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He turns scarlet with rage and embarrassment(惱羞成怒) is he has not seen or heard of it .

如果他从未看见或听到过的话，就更是恼羞成怒。

In my department , there are six people who are afraid of me , and one small secretary who is afraid of all of us . 在我的部门里，有六个人害怕我，其中一个小秘书害怕我们所有的人。

I have one other person working for me who is not afraid of me who is not afraid of anyone , not even me , and I would fire him quickly , but I‘m afraid of him …

有一个为我工作的人，他对任何人都毫不惧怕，甚至连我也不怕，我真想尽快把他解雇掉，然而我害怕他……

The people in the company who are most afraid of most people are the salesmen . They live and work under pressure that is extraordinary . When things are bad , they are worse for the salesmen ;when things are good , they are not much better .

公司里非常惧怕大多数人的人是销售人员，他们都生活和工作在极大压力之下，当情况不好时，对销售人员来说就会更糟。而当情况较好时，他们也不会好到哪儿去。

They are always on trial , always on the verge of failure , collectively and individually .

不论是从整体上还是个人，他们总是在接受检查，总是处于不合格的边缘。

They strain工作努力even the most secure and self assured of them , to look good on paper ;

他们工作非常努力（就连他们中那些很有保障的和充满自信的人都是这样）以使在书面评语上看上去好一些， and there is much paper for them to look good on . 况且要让他们看上去好的表格多得很。

Each week , for example , a record of the sales results of the preceding week for each sales office and for the Sales Department as a whole for each division of the company is kept and compared to the sales results for the corresponding week of the year before .

比如每星期为各部门准备的每个销售办事处及销售部所作的前一星期的销售业绩总记录加以保存并且与前一年同期的销售业绩相比较。

The figures are photocopied and distributed throughout the company to all the people and departments whose work is related to selling .

这些数字被复印后发到公司的每位员工和与销售有关的部门。

The result of the photocopying and distributing is that there is almost continuous public scrutiny 公開審查and discussion throughout the company of how well or poorly the salesmen in each sales office of each division of the company are doing at any given time .

这样做的结果是公司几乎一直在对每一个分公司的销售办事处中的销售人员在某一既定时间内的工作业绩进行公开审查和评论。

When salesmen are doing well , there is pressure upon them to begin doing better , for fear they may start doing worse .

当销售人员业绩好时，他们因为要开始使工作做得更好，以免不如以前，从而感到压力重重。

When they are doing poorly , they are doing terribly .

当他们的业绩不佳时，他们就会做得一塌糊涂`

When a salesman lands a large order or brings in an important new account , his elation is brief ,

当一个销售人员争取到了一份大订单或者得到了一笔大的应收的账款，他的兴奋也是短暂的，`

for there is danger he might lose that large order or important new account to a salesman from a competing company the next time around .

因为很可能他的那份大订单或者大笔的进账下一次有被竞争对手的公司拿去的危险，

It might even be canceled before it is filled ,

甚至在完成前被取消，

in which case no one is certain if anything was gained or lost .

对这种情况没有人能肯定谁输谁赢。`

So there is crisis危機 and alarm驚慌 even in their triumphs .