If Simon had not, early in life, learnt to be content with his life, he might never have been given those chances.

如果西蒙在早年没有学会满足于自己的生活，他可能永远不会有这样的机会。

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Every morning he'd leave for his office, telling his wife he was writing his next play. In fact, Simon had become so engrossed in a dart game he'd devised that he had not written a word.

每天早晨离开家上班前都会对妻子说他正在忙着下一个剧本的创作，事实上，那段时间天天沉迷于飞镖游戏，竟然一字未出。

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Every morning he'd leave for his office, telling his wife he was writing his next play. In fact, Simon had become so engrossed in a dart game he'd devised that he had not written a word.

每天早晨离开家上班前都会对妻子说他正在忙着下一个剧本的创作，事实上，那段时间天天沉迷于飞镖游戏，竟然一字未出。

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