preamble of The Leader Handbook

Obama Pledges Entitlement Reform President-elect Barack Obama pledged yesterday to shape a new Social Security and Medicare "bargain" with the American people, saying that the nation's long-term economic recovery cannot be attained unless the government finally gets control over its most costly entitlement programs. (By Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post) HC我最近到台北市立教育大學教授{戴明領導手冊}(The Leader Handbook)，準備功課時重讀它和相關書籍，百感交集。 1993 年五月，英國戴明協會(BDA)舉辦第六屆年會，Peter Scholtes 負責最後一小時的總結，後來將演講稿等整理出版小冊子（編號W4；屬BDA的世界系列），書名為Learning and Leadership。這本，後來編成 The Leader Handbook的一部分，詳{戴明領導手冊} 。不過，現在讀Learning and Leadership可以有點”身歷其境”的感受。這是整理成書之後無法體會的。書的（口語）序文（開場白）取名Preamble，都是較不常見的用法。 一開始說：The assignment was interesting: it was one hour with no title. Sort of an 007 topic. I have licence to kill, I guess. 2006-10-12

小讀者

preamble 通常是放在”正式文件”前以述解正文之旨, 如美國獨立宣言, 憲法等在正文前都有這麼一個preamble. 他許{戴明領導手冊} 也是這個用意吧? 王勃那”區區”滕王閣八句, 卻寫了老長一篇序, 應該也算是”preamble”吧 ;-) 2006-10-14

pre·am·ble (prē'ăm'bəl, prē-ăm'-)
n.

1. A preliminary statement, especially the introduction to a formal document that serves to explain its purpose.
2. An introductory occurrence or fact; a preliminary.

[Middle English, from Old French preambule, from Medieval Latin praeambulum, from neuter of praeambulus, walking in front : prae-, pre- + ambulāre, to walk; see ambulate.]

n. - 前文, 前言, 序文

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 序文, 前文, 前置き

Preamble

A clause at the beginning of a constitution or statute explaining the reasons for its enactment and the objectives it seeks to attain.

Generally a preamble is a declaration by the legislature of the reasons for the passage of the statute, and it aids in the interpretation of any ambiguities within the statute to which it is prefixed. It has been held, however, that a preamble is not an essential part of an act, and it neither enlarges nor confers powers.

例

After a long rambling preamble where Waite lays his hermeneutical and political cards on the table and spells out the parameters and goals of his project, he takes on some leading Nietzsche interpretations, showing how readers on both the Right and Left fail to see Nietzsche's esoteric philosophy and cunning strategies to make himself the fate of the twentieth century. For Waite, contemporary readers also systematically occlude the more disturbing elements of Nietzsche's thought, underestimate the importance of Nietzsche's unpublished notes and manuscripts for his esoteric teachings, and ignore or are ignorant of the more pernicious effects and consequences of Nietzsche's teaching.

attain Hide phonetics
verb [T] FORMAL
to reach or succeed in getting something; to achieve:
He has attained the highest grade in his music exams.
We need to identify the best ways of attaining our objectives/goals.
India attained independence in 1947, after decades of struggle.

attainable Hide phonetics
adjective FORMAL
possible to achieve:
We must ensure that we do not set ourselves goals that are not attainable.

attainment Hide phonetics
noun
1 [U] FORMAL when you achieve something:
the attainment of a goal
attainment targets

2 [C usually plural] UK FORMAL Someone's attainments are the things they have done and the skills they have learned.