精美英文欣赏:如何成为优秀的校园领袖(上)

To Become a Leader at Your School

成为校园领袖

Many leaders have certain traits¹ and perform certain tasks that allow them to be respected by other people.

许多领导人都有特定的品质和做事的执行力，因而能得到其他人的尊重。

If you would like to become a respected leader at your school, then you need to be knowledgeable² about what it takes to be a good leader.

如果你想成为学校里受人尊重的领袖，那么你需要知道一个优秀的校园领袖应该具备哪些品质。

Keep the following in mind in order to become a successful leader at your school.

记住下面的几条，会有助于你做一个成功的校园领袖。

Know your strengths. In order to be a good leader, you need to know where your strengths lay.

清楚自己的长处。想成为优秀的领袖，你需要知道自己的长处在哪里。

Knowing your character strengths enables you to select environments that allow you to express and develop them.

了解自己的性格优势能够帮助你更好选择适合自己表现和发展的环境。

If you have a passion for writing and like working in a team setting, consider becoming a leader on your school's newspaper staff.

如果你擅长写作，喜欢团队合作的环境，那么可以考虑校报的主编。

If you are a people person and want to work for public interests, become involved in your school's student government.

如果你喜欢做和公益有关的事，那么你可以加入学生会，成为那里的领袖。

Gain experience. You may have all the traits that a good leader should have, but if you do not have experience in the area in which you would like to become a leader, then you will not be viewed as a knowledgeable leader.

积累经验。你可能具备一个校园领袖应有的所有品质，但是如果在你感兴趣的领域里，没有经验，那么你将无法成为知识渊博的领导。

If you want to become the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, you'll have to start at the bottom and gain experience.

如果你想成为校报的主编，你可以从小事做起，慢慢积累经验。

This hold true for practically every leadership position at your school.

这一做法适用于校园里其他任何领域的领袖。

Work well with people. Good leaders show excellent interpersonal skills.

与他人良好共事。优秀的领导者有很强的人际沟通能力。

1 traits   

n.人的个性，显著的特点，特征( trait的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We do not know which behavioural traits are inherited and which acquired. 我们不知道哪些行为特征是遗传的，哪些是后天养成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His generosity is one of his good traits. 慷慨大方是他的好品质之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 knowledgeable   

adj.知识渊博的；有见识的

参考例句：

• He's quite knowledgeable about the theatre.他对戏剧很有心得。
• He made some knowledgeable remarks at the meeting.他在会上的发言颇有见地。