Reference：英語兔

中英對照

• An American businessman stood at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.
• 有一個美國商人坐在墨西哥海邊一個小漁村的碼頭上，看著一個墨西哥漁夫劃著一艘小船靠岸。
• Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish.
• 小船上有好幾尾大黃鰭鮪魚，這個美國商人對墨西哥漁夫能抓這么高檔的魚恭維了一番。
• "How long did it take to catch them?" the American asked.
• “要多少時間才能抓這么多?”美國商人問。
• "Only a little while," the Mexican replied.
• “才一會兒功夫就抓到了。”墨西哥漁夫回答。
• "Why don't you stay out longer and catch more fish?" the Americanthen asked.
• “你為甚么不待久一點，好多抓一些魚?”美國人再問。
• "l have enough to support my family's immediate needs," the Mexicansaid.
• “這些魚已經(jīng)足夠我一家人生活所需啦！”墨西哥人說。
• "But," the American then asked," what do you do with the rest of yourtime?"
• “可是，”美國人又問，“那么你一天剩下那么多時間都在干什么？”
• The Mexican fisherman said, "l sleep late, play with my children, take a siesta with my wife, take evening strolls to the village, where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos. l have a full and busy life, se?or."
• 墨西哥漁夫說，“我每天睡到自然醒，跟孩子們玩一玩，跟老婆睡個午覺，黃昏時晃到村子喝點小酒，跟哥們兒玩玩吉他。我的日子很充實，先生?！?/span>
• The American scoffed, "l have a Harvard MBA, and l could help you. You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds, you buy a bigger boat, and with the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats. Eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats.
• 美國人不以為然，“我是哈佛大學MBA，可以幫你忙！你應該每天多花一些時間去抓魚，到時候你就有錢去買條大一點的船。自然你就可以抓更多魚，再買更多漁船。然后你就可以擁有一個漁船隊。
• lnstead of selling your catch to a middleman, you could sell directly to the consumers, eventually opening your own cannery.
• 到時候你就不必把魚賣給魚販子，而是直接賣給消費者。然后你可以自己開一家罐頭工廠。
• You would control the product, processing, and distribution.
• 如此你就可以控制整個生產(chǎn)、加工處理和行銷。
• You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise."
• 然后你可以離開這個小漁村，搬到墨西哥城，再搬到洛杉磯，最后到紐約，在那經(jīng)營你不斷擴充的企業(yè)。
• The Mexican fisherman asked, "But se?or, how long will this all take?"
• 墨西哥漁夫問，“先生，這又花多少時間呢?”
• To which the American replied, "Fifteen to twenty years."
• 美國人回答，”十五到二十年?！?/span>
• "But what then, se?or?"
• 墨西哥漁夫問，“然后呢，先生？”
• The American laughed and said, "That's the best part. When the time is right you would announce an lPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!"
• 美國人大笑著說，“然后就是最棒的部分！時機一到，你就可以宣布股票上市，把你的公司股份賣給投資大眾；到時候你就發(fā)啦！你可以幾百萬幾百萬地賺！”
• "Millions, se?or? Then what?"
• 墨西哥漁夫問：“幾百萬，先生，然后呢？”
• The American said slowly, "Then you would retire, move to a small coastal fishing village, where you would sleep late, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, take evenings strolls to the village, where you could sip wine and play guitar with your amigos..."
• 美國人緩緩說道，“到那個時候你就可以退休啦！你可以搬到海邊的小漁村去住。每天睡到自然醒，出海隨便抓幾條魚，跟孩子們玩一玩，再跟老婆睡個午覺，黃昏時，晃到村子喝小酒，跟哥兒們玩玩吉他……”