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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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7 z3 {# V$ C& H# P( c! e5 U& S3 oI have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.
8 u, H/ [0 o0 g4 C  @; LHe has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money
, k; b" V- k5 O: V# Vfor youth at risk programs. 3 u1 J1 q$ |( k! u( s8 j

. x$ G3 P$ S7 \- c- v6 qThe last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you 4 i& W  h5 u9 j! N& k& Z% i
why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young
' J( J8 Q/ [2 hman who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable   y3 i' D$ {. q; q! i) G7 D: t5 e
to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training
: X+ I" g6 M% P3 L. \/ ^horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. 4 g5 T# t& u2 p/ z! y2 r0 h
When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted $ c$ t* H' V$ y0 Q5 l2 r7 k: g
to be and do when he grew up.
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) h6 n% ?% r$ I; r'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday
( E1 S/ v2 \4 Y! K/ d8 Rowning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even
$ v$ ?3 s, ^; V9 q8 v+ t1 n: e1 wdrew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, " R% R+ L& ]  b* Y( ^6 Y$ M! P5 L
the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot
6 g) k8 ~4 C" ?* L4 U; Qhouse 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
, l0 Y# w( E, W0 |handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back.
0 W  U8 V6 ]* \/ q; W# B" |On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after 9 _5 C! S: d+ }4 V6 P6 r/ R7 ]
class.' / z3 I3 @+ L2 \3 {6 H8 G4 D
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'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, . |) \: N9 m; G3 v0 D6 z1 }7 |. C, L* a
`Why did I receive an F?' : V8 L+ R; X% s( W# j

+ v: ^" f) t! g'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. . d0 `9 n. @8 d0 N5 O) Y2 k( L% a
You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources.
1 _  w2 a5 c' `& g$ p/ e$ POwning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. : c/ |6 o1 C8 `& Y5 i) p
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to
' P5 ~7 C) h' r" W4 m. L; K2 [& ~. V5 Spay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher % U4 n# f+ K+ |0 @3 G% z8 T$ m
added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will & d/ L, K+ m' l: q3 i
reconsider your grade.’ 6 E! h, c2 O( ^9 Z  H& \/ v
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'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father
4 ~& b; n, M- ]0 A: c: bwhat he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your % O  o8 v2 R- Y' I0 n$ ]( b/ C
own 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
' M& f% M# K; B/ ^. W* E$ Qpaper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll
; j+ p  f5 ?2 d; [. I; Rkeep my dream.'' 3 G" ]+ n6 _# X: t' f

4 W9 W4 l7 E( e0 T/ K. k4 ]) gMonty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story
+ a) }3 A& p: g2 sbecause you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of ) t% _( [+ ^4 K
my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the ; n+ _- d) Z. {$ z
fireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago $ O, `) m( T3 W% M9 y
that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.' 4 H: L& V! M: m! n5 |/ Z
When the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this 6 a: d. O. S, i* C! p  E2 Q; B
now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During + G/ w& \# A/ H
those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption ' `( B$ i+ q' p/ p' A- f8 h
not to give up on yours.’' + K. s0 L; P/ v# G
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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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