阅读理解 Now I’m proud to say that I am an extremely successful immigration lawyer at the age of 56．Looking back, I was fired quite a few times in my life．Though they all happened for very great reasons, I made rapid progress every time． When I first came to America at a very young age, I could not speak English well, but I needed money．Therefore, I went out to look for jobs, mainly in some restaurants．In the late 1960s, Chicago did not allow waitresses to serve drinks if they were under the age of 21．In order to get the job, I lied to the manager and said that I was 21．I was really 19 at the time, and did not know the difference between a martini(马提尼酒)and a Manhattan(曼哈顿鸡尾酒)．Eventually I became the head waitress at a vegetarian hotel in Catskills, New York, after going through several jobs． In the 1970s, I went to study law at a law school．After my graduation in 1976, I found it extremely difficult to find a good job．There were no, or very few, Asians practicing law, let alone Asian women practicing law．I was fired many times, but each time I learned something．My former bosses and I are still good friends, and now I have set up an extremely successful law company with some great people． Being fired is not the worst experience．Usually there is a good reason：our destiny demands it to help us mature(成熟)．Every setback is an opportunity to gain and to learn． |
