Hillbilly Elegy - Jan 30

But I was concerned most of all that no one understood my grandparents’ outsize role in my life.

Though we ________(盛赞/歌颂) of social mobility, it has its downsides.

In my youth, ________(这是美食的最高等级).

As I began to think a bit more deeply about my own identity, I ________(FELL IN LOVE WITH) a classmate of mine named Usha.

But Usha ________(占据一片完全不同的情感世界).

Usha was like my Yale ________(灵魂向导).

Every August, recruiters from prestigious law firms ________(降临到.../来临) New Haven, hungry for the next generation of high-quality legal talent.

It’s ________(像马拉松那样忙碌的一个星期) of dinners, cocktail hours, ________(招待贵客的接待室，比如机场VIP候机室) visits, and interviews.

The ________(流言的温床) informed me that the dinner was a kind of intermediate interview.

I thought it a pity that the most expensive meal I’d ever eaten would take place in such a high-stakes environment.

Before dinner, we were all ________(关在某个地方) a private banquet room for wine and conversation.

Women a decade older than I was carried around wine bottles wrapped in beautiful linens, asking ________(每隔几分钟) whether I wanted a new glass of wine or a ________(续杯).

________(然而，天色还早)

But I was so impressed by the environment that “ being myself ” meant ________(目瞪口呆地凝视着...) at ________(饭店里那些精致的[装饰或者餐具等等]) and wondering how much they cost.

________(长话短说), I needed a new plan.

I was ________(安全了).

I don’t want to ________(让我看起来像个傻子).

Thanks to a Yale Law pedigree, ________(一只脚早就进去了).

It was pretty clear that ________(有一些很迷的力量正在干预), and I had just tapped into it for the first time.

They don’t ________(涌入就业市场) with résumés, hoping that some employer will grace them with an interview.

________(他们靠人脉).

The whole process was little more than ________(用力过猛的行为). But I didn’t seem like an asshole, so I was coasting.

Then ________(我碰壁了).

I was certain ________(我搞砸了). I had flubbed the interview in the worst way.

But behind the scenes, one of my recommenders was already ________(打电话进行游说).

By March, some people were ________(已经准备了好几周).