There was this man who was in a horrible accident,and was injured. But the only permanent damage he suffered was the amputation of both of his ears. As a result of this" unusual' handicap, he was very selfconscious about his having no ears.
有個人在一次意外中受了傷,他的兩只耳朵也被切除了,這也是惟一一處這次意外造成的永久性傷害。由于這種特殊的殘疾,他對自己沒有耳朵這件事非常地敏感。
Because of the accident,he received alarge sum of money from the insurance company. lt was always his dream to own hisown business,so he decided with all this money he had,he now had the means to own a business. So he went out and purchased a small,but expanding computer firm. But he realized that he had no business knowledge at all,so he decided that he would have to hire someone to run the business.
因為這次意外事故,他從保險公司那里得到了一大筆錢。他總想擁有自己的公司,這下他決定用自己所有的錢開一家自己的公司。于是他買了一家很有前途的小型電腦公司。可是他意識到他根本沒有做生意的學問,所以他決定雇一個人幫他管理生意。
He picked out three top candidates,and interviewed each of them.
他挑出三個候選人之后對他們每個人分別進行了面試。
The first interview went really well. He really liked this guy. His last question for this first candidate was "Do you notice anything unusual about me?"
第一個面試進行得很順利。他也很喜歡那個人。他給面試者提出的最后一個問題是:“你有沒有注意到我有什么特別的地方。”
The guy said,"Now that you mention it,you have no ears.”The man got really upset and threw the guy out.
那個人說:“既然你問到了,你沒有耳朵。”他聽到這個之后很傷心,然后把那個
面試者趕了出去。
The second interview went even better than the first. This candidate was much better than the first. Again,to conclude the interview,the man asked the same question again,"Do you notice anything unusual about me?" The guy also noticed,`’Yes, you have no ears.”The man was really upset again,and threw this second candidate out.
第二個面試比第一個進行得還要順利。這個候選者要比第一個更優(yōu)秀。他又一次以同樣的問題來結束面試:“你有沒有注意到我有什么特別的地方?”那個面試者也注意到后說:“是的,你沒有耳朵。”他又一次的非常傷心,又把第二個面試者趕了出去。
Then he had the third interview. The third candidate was even better than the second,the best out of all of them. Almost certain that he wanted to hire this guy,the man once again asked,"Do you notice anything unusual about me?" The guy replied,"Yeah, you are wearing contact lenses.” Surprised,the man then asked, “Wow! That’s quite perceptive of you! How could you tell?" 'The guy answered,"Easy. You can’t wear eyeglasses. You don’t have any ears!”
這之后又進行了第三次面試。第三個面試者是三個人中最好的一個。當然,他也很想錄用這個人。他又一次的問起那個問題:“你有沒有注意到我有什么特別的地方?”那個人回答:“是的,你帶著隱形眼鏡。”他驚奇的問:“哦!你真是太厲害了,你是怎么知道的?”那個人回答:“太簡單了,你不能帶普通的眼鏡,因為你根本沒有耳朵!”