“Everything happens for the best，”my mother said whenever I faced 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.”
Mother was right， as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. AI 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 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， lllinois. While there was 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.But I wasn"t hired.
My disappointment must have shown.“Everything happens for the best，”Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt.I tried WOCRadio in Davenport， lowa.BThe program director， a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur， told me they had already hired an announcer.
CAs I left his office， my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud，“How can a fellow get to be a sport 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 that you said about sports？Do you know anything about football？”Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to 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 that wouldn"t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I"d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
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AI had decided to try for a job in radio， then work my way up to sports announcer.
我曾经决定试图在广播公司找一份工作，然后升到体育节目广播员。work one"s way up晋级，获提升。例如：He has worked his way up from junior clerk to managing director.他已经从初级职员升到总经理。
BThe program director， a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur， told me they had already hired an announcer.
一位叫彼得·麦克阿瑟的节目编辑，很棒的苏格兰人，告诉我他们已经雇佣了一个广播员。
a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur是the program director的同位语，说明此人的身份。
CAs I left his office， my frustration boiled over.
当我离开他的办公室时，我已经彻底沮丧了。
boil over表示液体沸腾而溢出。这里是比喻的用法，沮丧和失意已经完全占据了他的心。
130.Learn to Praise Others学会赞美别人
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由衷的赞美是人生中最令对方温暖的礼物，因一句赞美有可能改变一个人的人生历程。赞美别人，是发自内心的欣赏与感动，是友善、是鼓励、是宽容。是蕴涵着尊重、理解和支持。我们应该毫不吝啬地对别人的才智、德操、品行送上一句由衷的赞美。
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When I was eight years old， I was at church one day……and a stranger came to me……and a man named John J.Hooker was running for governor at the time， and he had come to our church to campaign.Afterward， outside as we were leaving the church， his wife， who was then a stranger， her name was Tish Hooker， a beautiful woman with blonde hair， classic cheekbones，fiawless skin， saw me standing there.And you have to understand at the time I was a little black girl， but we didn"t call ourselves black then.Actually， back then we were colored and Negro， but whatever.AI was a little girl who didn"t think much of herself， but Tish Hooker walked right up to me， as if she knew I needed to hear what she had to say.And she said it only as a Southern woman can.She said，“You know， you"re just as pretty as a speckled pup.”Now， I didn"t know what a speckled pup was， but she then said，“And you have the most beautiful bee-stung lips.”