During basic training one lesson stood out from all the others: Keep your mouth shut unless given permission to talk. I didn't realize how well our instructors had hammered this point home until that evening when we sat down to eat. My table mate started her evening prayer with, “God, request permission to pray.”
在基本訓練階段,在所有的功課中最突出的一項就是:閉嘴,除非允許你說話??墒牵恢钡侥翘焱砩衔覀冏聛沓酝盹埖臅r候,我才意識到教官給我們留下的印象有多深刻。我的同桌開始她的謝飯禱告的第一句是:“上帝,求你允許我禱告?!?