英语小达人 51 Increasing My Value

 　　Increasing My Value

　　提高自我的价值

　　It took 46 years for me to realize that I was holding myselfback in my career. I am a businessman and I love it! However I wasn’t giving myself enough credit¹ for my skills. In other words, I wasn’t charging enough for my services.

　　我花了四十六年才了解到自己是职业生涯没有进展的元凶。我是个实业家我热爱我的工作！但是我却不怎么认同自己的能力换句话说，我的服务没有索取够高的费用。

　　I was working too hard and barely² getting by. This created a bad situation. Many people were calling me to ask for my services because they had heard about my low fees³. I was overworked and began to dislike my job.

　　我工作得很辛苦却只能勉强糊口。这造成了很糟的情况，许多人打电话找我工作，是因为他们听说我的价格很低。我工作过量，而变得讨厌工作。

　　A few months ago, I took a workshop that taught me how to recognize my skills and see their dollar value. I began to see myself as a professional⁴ instead of someone to be taken advantage of .

　　几个月前，我参加一个研讨会，教我如何识别能力，并了解其代表的现金值。我开始视自己为专业人员，而不再任人利用。

　　It has been only a few months but I am beginning to see many fantastic changes in my career and life. My clientele has also changed. I am receiving jobs from some pretty amazing and important people in the community. I feel grateful⁵ that I have discovered a new relationship with my career and myself.

　　虽然才过几个月，不过我开始看到我的职业生涯和人生都有了许多很棒的改变，我的顾客也变了，我开始从社区里相当优秀且重要的一些人那里接到工作，我很高兴能发现职业生涯和人生的新关系。

1 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

2 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

3 fees   

费用； （加入组织或做某事付的）费( fee的名词复数 )； 专业服务费； 咨询费； 报酬

参考例句：

• Employees are reimbursed for any legal fees incurred when they relocate. 员工调往异地工作时，他们可以报销由此产生的所有法律服务费用。
• As a scholar you will not have to pay college fees. 作为接受奖学金的学生，你不必付大学的费用。

4 professional   

adj.专业的；职业的；n.专业人员；职业运动员

参考例句：

• He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
• I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。

5 grateful   

adj.感谢的，感激的，受欢迎的，表示谢意的

参考例句：

• If you will help us, we shall be very grateful.如果你愿意帮助我们，我们会很感激你。
• He closed his letter with expression of grateful thanks.他在那封信的结尾表达了自己的感激之情。