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A Lesson for Living

"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you 1)carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that 2)previous disappointment."

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 3)announcer. I 4)hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station - and got 5)turned down every time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an 6)inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance," she said.

I 7)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 8)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 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?"

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 9)imaginary 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."

I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

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microphone ['maikrəfəun]

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n. 麦克风,扩音器

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elevator ['eliveitə]

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n. 电梯,飞机升降舵,斗式皮带输送机

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imaginary [i'mædʒinəri]

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adj. 想象的,虚构的

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director [di'rektə, dai'rektə]

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n. 董事,经理,主管,指导者,导演

 
disappointment [.disə'pɔintmənt]

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n. 失望,令人失望的人或事

 
ward [wɔ:d]

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n. 守卫,监护,受监护人,病房,行政区
vt

 
thumb [θʌm]

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n. 拇指
v. 翻阅,示意要求搭车

 
previous ['pri:vjəs]

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adj. 在 ... 之前,先,前,以前的

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frustration [frʌs'treiʃən]

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n. 挫折,令人沮丧的东西

 
athlete ['æθli:t]

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n. 运动员

 

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