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My First Job furniture I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields
of Eufaula, Okla.
1 the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up old furniture. He gave me a cent for
every nail I
2 out of old boards.
I got my first
3 job, at JM's Restaurant in town, when I was 12. My main responsibility. (职责) were
4 tables and washing dishes,
5 sometimes I helped cook.
Every day after school I would
6 to JM's and work until ten. Even on Saturdays I
7 from two until
eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and
8 my friends run off to swim or play. I didn't
necessarily like work, but I loved what working
9 me to have. Because of my
10 I was always the one
buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez. This made me
11 .
Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working
12 around town. A local clothing store offered me credilt
(赊帐)
13 I was only in seventh grade. I immediately
14 a $68 sports coat and a $22 pair of shoes. I was
15 only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed the storekeeper $90! So I learned
16 the danger of easy
credit. I paid it
17 as soon as I could.
My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a
18 of personal satisfaction few of my
friends had experienced. As my father,
19 worked three jobs, once told me, "If you
20 sacrifice (奉献) and
responsibility, there are not many things in life you can't have." How right he was.
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