A friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe.
After settling down at Ellis Island,
he went into a cafeteria in lower Manhattan to get something to eat.
He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order.
Finally, a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him
最后,一位女士拿着满满一托盘食物走过来坐在他对面,
and informed him how a cafeteria worked.
"Start out at that end," she said.
"Just go along the line and pick out what you want.
At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay."
"I soon learned that’s how everything works in America," the grandfather told a friend.
"接着我很快了解到所有事物在美国的运行方式"。 祖父对一个朋友说:
You can get anything you want
as long as you are willing to pay the price.
You can even get success,
but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you.
You have to get up and get it yourself.