A manager once advertised for a person to help him in his office, and nearly fifty people applied for the place. From all these people, in a short time, he chose a boy and sent the others away.
一位经理曾登广告招聘一人协助他办公室工作，近五十人应聘。不久之后，他从所有人中选出一名男孩，其余人都被遣走。
“I would like to know,” said a friend, “how you came to choose that boy. He had not a single recommendation (推荐) with him.”
“我想知道，”一位朋友说，“你是怎么选那个男孩的？他连一封推荐信都没有。”
“You are mistaken,” said the manager. “He had many.”
“你错了，”经理说，“他有很多（推荐信）。”
“He wiped his shoes before he came in, and closed the door after him, showing that he was orderly and tidy.”
“他进门前擦了鞋，进门后随手关门，这表明他有条理、爱整洁。”
“He gave up his seat quickly to an old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful.”
“他迅速把座位让给一位老人，这表明他善良且体贴。”
“He took off his cap when he came in, and answered my questions promptly and peacefully, showing that he was polite.”
“他进来时脱下帽子，平静而迅速地回答我的问题，这表明他有礼貌。”
“He lifted up the book which I had purposely laid on the floor, and placed it on the table, while all the rest stepped over it, or shove it aside, showing that he was careful.”
“他把我故意放在地上的书捡起来放到桌上，而其他人都跨过它或把它拨到一边，这表明他细心。”
“And he waited quietly for his turn, instead of pushing the others aside, showing that he was modest.”
“他安静地排队等候，而不是推他人，这表明他谦逊。”
“When I talked with him, I noticed that his clothes were carefully brushed, his hair in nice order, and his teeth as white as milk. When he wrote his name, I observed that his fingernails were clean, instead of being tipped with pen.”
“我和他交谈时注意到，他的衣服仔细刷过，头发整齐，牙齿洁白如奶。当他写下名字时，我观察到他的指甲干净，没有沾墨水。”
“Don’t you call these things letters of recommendation? I do and what I can tell about a boy, by using my eyes for ten minutes, is worth more than all the impressive letters he can bring me.”
“难道你不把这些称为‘推荐信’吗？我认为，我用十分钟观察一个男孩所了解的信息，比他带来的任何令人印象深刻的推荐信都更有价值。”
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