A Yes-man英语美文欣赏及翻译

 　　A Yes-man一个唯唯诺诺的人

　　Paul tried hard to please everyone and had a hard time saying no to anything. When people asked him to do exciting things, Paul said yes so people would think he's a fun guy. He also said yes to exciting things, because he thought life was too short to not try new things. When people asked him to do favors for them, Paul said yes, because he wanted people to like him.

　　保罗努力讨好每个人，从不拒绝别人的任何事情。当人们要求他做刺激的事情时，他答应了人家就会的他是个好人。他对激动人心的事情也是照样答应，因为他认为生命太短暂，应该不断尝试新事物。当大家找他帮忙是，他都会答应，因为他希望大家喜欢这样的他。

　　His agreement to everything was a big problem when he was busy with homework, chores, or any other personal commitments. One time he had a test that was worth 50% of his final grade, and the day before it, he decided to go skydiving with his neighbor. Skydiving took about five hours, and Paul couldn't get home until 11 p.m. By then he was tired and found it hard to focus on studying.

　　他最大的问题就在于总是忙着帮别人做家庭作业，做家务或其他人自己的任务，有一次他有一个试验，这科成绩会占他最终成绩的50%，就在前一天，他决定和他的邻居去跳伞，花了大约五个小时，直到晚上11点他才回家，他累了，很难专注于学习。

　　Another time Paul's friend asked if he could turn in her paper for her at 3 p.m. Paul had to be at his soccer game at 3:10 p.m. Any other person would have said no, but not Paul. Paul turned in the paper for his friend, ran to the gym to change, and then arrived at the soccer game 10 minutes late.

　　另一次，保罗的朋友问他能不能在下午3点钟帮她交个文件，但他必须在下午3点10分去参加足球比赛，换做其他人就会说不，但他不会。保罗较完了文件，然后跑到健身房换了身衣服，最后迟了10分钟才到了足球比赛场。