Accreditation crisis

      Dave' s business acumen was sorely questioned when the first round of accreditation for his music school failed. His partners accused him of not accumulating a qualified staff, his accountant acquiesced that his bookkeeping was not orderly, and his wife said he wasn't as acquainted with the process as he should have been. Regardless of the accuracy of the complaints, Dave felt an acute pain; it was as if he was drinking acid. How could his friends all abandon him so quickly when troubles came? Dave knew that if he ever wanted to achieve anything else in his life after this, he would first have to overcome this emotional acupuncture, acknowledge his mistakes and move on.

      His first step Ms to adapt to the situation and keep his acquisitive partners from selling whet he had started to the highest bidder. TO do this he quickly acquired the report on what had been successfully accredited and what had failed. He was surprised to find that his school had only failed on one point, the acoustics of their main music hall. That meant that everything else was fine, that it was a success except for that one thing!

      At the meeting the next day with all parties involved, Dave presented the report and his plan for hew they could improve the acoustics of the hall and then activate e a second round of accreditation meetings. Everyone was happy except for the partners. They had already viewed the school as a failed acquisition and it was hard for them to adjust their thinking. Dave was quick, however, and encouraged them that this was still a successful item in their accumulation of a diversified portfolio. They agreed and the school was licensed three months later.

                             资格鉴定危机

    戴夫的音乐学校没能通过第一轮资格鉴定，他在商业方面的聪明才智因此大受质疑。合伙人指责他没能聚到一批合格的员工．会计默认他的账记得十分混乱，妻子则说该熟悉的东西他却不熟悉。无论这些抱怨是否准确．戴夫都感到万分痛苦，就仿佛喝酸东西一样。朋友们怎么能在有麻烦时那么快就抛弃他呢?戴夫明白只要他想在今后的人生道路上取得别的成就，就一定要先克服这种感情上的刺痛，承认错误然后继续前进。

    他采取的第一步是适应局面并阻止那些贪婪的合伙人把他创立的学校卖给出价最高的人。为了做好这件事，他迅速获得了一份报告，上面写着哪些地方他成功地通过了鉴定，哪些地方是他的败笔。他惊奇地发现整个学校只有一个方面没有达标——主音乐厅的音响效果。这意味着其他一切都好，除了一个方面之外他是成功的!

    在第二天各方都参加的会议上，戴夫向大家递交了这份报告以及他的如何改进音乐厅音响效果，从而促成第二轮资格鉴定会召开的计划。除了那些合伙人，其他人都很高兴。那些合伙人已经认定收购这所学校是个失败，因此很难调整他们的思维。然而戴夫反应很快，他鼓励他们说，在他们多样化的投资组合积累中，这仍是一个成功的项目。合伙人同意了他的意见，三个月之后，学校拿到了办学执照。

单词详解

accountant            n.会计人员,会计师
accredit              v.1.信托,委托,委派2.鉴定…为合格,确认…达到标准
accreditation         n.1.委托,委派,任命2.水准鉴定,资格鉴定
accumulate            v.堆积,积累,积聚,积攒
accumulation          n.堆积,积累,积聚,积攒
accuracy              n.准确性,精确性
accuse                v.指控,控告;指责
achieve               v.经努力达到,得到
acid                  a.酸的,尖酸刻薄的 n.酸,酸味物质
acknowledge           v.1承认,承认…的权威(或主张) 2.就…表示谢意,报偿 3.对...
                      招呼;对…做出反应
acoustics(复)         n.(用作单)声学;音质,影响效果
acquiesce             v.默认,默许
acquire               v.获取;开始占有(或具有);学到知识等
acquisition           n.1取得,获得,收购 2.(有价值的)获得物;获得(或增添)的人(或
                      物)
acquisitive           a.(对知识财富等)渴望得到的;能够获得并保有的;贪婪的
activate              v.使活动起来,使起作用
acumen                n.敏锐;聪明
acupuncture           n.针刺;针刺疗法;针刺麻醉
acute                 a.尖锐的,敏锐的;(疾病等)急性的,剧烈的,严重的
adapt                 v.使适应,使适合;改编,改写