I Don't Have an E-mail

A Jobless man applied for the position of“office boy”at Microsoft．The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test．

“You are employed，”he said．“Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in，as well as a date when you may start．”

The man replied，“But I don't have a computer，neither an e-mail．”

“I'm sorry，”said the HR manager．“If you don't have an e-mail，that means you do not exist．And whoever doesn't exist cannot have the job．”

The man left with no hope at all．He didn't know what to do，with only ten dollars in his pocket．He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10kg tomato crate．

He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round．In less than two hours，he succeeded in doubling his capital ．He repeated the operation three times，and returned home with sixty dollars．

The man realized that he can survive this way，and started to go every day earlier，and return late．Thus，his money doubled or tripled every day．

Shortly，he bought a car，then a truck，and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles．

5 years later，the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US．

He started to plan his family's future，and decided to have a life insurance．

He called an insurance broker ，and chose a protection plan．

When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail．The man replied，“I don't have an e-mail．”The broker answered curiously，“You don't have an e-mail，and yet you have succeeded and built an empire．Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail？！！”The man thought for a while and replied，“Yes，I'd be an office boy at Microsoft！”

Words and Expressions

apply for申请

HR abbr． 人力资源（hu-man resources）

- capital n．资金

- triple v．增至三倍

insurance broker保险经纪人

Read and recite the following sentences：

The man left with no hope at all．He didn't know what to do，with only ten dollars in his pocket．

Now try writing the sentences out here：

The man left __________．He didn't know __________，with __________．

参考译文

我没邮箱

一个失业的人去微软申请办公室文员的职位，人事经理面试他，并且看着他打扫地板，作为测试。

“你被录用了。”人事经理说：“给我你的邮箱地址，我会把申请表发给你填，发给你的同时也意味着你开始上班。”

这个人回答说：“但我既没有电脑，也没有邮箱。”

“我很抱歉，”人事经理说：“如果你没有邮箱，那就意味着你不能生存，一个不能生存的人当然不能有工作。”

这个人不抱希望地离开了，他不知道要做什么，他的口袋里只有10美元，他决定去超市买10公斤西红柿。

接着他在附近门挨着门卖西红柿，不到两小时，他成功地将他的资金翻了一倍。他如此这般做了三次，到回家时身上已经有60美元了。

这个人认识到他可以用这种方式生存，于是开始每天早起，很晚回家，这样，他的钱每天都翻两三倍。

很短的时间里，他买了个小车，然后卡车，接着他有了自己的运输车队。

5年以后，他成了美国最大的食品零售商。

他开始计划他家庭的未来，决定买人身保险。

他打电话给保险经纪人，然后选了一种保险。

当谈话结束后保险经纪人问他的邮箱地址，他说：“我没有邮箱。”保险经纪人很吃惊地说：“你没有邮箱都可以成功地建立一个帝国，你能想象如果你有邮箱的话会怎么样吗？”这个人想了一下然后回答：“是的，我会成为微软的办公室文员。”