广播电视英语短句 第 275 课：组织运作-6

He wrote:For want of a nail, the shoe is lost, For want of a shoe, the horse is lost ,For want of a horse, the rider is lost. 他写道：因缺乏掌钉，蹄铁就掉了。因缺乏蹄铁，马就丧失了作用。因缺乏马匹，骑兵就失去了作用。

Benjamin franklin carried these lines even further. He wrote: 本杰明。法兰克林对这么语句接了下去。他写道：

For want of a rider, the battle was lost ,For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost. 因缺乏骑兵，就输掉了战役。因输掉了战役，国家就毁灭了。

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail. 所有缺乏的只是一个马蹄铁钉子。