阅读理解训练题(八十)
A
A lot of management training each year for Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores. Among the topics we address in our course is the retention(保护力) of quality employees-a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale(标准)in the service industry. During these discussions, I ask the participants(参加者), “What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?” Some time back a new manager took the question and slowly, with her voice almost breaking, said, “It was a $19 baseball glove.”
Cynthia told the group that she originally took a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的) position while she looked for something better. On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that as a single mother, money was very tight, and her first check would have to go for paying bills. Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check. When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that served as an office. Cynthia wondered if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before. She was concerned and confused.
Patricia handed her a box. “I overheard you talking to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is hard to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how important he is, even though you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves. You know we can’t pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we do care, and I want you to know you are important to us.”
【高考英语冲刺阅读理解训练题(八十)】相关文章:
★ 河南省三门峡市2014高考英语一轮(暑假)基础训练(11)附答案
★ 湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (67)
★ 2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解七十五十集之连载训练:(30)
★ 安徽省淮南市2014高考英语一轮单项选择及文章训练(17)及答案
★ 浙江省湖州市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮(暑假)精炼(8)含答案
★ 2017高考四川省广安市英语阅读理解一轮系列训练:20(含解析)
最新
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-21
2017-04-21