恒言The company man

2021年1月22日发(作者：寄宿制)
He
worked
himself
to
death,
finally
and
precisely,
at
3:00

A.M.
Sunday
morning.
最终，他于星期天凌晨
3
点工作致死。

The
obituary
didn't
say
that,
of
course.
当然，
讣告上没有这样
写。
It
said
that
he
died
of
a
coronary
thrombosis--I
think
t
hat
was
it--but
everyone
among
his
friends
and
acquainta
nces
knew
it
instantly.
讣告上写的是死于冠状动脉血栓证，
但他的
好友和熟识的人都心知肚明。
He
was
a
perfect
Type
A,
a
worka
holic,
a
classic,
they
said
to
each
other
and
shook
their
h
eads--and
thought
for
five
or
ten
minutes
about
the
way
they
lived.
他们互相握着手，
摇头叹息地说他是一个追求完美的
A
型
血人，一个典型的工 作狂，然后用几分钟时间来反思自己的生活方式。

This
man
who
worked
himself
to
death
finally
and
precisel
y
at
3:00
A.M.
这个男人最终在星期天凌晨三点整工作致死。
Sund
ay
morning --on
his
day
off--was
fifty-one
years
old
and
a

vice-presi dent.
星期天的早上，这天刚好是这个
51
岁的副总裁的休
息日。

He
was,
however,
one
of
six
vice-presidents,
and
o
ne
of
three
who
might
conceivably --if
the
president
died
o
r
retired
soon
enough--have
moved
to
the
top
spot.
Phil
k
new
that.
他是公司六位副总裁之一，也是副总裁中三位最让人 信任
的人之一，如果总裁已经逝世或者退休的话，他已经成为了最高职位。
菲尔清楚这一点。< br>
He
worked
six
days
a
week,
five
of
them
until
eight
or
ni
ne
at
night,
during
a
time
when
his
own
company
had
be
gun
the
four-day
week
for
everyone
but
the
executives.
他
一周工作六天，
其中五天工作到 夜里八九点，
他的公司里除了高级官员，
其他人都已经开始四天工作制。

He
worked
like
the
Important
People.
他工作起来像一个重要人物。
He
had
no
outside

urricular
interests,
unless,
of
course,
you
think
about
a
monthly
golf
game
that
way.
当然，就像你想象中那样，他每月
打一次高尔夫球，他没有其他的爱好。
To
Phil,
it
was
work.
对菲尔
而言，
高尔夫是工作。

He
always
ate
egg
salad
sandwiches
at

his
desk.
He
was,
of
course,
overweight,
by
20
or
25
po
unds.
他总是在他的桌前吃 着吃鸡蛋沙拉三明治，他难免有点发福，
超重了
20-25
磅。
He
thought
it
was
okay,
though,
because
he
didn't
smoke.
他想这没什么关系，因为他从不抽烟。

On
Saturdays,
Phil
wore
a
sports
jacket
to
the
office
inste
ad
of
a
suit,
because
it
was
the
weekend.
星期六，菲尔换下
西服，穿着运动衫去上班，因为这是周末。

He
had
a
lot
of
people
working
for
him,
maybe
sixty,
and

most
of
them
liked
him
most
of
the
time.
他有大约< br>60
个人
为他效力，
大部分人在大部分时候觉得他很不错。
Three
of
them
wi
ll
be
seriously
considered
for
his
job.
其中三位紧盯着他的职
位。
The
obituary
didn't
mention
that.
讣告上没有提及这些。

But
it
did
list
his

quite
accurately.

但是讣告详细
地介绍了他的遗孀。
He
is
survived
by
his
wife,
Helen,
forty- ei
ght
years
old,
a
good
woman
of
no
particular
marketable
skills,
who
worked
in
an
office
before
marrying
and
mothe
ring.
他的妻子，
海伦，
一个48
岁的好女人，
没有什么特别的市场能力，
在结婚生子之前在一家公司上班。< br>
She
had,
according
to
her
da
ughter,
given
up
trying
to
compete
with
his
work
years
a
go,
when
the
children
were
small.
她说，在女儿的记忆里，她< br>很多年前，当孩子们还很小的时候，就放弃了和他工作的抗争。
A
co
mpany
friend
said,

know
how
much
you
will
miss
him.

And
she
answered,

already
have.
一个工作伙伴说，
“
我知道你将对他有多思念
”
，她回答到，
“
我一直都很想他。
”

him
all
these
years,
she
must
have
given
up
pa
rt
of
herself
which
had
cared
too
much
for
the
man.
She
would
be

taken
care
of.
“
想了他这么多年了，
”
她如此在乎
的这个男人，必须放弃她，以后她将会 被
“
好好的照顾
”
。

His

beloved
eldest
of
the

beloved
childre
n
is
a
hard-working
executive
in
a
manufacturing
firm
do
wn
South.
他的
“
最爱的
”
孩子们中
“
最爱的
”长子是南方某制造公司努