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COME UP SHORT. "It's the thought that counts."
徒勞無功。“想法最重要。”
LIGHT UP. As a rookie fireman, I was advised by the older firemen to start smoking.
點煙。作為一名新消防隊員，老消防隊員建議我開始吸煙。
They said it would help acclimate my lungs to the smoke in a building fire.
他們說這能讓我的肺適應(yīng)大樓火災(zāi)的煙霧。
TRY A NEW COLOR. "You would look great with black hair," a friend told me. "Let's dye it."
嘗試一種新的顏色。一個朋友告訴我：“你要是有黑頭發(fā)就好了。”“我們?nèi)ト景l(fā)吧。”
He did, and I didn't. Worse, although the color was supposed to wash out, it didn't.
他染了，我沒有。更糟的是，盡管顏色應(yīng)該是能洗掉的，但是洗不掉了。
Instead, it turned blue. Dark blue, almost navy blue.
相反，它變成了藍(lán)色。深藍(lán)色，幾乎是海軍藍(lán)。
Since this was years before punk and dyed hair, I was horrified. Although, who knows, maybe I started a trend.
因為那是在朋克和染發(fā)之前的年代，我被嚇壞了。但是，誰知道呢，也許我開創(chuàng)了一種潮流。
SELL NOW. In 1984, my sister's husband worked for GTE servicing small relay stations around Redmond, Washington.
現(xiàn)在出售。1984年，我姐姐的丈夫在華盛頓雷德蒙附近的服務(wù)小型中繼站的GTE工作。
He suggested we buy stock in a company that was one of his clients.
他建議我們買他的一個客戶的公司的股票。
So I bought 200 shares, as did my mom. We watched the stock go up to around $31 a share, and then drop again.
所以我買了200股，我媽媽也買了。我們看到股票上漲到每股31美元左右，然后又下跌了。
Then it would go back up and drop again.
然后它又再次上升和下降。
My old accounting professor told the class that if we had a stock that performed that way,
我以前的會計教授告訴班上的同學(xué)，如果我們有一只股票的表現(xiàn)是這樣的，
it probably would never go higher and we should dump it.
它可能永遠(yuǎn)不會升得更高，我們應(yīng)該賣掉它。
So that's why Mom and I sold our stock in Microsoft at under $31 a share.
這就是為什么我和媽媽以每股不到31美元的價格賣掉了我們在微軟的股票。
I never look at what it is today because I don't want to be sick.
我再也不看它現(xiàn)在的價格了，因為我不想生病。
FLY GENTLY. As my brother left to pilot B-17s in World War II, our worried mother told him to "fly low and slow."
在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)中，我哥哥離開家去駕駛B-17轟炸機時，我們憂心忡忡的母親告訴他要“飛低點，飛慢點”。
Terrible advice for a pilot leaving for war.
對于一名即將奔赴戰(zhàn)場的飛行員來說，這是個糟糕的建議。
BE A GODFATHER. "Be a Michael, not a Sonny."
做一個教父。“做一個邁克爾，而不是桑尼。”
My mom gives me this advice every time I want to confront someone. How about I probably shouldn't behave like any member of the Mafia?!
每次我想要面對別人的時候，我媽媽都會給我這個建議。我不要像黑手黨的成員那樣行事怎么樣？！
CHARGE IT. "Just open another credit card; it's free money."
充電。“再辦一張信用卡吧；它是免費的錢。”
That gem came from my friend, who is thousands of dollars in debt and has no idea she will eventually have to pay that off.
這個真知來自我的朋友，她負(fù)債數(shù)千美元，不知道自己最終需要還清債務(wù)。
Trying to instill a life lesson in our energetic young son,
試圖給我們精力充沛的小兒子灌輸生活經(jīng)驗，
I called out as he ran by, "When you are running with scissors, point them down!"
當(dāng)他跑過的時候，我叫道:“當(dāng)你拿著剪刀跑的時候，尖端朝下！”
His dad rejoined, "Or just don't run with scissors."
他的爸爸反駁道：“要不就是別拿著剪刀跑。”
