Who Do You Think Wins in the End?
Engineers vs. Managers
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces his altitude and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man below says: "Yes. You are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees north latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer" says the balloonist.
"I am" replies the man. "How did you know."
"Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost."
The man below says "You must be a manager."
"I am" replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."
- altitude 海拔, 高度 1.The plane is flying at an altitude of 8,000 feet. 2.The mountain has an altitude of 50,000 ft. 高處, 高地 We found it difficult to live at high altitude.
- spot 認出, 發現 we spotted several spelling mistakes in this online newspaper.
- further 1.(adj) 進一步的 We are looking forward to hearing your further informatin. 2.(adv) 進一步地 The sales will drop further.
- hover 盤旋, 徘徊 The helicopter hovered over the house for a while.
- approximately 大約 (=about) 1.I think she is approximately 35 years old. (=I think she is about 35 years old.) 2. It's approximately nine o'clock.(=It's about nine o'clock.)
- latitude 緯度 The two countries are approximately at the same latitude.
- longitude 經度 Emily had no idea what latitude was, or longitude either.
- technically 技術上地, 嚴格來說地 The new general manager is practical and technically capable.
- what to make of =how to understand or how to use
- position 1. 地方(=place) 2.職位 He has/gets/holds the position of sales manager. (=He is/He works in the position of sales manager.)
- somehow 1.不知怎地(adv)Somehow, I don't think I can trust him. 2.不管怎樣(adv)The task was tough. Somehow we managed to solve it.
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