2015考研英语阅读埃利布罗德_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读埃利布罗德

　　另一方面，布罗德要将自己的一生浓缩成一系列的实践指导，就必然迫使他深入地思考，进行自我分析，也就让他的书读来十分实用，对于那些致力于企业产业和慈善事业的人则更甚。他的个性在书中展露无遗，不过人们对于到底是否应该用不讲道理来形容这种个性可能还会有争议。这和乔治萧伯纳的理解一致，他曾说过：不讲道理的人会固执地让整个世界来适应自己。因此，世上所有的进步都来自于不讲道理的人。布罗德年轻时就想摆脱父亲的移民姓氏布娄德，为了押韵让同学们叫他布罗德，从那时起他就开始让世界适应自己了。不过他也努力去适应这个世界，尤其是他为克服阅读障碍做出的努力，他认为那让一种职业道德渗透在他生活的方方面面。

　　Being a solitary child made him less prone than many people to going along with the crowd,and he likes nothing better than to challenge conventional wisdom with a why not?.Those are good attributes for an entrepreneur, though they are unlikely to make him lovedin the world of art philanthropy, where his candour often ruffled feathers. Still,unlike many of his peers among the current generation of American billionairephilanthropists, he does consider giving to the arts a good investment, to bring beauty,inspiration, and the shock of the new to as many people as possible.