“凡事預(yù)則立，不預(yù)則廢”。新的一年就快到了，你給自己定了什么目標(biāo)？是升職？是參加某個(gè)培訓(xùn)？還是把懶惰扔得遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的，開(kāi)始健身？先一起聽(tīng)聽(tīng)午休時(shí)來(lái)自某office的談?wù)摪伞?

Jack: Congratulate me, Lucy！I've bought a house so I can marry my girlfriend this year.
Lucy，祝賀我吧！我買(mǎi)房子了，今年就能和我女朋友結(jié)婚啦！

Lucy: Cool！Congratulations！
啊，恭喜你！

Jack: Now I have to work harder and harder at my life goals.
為了我的“終生目標(biāo)”，我要更加努力地工作了。

Lucy: Life goals？To give your girlfriend a happy life？Good man！
“終生目標(biāo)”？讓你女朋友過(guò)幸福生活嗎？真是個(gè)好男人！

Jack: No, I don't care about her that much. I'm only thinking about paying back the house loan. What's your goal, Lucy？
不是，我還沒(méi)想那么多。我只是想還清買(mǎi)房的貸款。Lucy，你的目標(biāo)是什么？

Lucy: I have three goals this year. One is to be healthier and more beautiful.
今年我有3個(gè)目標(biāo)，一個(gè)是更健康，更漂亮。

Do you have a life goal？What's your goal this year？If you do, then achieve it. 不想當(dāng)將軍的士兵不是好兵，不想升職的員工也不能成為精英。老板有諸多激勵(lì)方式，吊著人的胃口。員工自己可得保持冷靜頭腦，不能為難自己，給自己定一個(gè)跳一跳就能夠得著的目標(biāo)即可，有成就感才有勁頭繼續(xù)往前奔啊。Set high, yet achievable goals for yourself.

NOTE:

pay back: 償還。pay back the house loan，還房子的貸款；pay back還有還情意的意思，如“How can he pay people back for all their kindness？”（他又該如何報(bào)答大家對(duì)他的好意呢？）

（來(lái)源：職場(chǎng)指南 上海對(duì)外貿(mào)易學(xué)院通訊員愈敏供稿 英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 Annabel 編輯）