【正文】 Molly employs around eighty people in her factory and warehouse，and ten others in her two new fashion stores，but her newest employee is the most important one for her．After years of worrying about her business more than her family，she has decided to make Sally Pamonte new general manager in her pany．Molly will still be involved in decisionmaking，and she39。他參觀醫(yī)院和學(xué)校，給大家?guī)ネ婢?、快樂和忠告。玩具盒上印著的說明書可指導(dǎo)孩子們把盒子變成俱樂部會所、公共汽車或飛機(jī)。古茨、獨(dú)眼玩偶賽 現(xiàn)在，施瓦茨不在法庭工作，而是滑著滑板在他位于紐約的拉姆普斯公司總部轉(zhuǎn)悠。他上課不做筆記，反而在 26 個(gè)筆記本上畫滿玩具草圖。盡管為了成為一名律師，他不得不長時(shí)間把玩具放在一邊，但他從未喪失童年時(shí)對玩具的那種熱情。他小時(shí)候就經(jīng)常把玩具拆開，然后再用膠水重新拼合。施瓦茨的愛好 拉里s Hobbies Larry Schwarz has played with toys all his life．As a child，he often pulled his toys apart，and then glued them back together．He made toy rockets，cars，and buildings out of boxes．Although he put his toys away long enough to bee a lawyer，he never lost his childhood passion for toys．Schwarz dreamed up many toys while in school．Instead of taking notes in class，he filled 26 notebooks with toy sketches! Still，he managed to get his lawyer degree． Today，instead of working in a courtroom，Schwarz skateboards around his Rumpus39。貓讓我們知道什么時(shí)候該換沙發(fā)了，也就是當(dāng)沙發(fā)織物開始看起來像用貓爪梳理過的愛因斯坦的頭發(fā)時(shí)，這其實(shí)多虧有了慷慨捐贈的貓毛。 后來安迪的母親得知一個(gè)朋友家的貓生了小貓，他們可以去抱一只回家。他跑到圖書館去借他能找到的所有關(guān)于狗的書籍，也把它們丟得到處都是。由于某些原因，無論安迪怎樣承諾，他們似乎并不相信安迪會每天出去遛狗三次。 他一直愛養(yǎng)寵物，他的第一個(gè)動物朋友是豬。達(dá)雷爾寫的有關(guān)動物的書籍。s hair that has been bed with cat paws，thanks to the generous donation of cat hair． 安迪的愛好 安迪總是看電視節(jié)目上的動物頻道。s mother was told a friend39。s animal books．He also wrote down something about animals when he heard them — especially the ones that were about loving animals． He has always had pets．His first animal friends were pigs．And then he tried his best to persuade his parents to get a dog．For some reasons they did not seem to believe Andy would walk the dog three times a day，no matter how Andy promised he39。 Andy39。s Hobbies Andy is always watching animal programs on TV．When he was a child his favorite books were Gerald Durrel39。d do it． He did his best to persuade them：he was good at drawing and left drawings of dogs all over the place．He ran to the library，borrowed all the dog books he could find，and left them lying around as well．His parents were quite used to his books lying around everywhere． Then Andy39。s cat had kittens and they could go and get one．At first Andy was a little disappointed．As time went by，he learned to love the cat so much he has had cats ever since． Cats let us know when it is time to change the sofa．Either when the fabric starts to look like Einstein39。當(dāng)他還是個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候，他最喜歡的書就是杰拉爾德每當(dāng)他聽到一些關(guān)于動物的事情，尤其是那些有關(guān)愛護(hù)動物的故事，他都會記錄下來。后來他盡自己的最大努力去說服他父母為他買一只狗。 他盡自己的最大努力說服他們：他擅長畫畫，到處都放著狗的素描。他的父母已經(jīng)習(xí)慣他把書丟得到處都是了。起初安迪感到有點(diǎn)失望，但自從有了貓之后，隨著時(shí)間的推移他學(xué)會給貓很多愛護(hù)。 Larry Schwarz39。s headquarters in New York City．In 1997，he started the Rumpus Toy pany and invented all kind of crazy toys，like Gus Gutz，a doll with 12 spongy organs，and Sy Klops，a oneeyed doll．Even the boxes are playful．