卡耐基小时候是一个大家公认的,非常淘气的坏男孩。在他9岁的时候,他的继母来到他家中。当时他们是居住在乡下的贫苦人家,而继母则来自家景较好的家庭。父亲一边向继母介绍卡耐基,一边说:“亲爱的,希望你注意这个全郡最坏的男孩, 他可让我头疼死了,说不定会在明天早晨就拿石头扔向你, 或做出别的什么坏事,总之让你防不胜防。” Carnegie as a child is a well-known, very naughty bad boy. His stepmother came to his house when he was nine years old. At that time they were poor people living in the country while stepmothers came from families with good family background. My father, introducing Carnegie to her stepmother, said: "My dear, I hope you pay attention to the worst boy in the whole country. He may give me a headache. Maybe I'll throw stones at you tomorrow morning or do other things What a bad thing, in short let you be hard to guard against.