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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。好学英文网-有翻译的好学英文网

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.hxw.red
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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