细节决定成败

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.

约翰和博比同年大学毕业后，被同一家批发公司录用。他们两人工作都很努力。然而，几年后，老板提拔博比为部门经理，而约翰还是一名普通员工。约翰再也无法忍受，向老板写了一封辞职信。

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.”

老板知道这几年约翰工作确实很努力。他想了一会儿说：“谢谢你这些年来的辛勤工作。我希望在你离开之前再为公司做一件事情。或许到时你会改变决定，收回辞呈。”

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.

约翰答应了。老板让他去市场找一个卖西瓜的人。约翰去了并很快回来。他说他找到了一个卖西瓜的人。老板问他每千克多少钱？约翰摇摇头，回到市场去问，然后又回来告诉老板每千克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.”

老板让约翰等一会儿，这时他把博比叫到办公室。他让博比去市场找一个卖西瓜的人。博比去了，回来之后说：“老板，只有一个卖西瓜的人，每千克 1.2美元，10千克卖10美元。这个人一共有340个西瓜，其中58个放在货架上，每个西瓜重约2千克，都是两天前从南方运来的，新鲜、红瓤，质量好。”

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

在那之后，約翰意识到自己与博比之间的差距。他决定收回辞呈并向博比学习。

Vocabulary

company n. 公司

graduation n. （大学或美国高中的）毕业

manager n. （企业、店铺等的）经理，经营者，老板

resignation n. 辞职;辞呈信;辞呈

return v. 回来;回去;返回

realize v. 理解;领会;认识到;意识到