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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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9 P' ]' J! _: q2 j$ iI have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.
) ^3 G* Z  m. D7 V# s8 r8 v  |& qHe has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money
8 K8 t) {9 ^3 {4 afor youth at risk programs.
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! i+ h7 i: C- E6 W7 G8 t! @4 ZThe last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you
+ I7 q/ Y& m/ jwhy I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young / w' S# Z! k4 `' f/ g$ L  i! O
man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable
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horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted.
: `& M& _& ~5 o8 A8 _When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted 9 [- O& V  t- j+ y2 c& n
to be and do when he grew up. ! m0 O# G4 G" `/ R1 B' ~2 ?" p
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'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday & f) y1 J; O( s9 a
owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even
& f' ^. e0 ~" X5 V% X6 udrew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings,
% ]0 g/ O  W( N5 I# s$ Jthe stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot ) _1 C1 Y1 k1 z/ r
house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.
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'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he 7 B  f* `% {5 `2 m( d6 k  ~) v9 e# C% d
handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back.
, f& f  c0 _  F3 @6 f: }" n( iOn the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after 4 Q9 ^7 y( S# x1 {5 Y, ~7 \
class.'
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'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, / H$ ^9 I7 h) f0 g) Q
`Why did I receive an F?'
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'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.
8 x1 a0 m7 B! }% ~8 {: T. @9 FYou have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources.
0 n/ w) s0 q+ u& Q% kOwning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. # {( g! l4 {8 n1 N5 E
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to
& s9 k0 C# {$ bpay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher 1 E0 m1 i/ x1 ]! s
added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will
5 l4 d" I/ h* e$ Preconsider your grade.’
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'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father
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own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for ( {* n0 U  A8 s  Z& _) T- M
you.’
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8 p4 V7 d* m6 y'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same
6 P2 T/ V; ?. Ppaper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll " v+ M6 d0 g& |3 ^6 d9 P/ d
keep my dream.'' 0 B% p9 K; k: n% K

- o. E: {" n: i. VMonty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story , E9 D5 D9 w" J3 w5 K! ~
because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of
  e+ a$ O0 V9 F+ Pmy 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the
% L3 Y" O" G; W# E# yfireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago
/ |, x% v; _$ u3 H4 Jthat same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.' # ~* m: h- [$ X/ `! v
When the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this
: ?$ [0 Z  D3 k$ B. ~now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During
5 t6 _3 ^% T, R+ Y! W) }$ X) zthose years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption
9 r. r/ o9 |$ R  y! S/ F# H' jnot to give up on yours.’' 0 }7 G1 U2 }4 U8 M
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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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