向老板寫了一封辭職信。

The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. He thought for a moment and said， “Thank you for your hard work for these years. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation.”

老板知道這幾年約翰工作確實很努力。他想了一會兒說：“謝謝你這些年來的辛勤工作。我希望在你離開之前再為公司做一件事情。或許到時你會改變決定，收回辭呈。”

John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man selling watermelon. The boss asked how much per kg？ John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to tell the boss $1.2 per kg.

約翰答應了。老板讓他去市場找一個賣西瓜的人。約翰去了并很快回來。他說他找到了一個賣西瓜的人。老板問他每千克多少錢？約翰搖搖頭，回到市場去問，然后又回來告訴老板每千克1.2美元。

Boss told John to wait a second， and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market. Bobby went， returned and said， “Boss， only one person is selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg， $10 for 10 kg， he has 340 melons. On the table 58 melons， every melon weighs about 2 kg， bought from the South two days ago. They are fresh and red， good quality.”

老板讓約翰等一會兒，這時他把博比叫到辦公室。他讓博比去市場找一個賣西瓜的人。博比去了，回來之后說：“老板，只有一個賣西瓜的人，每千克 1.2美元，10千克賣10美元。這個人一共有340個西瓜，其中58個放在貨架上，每個西瓜重約2千克，都是兩天前從南方運來的，新鮮、紅瓤，質量好。”

After that， John realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby.

在那之后，約翰意識到自己與博比之間的差距。他決定收回辭呈并向博比學習。

Vocabulary

company n. 公司

graduation n. （大學或美國高中的）畢業

manager n. （企業、店鋪等的）經理，經營者，老板

resignation n. 辭職;辭呈信;辭呈

return v. 回來;回去;返回

realize v. 理解;領會;認識到;意識到