Printed instructions on Rumpus toy boxes allow kids to turn them into club houses，buses or airplanes．He loves to ride around in his Rumpus Road Rocket，a multicolored school bus．He visits hospitals and schools，bringing toys，happiness and advice．Says Schwarz，If you believe in something strongly enough and think you can do it，you really should give it a try． 拉里施瓦茨這一生都在玩玩具。他用盒子制造玩具火箭、汽車和樓房。上學(xué)時(shí)施瓦茨夢想擁有很多玩具。不過，他還是設(shè)法取得了法律專業(yè)學(xué)位。1997 年，他創(chuàng)辦了拉姆普斯玩具公司，發(fā)明了各種各樣的瘋狂玩具，比如有 12 個(gè)海綿器官的玩偶格絲克洛普斯，甚至連包裝盒都可以玩。他喜歡乘坐一輛名為“拉姆普斯公路火箭”的彩色校車四處跑。施瓦茨說：“如果你特別相信某件事，而且覺得自己可以做好的話，你真的應(yīng)該試一試。s going to stay in touch with the people who work for her，but Sally is going to look after daytoday running of the business so that Molly can spend more time with the kids． The new arrangement is going to start on Monday，and both of them are already excited about it．Sally says，I39。m sure Molly will help me a lot in the early days，even though I hope she feels she can trust me not to make too many mistakes． Molly，on the other hand，seems quite relaxed about the whole thing．I know that Sally39。s only been here a couple of days and she39。ve been in years．I mean，I honestly can39。博伊蘭創(chuàng)辦了她的 Blazes 化妝品公司，自此她便成了加拿大最成功的女企業(yè)家之一。有時(shí)她感到她自己的兩個(gè)孩子對保姆的了解比對她了解的還要多。她多年為家庭操心，為生意更操心之后，決定任命薩莉莫莉仍參與決策，并與為她工作的人保持聯(lián)系，但是薩莉要照料公司業(yè)務(wù)的日常運(yùn)行，這樣莫莉能有更多的時(shí)間跟孩子們在一起。薩莉說，“我真的很緊張，但我確信在早期階段莫莉?qū)o我很多幫助，盡管我希望她可以相信我不會犯太多錯(cuò)誤?！拔抑浪_莉?qū)⒊蔀橐粋€(gè)非常好的經(jīng)理，”她說，“她來這里只有幾天時(shí)間，她已經(jīng)向我展示了如何解決我們遇到的一些問題。我的意思是，我真的不記得上次我感到像這次這樣的輕松是什么時(shí)候了，我的孩子們對我有更多的時(shí)候待在家里真的感到格外興奮?！? Jon39。s performance at work has been slipping．Jon got more and more frustrated as his friends progressed and he didn39。t understand．I try so hard but I can39。t update your skills，you will fall behind． Jon felt silly and laughed I have spent all of my time trying to cut trees with a dull axe．All I needed to do was sharpen it! 喬恩的工作現(xiàn)狀——鈍了的斧頭 喬恩熱愛工作，他曾經(jīng)是這一行的高手?？墒菐啄赀^去了，喬恩的工作表現(xiàn)往下滑落。 有一天喬恩終于向一位朋友尋求忠告，“我不明白，我在公司里如此努力，卻無法升職?！? 喬恩覺得自己很蠢，大笑，“原來我一直在拿一把鈍了的斧頭在砍樹，卻忘了需要磨利它!” The Meanest Mother I had the meanest mother in the whole world．While other kids ate candy for breakfast，I had to have porridge，eggs or toast．When others had Cokes and candy for lunch，I had to eat a sandwich．But at least I wasn39。t sleep till noon like our friends．So while they slept，my mother was brave to break the Child Labour Law．She made us work．We had to wash dishes，make beds，and learn to cook and all sorts of things at home．I believe she lay awake thinking up all things for us to do． My mother was a plete failure as a mother．Two of her children received higher education．None of us have ever been arrested(taken away by the police) or divorced．She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults．I am trying to raise my three children this way．I am filled with pride when my children call me mean．Why? Because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world． 最無情的母親 我有一個(gè)算得上世界上最無情的母親。別的孩子午餐可以喝可樂吃糖，我卻只能吃三明治。 我母親一直喜歡了解我們的行蹤，我們和哪些朋友在一起，要去哪里。我們不能躺在床上“生病”以逃避上學(xué)。每天晚上我們必須在 9 點(diǎn)之前睡覺，第二天早上 8 點(diǎn)必須起床。當(dāng)他們想睡到中午時(shí)，我母親就會勇敢地違反童工法。