unit-2-the-company-man課文翻譯綜合教程三

1、Unit2TheCompanyManEllenGoodman11Hewkedhimselftodeathfinallypreciselyat3:00a.m.Sundaymning.2Theobituarydidn’tsaythatofcourse.Itsaidthathediedofaconarythrombosis—Ithinkthatwasit—buteveryoneamonghisfriendsacquaintancesknewi

2、tinstantly.HewasaperfectTypeA2awkaholicaclassictheysaidtoeachothershooktheirheads—thoughtffivetenminutesaboutthewaytheylived.3Thismanwhowkedhimselftodeathfinallypreciselyat3:00a.m.Sundaymning—onhisdayoff—wasfiftyoneyears

3、oldavicepresident.Hewashoweveroneofsixvicepresidentsoneofthreewhomightconceivably—ifthepresidentdiedretiredsoonenough—havemovedtothetopspot.Philknewthat.4Hewkedsixdaysaweekfiveofthemuntileightnineatnightduringatimewhenhi

4、sowncompanyhadbegunthefourdayweekfeveryonebuttheexecutives.HewkedliketheImptantPeople3.Hehadnooutside“extracurricularinterests”unlessofcourseyouthinkaboutamonthlygolfgamethatway.ToPhilitwaswk.Healwaysateeggsaladswichesat

5、hisdesk.Hewasofcourseoverweightby2025pounds.Hethoughtitwasokaythoughbecausehedidn’tsmoke.5OnSaturdaysPhilweasptsjackettotheofficeinsteadofasuitbecauseitwastheweekend.6Hehadalotofpeoplewkingfhimmaybesixtymostofthemlikedhi

6、mmostofthetime.Threeofthemwillbeseriouslyconsideredfhisjob.Theobituarydidn’tmentionthat.7Butitdidlisthis“survivs”quiteaccurately.HeissurvivedbyhiswifeHelenftyeightyearsoldagoodwomanofnoparticularmarketableskillswhowkedin

7、anofficebefemarryingmothering.Shehadaccdingtoherdaughtergivenuptryingtocompetewithhiswkyearsagowhenthechildrenweresmall.Acompanyfriendsaid“Iknowhowmuchyouwillmisshim.”sheanswered“Ialreadyhave.”8“Missinghimalltheseyears”s

8、hemusthavegivenuppartofherselfwhichhadcaredtoomuchftheman.Shewouldbe“welltakencareof.”9His“dearlybeloved”eldestofthe“dearlybeloved”childrenisahardwkingexecutiveinamanufacturingfirmdownSouth.Inthedayahalfbefethefuneralhew

9、entaroundtheneighbhoodresearchinghisfatheraskingtheneighbswhathewaslike.Theywereembarrassed.不抽煙。星期六，菲爾換下西服，穿著運(yùn)動(dòng)衫去上班，因?yàn)檫@是周末。他有大約60個(gè)人為他效力，大部分人在大部分時(shí)候覺(jué)得他很不錯(cuò)。其中三位緊盯著他的職位。訃告上沒(méi)有提及這些。但是訃告詳細(xì)地介紹了他的遺孀。他的妻子，海倫，一個(gè)48歲的好女人，沒(méi)有什么特別的市場(chǎng)能力，

10、在結(jié)婚生子之前在一家公司上班。她說(shuō)，在女兒的記憶里，她很多年前，當(dāng)孩子們還很小的時(shí)候，就放棄了和他工作的抗?fàn)?。一個(gè)工作伙伴說(shuō)，“我知道你將對(duì)他有多思念”，她回答到，“我一直都很想他?！薄跋肓怂@么多年了，”她如此在乎的這個(gè)男人，必須放棄她，以后她將會(huì)被“好好的照顧”。他的“最愛(ài)的”孩子們中“最愛(ài)的”長(zhǎng)子是南方某制造公司努力工作的經(jīng)理。在葬禮前的一天半里，他走訪鄰居詢問(wèn)鄰居們?cè)儐?wèn)鄰居對(duì)他的印象。他們很尷尬。他的第二個(gè)孩子是一個(gè)女孩，24歲

11、了，剛剛結(jié)婚。她和媽媽住的很近，很親密，但是無(wú)論什么時(shí)候，當(dāng)她和爸爸獨(dú)處的時(shí)候，哪怕是在一輛車中，他們互相沒(méi)有什么言語(yǔ)。最小的是一個(gè)男孩，20歲，高中畢業(yè)生，像很多他的朋友一樣，做一些零工，吃喝玩樂(lè)。他是唯一一個(gè)能夠抓住父親的人，嘗試把父親留到家里。他是他父親最喜歡的兒子，在生命的最后兩年里，菲爾整夜擔(dān)心這個(gè)孩子。他曾說(shuō)過(guò)，“父親和我只是在這里寄宿”在葬禮上，60歲的總裁安慰48歲的遺孀說(shuō)，這位51歲的死者對(duì)公司的貢獻(xiàn)巨大，沒(méi)有人可以替