讀點好英文:Extra Good Luck 好運符——一張兩美元鈔票

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2022年03月08日

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Extra Good Luck 好運符——一張兩美元鈔票

·Derek·

I keep a two-dollar bill in my wallet that was given to me by my mother when I was six years old.

I am not superstitious but the bill goes with me wherever I go. My mother gave it to me so that luck would follow me everywhere.

She looked at me and said，“I want you to carry this two-dollar bill for extra good luck.”

“Thanks mom，”I replied，“I will keep it close to me always.”

Every morning I would get dressed and my two-dollar bill went into my pocket. My mother passed away when I was 17 years old and I remembered taking out my two-dollar bill.I held it in my hand for the longest time and knew that she would be watching over me the rest of my life.

Each time I felt I had a crisis on my hands, I could reach for my two-dollar bill and set it on the table. I would stare at it for several hours and could always come up with a solution.

When I applied for my first job, I was thirty years old and very shy. The thought of being interviewed for a job was scary but I had to work.On my first interview, as I sat in the waiting room, I noticed there were five women ahead of me.All of the women were younger and very well dressed.One of them was impeccabIe in her blue striped suit with matching purse and shoes.I knew I was up against women better qualified by looking at the length of their resumes.

Ms Martin, the office manager, summoned me into her office.

“What makes you feel you are quaIified for this job?”she asked.

“I really need this job and there is nothing I can not do.”I responded.

She asked me a series of questions and the interview was over. As I exited her office, I turned around and said，“Ms Martin, I know that I am not qualified like your other applicants, but please give me a chance.I learn quickly and can be a very productive member of your team.”

I thanked her and went home exhausted. Oh well, I thought, tomorrow would be another day.

That evening as I was getting ready for bed, I received a phone call from Ms Martin.

“Gina，”she said，“you were not the most qualified appIicant, but you have so much confidence in yourself that we decided to give you a chance to prove yourself.”

I screamed out loud, was jumping all over the room in disbelief. I could hear Ms Martin laughing in the background and suddenly I realized that Ms Martin was still on the line.

“Thank you, Ms Martin, you will not regret this decision.”I said and hung up the phone.

I got my wallet and took out my two-dollar bill.

“Thanks mom, I am going to make it.”I said out loud so my mother could hear me.

At that instant, I remembered the time she pulled all of us into the living room and said，“You are all brilliant in my mind, but if you fail once, don't give up. Don't fear failure.It is a way of getting us to try harder.You will succeed, I promise.”

I still think of mom every day and still keep my two-dollar bill in my wallet. At a family reunion years later, I found out that my brothers and sisters all had a two-dollar bill in their wallet.

We all laughed and talked about how speciaI this gift from mom had been to each and ever had reinforced the confidence mom had instilled one of us. It led in us.

德里克

我的錢夾里一直保存著一張兩美元的鈔票，那是我6歲時媽媽給的。

我不迷信，但無論到哪里，我都隨身帶著它。媽媽希望這張兩美元鈔票能讓我事事順利。

當時，她看著我說：“帶上這兩美元吧，它會帶給你好運?！?/p>

“謝謝媽媽，”我說，“我會永遠帶著它?！?/p>

每天早上穿好衣服后，我就將它裝進口袋。17歲那年，媽媽去世了。當時，我掏出那張兩美元鈔票，久久地攥在手中。我知道，媽媽會一直關(guān)注我以后的生活。

每每遇到棘手問題，我就拿出那張鈔票，放在桌上，一連幾小時盯著它，最終總能想出解決的辦法。

第一次找工作時我已經(jīng)30歲了，又有些羞怯。一想到要面試，我就很害怕，但我必須得工作。第一次面試時，在等候室里，除了我還有五位女性求職者。她們都比我年輕，并且衣著考究。其中一位穿著藍色條紋套裝，配以類似風格的錢包和鞋子，簡直太完美了。我很清楚，光看履歷的長度，我就不是這五位女士的對手了。

業(yè)務(wù)經(jīng)理馬丁太太把我叫進辦公室。

“你覺得你能勝任這份工作的理由是什么？”她問道。

“我很需要這份工作，而且，也沒有我做不來的事?！蔽掖鸬馈?/p>

回答完一連串的問題后，面試結(jié)束了。在我邁出辦公室前，我轉(zhuǎn)身對馬丁太太說：“馬丁太太，我知道自己并不如其他人優(yōu)秀，但是，請您給我一個機會。我學(xué)習(xí)能力很強，會成為公司優(yōu)秀的一員?！?/p>