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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. "
每当我遇到困难的时候,我妈妈就对我说:“一切都会好的!”。“如果你继续坚持,总有一天,会有好事出现的。到时你就会明白,如果以前就失望,那么什么都不会发生。”
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 went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station--and got turned down every time.
在1932年大学毕业后,我发现妈妈的话说的很对,我决定试着到电台去某一份工作,。我想当一个体育播音员,在芝加哥,到每个车站去敲门都被拒绝。
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.
在一个播音室里,一位好心的女士告诉我,大的广播电台是不会冒险雇用没经验的新手的。“去乡下找一家给你机会的小电台吧,”她说。我于是搭乘了车回到了伊利诺伊州的迪克森。
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me.
在迪克森公布的就业岗位上没有播音员(电台)的相关职位,我父亲说蒙哥马利沃德曾开了一家商店,想找个本地运动员来管理其体育部。在迪克森是在我曾参加过高中足球比赛,这个工作听起来很适合我。
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.
但我并没有被雇用。我已经表现出了极度失望。母亲又一次激励我:“一切都会好的!”。父亲把车给我让我去找工作。我试图在Davenport, Iowa(这是两个地名) 的WOC Radio电台谋份工作,一个非常有意思的节目主持人他是苏格兰人麦克阿瑟.彼得告诉我,他们已经聘请了一位播音员。作文地带-有翻译的英语作文网
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." I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" 更多内容请见:http://www.liuxuepaper.com
当我走出他的办公室之际,我完全奔溃了(绝望爆发了)。我大声问:“怎样才能让同伴成为一个体育播音员,如果他无法在一个广播电台工作。”我在等待电梯的时候,MacArthur叫住我:“你所指的体育是什么?你懂足球吗?”。
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!
于是他让我站在一个麦克风前,让我播出一段虚拟的比赛。去年秋天,我们队在最后以65码的速度,20秒内赢得了比赛。我做了15分钟的比赛的讲解,之后,peter告诉我说:我会广播周六的比赛。
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."
在我回家的路上,正如很多次的这样,我想起了母亲的话:“如果你继续坚持,总有一天,会有好事出现的。到时你就会明白,如果以前就失望,那么什么都不会发生”。
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