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19年前，艾柯卡终于靠自己的奋斗当上了福特公司的总经理。1978年7月13日，有点得意忘形的艾柯卡被大老板亨利•福特开除了。艾柯卡在福特工作已多年，当了32年总经理，可却突然失业了。他痛不欲生，开始酗酒，对自己失去了信心，认为自己要彻底崩溃了。 就在这时，艾柯卡接受了一个新挑战——到瀕临破产的克莱斯勒汽车公司出任总经理。 凭着他的智慧、胆识和魅力，艾柯卡大刀阔斧地对克莱斯勒进了整顿、改革，并向政府求援， 舌战国会议员，取得了巨额贷款，重振了企业雄风。在艾柯卡的领导下，克莱斯勒公司在最黑暗的曰子里推出了K型车的计划。这个计划令克莱斯勒起死回生，使其成为仅次于通用汽 车公司、福特汽车公司的第三大汽车公司。 1983年7月13日，艾柯卡把生平首见的面额高达亿美元的支票交到银行代表手里。 至此，克莱斯勒还清了所有债务，而恰恰是年前的这一天，亨利•福特开除了他。 事后，艾柯卡深有感触地说：“奋力向前，哪怕时运不济；永不绝望，哪怕天崩地裂。” 罗曼•罗兰说：“痛苦像一把犁，它一面犁破了你的心，一面却掘开了生命的新起源 " 痛苦就像一枚青橄榄，品尝后才知其甘甜，但这品尝需要勇气！ The Olive of life 19 years ago, lacocca finally became general manager of Ford Company on his own efforts. On July 13, 1978, a little bloated, lacocca was fired by the big boss Henry Ford. In Ford, lacocca had worked for 32 years, in which he served as general manager for eight years, but now he was unemployed suddenly. He ate his heart, started drinking, lost confidence in himself, thinking that he would collapse thoroughly. At this time, lacocca accepted a new challenge-to apply for general manager of Chrysler close to bankruptcy. With his wisdom, audacity and charm, lacocca drastically reorganized and reformed Chrysler and turned to the government for help, argued heatedly against the congressmen, made a huge loan and revived the enterprise. Under the leadership of lacocca, Chrysler produced the plan of K-model cars. This plan revived Chrysler successfully, becoming the third largest motor company after General Motors and Ford Motor Company. On July 13, 1978, lacocca delivered the bank representative an -million- dollar check, which he had never seen all his life. Till then, Chrysler paid off all debts. It was on the very day five years ago that Henry Ford fired him. Afterwards, lacocca said with a deep feeling, "Strive forward, even if you have a bad time; never despair, even if the sky falls and the earth cracks，” Roman Roland said, "Pain, like a plough, breaks your heart and opens the headspring of life." Pain is like a green olive; you won't know its sweet taste till you taste it, which needs courage! bloated 傲惺的 collapse 崩溃；倒塌 bankruptcy 破产 audacity 大胆 drastically 彻底地；巨大地 revived 使复活；使恢复 representative 代表 strive 努力；奋斗 crack 破裂 |
