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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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Follow Your Dream
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7 u7 v( q( g* i6 bI have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.
8 s- T3 B5 Z7 o5 \8 \6 G) ]He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money . f2 K0 e5 R8 N* c/ T, Z
for youth at risk programs.
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The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you 3 K6 T- l7 z! f% U2 q
why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young
4 }5 H% J# f* q1 sman who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable
9 \, t+ c% x* m! r- N/ T$ {to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training
' i5 b7 H- Y5 m' K* Fhorses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. % \8 h. B. I6 ^
When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted 2 B4 H. ?+ A9 _% }
to be and do when he grew up.
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. r$ u( l, E' |: |/ B8 _'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday
% q) m) N7 y4 `. Jowning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even ' m! J* q; Q+ `% A' h. D
drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, # b5 Y0 v! P- H, s
the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot ' ?, |0 H+ N6 c9 q$ @
house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.
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- G; _& J3 i/ J4 Q/ }1 Q'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he
6 o8 x  Z7 R* S! ahanded it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back.
) ^' C" G+ p& t/ M" }: p1 \* cOn the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after + a4 J5 @, x. |4 E  v; }% K. u3 |
class.' ' \5 ^( n: B" x1 m/ l9 o, {
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'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, - ^& B, b# k/ ~4 O( D6 v8 ]9 o
`Why did I receive an F?' $ k4 X7 g6 P  h; D  k8 r

) d2 P/ T0 s+ ^' a0 {'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.   i; L3 I8 W' N3 ^0 O
You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources.   v5 P/ H; M4 T0 w  e
Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. 4 L- L" H' v* V- t
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to : \! z5 x8 t6 E4 D4 u
pay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher ' W; B0 A4 x! j% \5 S
added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will
$ P/ u: R+ u5 Y7 N! V, p1 V1 n/ jreconsider your grade.’ 4 Q, X3 N6 A. R1 v, T
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'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father
& {( @& v  V! U( Rwhat he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your % D- F- z- s  g! z
own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for
( H1 `0 M* C, L  R; i& wyou.’
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'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same
2 D; u' d. X. G- m' hpaper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll $ B, y% k+ E. T' a8 Y
keep my dream.'' 4 w. K4 ]4 ~) i" i2 C

3 e# O/ r3 |  J3 q9 u7 {Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story ; f- x- b' @( S6 U
because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of
% [8 L+ v' ]" @# Z8 _3 Imy 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the 5 ?! H6 z3 Y: I$ F' B; e$ i0 {
fireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago 8 V( _& k8 }# f' I$ C1 F3 i
that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.' ( r: @  u  `) E1 u' x: m! D
When the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this + K) P' g, o6 Z, ]9 W* o
now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During
1 ]" o! T6 _; ^9 Othose years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption
0 _4 {1 @/ b4 X" e, \* Mnot 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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