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The best investment
In 1973, when I was 22, three friends and I got into a Ford van in my hometown of Chicago and started out across America. We ended up in Yuba, California, where I got a job cutting down trees with a chain saw for $3.50 an hour.
My first real permanent job was at a local restaurant calledrabbit怎么读 the Buttercup Bakery. I worked there for ven years and learned so many lessons, especially from one of the other waitress called Helen.
Helen was in her 60s and had red hair and a lot of lf-respect, something I did not have. I admired Helen becau she was doing what she loved — rving people and nobody did it better. She made all the customers and her co-workers smile and feel good.
I also learned how important it is to take pride in life’s little accomplishments. When I helped out in the kitchen, nothing made me feel better than cooking and rving two eggs just the
way the customer wanted.
Being a waitress changed my life. One of my regular customers was Fred Harrow, an electronics salesman. He always ate a ham omelette, and when I saw him walking toward the morningrestaurant, I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.
Thanks to this newfound confidence I learnt from Helen, I dreamed of having my own restaurant. But when I called my parents to ask for a loan, they said, “We just don’t have the money.”
The next day, Fred saw me and asked, “What’s wrong, sunshine? You’re not smiling today.” I shared my dream with him and said, “Fred, I know I can do more if somebody just believed in me.”
He walked over to some of the other regular customers and the next day handed me checks totalling $50,000 — along with a note that I have to this day. It read, “The only guarantee on this loan is my trust in your honesty as a person. Good people with a dream should have the opportunity to make that dream come true.”
I took the checks to Merrill Lynch — the first time I had ever entered an investment firm — where the money was invested for me. I continued working at the Buttercup Bakery, making plans for the restaurant I would open. But my investments were not good ones and I lost the money.
I found mylf thinking about what it would be like to be an investment agent. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to apply for a job at Merrill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I got a job and ended up becoming a good agent. Eventually I paid back Fred and my other customers the $50,000, plus 14% annual interest. Five years later, I was able to open my own firm.
I got a thank-you note from Fred, which I will never forget. He had been sick and wrote that my check had helped cover his medical bills. His letter read, “That loan was one of the best investments that I have ever中山翻译公司 made. Who el could have invested in a young waitress with a million-dollar personality and watch that investment develop into a very successful career woman? How few ‘investors’ have that opportunity?”
生词短语及例句
英语故事大全
1.investment [ɪn'vestmənt] n. 投资
(1)This is an investment that returns a good interest.
这是一项可获得丰厚利润的投资。
(2)We plan to buy some property as an investment.
我们打算买些房地产作为投资。
2.van [væn] n. 厢式货车
3.end upwangzhi 最后来到，到头来
(1)She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's bament.
她带着孩子们逃走了，从一个twenty邻居家转到另一邻居家，最后住到一个朋友家的地下室里.
(2)If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.
如果你不知道自己想要什么，你可能会到头来得到自己不想要的东西。
4.chain saw 链锯
5.permanent ['pɜːmənənt] adj.concept 长期的
(1)He gave up a permanent job in order to freelance.
他放弃了固定工作，为的是当一名自由职业者。
(2)Heavy drinking can cau permanent damage to the brain.
饮酒过量可能造成永久性脑损伤。
6.learn a lesson 受到教训，吸取教训
(1)We should learn a lesson from them, form good habits and keep healthy.
我们应该从他们身上得到教训，养成良好的习惯，保持身体健康。
(2)Speeding was the direct cau of the tragedy. So we should all learn a lesson from it.
超速是这起惨剧的直接起因。因此，我们都应当从中吸取教训。
7.lf-respect [ˌlfrɪ'spekt] n. 自重，自尊
(1)They have lost not only their jobs, but their homes, their lf-respect and even their reason for living.
他们不仅失去了工作，还失去了家园、尊严，甚至活下去的理由。
(2)It may be convenient to be defended by the world’s superpower, but lf-respect matters too.
得到超级大国的保护或许很便利，但是自尊同样很重要。
8.admire [əd'maɪə(r)] vt. 钦佩
(1)Much as I admire him as a writer, I do not like him as a man.
尽管他作为一个作家很值得我钦佩，但我却不喜欢他的为人。
(2)Which living scientist do you most admire, and why?
在活着的科学家中，你最钦佩谁？为什么？
9做鬼脸的英语.accomplishment [ə'kʌmplɪʃmənt] n. 成就，成绩
(1)It was a major accomplishment for a player who had been injured so recently.
对于一个刚受过伤的选手来说，这是一个相当好的成绩。
(2)Cutting the budget was an impressive accomplishment.
削减预算是一项了不起的成就。
10.regular ['regjʊlə(r)] adj.深圳的翻译公司 定期的，经常的
(1)The company holds regular meetings with employees.
