我亲自处理这些重要的项目，如果做得不错而获得称赞，我就会欣喜不已，感到极其骄傲和自负。但是在这种挑战与满足的波峰之间，是单调与绝望。
【正确答案】：【参考译文】I handle all of these important projects myself, and I rejoice with tremendous pride and vanity in the compliments I receive when I do them well. But between such peaks of challenge and elation there is monotony and despair.
