ENG Joke- Sunbathing

Joan, who was a rather well-proportioned secretary, spent almost all of her vacation sunbathing on the roof of her hotel. She wore a bathing suit the first day, but on the second, she decided that no one could see her way up there, and she slipped out of it for an overall tan.

She'd hardly begun when she heard someone running up the stairs. She was lying on her stomach, so she just pulled a towel over her rear. "Excuse me, miss," said the flustered assistant manager of the hotel, out of breath from running up the stairs. "The Hilton doesn't mind your sunbathing on the roof, but we would very much appreciate your wearing a bathing suit as you did yesterday."

"What difference does it make?" Joan asked rather calmly. "No one can see me up here, and besides, I'm covered with a towel."

"Not exactly," said the embarrassed man. "You're lying on the dining room skylight."

ENG words

ilk \ILK\ noun
那種的
: sort, kind

Example sentence:
Mr. Reynolds ran a tight, efficient business with hard-working employees, and so he had no patience for slackers like Charlie and his ilk.

• slaker n. 偷懶的人、敷衍取巧者
  

ENG-Joke- Check Out Mate

A group of chess enthusiasts had checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories.

• tournament n. 錦標賽、聯賽
  

After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse.

• disperse v. 驅散、解散
  

"But why?", they asked, as they moved off.

"Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

• boast v. 自吹自擂、吹噓
• foyer n. 門廳
  

ENG words

festinate \FESS-tuh-nut\ adjective
匆促的
: hasty

Example sentence:
"Even [the company's] successes . . . are vestiges of 1990s thinking. They may halt a festinate death, but you don't build a company around them." (Fritz Nelson, Network Computing, August 21, 2000)

• vestige n. 遺跡、殘骸 vestige of ancient religion
• (否定)一點兒、絲毫 not a vestige of truth

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ensky \in-SKYE\ verb
使飛上天空
: exalt

• exalt v.
• 使升高、高攀
• 提拔、提高 exalted to the position of president
  
• 讚揚
• 使得意、使喜悅 be exalted by the news
  
• 令人興奮、使人得意
  

Example sentence:
"Her first appearance in evening dress was a revelation to me; she was my idol, enskied and sacred." (Frank Harris, My Life and Loves)

• revelation n. 出乎意料的事、天啟、神示
• sacred adj. 神聖的
  

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quirk \KWURK\ verb
使彎曲、使扭轉
: curve, twist

Example sentence:
David quirked his eyebrow in perplexity at his companion's curious remark.

• perplexity n. 困惑、茫然
  

成功不屬於最早出發的，而是最後倒下的

王品有約／戴勝益著

國小時班上的前三名，到了三十歲時，仍是職界的前三名嗎？到了五十歲，會是商界．政界的前三名嗎？
答案是否定的。

因為從 0~23 歲大學畢業前，只要「記憶力」好，便可出頭天。

23~43歲的出社會20年間，記憶力好已經不是出人頭地的法寶了。
此段時間，最需要的是「創造力」的發揮，才能從競爭中的各行各業中脫穎而出。
否則再好的「記憶力」，在多的「努力」，也只能保住「職稱」的美譽而已。

43歲以後，「記憶力」與「創造力」都顯得不重要了，此時的傑出者都是「領導力」非常強的人。
此階段的格局，已非一人記憶力，一人之創造力所能揮灑。

當然也有人「記憶力」、「創造力」、「領導力」都很強，所以從小到老都一直當領袖，但這畢竟是少數人。
請你細想國小前三名，中學前三名，大學前三名的同學，現在在做什麼？

記憶力是IQ，與生俱來，很難改變；唯一的補強是「勤能補拙」，創造力是智慧，即IQ與EQ的結合體；先天條件佔一半，後天培養佔另一半。

領導力是「IQ＋EQ心胸＋個性」的綜合，是一種若無其事的從容，是一種舉重若輕的自在，是一種如沐春風的成熟，是一種性靈交織的藝術。