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NOTE 注释：
bunch [bQntF] n. 串, 束
enthusiasm [in5Wju:ziAzEm] n. 热心, 积极性
overjoyed [EJvE5dVCId] adj. 狂喜的, 极端高兴的
directive [di5rektiv, dai5rektiv] n. 指示
vase [vB:z, veis] n. 花瓶, 瓶
psychologist [psaI`kClEdVIst] n. 心理学者
n. 热情，热心;热衷的事物
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- The flower effect
- 鲜花效应
- Miss Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department.
- 南希小姐刚刚在一家大公司找到了一份秘书的工作,她将在销售部门上班。
- Monday was the first day she went to work,so she was very excited.
- 星期一是她上班的第一天,因此心情非常激动。
- She got up very early and arrived at the office a t twenty to eight.
- 她早早起床,8点差20分钟就到了办公室。
- She pushed the door open and found nobody there."I am the first to arrive."
- 她推开门,发现里面没人。"我是第一个到办公室的。"
- She thought and came to the desk which was to be hers.
- 她边想着边来到那张属于她的办公桌前。
- She was surprised to find a large bunch of flowers on it.
- 她惊异地发现桌上有一大束花。
- They were fresh.
- 那是些鲜花。
- She picked up the flowers from the desk and smelled them."Oh,how lovely."
- "啊,真漂亮。"拿起桌上的花就闻。
- Miss Nancy cried joyfully.
- 南希小姐欢叫着,
- She then looked round for a vase to put them in.
- 她四处看看想找一个瓶子插花。
- "Somebody has sent me flowers the very first day."she thought happily.
- "第一天上班就有人给我送花,真是太好了。"她愉快地想道。
- "But who could it be?"She began to wonder.
- "可是,是谁送的呢?"她开始琢磨起来。
- Just then,the manager came in.
- 正在这时,经理进来了。
- He greeted Miss Nancy good morning and caught the sight of the flowers on her desk.
- 他向南希小姐道了声早上好,一眼就看见了她桌上的花。
- "Like the flowers,Miss Nancy?"he asked.
- "喜欢这些花是吗,南希小姐?"他问。
- "Yes,I like them very much."She answered and looked into his face,expecting to find some clues.
- "是的,非常喜欢。"她一边回答一边察言观色,指望能发现点什么。
- But the manager walked away to his own desk and began his work.
- 可是经理已经走到自己的办公桌旁,开始工作了。
- The day passed very quickly and Miss Nancy did everything with great interest and enthusiasm.
- 这天过得很快,南希小姐做每一件事都兴致勃勃,充满热情。
- During the lunch time,the manager sat with her at the same table,talking and joking freely while eating.
- 午餐时,经理和她同坐一张餐桌,边吃边随便谈笑着。
- The colleagues were very friendly.
- 同事们非常友好,
- Almost every one gave the new secretary a kind smile when they passed by.
- 几乎每一个从她身边走过的人都要向这位新秘书投以和蔼的微笑。
- Nothing unusual,and nothing happened for the rest of the day.
- 一切正常,一整天也没出现什么情况。
- For the following days of the week,the first thing Miss Nancy did was to change water for the flowers.
- 在这个星期的后几天里,南希小姐每天要做的第一件事就是给花换水,
- And then she buried herself in her work.
- 然后埋头自己的工作。
- Then came another Monday.
- 又是一个星期一来到了。
- That morning she arrived at the office at the usual time.
- 那天早上她同往常一样来到办公室。
- When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there.
- 当她走近办公桌时,看到桌上放了一束新的鲜花,真让她喜出望外。
- She quickly put them in the vase,replacing the old ones.
- 她很快就把这束新花换下了旧的插进了瓶里。
- The same thing happened again the next Monday.
- 在接下来的星期一又出现了同样的情况。
- Miss Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to find out the sender.
- 南希小姐觉得很奇怪,这一次她想调查一下这个送花人是谁。
- Tuesday afternoon,she was sent to hand in a plan to the general manager's office.
- 星期二下午,她被派往总经理办公室去送交一份计划。
- She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk waiting for his directives.
- 为了等总经理的批文,她得在总经理秘书的办公桌旁呆上一会儿。
- She happened to see on the desk a big note book marked "Minutes of managers' meetings",and glanced at the half-opened pages.
- 她碰巧看到桌上放了一本写着"经理会议记录"这几个字的大笔记本,于是就瞥了一眼半开着的会议记录内容。
- Suddenly her eyes fell on these words:
- 突然,她的眼睛落在了这几行字上:
- "In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits,the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk."
- "为了使秘书们保持高昂的情绪,本公司决定,每星期一早上都要有一束鲜花送到每一个秘书的办公桌上。"
- She looked up and saw right before her on the very desk,standing a vase of flowers just like hers.
- 她抬起头来,看见就在眼前的那张办公桌上,摆着一瓶和她的一模一样的鲜花。
- "Why didn't I notice it just now?"She was amazed.
- "我刚才为什么没注意到呢?"她有点迷惑。
- Later,she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist.
- 后来有人告诉她,他们的总经理是个企业管理心理学家。
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| enthusiasm | [in'θju:ziæzəm] | 联想记忆 | ||
| unusual | [ʌn'ju:ʒuəl] | 联想记忆 | ||
| minutes | ['minits] | |||
| psychologist | [sai'kɔlədʒist] | 联想记忆 | ||
| fell | [fel] | 联想记忆 |
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