Unit 3 Dull Axe 鈍了的斧子

Jon likes his job and he used to be quite good at it. In fact, ten years ago when he began working at T&T, he was considered one of the best in the company. However, over the past few years Jon’s performance at work has been slipping. Jon got more and more frustrated as his friends progressed and he didn’t.
強(qiáng)熱愛工作，他曾經(jīng)是這一行的高手，事實(shí)上，十年前他開始在T&T 工作時(shí)，他被認(rèn)為是公司的頂尖高手?？墒沁^(guò)去幾年來(lái)，強(qiáng)的工作表現(xiàn)往下滑落?？粗呐笥淹伙w猛進(jìn)，自己卻一點(diǎn)長(zhǎng)進(jìn)也沒有，強(qiáng)越來(lái)越沮喪。

Finally, one day Jon asked a friend for some advice. “I don’t understand. I try so hard but I can’t get up in the company.”
最后有一天，強(qiáng)向一位朋友尋求忠告，“我不懂，我這么努力，在公司卻沒辦法上升?！?/div>

His friend looked serious and asked, “When was the last time you sharpened your axe?”
他的朋友表情認(rèn)真地問(wèn)，“你上次磨利斧頭是什么時(shí)候的事？”

Jon looked at his friend as though he was crazy and said, “What are you talking about?”
強(qiáng)看著朋友的表情好像他是瘋子，并說(shuō)，“你在說(shuō)什么？”

His friend replied, “When was the last time you took courses to upgrade your skills? You work in a competitive industry. If you don’t update your skills, you will fall behind.”
朋友回答，“你上次什么時(shí)候去上課提升你的技術(shù)？你在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的產(chǎn)業(yè)里工作，如果你不更新你的技術(shù)，就會(huì)落后。”

Jon felt silly and laughed “I have spent all of my time trying to cut trees with a dull axe. All I needed to do was sharpen it!”
強(qiáng)覺得自己很傻，大笑，“原來(lái)我一直在拿一把鈍掉的斧頭砍樹木，卻忘了需要磨利它！”

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