I was proud and excited on my first day of Air Force pilot training as I walked toward the instruction facility. From a distance I could see large letters looming over the entrance: “Through these doors pass the best pilots in the world.” My pride was quickly deflated, however, as I reached the threshold and read the small, scribbled cardboard sign that had been taped to the glass by a maintenance worker. It said, “Please use other doors.”
參加空軍飛行員訓(xùn)練的第一天,我向教學(xué)大樓走去,心里又自豪又興奮。距離大門很遠(yuǎn)就可以看到上面赫然寫著的大字:“世界上最優(yōu)秀的飛行員從這里出來”。但是,當(dāng)我走到門檻那里,看到維修工人貼在玻璃上面的硬紙板,我的自豪很快就消失了。那上面潦草的小字寫著:“此門不通”。