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This is a true story about dreams, perseverance, and fatherly love.

这是一个关于梦想,坚持和父亲的爱的真实故事。

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The protagonist, Chris Gardner, went through the toughest trials of his life.

主角,克里斯·加德纳,经历了他一生中最艰难的考验。

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Business failure, his wife leaving, homelessness, and raising his young son alone.

生意失败,妻子离开,无家可归,独自抚养他的小儿子。

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Despite all the hardships, he never gave up hope.

尽管经历了艰难,但他从未放弃希望。

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Now, let's step into his story.

现在,让我们走进他的故事。

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Feel his life and struggles, and witness his ultimate success and happiness.

感受他的生活和斗争,见证他的最终成功和幸福。

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Hello, my name is Chris Gardner.

你好,我的名字叫克里斯·加德纳。

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Like many others, I had dreams when I was young, and a warm family.

和许多人一样,我年轻时有梦想,有温暖的家庭。

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I wanted to give my family a better life, so I decided to start a business selling medical equipment, a machine that could measure bone density.

我想给我的家人一个更好的生活,所以我决定开始销售医疗设备的生意,这是一种可以测量骨密度的机器。

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I invested almost all my savings to buy many of these machines.

我花了几乎所有的积蓄来购买许多这些机器。

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At first, I was very confident, thinking it would change our lives.

起初,我非常自信,认为这会改变我们的生活。

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So every day, I carried the machine from one hospital to another, hoping to sell at least one.

所以我每天都把机器从一所医院运到另一所医院,希望能卖出至少一台。

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But reality wasn't as good as I imagined.

但现实并不像我想象的那样好。

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Almost no one wanted to buy the machine, and business was very...

几乎没有人想买这台机器,而且业务非常...

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bad.

坏的

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Our family's financial situation worsened and the pressure increased.

我们家庭的财务状况恶化了,压力增加了。

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My wife, Linda, had to work two jobs to cover the family's expenses.

我的妻子琳达不得不工作两份工作来支付家庭的费用。

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Every day, we were exhausted and the arguments became more frequent.

每一天,我们都累了,争论变得越来越频繁。

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One day, I was standing in front of a building when I saw a man in a suit driving a sports car.

有一天,我站在一座建筑物前面,看到一名穿着服装的男子开着一辆运动车。

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I asked him, what is your job?

我问他,你的工作是什么?

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He said, I'm a stockbroker.

他说,我是股东。

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My heart lit up.

我的心发光了。

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I could try that too.

我也可以尝试这个。

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That day, I mustered my courage and walked into the brokerage firm, wearing my only decent clothes and holding a bone density scanner.

那天,我积累了勇气,走进经纪公司,穿着我唯一合适的衣服,拿着骨密度扫描仪。

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After getting the internship application form from HR, I rushed downstairs because I realized the scanner had been taken by a homeless girl I'd entrusted it to.

在从HR获得实习申请表后,我急忙下楼,因为我意识到扫描仪是由一个我委托的无家可归的女孩拿走的。

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I chased her all the way to the subway station, but I was too late.

我一直追她到地铁站,但我太迟了。

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The machine was gone.

机器已经走了。

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Fortunately, when I later returned to submit my application, I unexpectedly found it again.

幸运的是,当我后来回来提交我的申请时,我突然发现了它。

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A month later, I waited patiently downstairs at the home.

一个月后,我耐心地在楼上等待。

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A month later, I waited patiently downstairs at the home.

一个月后,我耐心地在楼上等待。

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the brokerage firm for the HR manager to appear.

经纪公司为HR经理出现。

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Finally, he showed up, but just as he was calling a taxi to leave.

最后,他出现了,但正当他叫出租车离开时。

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I mustered my courage and ran up, saying, I'm going the same way.

我收集了勇气,跑了起来,说,我正在走同样的路。

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Can I share this taxi with you?

我可以和你分享这辆出租车吗?

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He glanced at me, hesitated slightly, and finally nodded.

他看着我,稍微犹豫了一下,最后点了点头。

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In the taxi, he was playing with a Rubik's Cube.

在出租车里,他正在玩鲁比克立方体。

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I asked to try it and solved it before he got off.

