Charlie is twenty-three now. He left a university(大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s small and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he once in a university. So he looks down upon (瞧不起) his workmates. He always thinks he’s right and never agrees with others. He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”
But once the young man couldn’t understand a foreign instructions (说明书). An old worker studied it for two days and told Mr. White, the boss of the factory, what it meant. The boss asked Charlie why. He made a few excuses to say for himself. And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “ Is it true that you’ve never made a mistake?”
The young man wouldn’t make Mr. White angrier and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”
Having heard this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “ It means that you also make some
mistakes!”
Charlie changed his mind at once and said, “ I made only one mistake in my life!”
"When?" the boss asked in surprise.
"Just now, sir.” Answered the young man. “When Mr. White made me acknowledge (承认) I was
wrong!”