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布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
I was completely out of money when I graduated. In company with other Hampton students, I secured a place as a table waiter in a summer hotel in Connecticut, and managed to borrow enough money with which to get there. I had not been in this hotel long before I found out that I knew practically nothing about waiting on a hotel table. The head waiter, however, supposed that I was an accomplished waiter. He soon gave me charge of the table at which there sat four or five wealthy and rather aristocratic people. My ignorance of how to wait upon them was so apparent that they scolded me in such a severe manner that I became frightened and left their table, leaving them sitting there without food. As a result of this I was reduced from the position of waiter to that of a dish-carrier.
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定位:Excerpt 71 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
毕业时我身无分文。我和几个汉普顿同学在康涅狄格州一家夏季旅馆找到端盘子的活,还借钱才凑够路费。到那儿没多久我就发现,自己对旅馆端盘子几乎一窍不通。可领班以为我是熟手,很快让我负责一张坐着四五位有钱又有点贵族派头的客人的桌子。我笨手笨脚太明显,他们严厉地数落我,我吓得离开桌子,让他们干坐着没饭吃。结果我被从服务员降成了洗碗工。这件事说明:不懂装懂会当场出丑,但出丑不可怕,可怕的是不承认自己不会。被降级只是暂时的,关键是接下来肯不肯从头学。
上下文
华盛顿刚从汉普顿学院毕业,身无分文,靠暑期在旅馆打工攒钱,这是他第一次进入真正的服务行业。
今日一问
你有没有在“不会”的时候硬撑,结果反而更糟?下次能不能先承认不会,再动手学?
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