I keep a two-dollar bill in my wallet that was given to me by my mot her when I was six years old.
I am not superstitious but the bill goes with me wherever I go.My m other gave it to me so that luck would follow me everywhere.
She looked at me and said,"I want you to carry this two dollars bi ll for extra good luck."
"Thanks Mom," I replied."I will keep it close to me always."
Every morning I would get dressed and my two dollars bill went into my pocket.My mother passed away when I was seventeen years old and I re membered taking out my two dollars bill.I held it in my hand for the lo ngest time and knew that she would be watching over me the rest of my li fe.
Each time I felt I had a crisis on my hands,I could reach for my tw o dollars bill and set it on the table.I would stare at it for several hours and could always come up with a solution.
When I applied for my first job,I was thirty years old and very shy.The thought of being interviewed for a job was scary but I had to work.On my first interview,as I sat in the waiting room,I noticed there w ere five women ahead of me.All of the women were younger and very well dressed.One of them was impeccable in her blue striped suit with matchi ng purse and shoes.I knew I was up against women better qualified by l ooking at the length of their resumes.
Ms Martin,the office manager,summoned me into her office.
"What makes you feel you are qualified for this job?" she asked.
"I really need this job and there is nothing I can not do," I resp onded.
She asked me a series of questions and the interview was over.As I exited her office,I turned around and said,"Ms Martin,I know that I am not qualified like your other applicants,but please give me a chance.I learn quickly and can be a very productive member of your team."
I thanked her and went home exhausted.Oh well,I thought,tomorrow would be another day.
That evening as I was getting ready for bed,I received a phone call from Ms Martin.
"Gina," she said,"you were not the most qualified applicant,but you have so much confidence in yourself that we decided to give you a ch ance to prove yourself."
I screamed out loud,was jumping all over the room in disbelief.I c ould hear Ms Martin laughing in the background and suddenly I realized t hat Ms Martin was still on the line.
"Thank you,Ms Martin,you will not regret this decision," I said and hung up the phone.
I got my wallet and took out my two-dollar bill.
"Thanks mom,I am going to make it." I said out loud so my mother could hear me.
At that instant,I remembered the time she pulled all of us into the living room and said,"You are all brilliant in my mind,but if you fai l once don't give up.Don't fear failure.It is a way of getting us to try harder.You will succeed,I promise."
I still think of mom everyday and still keep my two-dollar bill in m y wallet.At a family reunion years later,I found out that my brothers and sisters all had a two-dollar bill in their wallet.
We all laughed and talked about how special this gift from Mom had b een to each and ever had reinforced the confidence Mom had instilled one of us.It led in us.
有一張兩美元的鈔票一直保存在我的錢夾裏，那是我6歲時媽媽給的。
我不迷信，但無論到哪裏，我都隨身帶著它。媽媽希望這張兩美元鈔票能讓我事事亨通。
當時，她看著我說：“帶上這張兩美元吧，它會帶給你好運的。”
“謝謝媽媽，”我說，“我會永遠帶著它。”
每天早上，穿好衣服後，我就將這兩美元裝進口袋。17歲那年，媽媽去世了。當時，我掏出那張兩美元鈔票，久久地攥在手中。我知道，媽媽會一直關注我以後的生活。
每每遇到棘手問題，我就拿出那兩美元，放在桌上，一連幾個小時盯著它，最終總能想出辦法。
第一次找工作時我已經30歲了，又有些羞怯。一想到要麵試，我就很害怕，但我必須得工作。第一次麵試，在等候室裏，除了我還有五位女性求職者。她們都比我年輕，並且衣著考究。其中一位穿著藍色斑紋套裝，配以類似風格的錢包和鞋子，簡直太完美了。我很清楚，若以履曆長短論，我不是這五位女士的對手。
業務經理馬丁太太把我叫進辦公室。
“你覺得你能勝任這份工作的理由是什麽？”她問道。
“我很需要這份工作，而且，也沒有我做不來的事。”我答道。
回答完一連串的問題後，麵試結束了。我正要邁出辦公室時，轉過身對馬丁太太說：“馬丁太太，我知道自己並不如其他人優秀，但是，請您給我一個機會。我接受能力很強，會成為公司優秀的一員。”
謝過馬丁太太後，回到家時，我已經疲憊不堪了。我心想，算了，沒有關係，明天又是新的一天。
當晚，我正準備睡覺時，突然接到馬丁太太的電話。
“吉娜，”她說，“你雖不是應試者中最出色的，但你對自己充滿信心，因此我們決定給你一個展現自己的機會。”
我簡直難以相信這是真的，我激動得大叫起來，興奮得在房間裏又蹦又跳。電話那頭傳來馬丁太太的笑聲，我這才意識到我們還在通話。
“馬丁太太，謝謝您！我不會令您失望的。”說完，我掛斷了電話。
我掏出錢夾，拿出了那張兩美元的鈔票。
“謝謝您，媽媽，我的好運來了。”我大聲地說，媽媽應該聽得到。
那一刻，我想起了媽媽說的一番話，她把我們拉到客廳裏說：“在媽媽眼裏，你們都很棒。無論做什麽事情，失敗了，千萬別放棄。失敗並不可怕，我們可以化失敗為動力。我相信，你們一定能夠成功。”
我時刻都想念著媽媽，那兩美元也依然珍藏在我的錢夾裏。多年後，在一次家庭聚會上，我才發現，我們兄弟姐妹的錢夾裏都各有一張兩美元的鈔票。
我們都笑了，談論著媽媽贈予我們的這份特殊禮物。她在我們心底播下了自信的種子，而這兩美元讓這粒種子迅速茁壯地成長起來。
1.Each time I felt I____a crisis on my hands,I could reach f or my____dollars bill and set it on the table.I would stare____it for several hours and could always come up with a solution.
2.She____me a series of questions and the interview was____.As I exited her office,I turned around and____,"Ms Martin,I know that I am not qualified____your other applicants,but please give me a____.I learn quickly and can be a very productive____of your tea m."
3.I still think of mom everyday and____keep my two-dollar bill in my____.At a family reunion years____,I found out that my brothers and____all had a two-dollar bill in their wallet.
1.每每遇到棘手問題，我就拿出那兩美元，放在桌上，一連幾個小時盯著它，最終總能想出辦法。
2.我很清楚，若以履曆長短論，我不是這五位女士的對手。
3.無論做什麽事情，失敗了，千萬別放棄。