他们再也不把所有的鸡蛋投入棉花这一个篮子里。
记住，并不是我们身边发生的事，而是我们对事情的态度决定了我们生活的质量。
Whenthebollweevilcame， thefarmersandalltheotherbusinessesthatwerereliantonthecottonfarmerswereforcedtorecognizetheneedtodiversify.
berelianton：依靠；离不开
Inthelongrun， theysawthatthebollweevilhad， infact， donethemafavorbydestroyingtheircrops.
inthelongrun：从长远看；终究
贝多芬和《第九交响曲》
BeethovenandHisSymphony9
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It' safamiliartale： anagingBeethoven， illanddeaf， conductingtheorchestraandchorusinthepremiereofhisNinthSymphony， conductingevenaftertheyhadceasedtoperform， aftertheyhadreachedtheendofthestunningnewwork， .
Theimageisdeeplymoving， somuchsothatmorecynicalhistorianswouldliketodiscountit； itis， theyfeel， ， however， thecynicsareapparentlywrong， forseveraleyewitnessestellthesametaleofthatfatefulperformanceinViennaonMay7， ' ， ， andthenwonderthatamansocrossedbyfatecouldstilldemandachoirtosingrapturouslyofjoy.
BeethovenhadfirstencounteredSchiller' spoem "AndieFreude" overthirtyyearsbeforehecompletedtheNinthSymphony.Thepoemhadfirstappearedinprintin1785， andfromthattimeonwasquitepopularintheGermanstates.EvidencesuggeststhatBeethovenmayhavesetthetexttomusicasearlyas1792.Otherattemptsweremadein1808and1811， whenBeethoven' ' ， hewasanoptimisticyoungartistwhohadnotyetcomposedhisFirstSymphony， yetBeethoven' sthirdapproachtothepoem， in1812， ， forhesoonembarkedonthecreationofhisNinthSymphony， theworkinwhichSchiller' swordswouldbegivengloriousflight.
