拜登自传速读PromisesToKeep(7)

在法学院，多亏了尼莉亚的帮助复习，乔通过了期末考试。他的下一个挑战是在这个竞争激烈行业找到一个律师执业的地方。幸运的是，他的父亲设法介绍他去威尔明顿的著名律师事务所工作。尽管他的学业成绩不太理想，乔还是说服自己去做这份工作！
Everything was falling into place. Joe and Neilia got married and soon had a child on the way. And his law career seemed set to take off. But still, Joe found himself hankering for more. He wanted to serve the public through his work.
一切都很顺利。乔和尼莉亚结婚了，不久就有了一个孩子。他的律师生涯似乎要开始了。但乔还是发现自己渴望得到更多。他想通过工作为公众服务。
Early career 早期职业生涯
Joe Biden will never forget the trial that changed the course of his career. The law firm he had just joined was representing a company against one of their employees – a welder – who’d been badly injured at work and would be permanently disabled. During the course of the trial, Biden’s boss found aloophole in the law which meant the company could avoid paying compensation.
乔·拜登永远不会忘记这场改变他职业生涯的审判。他刚加入的律师事务所代表一家公司起诉他们的一名员工——一名焊工，他在工作中受了重伤，将终身残疾。在审判过程中，拜登的老板发现了一个法律漏洞，这意味着公司可以避免支付赔偿金。
His boss was doing nothing wrong. In fact, he was doing his job very well and following the letter of the law. But, as Biden saw the distress on the faces of the welder"s family, he realized he couldn"t spend his life practicing law in this way. While the ruling was legal, it didn"t mean it was morally right.