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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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- h( j6 i  [7 M# ?4 w; g! [I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. ) Q. p9 B9 E9 ?7 C
He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money 6 ]: i. x; W8 c* \
for youth at risk programs. 7 p0 [2 N4 m  B) }
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The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you
5 C' t5 y9 s* c7 H5 j4 @" W0 Bwhy I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young 0 c* ~& I% p4 p
man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable
  l  I. d( D" ?7 R6 t# ~to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training
7 \5 s5 S+ g1 D$ {0 z* {horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted.
8 o3 H' |* |5 N+ d- b$ Q4 d# EWhen he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted
: d  x. S5 ?* ?' |  o+ n; zto be and do when he grew up.
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* V7 B8 X7 D) W# v& T# i- A'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday
2 J  c$ l0 g1 N* @  R2 r: @; Mowning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even , v' H' _' t& N5 R5 K1 i9 O
drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings,
6 e% p5 a8 _3 _: ^) ]% Kthe stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot
% g1 `7 {% o# B9 Z' C0 B+ jhouse that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.
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$ A4 _: p+ t* m/ N* y# F! J' J'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he 6 m8 w3 o/ K, q: E9 Y) O  q
handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back.
' Z5 H6 R5 F0 X. j6 C, U6 B' O6 o: X3 ZOn the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after / ]3 B9 o* [1 k6 s4 I
class.' ( `- ~; l  q& r4 L* z2 N" |: O
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'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,
  d) k8 T' U7 |' l$ K`Why did I receive an F?' , w7 D/ G7 e0 p. W- m1 @) n

# c. O3 \1 i. R1 v+ ?'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. 6 {  ^+ I, e6 u: d" `+ ?1 e) Q; i6 C
You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. 7 A, ~- C) g( w+ D3 z' N3 W
Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land.
# D0 I* |3 |8 o0 h  BYou have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to
* B6 b$ I0 }. N- ypay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher ; c/ b* V; X6 n- H+ V6 o
added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will , X. v+ U; }9 H9 r( A" K3 J
reconsider your grade.’
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1 g0 U5 h$ h, e$ k'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father
6 d6 f' K# {9 f6 O- {what he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your ( u. E$ i3 ]+ @  Y; D
own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for
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; _' A  h: R+ m% a' V% t'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same
, v' j3 H& `1 f: l0 y/ ppaper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll 7 b2 A! i) u5 s+ k" X$ A
keep my dream.''
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Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story + M- p8 x) n' M  s" r
because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of 5 l: ~7 b' D/ O$ x' K
my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the - P  O1 m- M7 F. e4 O
fireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago
* ~  ^( |) ^+ u( t+ b/ ?# tthat same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.' " F+ R  X# g+ B5 M  O
When the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this
) N  o* ^) e$ }/ qnow. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During 7 d9 s( d0 |) t7 s8 J
those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption
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' c; j7 m) ]) \1 A9 l8 ~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
老杨团队 追求完美
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