佚名/Anonymous
About ten years ago, I started a job working for a telemarketing agency. In one of my first classes, the trainer told a very motivating story that I would like to share with you.
She began by drawing a diagram on the chalkboard in the room where we were being trained. It was a picture of a person standing in the middle of a circle. She drew some other things inside the circle with the person.
She drew a house, a car, and other people that represented family. She also drew some dollar bills and other people to represent friends. All of these things were in the circle.
She asked us a question,“Can anyone tell me what this is?”I looked around at the other people being trained to work as telemarketers. No one was saying anything.
Finally, a man shrugged his shoulders and asked,“The world?”The trainer smiled.“That's close,”she said,“This is your comfort zone. Inside your comfort zone, you have all the things that are important to you. Your home, your family, and friends, for example.”
She pointed to the dollars,“The dollars represent your job because it's your source of income.”She continued,“People feel that inside this comfort zone that they are safe from any danger or conflict.”
She erased the person and drew him alone and outside the circle. She turned to face us,“Can anyone tell me what happens when you step out of this comfort zone?”Again, silence came over the room.
The same man eagerly said,“You're afraid.”A woman said,“You make mistakes.”The trainer smiled and nodded.“Now,”she said,“it sounds like being outside your comfort zone can be dangerous. But it's not. It's actually a good thing.”We all thought about that for a moment.
She asked another question,“When you make mistakes, what can the result be?”Another lady said,“You learn something.”
The trainer clapped her hands.“Exactly, you learn something. When you leave your comfort zone, you put yourself out in front of the world. You put yourself in situations that you aren't yet comfortable with.”
“The end result is that you have learned something that you didn't already know. You expand your knowledge to become a better person.”
She turned back to the board and drew a bigger circle that surrounded everything again.
She added more money, a bigger house, and some other nice extras.
She turned back to the class of new employees and smiled,“The moral of the story is that if you stay inside your comfort zone you will never be able to expand your horizons and learn.”
“When you step out of your comfort zone you'll make your circle bigger and challenge your mind. You'll grow to be stronger and a better person.”
大约在十年前，我开始在一家电话销售代理机构工作。在我的第一堂课上，培训师讲了一个十分激励人心的故事。我愿意与大家一起分享这个故事。
在培训室里，她一开始在黑板上画了一个图，图上有个人站在一个圈中间。她又在人站的圈里画了一些别的东西。
她画了房子、汽车和代表家人的人。她又画了一些钞票和其他代表朋友的人。所有的这些都在圈中。
她问我们：“谁能告诉我这是什么？”我环顾四周，看着一起受训的电话销售人员。没有人回答。
最后，有个人耸耸肩膀，试探着说：“世界？”培训师笑笑。“有些接近。”她说，“这是你的安全区域。在这块安全区域中，你拥有对你来说重要的一切东西。例如，房子、家人、朋友……”
她指着钱说：“钱象征着你的工作，你的收入来源于此。”她又继续说道：“在这个安全区域内，人们就会觉得远离了危险和冲突，觉得很安全。”
她擦去中间那个人，将其置于圈外。她转过身来说：“哪位能告诉我，当你踏出这个区域时会怎么样？”沉默再一次占据了整个教室。
又是那个人，他急切地说：“会害怕。”一个女人说：“会犯错。”培训师笑着点点头。她说：“现在，听起来好像是，如果你在圈外就会有危险。其实不然。事实上，那是一件好事。”大家都沉思了一会儿。
她又问另一个问题：“当你犯了错时，结果会怎样？”另一位妇女说：“你会学到一些东西。”
培训师拍手称赞：“非常好，你会学到经验教训。当你离开安全区域时，你置身于新的环境中，再也不能泰然处之。”
“你学到从前不知道的东西，这就是最终结果。你的知识增加了，这使你变得更优秀。”
她转向黑板，又画了一个更大的圈，将一切围在圈中。
她又添上更多的钱，更大的房子，还有其他一些好东西。
面向受训的新员工，她笑着说：“故事的意义就在于，如果你待在自己的安全区域中，你就永远不能扩展自己的视野，无法增长自己的知识。”
“当你跨出安全区域时，你的圈子变得更大，你也会挑战自己的心智。你会变得更强大、更优秀。”
记忆填空
1.She____________by drawing a diagram on the chalkboard in the room____________we were being trained. It was a picture of a person standing in the____________of a circle. She drew some other things inside the____________with the person.
2.She____________to the dollars,“The dollars represent your job____________it's your source of income.”She continued,“People feel that inside this comfort____________that they are safe from any danger or conflict.”
3.“The____________result is that you have learned something that you didn't already____________. You expand your knowledge to become a____________person.”
佳句翻译
1.她转过身来说：“哪位能告诉我，当你踏出这个区域时会怎么样？”
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2.当你离开安全区域时，你置身于新的环境中，再也不能泰然处之。
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3.如果你待在自己的安全区域中，你就永远不能扩展自己的视野，无法增长自己的知识。
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短语应用
1.In one of my first classes, the trainer told a very motivating story that I would like to share with you.
share with：分与，分配；和……分享
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2.She pointed to the dollars,“The dollars represent your job because it's your source of income.”
point to：指向；表明
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