【新地平线英语】（第二册）面对生活永远不要轻言放弃(6/6)

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概述：
        1979年，我达到了事业的顶峰，获得了一个重大奖项──普利策奖。。。
        Hints:
        The Times
        Edwin
        Pulitzer Prize
Then, out of my wildest childhood fantasy, The Times came knocking. It was sad that Uncle Edwin had departed by this time. Eventually, I would be offered one of the most prized assignments for which a reporter could possibly hope: a regular opinion piece in The New York Times.
It was proof that my mother's scheme to push me toward literature from an early age had been absolutely right.
In 1979 I reached the summit of my professional career winning a major award, namely the Pulitzer Prize. Unfortunately, my mother's brain and overall health collapsed the year before leaving her in a nursing home, out of touch with life forevermore. She never knew of my Pulitzer.
I can probably guess how she'd have responded. "That's nice, buddy. It shows if you work hard, you'll be able to make something of yourself one of these days."后来，连孩提时代也没想过的是，《纽约时报》竟然自己来敲门了。可惜的是，当我去《纽约时报》工作时埃德温舅舅已经离开了那里。最后，我终于被委任了一个记者能够梦想得到的最具荣誉性的工作：《纽约时报》的一个固定专栏的评论员。
这证明了我母亲在我小时候制定的、鼓励我从事笔墨生涯的计划是完全正确的。
1979年，我达到了事业的顶峰，获得了一个重大奖项──普利策奖。不幸的是，在这前一年，我母亲的神志和健康状况都完全崩溃了，她住进了疗养院，从此与世隔绝。她从来不知道我的普利策奖。
我大概可以猜到她会做出怎样的反应。“不错，孩子。看来，要是你努力工作，总有一天你会成为一个出色的人。”