6月17日英语故事：Everything happens for the best
[p=30, 2, left][size=4] "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." [/size][size=4]**** Hidden Message *****
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.
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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.
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I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. 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.
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My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best," Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
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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?"
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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. [/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=4]**** Hidden Message *****
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."
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I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
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[/p] quote from the article"If you carry on, one day something good will happen." I strongly believe that.:) Everything happens for the best
like Forrest Gump's said that. Everything happens for the best [b]回复 [url=http://bbs.tingroom.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=754446&ptid=419364]3#[/url] [i]kobe[/i] [/b]
我觉得你的座右铭应该是：不要撒谎，因为不信你的人你骗不到，骗到的都是信你爱你的人。无论骗的是谁，最受伤的是你自己。
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