英語翻譯
After he passed away,i thought more and more about Tony"s career .he grew in stature in my mind .in the end ,i think he stood as tall,and as proud ,as the greatest American industrialists.they had all reached their success by the same route and by the sme valuesand principles:vision,determination,self-control,optimism,self-respectand,above all,integrity.Tony did not begin on the bottomrung of the ladder.he began in the basement.tony's affairs were tiny ;the greatest industrialists'affairs were giant.but after all,the balance sheets were exactly the same.the only difference was where you put the decimal point.
第二段：At the funeral,the sixty-year-old company president told the forty-eight-year-old widow that the fifty-one-year-old deceased had meant much to the company and would be missed and would be hard to replace.the widow did not look him in the eye .she was afraid he would read her bitterness and after all,she would need him to straighten out the finances-the stock options and all that.phil was overweight and nerous and worked too hard .if he wasn't at the office,he was worried about it.phil was a type A,a heart-attack natural,you could have picked him out in a minute from a lineup.
第三彈：i squared my shoulders and saluted and helped out thebook to the woman,even though while i spoke i felt chokedby the bitterness of my disappointment."i'm Lieutenant john blanchard and you must be MISS Maynell.i am so glad you could meet me ;may i take you to dinner?'the woman's face broadened into a smile.i don't know what this is about,son; she answered.'but the young lady in the green suit who just went by,she begged me to wear this rose on my coat.and she said if you were to ask me out to dinner,i should go and tell you that she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street.she said it was some kind of text!"