英语励志小故事

2023年6月18日发(作者：励志人生感言)

To be kind-hearted

One evening, it was raining and the wind was b

lowing hard. An old couple came to an inn and

prepared to put up for the night (投宿)there.

A young man received them with open arms(热情

地), but said “I’m sorry! Our guest rooms he

re are all full and the inns nearby are all fu

ll, too, for there will be an important meetin

g to be held here tomorrow.”

Hearing the young man’s words, the old couple

felt very disappointed, and turned around to l

eave.

Just as they were leaving, the young man came

up to them and stopped them: “Madam and sir,

if you don’t mind, you can sleep in my bedroo

m for a night…….”

The next evening, the old couple took out lots

of money to give it to the young man, but he

refused to take it.

“No！You needn’t pay me any money, for I onl

y lend my room to you.” said the young man wi

th a smile on his face.

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“You’re great, young man! It’s very kind of

you. Maybe one day, I’ll build a hotel for yo

u!” said the old man gratefully.

With these words, the old couple left.

Gazing at their receding figures, the young ma

n only laughed and went on working.

Several years later, the young man suddenly re

ceived a letter from the old couple, inviting

him to go to Manhattan(曼哈顿) .

The young man met the old couple in front of a

luxury hotel(豪华饭店).

“Do you still remember what I said to you sev

eral years ago? Look! This is the hotel that I

built for you!” said the old man.

Soon, the young man became the manager of the

hotel.

(T)True or (F) False

1. The young man accepted it happily when the

old couple gave the money to him.

2. The young man had thought the old man was o

nly joking about building a hotel for him, but

the old man kept his word.

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Keys: 1. F. 2. T.

When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8

motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire ei

ght cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his en

gineers to produce a design in one for the engine. Th

e design was placed on paper, but the engineers agre

ed, to a man, that it was simply impossible to cast a

n eight-cylinder engine-block in one piece.

Ford said, “Produce it anyway.”

“But,” they replied, “It’s impossible!”

“Go ahead.” Ford commanded, “And stay on the jo

b until you succeed, no matter how much time is re

quired.”

The engineers went ahead. There was nothing else for

them to do, if they were to remain on the ford staff.

Six months passed and nothing happened. Another

six months passed, and still nothing happened. The e

ngineers tried every conceivable plan to carry out the

orders, but the thing seemed out of the question:“i

mpossible!”

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At the end of the year ford checked with his engineer

s, and again they informed him they had found no w

ay to carry out his orders.

“go right head,” said ford, “I want it, and I’ll hav

e it.”

They went ahead, and then, as if by a stroke of magi

c, the secret was discovered.

The ford determination had won once more!

This story may not be described with minute accurac

y, but the sum and substance of it is correct. Deduc

e from it, you who wish to think and grow rich, the

secret of the ford millions, if you can. You’ll not hav

e to look very far.

Henry ford was successful, because he understood an

d applied the principles of success. One of these is d

esire: knowing out the lines in which the secret of hi

s stupendous achievement have been described. If yo

u can do this, if you can lay your finger on the parti

cular group of principles which made Henry ford rich,

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you can equal his achievements in almost any callin

g for which you are suited.

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