[J-120] The Reading Moment
读书的剎那
A reporter asked
a new sensation in the business world: “Mr. Warren,
you are truly a self-made man. You have educated yourself while you fought
your way up to success. Tell me, how did you get in all that reading during
those busy years?”
“It was quite simple,” Mr. Warren
explained. “I kept a good book open upon my desk, and read it
whenever someone said to me over the telephone, ‘just a moment, please.’”
[译注]
某记者问某位商界的新闻人物：「瓦伦先生，你真是白手起家的人。你已教育了自己，而你一路奋斗直到成功。告诉我，在那繁忙的几年中，你是怎么弄进那一切的知识？」
「那很简单， 」瓦伦先生说明。「我经常打开一本好书在我书桌上，而每当有人在电话上跟我说『请稍待一会儿』时，我就念书。」
注： sensation
(造成轰动的人或事)， self-made (白手起家)， get in (弄进，得到)， reading (阅读的东西，看书得到的知识)。
[复习填充]
A reporter asked
a new s________ in the business world: “Mr. Warren,
you are truly a self-____ man. You have educated yourself while you fought
your ___ up to success. Tell me, how did you get __ all that reading during
those busy years?”
“It was quite simple,” Mr. Warren
explained. “I k___ a good book open upon my desk, and read it
whenever someone said to me ____ the telephone, ‘just a moment, please.’”