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佳作欣赏:Follow Your Dream!(ZT)

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发表于 2004-10-8 22:10 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.
. i6 h: P" o# }. SHe has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money
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The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you
7 n, W1 l# g4 K! {- pwhy I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young
% j4 G8 w9 I4 nman who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable
6 X3 |: J5 f' |3 a0 S  e8 i# q4 mto stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training 6 w1 q. @% J. y" F
horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted.
* i$ D7 u! ?+ A  T+ s3 H$ dWhen he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted ' k7 g; G- V, w  D. Y/ w
to be and do when he grew up. 2 n, P+ ?$ G2 u% N

7 O4 h! R; F- ^/ |: W8 N'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday 5 }4 {+ W& \6 {$ v# m4 B, [
owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even
# x# K8 }7 S9 x! [# c9 xdrew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings,
' o1 L0 m$ o" w9 o$ i( g0 W# othe stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot / ^& M: {, d5 Z' ]# s& S
house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.
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% F% t$ |; F8 Y5 J! Y$ K'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he
: U) I2 [. B% f9 `7 Nhanded it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. 7 ?5 W. O/ d3 J: f6 L7 v
On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after
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8 a2 f# e: D# _% Q'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,
, U: B3 ?1 D  T' C" m`Why did I receive an F?'
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, F+ ?1 u) f9 x  l'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.
9 F" p7 s$ a2 Y3 e; HYou have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. 8 m: K. I' }# g% u+ r
Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. 8 A( A$ Z7 J5 B0 d7 j# `, a
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to + h3 i0 z: O/ h- j8 M+ e
pay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher 1 J% w3 P$ H! C7 A" g# }/ L
added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will
* B9 R- {/ c$ E: ureconsider your grade.’ ! Z* r0 x8 m& p9 |' m& k

* X. [4 v% n0 Q1 ~& ^# e0 Z4 V'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father / h6 |' }" H4 R6 I0 }, \
what he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your
5 T3 m( e6 J0 l4 l; o. O3 e4 B! nown mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for
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'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same ; p/ S. X- s4 K2 N. i4 ?7 S
paper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll & u: o5 B+ V6 r# ^, X- L
keep my dream.''
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; c& t0 |! E- `5 E: ^& SMonty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story
/ _+ F; S7 |5 Obecause you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of . W$ F- _% I' B3 f* D2 ?
my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the
$ y) u( g0 W) yfireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago * \/ n; f& W9 A8 S, }- b
that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.' : K3 L7 w& e/ |3 P6 g5 q
When the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this
7 k! I  |6 t2 h# E- D8 S" s0 `now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During - z/ d# C- ~% k; Z7 S& {
those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption 4 i& r: U; I0 e6 K# z( _3 d8 b
not to give up on yours.’'
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Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
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发表于 2004-10-10 12:40 | 显示全部楼层

啧啧,真是理想主义者

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发表于 2004-10-20 20:21 | 显示全部楼层
Fine
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发表于 2004-10-20 20:43 | 显示全部楼层
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