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生活的一课 (A Lesson Of Life)“everything happens for the best，”my mother said whenever I faced disappoint

生活的一课 (A Lesson Of Life) “everything happens for the best，”my mother said whenever Ifaced disappointment.“If you can carry on，one day something good will happen. And you‘ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.” 每当我遇到挫折时，母亲就会说：“一切都会好的。如果你坚持下去，总有一天会有好 事发生。你会认识到，如果没有以前的挫折就不会有现在的一切。” Mother was right，as Idiscovered after graduating from college in 1932.I had decided to try for ajob in radio，then work my way up to sports announcer. Ihitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time. 母亲是对的，发现这个是在1932年，我刚从大学毕业。我已决定试着在电台找个事儿 做，然后争取做体育节目的播音员。我搭便车到了芝加哥，挨个电台地敲门推销自己——但 每次都被拒绝了。 In one studio，a kind lady told me that big stations couldn‘t risk hiring inexperienced person-“Go out in the sticks and find asmall station that’ll give you achance，”she said. 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。 Ithumbed home to Dixon，Illinois. While them was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon，my father sad Montgomery Ward had opened astore and wanted alocal athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where Ihad played high school football，I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But Iwasn‘t hired. 1