i use this law to my advantage whenever i telephone someone who has a very effective gatekeeper by introducing myself as follows: this is dr. rinke, i would like to speak to ms. hardto getto.
每逢给某人挂电话时,恰逢接电话的是一位「办事高效率」的门岗,我就会如下的自我介绍:我是林可博士,我要找盖图女士听电话。
i do have that connection of chow and li to the country. i think it does play to my advantage a little.
因为我的教练乔和李和中国存在这样的关系,我觉得我会有一点小小的优势。
but the way in which i learned to use technology to my advantage was because i was within an extremist organization that was forced to think beyond the confines of the nation-state.
然而我学会利用科技是因为我属于一个极端主义组织在那里你需要考虑更周密,超越超越民族国家的边界。
when it was to my advantage to be considered african, it pleased me.
当别人把我当作非洲人而对我有利时,这们的问题使我感到欣慰。
fortunately, this worked to my advantage because i didn「t feel there were any limitations on what i could or couldn」t accomplish.
幸运的是,这对我很有益,因为我从不认为自己能做或不能做的事情有什么限制。
and, 「from what part of africa do you come from?」 when it was to my advantage to be considered african , it pleased me.
还有,「你是从非洲哪个地方来的」我很高兴我很容易被当成非洲人。