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Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward;
只要永不放棄，持之以恒，每次挫折，都是你進(jìn)步的機(jī)會。
turn away from them, avoid them,
如果你逃避退縮，
and you throw away your future.
那就等于自毀前途。”
The youth nodded
少年在一旁頻頻點(diǎn)頭，
and made as if to speak but the old man raised his hand and continued, "
想著老人的話，正要開口，卻被老人揮手止住了。
Furthermore, you are embarking on the loneliest profession in the world.
“還有，你正走向世界上最孤獨(dú)的行業(yè)。
Even the despised tax collectors return to their homes at sundown
即便是受人輕視的稅吏，夕陽西下時，還有家可歸。
and the legions of Rome have a barracks to call home.
那些羅馬士兵，天黑以后也有營舍為家。
But you will witness many setting suns
但是你以后會眼睜睜地看著太陽落山，
far from all friends and loved ones.
遠(yuǎn)離親友，只能穿越萬家燈火，匆匆趕路。
Nothing can bring the hurt of loneliness upon a man
世上沒有比這些更能讓人觸景生情，
so swiftly as to pass a strange house in the dark
心碎意沉的了。
and witness, in the lamplight from within,a family breaking evening bread together.
眼看著別人合家歡聚，共享天倫，你別無選擇，
"It is in these periods of loneliness that temptations will confront you,"
“倍感寂寞的時候，誘惑就來了。”
Pathros continued.
柏薩羅繼續(xù)說著，
"How you meet these temptations
如何應(yīng)對這些誘惑，
will greatly affect your career.
關(guān)系到你的事業(yè)和前途。
When you are on the road
當(dāng)你獨(dú)自趕路，
with only your animal
伴著你的只有一匹駱駝時，
it is a strange and often frightening sensation.
你會感到陌生而可怕。
Often our perspectives and our values are temporarily forgotten
那種時候，我們常常會暫時忘了一切，忘了前途，忘了身份，
and we become like children,
變得像小孩子一樣，
longing for the safety and love of our own.
渴望安全，渴望一份屬于自己的愛。
What we find as a substitute has ended the career of many
許多人熬不住，半途而廢，另尋寄托。
including thousands who were considered to have great potential in the art of selling.
而事實(shí)上，他們都具有潛力，可以成為一流的推銷員。
Furthermore, there will be no one to humor you or console you
還有，當(dāng)你的貨推銷不出去的時候，
when you have sold no goods;
沒有人會諒解你，安慰你。
no one except those who seek to separate you from your money pouch."
人們只會趁你不注意的時候，拿走你的錢袋。”
"I will be careful and heed thy words of warning.
“我會記下您的話。”
"Then let us begin.
那就開始吧！
For the present you will receive no more advice."
眼下，我不再給你任何忠告。
You stand before me as a green fig.
現(xiàn)在，你就像一顆青澀的無花果，
Until the fig is ripe it cannot be called a fig
熟透前無人問津。
and until you have been exposed to knowledge and experience
等到有了經(jīng)驗(yàn)，有了知識，
you cannot be called a salesman."
你才算得上一名推銷員。
