第85期:逆境的结束只是源于机遇
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弗洛姆有着同样的经历，他用了20年的时间在世达律师事务所磨练着自己。
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Flom had the same experience. For twenty years, he perfected his craft at Skadden, Arps.
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接着世界变了，但他也准备好了。对于逆境的结束他并没有沾沾自喜，
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Then the world changed and he was ready. He didn’t triumphed over adversity.
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反而，认为逆境的结束只是源于机遇。
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Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.
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并不是这些人比起其他的律师更聪明，
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"It’s not that those guys were smarter lawyers than anyone else," Rifkind says.
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只是他们所具有的并从事了几十年的技巧，突然之间变得很有价值。
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"It’s that they had a skill that they had been working on for years that were suddenly very valuable."
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第二课：人口统计学的运气
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Lesson Number Two: Demographic Luck
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莫里斯·詹克洛(MauriceJanklow)1919年进入布鲁克林法律学校。
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Maurice Janklow enrolled in Brooklyn Law School in 1919.
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他来自罗马尼亚的犹太移民的一个家庭。他有七个兄弟姐妹，詹克洛是年龄最大的一个。
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He was the eldest son of Jewish immigrants from Romania. He had seven brothers and sisters.
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他的七个兄妹，一个在布鲁克林经营一家小型百货公司，
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One ended up running a small department store in Brooklyn.
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两个从事缝纫机的生意，一个开了一间绘图工作室，另一个制作羽毛帽子，还有一个在提诗曼地产公司(TishmanRealty)财务部门工作。
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Two others were in the haberdashery business, one had a graphic design studio, another made feather hats, and another worked in a finance department at Tishman Realty.
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莫里斯是家庭中的知识分子，他是家里唯一一个读过大学的。
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Maurice, however, was the family intellectual, the only one to go to college.
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他获得法律学位并在布鲁克林市中心的法院街(CourtStreet)实习。
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He got his law degree and set up a practice on Court Street in downtown Brooklyn.
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他是一个优雅的人，戴的是高级毡帽，穿的套装是布朗克斯兄弟的品牌。夏天，他常戴一顶草伞帽。
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He was an elegant man who dressed in a homburg and Brooks Brothers suits. In the summer, he wore a straw boater.
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他娶了一位非常美丽的女子——莉莲·勒维廷(LillianLevantin)，她是一位非常出色的犹太法典编著者的女儿。
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He married the very beautiful Lillian Levantin, who was the daughter of a prominent Talmudist.
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他开着一辆空间非常大的车，并搬到皇后区(Queens)。
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He drove a big car. He moved to Queens.
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他和他的合伙人接管了一宗制造书写纸的生意，每一项数据无一不表露着这宗生意能够挣到钱。
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He and a partner then took over a writing-paper business that gave every indication of making a fortune.
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有一种人，是全世界都希望能够找到的人：他有着能够成为纽约城大名鼎鼎的律师的潜质，
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Here was a man looked, for all the world, like the kind of person who should thrive as a lawyer in New York City.
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他聪明而且受到良好的教育，他来自于一个在正统的法律教育体制下受过良好教育的家庭，
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He was intelligent and educated. He came from a family well schooled in the rules of the system.
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他住在这个世界上经济最为动荡的城市。
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He was living in the most economically vibrant city in the world.
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但奇怪的是：这种好事从未发生过。
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But here is the strange thing that never happened.
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adversity [əd’vɜːsəti] |
n.不幸;灾难;逆境 |
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Maurice [ˈmɒrɪs] |
莫里斯(男人名) |
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Romania [ru’meɪniə] |
n.罗马尼亚(欧洲国名) |
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graphic [’ɡræfɪk] |
adj.图表的 |
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Realty [’riːəlti] |
n.不动产;房地产=real estate. |
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boater [’bəʊtə(r)] |
n.〈航海〉划船人或乘船者;硬草帽(原为划船时戴的) |
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York [jɔːk] |
约克郡;〈板球〉使击球员出局 |
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vibrant [’vaɪbrənt] |
adj.震颤的;响亮的;充满活力的;精力充沛的;(色彩)鲜明的 |
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