FIRST LESSON IN BUSINESS 从商第一课

FIRST LESSON IN BUSINESS

从商第一课

The son of a businessman had agreed to join the family business, and on his very first day at

the factory his father took him on to the roof and said, “Now, my son, I am not about to give you

your first lesson in business. Stand on the edge of the roof.”

“On the edge, Dad?” asked the puzzled youth.

“On the very edge.”

“Very well, Dad,” and the obedient son did as he was told.

“Now, when I say ‘Jump!'” said his father, “I want you to jump.”

“But it's a twenty-foot drop!”

“My boy,” said the father. “You want to learn the business, don't you?”

“Yes, Dad.”

“And you trust me?”

“Yes, Dad.”

“Right, then do as I say — Jump!”

And the boy jumped, only to crash painfully to the ground twenty feet below. His father ran

down the stairs to where the youth was lying, bruised¹, battered² and winded .

“Now, my son,” said the father. “You have just learned your first lesson in business — never

trust anybody!”

一个商人的儿子答应子承父业，到工厂上班的第一天，父亲就带着儿子上了天台：“儿

子，我没打算给你上经商第一课。你站到天台边上去。”

“边上，爸爸？”年轻人感到困惑。

“就站到最边上。”

“好的，爸爸。”儿子很听话。

“我一喊‘跳！'”父亲说，“你就给我跳。”

“可这儿离地有二十英尺高啊！”

“孩子，”父亲说，“你不是要学经商吗？”

“是啊，爸爸。”

“那你相信我吗？”

“我信，爸爸。”

“那就好，我说什么，你做就是了——跳！”

男孩果真跳了，重重跌落在距离天台二十英尺的地面上。父亲跑下楼梯，看到儿子躺

在那儿，浑身瘀青、气喘吁吁，整个人伤得不轻。

“来，儿子，”父亲说，“你已经学到了经商第一课——别相信任何人！”

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