work out that way結果沒照設想走

My name is Warren R. Schmidt and I am your new foster father. Say personal information. All right, ahem. I live in Omaha, Nebraska. My older brother, Harry, lives in Roanoke, Virginia with his wife, Estelle. Harry lost a leg two years ago to diabetes. I am 66 years old... ...and recently retired as assistant vice president and actuary... ...at Woodmen of the World Insurance Company. And goddamn it if they didn't replace me with some kid who... All right, so maybe he's got a little theory under his belt... ...and can plug a few numbers into a computer... ...but I could tell right off that he doesn't know a damn thing... ...about genuine real-world risk assessment. Or managing a department, for that matter. Little cocky bastard. Anyway, 66 must sound pretty old to a young fellow like yourself. The truth is it sounds pretty old to me too. Because when I look in the mirror and see the wrinkles around my eyes... ...and the sagging skin on my neck and the hair in my ears... ...and the veins on my ankles, I can't believe it's really me. When I was a kid, I used to think that maybe I was special... ...that somehow destiny had tapped me to be a great man. Not like Henry Ford or Walt Disney or somebody like that... ...but somebody, you know, semi-important. I got a degree in business and statistics... ...and was planning to start my own business someday. Build it up into a big corporation. Watch it go public, you know? Maybe make the Fortune 500. I was gonna be one of those guys you read about. But somehow, it just didn't work out that way. You've gotta remember, I had a top-notch job at Woodmen... ...and a family to support. I couldn't exactly put their security at risk. Helen, that's my wife. She wouldn't have allowed it. But what about my family, you might ask. What about my wife and daughter? Don't they give me all the pride and satisfaction I could ever want? Helen and I have been married 42 years.

我叫沃倫·R·施密特，是你的新養父。 說說你的個人資訊。 好吧，咳咳。 我住在內布拉斯加州的奧馬哈。 我哥哥哈里和妻子埃斯特爾住在維吉尼亞州的羅阿諾克。 哈里兩年前因為糖尿病截掉了一條腿。 我今年六十六歲…… ……最近剛退休，退休前是副總裁助理兼精算師…… ……在世界伍德曼保險公司。 結果他們真他媽的拿一個毛頭小子頂替了我，那傢伙…… 好吧，也許他肚子裡是有點理論…… ……也會往電腦裡輸幾個數字…… ……但我一眼就看出他屁都不懂…… ……真正的現實風險評估。 更別說管理一個部門了。 這個自以為是的小混蛋。 總之，對你這樣的年輕人來說，六十六歲肯定聽著很老。 說實話，我自己聽著也覺得挺老。 因為我一照鏡子，看到眼角的皺紋…… ……脖子上鬆弛的皮膚、耳朵裡冒出來的毛…… ……還有腳踝上的青筋，我都不敢相信那真是我。 我小時候總覺得自己也許不一般…… ……覺得命運不知怎麼就選中我，要我成為偉人。 不是亨利·福特或華特·迪士尼那種大人物…… ……而是那種，怎麼說，有點分量的人。 我拿的是商科和統計學的學位…… ……原本打算哪天自己創業。 把它做大成一家大公司，看它上市，你懂吧？ 也許衝進《財富》五百強。 我本來會成為你讀到的那種人物。 可不知怎麼，事情就是沒按那樣發展。 你得記著，我在伍德曼有份一流的工作…… ……還有一家人要養。 我不能拿他們的安穩去冒險。 海倫，那是我妻子。 她不會答應的。 你也許會問，那我的家人呢？ 我的妻子和女兒呢？ 她們難道沒給我想要的全部驕傲和滿足嗎？ 海倫和我結婚四十二年了。