在取得获取硕士学位后很多年以后，我作为一个职员重回到位于宾哈姆顿的纽约州立大学当教员。
一天在拥挤的电梯里，有人在谈论这部没精打采的电梯电梯里很拥挤，有人抱怨电梯效率太低。我说自从我成为这里的一个学生自我在那里当学生起，20年来这部电梯就没有变化换过。
最后当电梯门打开了时，我的后背遭受了一记热情的拍击我感到有人在我背上同情地拍了一下，我回过头发现是一位上了年纪年长的修女正在朝我微笑，“你一定会得到拿到那个学位的，亲爱的，”她轻声的对我说低声说道，“坚持是一种美德。”
Perseverance is a virtue
Many years after receiving graduate degree, I returned tothe state university of new york at Binghamton as a faculty worker member.
One day in a crowded elevator ,someone remarked on the Its inefficiency of this elevator. I said It had not changed for In the twenty years since I became began there as a student.
When the door finally opened, I felt a compassionate pat on my back, and turned to find see an elderly nun smiling at me. " You will get the that degree dear," she whispered. " Perseverance is a virtue."
