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第11章 破茧成蝶(10)

C If he gave up his attempts at trying new things,he wouId not have invented the wiffle ball,or wouId he have made such a big fortune.

如果姆兰尼当初放弃尝试新事物,他就不可能发明洞洞球了,也就不可能赚取这么巨大的财富了。

该句话运用了if引导的虚拟语气。

Smile to Life 笑对人生

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走向梦想的道路不会是平坦的。你是否想过,途中的风雨为何不曾将我们摧垮,依旧如此坚持地走下去?那是自己对人生的微笑,搀扶起自己的心坚强地走着。人生旅途,风雨兼程,那就轻扬嘴角,笑对人生。请相信,人生馈赠你的肯定是一片湛蓝的天空。

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"Everything happens for the best,"my mother said whenever I faced disappointment."If you carry on,one day something good will happen.And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment."

[A]Mother was right,as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932,I had decided to try for a job in radio,then work my way up to sports announcer.I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time.

In one studio,a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an inexperienced person."Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance,"she said.I thumbed home to Dixon,Illinois.

[B]While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon,my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athIete to manage its sports department.Since Dixon was where I had played high school football,I applied.The job sounded just right for me.

But I wasn't hired.My disappointment must have shown."Everything happens for the best."Mom reminded me.Dad offered me the car to hunt job.I tried WOC Radio in Davenport,Iowa.The program director,a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office,my frustration boiled over.I asked aloud,"How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station."[C]I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling,"What was that you said about sports?Do you know anything about football?"Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me broadcast an imaginary game.The preceding autumn,my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run.I did a 15-minute build-up to that play,and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday's game!

On my way home,as I have many times since,I thought of my mother's words:"If you carry on,one day something good will happen.Something wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment."

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析 Sentence Structures

A Mother was right,as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932,I had decided to try for a job in radio,then work my way up to sports announcer.

1932年我从大学毕业后,决定试着在电台找一份工作,然后做一个体育广播员。那时我发现妈妈是对的。

work one's way up to努力成为,做到……。例如:He has worked his way up from junior clerk to managing director.他从初级职员升到总经理。

B WhiIe there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon,my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a IocaI athIete to manage its sports department.

然而,在狄克逊没有电台广播的工作,我父亲告诉我,Montgomery Ward开了一家店,需要一个本地人来管理它的体育部。

while在该句话中为连词,意为“然而”。

C I was waiting for the eIevator when I heard MacArthur calling,"What was that you said about sports?Do you know anything about football?"

等电梯时,我听到麦克阿瑟喊道:“你刚才说关于体育的什么?你懂足球吗?”。

when在该句话中译为“当……时”,其引导的是一个时间状语从句。

The Road to Success 成功之路

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成功的首要条件和最大秘诀就是:把你的精力,思想和资本全都集中在你想要从事的事业上。一旦想好并决定要做什么,就要下定决心在这一领域闯出一片天地来。做这一行的领导人物,有采纳每一个建议的进取之心,采用最优良的设备,还要对专业知识熟稔于心。这是成功之道,也是人生之道。

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It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions.Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshoId of their career.They were introduced to the broom,and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office.

[A]Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started,my advice to you is"aim high".I would not give a fig for the young man who does not already see himself the partner or the head of an important firm.Do not rest content for a moment in your thoughts as head clerk,or foreman,or general manager in any concern,no matter how extensive.Say to yourself,"My place is at the top."Be king in your dreams.

And here is the prime condition of success,the great secret:concentrate your energy,thought,and capital excIusiveIy upon the business in which you are engaged.Having begun in one line,resolve to fight it out on that line,to lead in it,adopt every improvement,have the best machinery,and know the most about it.

[B]The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital,which means that they have scattered their brains also.They have investments in this,or that,or the other,here there,and everywhere."Don't put all your eggs in one basket."is all wrong.I tell you to"put all your eggs in one basket,and then watch that basket."Look round you and take notice,men who do that not often fail.It is easy to watch and carry the one basket.It is trying to carry too many baskets that breaks most eggs in this country.One fault of the American businessman is lack of concentration.

[C]To summarize what I have said:aim for the highest;never enter a bar room;do not touch Iiquor,or if at all only at meals;never specuIate;never indorse beyond your surpIus cash fund;concentrate;put all your eggs in one basket,and watch that basket;expenditure always within revenue;lastly,be not impatient,for as Emerson says,"no one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves."

难点重点,一目了然!

长难句解析 Sentence Structures

A Assuming that you have all obtained empIoyment and are fairIy started,my advice to you is"aim high".

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