必背英文面试口语18:你如何衡量自己的成功? How do you measure your own success?

 　　How do you measure your own success?

　　你如何衡量自己的成功？

　　How much satisfaction I get from doing the job and how much I contribute¹ to the success of the organization I work for.

　　成功与否是以我能从工作中得到多少满足感和我对供职单位的成功做了多少贡献来判断的。

　　I don't think success can be measured by the amount of money you make,

　　我认为成功不能用赚钱的数量来衡量，

　　as I have met a number of wealthy people who aren't satisfied².

　　因为我见过许多有钱人，他们并不满足。

　　回答该问题时，也不应该表现出是以赚钱的多少来衡量成功与否，而应围绕着招聘公司的企业目标来回答。

　　I have set career goals for three years from now,five years from now and 10 years from now.

　　我已经设立好今后3年，5年和10年的目标了。

　　I would measure my success on whether I have achieved those goals,the ultimate³ one being to lead an coounting department in 10 years.

　　自己的成功与否就以是否到达那些目标来衡量，最终的目标是10年后能成为财务部主管。

　　From my previous work experiences,I found that the best measure of success is a satisfied customer or how satisfied your customer is.

　　从我以前的工作经验来看，我发现衡量成功的最佳标准是拥有心满意足的顾客，也就是你能让顾客有多满意。

　　How will you judge yourself successful？

　　你如何判断自己是否成功？

　　How will you achieve success?

　　你将如何取得成功？

1 contribute   

vt.有助于，捐助，投稿；vi.出力，捐献，投稿

参考例句：

• The rich will be asked to contribute money;the strong to contribute labour.有钱出钱，有力出力。
• The three sons also contribute to the family business.这3个儿子也为家族事业做出了贡献。

2 satisfied   

adj.满意的，满足的；清偿过的；确信的，毫无疑问的v.使满意( satisfy的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• She's never satisfied with what she's got. 她对自己的所得从不感到满足。
• He had a self-satisfied smirk on his face. 他脸上挂着得意扬扬的笑容。

3 ultimate   

adj.最远的；最后的；终极的；根源的，基本的

参考例句：

• What was his ultimate goal?他的最终目标是什么？
• The sun is the ultimate store of power.太阳是能量之本。