我要求他试试,然后在他离开之前解决了它。

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He stared at me, surprised, and said, good job.

他看着我,惊讶地说,好工作。

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After he got off, I realized I didn't have enough money for the fare, so I had to run away.

在他离开后,我意识到我没有足够的钱来吃饭,所以我不得不逃跑。

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During the escape, I lost the scanner again.

在逃跑中,我又失去了扫描仪。

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When I got home, I found that my wife had left with our son.

当我回家时,我发现我的妻子已经离开了我们的儿子。

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The house was empty.

房子是空的。

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Only I was left.

只有我留下来。

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At that moment, I felt lonelier and more helpless than ever.

那一刻,我感到比以往任何时候都更加孤独和无助。

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Just then, the phone rang.

就在那时,电话响了。

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It was an interview notice for the day after tomorrow.

这是第二天的采访通知。

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A glimmer of hope was rekindled in my heart.

一个希望的闪光在我的心中重燃了。

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I rushed to the kindergarten and brought my son back with me. The day before the interview, the landlord went along.

我急忙去幼儿园,带着儿子回来,面试前一天,房东跟着走了。

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One was fired at the last night.

一个在昨晚被解雇了。

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The morning you took the plane and followed me.

那天早上,你搭飞机跟着我。

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came to demand rent.

来问问清。

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I begged him to give me a few more days.

我恳求他再给我几天时间。

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He looked at me silently, sighed, and finally agreed to give me one more week on the condition that I help him paint the walls.

他静静地看着我,喘口气,最后同意给我另一个星期,条件是我帮他画墙壁。

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However, because of unpaid fines, I was detained by the police for one night.

然而,由于未支付的罚款,我被警方拘留了一夜。

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The next day, covered in paint and with messy clothes, I still rushed to the interview.

第二天,被油漆覆盖,穿着混乱的衣服,我仍然匆忙去面试。

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The interviewers doubted my capabilities, but I responded with honesty and humor, which won them over.

面试人员怀疑我的能力,但我以诚实和幽默来回应,这赢得了他们。

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I was granted an internship at the brokerage firm.

我被授予在经纪公司实习。

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This internship was unpaid and highly competitive.

这个实习是无偿的,非常有竞争力。

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Out of 20 interns, only one would eventually secure a full -time position.

在20名实习生中,只有一个最终获得了全职职位。

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Every day, I had to call clients, record data, and prepare reports.

每天,我不得不打电话给客户,记录数据,准备报告。

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While making calls, I constantly calculated my time, hoping to get more done within the limited hours.

当我打电话时,我不断计算我的时间,希望在有限的时间内完成更多工作。

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Every time I made a call, I tried my best to remain professional and patient, but most clients were cold and repeatedly...

每次我打电话,我都尽我所能保持专业和耐心,但大多数客户都很冷和重复。

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...

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rejected my products.

拒绝了我的产品。

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I was rejected over and over, and each time it was frustrating.

我一遍又一遍地被拒绝了,每次都令人沮丧。

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But I told myself, keep going, the opportunity will come.

但我告诉自己,继续前进,机会会到来。

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During lunch breaks, I would spend just a few minutes reviewing stock knowledge, taking notes and familiarizing myself with procedures.

在午餐休息期间,我只花了几分钟来审查库存知识,做笔记,并熟悉程序。

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To save time, I tried not to drink water at work and never put down the phone while making calls.

为了节省时间,我试图在工作中不喝水,在打电话时从不放下手机。

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To save money, we moved to a cheaper apartment.

为了省钱,我们搬到一个更便宜的公寓。

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Later, I sold all the bone density scanners I had, thinking life would slowly get better.

后来,我卖掉了所有的骨密度扫描仪,认为生活会慢慢好转。

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But unexpectedly, a tax notice completely disrupted my plans.

但是意外地,一份税收通知完全打乱了我的计划。

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The money in my bank account was directly withdrawn, leaving only $21 .33.

我的银行账户中的钱被直接撤回,只剩下21美元33美元。

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Because we couldn't pay the rent, the landlord threw mine and my son's belongings outside the door.

