第1个回答 2014-06-09
My First Job
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 responsibilities were
__4__tables and washing dishes, but sometimes I helped cook.
Every day after school I would __5__ to JM's and work until ten. Even on Saturdays I __6__ from
two until eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and __7__ my friends run off to swim or play. I
didn't necessarily like work, but I loved what working allowed me to have. Because of my __8__ I was
always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez. This made me __9__.
Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working got around the town. A local clothing store offered me
credit __10__ I was only in the seventh grade. I immediately charged a $ 68 sports coat and a $ 22 pair
of shoes. I was making only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed the storekeeper $ 90! So I learned
early the danger of easy credit. I paid it __11__ as soon as I could.
My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a level of personal satisfaction few of
my friends had experienced. As my father, who worked three jobs, once told me, "If you __12__
sacrifice (奉献) and responsibility, there are not many things in life you can't have." How right he was!
是不是这样的啊？