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One minute means a lot in one's life.
During his college years,Rogers 1 a summer in an Idaho logging camp(伐木场).When the boss had to leave for a few
One minute means a lot in one's life.
During his college years,Rogers 1 a summer in an Idaho logging camp(伐木场).When the boss had to leave for a few
One minute means a lot in one's life.
During his college years,Rogers 1 a summer in an Idaho logging camp(伐木场).When the boss had to leave for a few days,he put Rogers in charge.
“ 2 if the men refuse to follow my orders?” Rogers asked .He thought of Tony,an immigrant worker who 3 all day,giving the other men a 4 time.
“Fire them,” the boss said. Then,as if 5 Rogers' mind,he added,“I suppose you think you are going to fire Tony if you get the 6 .I'd feel 7 about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is the most 8 worker I've ever had. I know he is a troublemaker and that he 9 everybody and everything. But he comes in first and leaves last. There has not been an 10 for eight years on the hill where he works.”
Rogers took over the next day. He went to Tony and spoke to him.“ Tony,do you know I'm in charge here today?”Tony grunted (嘟囔).“I was going to fire you the first time we tangled(纠缠), 11 I want you to know I'm not,”he told Tony, 12 what the boss had said.
When Rogers finished,Tony 13 the spadeful (铲子)of sand he had held and tears streamed 14 his face.
That day Tony worked harder than ever before.
Twelve years later Rogers met Tony again who was now the 15 for railroad construction for one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to have such 16 .
Tony replied,“If it not be for the one 17 you talk to me back in Idaho,I kill somebody someday. One minute 18 my whole life.”
Effective managers know the 19 of taking a moment to point out what a worker is doing well. But what a 20 a minute of yes can make in any relationship!
1. A. wasted B. spent C. trained D. traveled
2. A. What B. How C. Why D. Who
3. A. troubled B. helped C. smiled D. spoke
4. A. easy B. surprising C. happy D. hard
5. A. recognizing B. having C. bearing D. reading
6. A. chance B. order C. support D. evidence
7. A. proud B. bad C. ugly D. well
8. A. quarrelsome B. elegant C. reliable D. silent
9. A. respects B. protects C. hurts D. hates
10. A. accident B. chance C. opportunity D. argument
11. A. and B. or C. besides D. but
12. A. lying B. adding C. smiling D. replying
13 .A. threw B. dropped C. carried D. lifted
14. A. through B. on C. down D. in
15. A. boss B. worker C. engine-driver D. immigrant
16. A. railroad B. companies C. life D. success
17. A. word B .thing C. minute D. lesson
18. A. saves B. changes C. colors D. loses
19. A. importance B. method C. result D. influence
20. A. choice B. decision C. difference D. conclusion
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