Many years after?receiving?my?graduate?degree, I returned to the State University of New York at Binghamton as a?faculty?member. One day in a crowded?elevator, someone remarked on its?inefficiency. I said the elevators had not changed in the 20 years since I began there as a student.
獲取研究生學(xué)位多年以后，我回到位于賓翰頓的紐約州立大學(xué)當(dāng)教員。一天，電梯里很擁擠，有人抱怨電梯效率太低。我說(shuō)自我在那里當(dāng)學(xué)生起，20年來(lái)電梯一直沒(méi)有換過(guò)。

When the door finally opened, I felt a?compassionate?pat?on my back, and turned to see an elderly nun smiling at me. "You'll get that degree, dear," she?whispered. "Perseverance is a virtue."
最后當(dāng)電梯門(mén)打開(kāi)時(shí)，我感到有人在我的背上同情地拍了一下，回過(guò)頭來(lái)我看到一位年長(zhǎng)的修女正在朝我微笑?！澳銜?huì)拿到學(xué)位的，親愛(ài)的，”她低聲說(shuō)道：“堅(jiān)持不懈是一種美德?！?/div>