我在芝加哥一个街区长大。9岁那年,自己萌发了挣钱的念头,于是去找本街区《先驱美国人报》发行员米塞里先生,央求他给我一份放学后送报纸的差事。他说,只要我有自行车就不成问题。 我父亲那时为了养活全家,同时干着四样工作:白天替人制作霓虹灯广告牌,傍晚至8点则去送鲜花,之后还要开出租车直到深夜;每逢周末,又要挨家挨户去推销保险。父亲为我买来一辆没撑脚架的旧自行车,但他还没来得及教会我怎么骑,就因患肺炎住进了医院。幸好米塞里先生并没要求看我骑车,我便推着自行车让他过目,从而得到了那份送报工作。 起初,我将报纸卷成筒放入包内, I grew up in a block of Chicago. When I was nine, I started to make money. So I went to Mr. Maseyri, publisher of the Herald-American newspaper in this neighborhood, and begged him to give me a chore in which to send newspapers after school. He said that as long as I have a bike is not a problem. My father was working to support the family at the same time, doing four things at the same time: making neon signboards for people during the day, sending flowers from 8pm to 8pm and then renting cabs until late at night; and going door to door every weekend Sales insurance. My father bought me an old bike without a kickstand, but he had not had time to teach me how to ride and was hospitalized for pneumonia. Fortunately, Mr. Mseli did not ask me to ride a bike, I would push his bike to look over his head, which got the job report. At first, I put the newspaper roll into the tube into the bag,