由于我们无法支付租金,房东把我的和我儿子的物品扔到门外。

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From that day on, we no longer had a permanent place to live.

从那天起,我们不再有永久居住的地方。

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Sometimes we stayed in shelters, and other times we had to sleep in public restrooms at subway stations.

有时我们住在避难所里,有时我们不得不睡在地铁站的公共厕所里。

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I remember once holding my buses.

我记得我曾经坐过公交车。

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I remember once holding my bus.

我记得有一次,我坐了公交车。

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son while sleeping in a cold subway restroom, listening to the rumbling trains and watching his sleeping face, I silently told myself, no matter how hard it gets, I have to keep going.

儿子睡在寒冷的地铁厕所里,听着火车的声,看着他睡着的脸,我悄悄地对自己说,不管有多难,我必须继续前进。

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Life in the shelter was not easy either.

避难所的生活也不容易。

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Every evening I had to take my son to line up for a bed.

每天晚上,我不得不带儿子去排队找床。

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Beds were limited, and if we were late, we had no choice but to sleep on the floor or outdoors.

床位有限,如果我们迟到了,我们别无选择,只能睡在地板上或户外。

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At night, my son and I squeezed on to a tiny bed, trying to make him comfortable while he slept.

晚上,我的儿子和我挤在一张小床上,试图让他睡觉时舒适。

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I would tell him stories and lull him to sleep.

我会告诉他故事,让他睡觉。

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Even in our hardship, I tried to stay optimistic in front of him.

即使在我们的困难中,我也试图在他面前保持乐观。

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When he said, I have a good dad, it gave me endless motivation.

當他說,我有一個好爸爸時,它給了我無限的動機。

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To survive, I even sold blood at the hospital to buy parts, repair broken scanners, and resell them to ease our immediate financial pressure.

为了生存,我甚至在医院出售血液,购买零部件,修理破碎的扫描仪,并再出售它们以缓解我们即时的财务压力。

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That day, I sat in the hospital hallway holding my son, and he gently held my hand and said, Dad, we will be okay.

那天,我坐在医院走廊里抱着我的儿子,他轻轻地握住我的手,说,爸爸,我们会没事的。

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Looking into his small eyes, tears were

看着他的小眼睛,眼泪是

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nearly fell.

几乎掉下来。

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I knew I had to try even harder.

我知道我必须更加努力。

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The six months of internship finally came to an end, and my tenths yet hard -working efforts had not been in vain.

六个月的实习终于结束了,我的第十次努力并非徒劳。

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In the final assessment, I stood out from twenty interns and became the only one to be hired.

在最后的评估中,我从二十名实习生中脱颖而出,成为唯一被聘用的。

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When my supervisor told me the news, I could no longer hold back my excitement, and tears welled up in my highs.

当我的上司告诉我这个消息时,我再也无法抑制我的兴奋,眼泪在我的高潮中涌出。

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I walked out of the office building, blending into the crowd, feeling an immense sense of relief and joy, and couldn't help but applaud myself.

我走出辦公室大樓,融入人群中,感覺到巨大的緩和和和喜悅,我不能不鼓掌自己。

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I immediately ran to the daycare and held my son tightly in my arms.

我立刻跑到幼儿园,紧紧握着儿子在怀里。

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I knew that we had finally found true happiness.

我知道我们终于找到了真正的幸福。

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At that moment, I realized that all the hardships and efforts had been worth it.

那一刻,我意识到所有的努力和努力都值得。

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Afterward, I walked hand -in -hand with my son along the seaside.

之后,我与儿子一起走在海边。

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Sunlight shimmered on the sea, and a gentle breeze brushed our faces.

阳光闪烁在海上,一阵温柔的风吹在我们的脸上。

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I felt an unprecedented sense of peace and contentment.

我感受到了前所未有的和平与满足感。

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Life had been so hard, but at that moment, I truly felt that happiness had finally come knocking on our door.

生活很艰难,但那一刻,我真的感觉到幸福终于敲了我们的门。

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Later, I truly became a stockbroker and founded my own company.

后来,我真正成为了一名股票经纪人,并创办了自己的公司。

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All the hardships were rewarded.

所有的苦难都得到回报。

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