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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 529
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
Large audiences greeted him wherever he went, but he had not gone far on his tour when he realized that he was not getting what he thought he would. There was much entertaining and lionizing, but nothing to help him in his work by pointing out to him where he could better it. He shrank from the pitiless publicity that was inevitable; he became more and more self-conscious when during the first five minutes on the stage he felt the hundreds of opera-glasses levelled at him, and he and Mrs. Bok, who accompanied him, had not a moment to themselves from early morning to midnight. Yet his large correspondence was following him from the office, and the inevitable invitations in each city had at least to be acknowledged. Bok realized he had miscalculated the benefits of a lecture tour to his work, and began hopefully to wish for the ending of the circuit.
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定位：Additional excerpt 529 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
博克原本以为巡回演讲能帮到自己的工作，结果发现完全不是那么回事。每到一处都有大批听众，但除了应酬和被人捧场，他得不到任何能改进工作的建议。他讨厌那种毫无隐私的曝光，上台头五分钟就感觉几百副观剧镜对准自己，越来越不自在。从早到晚他和妻子连独处的时间都没有，办公室的信件还一路追着来，每个城市的邀请也得回应。他意识到自己高估了演讲对工作的好处，开始盼着巡讲早点结束。
上下文
博克是《妇女家庭杂志》主编，20世纪初美国出版界名人，这段回忆录讲述他尝试巡回演讲的经历。
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