每日晨读 | A great salesman

Harry wants to be a great salesman, so he goes to a building and speaks to the manager.

哈里想成为一名出色的推销员，所以他去了一栋大楼和经理谈话。

“I’m the best salesman in the world,” he says, “Give me a job as a salesman.”

“我是世界上最棒的推销员，”他说，“给我一个推销员的工作。”

“You must prove you're the best.” the manager says.

“你必须证明你是最好的。”经理说。

The manager takes a box of candy o

ut of his desk.

经理从他的办公桌拿出一盒糖果。

“Last week, I bought l, 000 boxes of this candy. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job.”

“上周，我买了1,000盒糖果。如果你可以在本周结束之前把它们全部卖掉，你就可以得到这份工作。”

“That's very easy.” Harry says.

“那还不简单。”哈里说。

He takes the box of candy and leaves the office.

他把装有糖果的盒子拿走离开了办公室。

Every day and all day he goes from shop to shop, trying to sell boxes of the candy, but he can't sell one.

一天又一天，他从一个商店走到另一个商店，想卖几盒糖果，但一个也卖不出去。

The candy is so bad that he can't even give it away.

糖果不太好了，他甚至很难将它们送出去。

At the end of the week he goes back to the manager.

这周结束的时候，他又回到了经理那儿。

“I’m sorry, sir,” he says, “I am wrong about myself. I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.”

“很抱歉，先生，”他说，“我错了。我不是世界上最好的推销员，但是我知道谁是。”

“Oh, who?” the manager asks.

“哦？谁？”经理问。

“The person who sold you l,000 boxes of this candy.”

“卖给你l,000盒糖果的人。”

签：小学英语 每日晨读编辑：小英