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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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I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. $ r( c1 [' f/ s" z0 S7 {
He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money
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$ R! d, l; D/ u8 N' j& ^4 ?3 R0 IThe last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you
  J8 j; Y2 I6 cwhy I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young 9 \0 A4 R' a7 {' A& {4 _& E8 d( a
man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable " `$ f: r2 n4 r0 b" q( f
to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training
/ p. J" Q3 j1 N5 r9 Z, I- Whorses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted.
0 H8 ^7 s6 Z, ?( QWhen he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted
9 a$ Y! M" C& _# r# e5 L9 h$ ^to be and do when he grew up. * d* e; ?, o+ c& x

& X6 q6 U4 y' n( U# D$ j( C) \* z'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday
  k' C$ O+ j0 K: |- d. Q0 xowning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even % j& c. @+ F( K8 ^5 Q9 L& h
drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, ! _0 j7 L! ]1 i/ h" ?- ~1 \# _' L
the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot
7 u- l& O3 ]& A) v2 E& X9 Ohouse that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. 5 i" R7 d- ~! r, ]
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'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he 6 D6 `* b2 P5 K1 ?" x1 I
handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back.
" T. O$ T9 E  {7 V. {0 rOn the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after
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'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, . s: L0 k# l; _; @: k, H3 M
`Why did I receive an F?'
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# c! ?! c  P/ K$ z. z3 M'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.
6 k* C5 ]4 Q0 O; l$ f0 B& P; LYou have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources.
! s+ F% l: ^5 a7 a4 }Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. 9 u+ }- P4 ~( ]6 d: Z+ P2 Z' @1 k/ R
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to
! G3 i# ]' H3 w: w8 G; S6 kpay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher
% H( [7 K7 k. g4 F; cadded, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will
: f% f6 V6 z. x# nreconsider your grade.’
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'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father # b6 a+ B7 ^& C3 |/ \
what he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your ! f- Q6 J) T, S& n* Z  g6 j
own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for $ n# ~$ x# a2 v; {9 {
you.’
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'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same
* D1 c9 B: O* t; p4 k5 o" H: f& p! npaper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll " [7 m! N: k' L/ [. V
keep my dream.''
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: Q4 R/ C9 ~6 I/ ?Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story
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my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the
+ M1 M: p7 W8 s% vfireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago
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, g  k1 m& j8 d: ~, o& YWhen the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this
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those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption : t! A) g0 j; C/ i7 |
not to give up on yours.’'
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5 N) L/ v; M0 ]& q( I# p1 VDon'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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