A highway patrol officerstopped a speeding motorist. "Don't you know what the blinking lights andsiren mean?" he demanded.　

一位公路巡警截住了一个超速司机。“难道你不知道闪烁灯和警笛的意思吗？”他责问道。

"Yes, sir,"replied the driver. 　　

“知道，长官，”司机回答说。

"Then why didn't youpull over immediately?“那你为什么不立即靠边停车？” 　

"I would have, officer," the man said. "But last month my wife ran off with a policeman, andI was afraid you were bringing her back.

“我本来想这样做的，长官。”那男子回答说，“但上个月我妻子和一位警察私奔了，我是害怕你把她带回来。”

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单词短语学习：

1 Speeding n. 超速行驶

2 highway n.公路，也可指告诉公路

3 blinking lights 闪光信号灯

eg：After awhile, he sawpinpoints of light that turned out to be the blinking lights of abandonedpolice vehicles.

过了一阵子，他看到微弱的光点，那是被遗弃的发出的闪光。

blinking 做名词，闪耀，闪光的意思。也可做形容词，闪光的。 也可做动词，眨眼睛之意。

短语

blinking coding 闪烁编码

Moon Blinking 月光催眠

blinking method 闪光法

blinking display 闪烁显示

Blinking IB 北京私立汇佳中学

Blinking Amber 闪烁琥珀色

blinking bar 闪烁条形图

And blinking 和窥视

Blinking compulsively 强迫地眨眼睛

　　What is onecharacteristic that every leader should possess?

　　所有领导人都应具备的一项品质是什么?

　　Every great leaderhas different characteristics that lead to their success. Jeff Bezos isdifferent from Steve Jobs, who is different from John Chambers, who isdifferent from Bill Gates.

　　每位伟大的领导人都有不同的品质促成最终的成功。杰夫-贝佐斯和史蒂夫-乔布斯不同，史蒂夫-乔布斯和约翰-钱伯斯(小编注：思科公司总裁兼席执行官)不同，约翰-钱伯斯又与比尔-盖茨不同。

　　What makes themsimilar, though, is that each of them figured out a way to attract and engageother great people. I believe one of their keys to success comes fromcommunicating a compelling vision and giving people the confidence to followthem on the path to what may seem quite crazy at first, yet in hindsight showstrue genius.

　　但让他们相似的是他们每个人都想出了一种方式，如何吸引和凝聚其他杰出的人才。我相信，促使他们最终成功的一个关键是，他们都善于描绘令人信服的远景，让人们有信心跟随他们走上一条开始可能有些难以理解、但事后看来真的具有天才洞见的道路。

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