(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Her office in Manhattan’s 30 Rockefeller Center, a mere 33 floors and 17 personality types away from the Saturday Night Live set, is decorated in soft hues.
曼哈顿洛克菲勒广场三十号,仅有33层而且与《周六夜现场》的摄影棚距离只有17家店铺,恩格波特的办公室的装饰色调柔和 。
The imposing view of the Empire State Building is offset by many family photos.
办公室外帝国大厦的壮观景象在办公室内的许多家庭照片面前显得黯然失色 。
Her only mild gesture of dominance is that despite being 5 ft. 10 in., she wears high heels, so she towers over most visitors.
全身上下,她唯一显得有点逼人的地方就是虽然身高已经高达5英尺10英寸(1米78),她还是穿着高跟鞋,所以她比大多数来访者都要高 。
Engelbert sources some of her success to two lucky breaks.
恩格波特特将自己的部分成功归功于幸运女神的两次光顾 。
The first was that as a young consultant, she was sent to find out about this new financial instrument, derivatives.
一次是她作为一名年轻的顾问,她被派去找一些关于“金融衍生品”这一新型金融工具的资料 。
Her early expertise catapulted her into a different league.
早早具备的专业知识让她一下进入了一个新的范畴 。
"It gave me a platform to meet with treasurers and CFOs across America, and it was my frst taste of leadership," she says.
“它为我提供了一个与美国各地的财务主管和首席财务官会面的平台,这是我首次尝到当领导的滋味,”她说 。
It didn’t hurt that having grown up with five brothers, attended a mostly male college and married a former Army helicopter pilot—
与五个兄弟一起长大,进入一个学生大多数都是男性的大学,嫁给一名前陆军直升机飞行员——
the kind of guy who drinks $100 wine out of a red Solo cup—
那种会用一次性塑料杯喝100美元的葡萄酒的人——这些经历都算不上糟糕,
she was not deterred by the behavior of the bros who worked in the capital-markets team.
因为有了这些经历,资本市场团队那些和她一起工作的男性的行为就再也吓不到她了 。
The second grew out of what she calls "personal selfishness."
另一次幸运则跟她所谓的“自私自利”有关 。
While pregnant, she was assigned to a client in St. Louis.
怀孕期间,她分到了一位圣路易斯的客户 。
She asked for a larger client, who happened to be located two miles from her home.
她要求给她换一个更大的客户,而那个客户恰好离她家只有两英里远 。
Her bosses agreed but warned her that the proprietor was not a fan of female consultants.
她的老板同意了,但警告她那个客户老板不喜欢女顾问 。
"He didn’t think I could do the job," she says.
“老板觉得我把那个客户拿不下来,”她说 。
"But I thought, I’m going to take this as a challenge and turn him. By the end of my five years there, he was like, ‘She’s the best partner I’ve ever worked with.‘ "
“但我觉得,我要把这次谈判当成说服他的一 次挑战 。等我在那儿工作整整五年之后,那位客户已经是,'她是我合作过的最好的合作伙伴 。’这种感觉了 。”
This helped cement her reputation for being as good with clients as she was with numbers.
这次经历为她赢得了一个她擅长与客户打交道就像她擅长与数字打交道一样的名声 。
None of Engelbert’s success comes as a shock to her family,
然而,对恩格波特的成功,她的家人一点儿也不感到惊奇,
which has seen her fly in from Davos, give a speech for her mom’s retirement party and then get home in time for her son’s baseball tryout.
他们亲眼看着她从达沃斯飞回来,在她母亲的退休派对上致辞,之后准时回家参加了儿子的棒球预选赛 。
"We always knew she was going places," says Peggy.
“我们一直都知道她会不停地出差,”佩吉说 。
"Now whenever she achieves something, I just shrug and say, ‘Have a taffy, vote for Cathy.’"
“如今,每当她有了新的成就,我也只是耸耸肩,说一句,‘吃糖就吃太妃糖,投票就投凯茜 。’”
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重点讲解
1. be offset by 弥补;抵消
The overall picture for the global economy is healthy as the slow down in the US has been offset by strength in Europe and emerging markets.
世界总体经济状况仍旧健康,美国经济增长的不景气被欧洲以及新兴市场的走强所弥补 。
2. walk-on player 替补球员;临时球员;龙套角色
The following year he made the team as a walk-on player.
通过不断地练习,他第二年就成为了替补队员 。
3. find out about 得知;弄清有关……的情况
At the beginning of each of my webinars, I poll my attendees: "Where did you first find out about this webinar? "
每次在线研讨会的开始,我都会问参加者:“你最先从哪里得知这次研讨会的?”
4. It didn't hurt that 没有坏处;有利的
It didn't hurt that it was a beautiful weather day!
那天天气很好,这倒帮了他们的忙 。
