1、 Theres no Y in Its an I.Im Chris Gardner. I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old.And I made up my mind as a young kid.that when I had children. my children were gonna know who their father was.This is part of my life story. This part is called Riding the Bus.-Man: Whats that?s a
2、 time machine, isnt it? Seems like a time machine.That seems like a time machine. Its a time machine. Take me with you. This machine.this machine on my lap. This guy, he has a time machine. He travels in the past with this machine and. It is not a time machine. It a portable bone-density scanner. A
3、medical device I sell for a living.Thank you for the opportunity to discuss it with you. I appreciate it.-Doctor: We just dont need it, Chris.s unnecessary and expensive. Well, maybe next. Thank you. It gave a slightly denser picture than an x-ray for twice the money.-Linda: Hey. Hey, baby. what hap
4、pened? No, nothing. Look, I cant get Christopher today. Oh, no, you dont, Chris. Im back on at 7. I know. I have got to go to Oakland. So I gotta get Christopher home, feed him, bathe him.get him in bed, and be back here by 7? Yes. And we got the tax-bill notice today. What are you gonna do about th
5、at? Look, this is what we gotta do. You see that car? The one with the pretty yellow shoe on it?That mine. There no parking near hospitals. That what happens when youre always in a rush.Thanks anyway. Very much. Maybe next quarter.s possible. I needed to sell at least two scanners a month for rent a
6、nd daycare.d have to sell one more.to pay off all of those tickets under my windshield wiper. The problem is.I havent sold any for a while.Since when do you not like macaroni and cheese? Since birth? Whats that? What? What is this?s a gift for Christopher. From whom? Cynthia From work. Its for adult
7、s. Chris cant use it. She didnt know. What are you supposed to do with it? Make every side the same color. Did you pay the taxes? No, Im gonna have to file an extension. You already filed an extension. Yeah, well, I gotta file another one. Thats. Its $650. Ill have it in the next month. That means i
8、nterest, right? And a penalty? Yeah, a little bit. Look, why dont you let me do this? All right, just relax. Okay? Come here. Calm down. I have to go back to work. Lets get ready for bed. Hey, put your plate in the sink.-TV: “A few days ago I was presented with a report Id asked for.” “.a comprehens
9、ive audit, if you will, of our economic condition.” “You wont like it. I didnt like it.” “But we have to face the truth.” “.and then go to work to turn things around.” “And make no mistake about it, we can turn them around.” “The federal budget is out of control.”“And we face runaway deficits of alm
10、ost $80 billion.” “.for this budget year that ends September 30th.” “That deficit is larger than the entire federal budget in 1957.” “And so is the almost $80 billion.” “.we will pay in interest this year on the national debt.” “Twenty years ago, in 1960.” “.our federal government payroll was less t
11、han $ 13 billion.” “Today it is 75 billion.”“During these 20 years, our population has only increased by 23.3 percent.” Man, I got two questions for you: What do you do? And how do you do it? Im a stockbroker. Stockbroker. Oh, goodness. Had to go to college to be a stockbroker, huh? You dont have to
12、. Have to be good with numbers and good with people. Thats it. Hey, you take care. Ill let you hang on to my car for the weekend. But I need it back for Monday. Feed the meter. I still remember that moment. They all looked so damn happy to me. Why couldnt I look like that?m gonna try to get home by
13、6. Im gonna stop by a brokerage firm after work. For what? I wanna see about a job there. Yeah? What job? You know, when l. When I was a kid, I could go through a math book in a week.So Im gonna go see about what job they got down there. Stockbroker. Stockbroker? Not an astronaut? Dont talk to me li
14、ke that, Linda. Im gonna go down and see about this, and Im gonna do it during the day. You should probably do your sales calls. I dont need you to tell me about my sales calls, Linda. I got three of them before the damn office is even open. Do you remember that rent is due next week? Probably not.
15、Were already two months behind.Next week well owe three months. Ive been pulling double shifts for four months now, Chris.Just sell whats in your contract. Get us out of that business. Linda that is what I am trying to do. This is what Im trying to do for my family.for you and for Christopher.s the
16、matter with you? Linda. Linda.DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS BROKER TRAINEE PROGRAMAPPPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED迪安.维特.雷诺斯公司，经纪人实习培训 现在接受申请。This part of my life is called Being Stupid.” Can I ask you a favor, miss?Do you mind if I leave this here with you just for five minutes?I have a meeting in there and
17、I dont wanna carry that.Looking smalltime.Here is a dollar and Ill give you more money when I come back out. Okay?s not valuable. You cant sell it anywhere.I cant even sell it, and its my job. All right?-Tim: Chris? Tim Brophy, Resources. Yes. How are you? Come with me. Yes, sir. Let me see if I can
18、 find you an application for our internship.m afraid thats all we can do for you. See, this is a satellite office. Jay Twistle in the main office, he oversees Witter Resources.I mean, Im. You know, Im just this office. As you can see, we got a hell of lot of applications here, so.Normally I have a r
19、esume sheet, but I cant seem to find it anywhere. We. Thank you very much. I need to go. Ill bring this back. Thank you. Okay. Trusting a hippie girl with my scanner. Why did I do that?Excuse me. Excuse me. Like I said, this part of my life is called Being Stupid. Hey!t move! Stay.!Stop! Stop! Stop
20、this.! Stop the train!The program took just 20 people every six months. One got the job.There were three blank lines after high school to list more education. I didnt need that many lines. Try and sleep. Its late. “It a puzzle measuring just 3 inches by 3 inches on each side.” “.made up of multiple
21、colors that you twist and turn.” “.and try to get to a solid color on each side.” “This little cube is the gift sensation of 1981.” “Dont expect to solve it easily.” “Although we did encounter one math professor at USF.” “.who took just 30 minutes on his? “This is as far as Ive gotten on mine.” “As
22、you can see, I still have a long way to go.” “This is Jim Finnerty reporting for KJSF in Richmond.” Hey, wake up. Eat. Bye, mom. Bye, baby. Come back without that, please. Oh, yeah, Im going to. So go ahead, say goodbye to it, because Im coming back without it. Goodbye and good riddance. You arent h
23、ad to add the good riddance part. Bye, Mom. Bye.s written as P-P-Y, but its supposed to be an “I” in Is it an adjective? No, actually its a noun. But its not spelled right. Is fuck spelled right? Yeah, thats spelled right. But thats not part of the motto, so youre not supposed to learn that.s an adu
24、lt word to show anger and other things. But just dont use that one, okay?s that say on the back of your bag? My nickname. We pick nicknames. Oh, yeah?s it say? Hot Rod. Did you have a nickname? Yep. what?Ten-Gallon Head. I grew up in Louisiana, near Texas. Everybody wears cowboy hats. And a ten-gall
25、ors a big hat.I was smart back then, so they called me Ten-Gallon Head. Hoss wears that hat. Hoss? Hoss Cantwright on Bonanza. How do you know Bonanza? We watch it at Mrs. Chus. You watch Bonanza at daycare? When? When do you watch it? After snack? After your nap? After love Boat. I made my list for my birthday. Yeah, whatd you put on there? A basketball or an ant farm. He says hes been watching TV.-Mrs. Chu: Oh, little TV for history. Love Boat?-Mrs. Ch
