Immediately after my husband's company built a weight-lifting facility for its employees, he and a colleague of his，Jamie，joined the program. Although Jamie dropped out of the program，my husband continued faithfully. Several months later，a co-worker came up to him and expressed interest in weight training. My husband was flattered¹ that someone had noticed the results of his dedicated² effort,until the man exclaimed，"Yes，I just saw Jamie

and he looks great.”

我丈夫的公司为雇员购置了一套举重器材。不久，他和他的一位叫杰来的同事就参加了这个训练项目。尽管后来杰米退出了训练，可我丈夫始终不渝地坚特训练。几个月后，一位同事走到我丈夫身边，说他对举重训练也很感兴趁.我丈夫为有人注意到他坚持训练而感到很得意，直到那个同事感慨地说:“嘿，我刚才见到杰来了，他看止去好棒哟！”