培养一种新的爱好，从现在开始!——在“省部级干部英语强化班（第8期）”的演讲

此文系作者2013年9～11月参加中组部、国家行政学院举办的“省部级干部英语强化班（第8期）”时，根据教学要求所做的一篇英文演讲的中文译稿。 老师们、同学们，女士们、先生们，早上好!今天，我和大家分享一个轻松的话题：培养一种新的爱好，从现在开始!首先，我想给大家讲个故事：有位领导干部，刚退休时常常感到孤独和失落，每天吃不香、睡不好，因为自打退休那天起，就不像往常一样有部下给他送文件和报告，让他审阅和批示，也再也没有人向他请示汇报工作了。

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, today I have an easy topic to introduce, my topic is ＂set up a new hobby for now and the future＂ . Let me start with a joke. There was a senior official who just got retired. Ever since then, no more reports or docu- ments came to him, and no one asked him for opin- ions anymore. He felt so lonely and upset that he couldn＇ t eat or sleep well. Seeing this, his wife started to worry, about his health. But she didn＇ t know how to help him deal with his retired life. Then one day, she suddenly got an idea. The next morning, she sent a new report to the boss of the family. In the afternoon, she gave him a document. Both required him to circle his name as he was used to doing. A week later, the wife was surprised to see her husband happy again. Can you guess what was the secret of the report and the document？ They were actually a menu, and a shopping list. You may think, as the wife did, can this be a long term solution？