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1、乘风飞翔的人 追求妄图的信念 In 1959, when Jean Harper was in the third grade, her teacher gave the class an assignment to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up. 那是1959年，琼-哈珀在上三年级的时候。有一次，教师布置全班同窗写一篇作文，让大伙儿谈一谈自己长大以后想干什么。 Jeans father was a crop duster pilot in the little farming community in N
2、orthern California where she was raised, and Jean was totally captivated by airplanes and flying. She poured her heart into her report and included all of her dreams; she wanted to crop dust, make parachute jumps, seed clouds and be an airline pilot. Her paper came back with an F on it. The teacher
3、told her it was a fairy tale and that none of the occupations she listed were womens jobs. Jean was crushed and humiliated. 那时，琼的父亲是北加利福尼亚农场小区的一名给作物喷洒农药的飞机驾驶员，琼确实是在那里长大的，因此，从小就超级痴迷于飞机和飞行。对教师布置的这篇作文，琼全心倾注地去写，把她的全数妄图都写进去了：她想驾驶着飞机给作物喷洒农药，她想去跳伞，她想去实施人工降雨，而且她还想成为一名客机飞行员。可是，最后，她的这篇作文却得了一个“F”(failure，不合格)。
4、教师告知她那是一篇“神话”，因为她所列举的工作没有一项为哪一项女人能够做的。听教师这么一说，琼悲伤透了，感到失望、羞耻。 She showed her father the paper, and he told her that of course she could become a pilot. Look at Amelia Earhart, he said. That teacher doesnt know what shes talking about. 她把作文拿给她的父亲看。父亲对她说，她固然能够成为一名飞行员。“看看阿米莉娅-埃尔哈特1898-1937,美国女飞行员，”那个教师不
5、明白自己在说些什么。” But as the years went by, Jean was beaten down by the discouragement and negativity she encountered whenever she talked about her career-Girls cant become airline pilots; never have, never will. Youre not smart enough, youre crazy. Thats impossible. -until finally Jean gave up. 但是，随着时刻一天
6、天地过去，琼仍是被消极劝阻和否定态度给击倒了-每当她谈起自己妄图的时候，人们就会说“女小孩是不可能成为飞行员的，此刻可不能，以后也可不能。你太想入非非，简直确实是疯了。那是不可能的。”-终于，琼认输舍弃了。 In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was a Mrs. Dorothy Slaton. Mrs. Slaton was an uncompromising, demanding teacher with high standards and a low tolerance for excuses. She refu
7、sed to treat her students like children, instead expecting them to behave like the responsible adults they would have to be to succeed in the real world after graduation. Jean was scared of her at first but grew to her firmness and fairness. 在琼高中最后一年，她的英语教师是多萝西-斯莱顿夫人。斯莱顿夫人一丝不苟，对学生要求超级严格，高标准，不容忍找任何借口
8、。她还不把自己的学生当小小孩来对待，而是期望他们的行为举止能够像有责任感的成年人那样，即当他们毕业后走上社会为了取得成功所必需要表现出的那样。刚开始的时候，琼超级怕她，可是，慢慢地，对她的严厉和公正，不由佩服起来。 One day Mrs. Slaton gave the class an assignment. What do you think youll be doing 10 years from now? Jean thought about the assignment. Pilot? No way. Flight attendant? Im not pretty enough-t
9、heyd never accept me. Wife? What guy would want me? Waitress? I could do that. That felt safe, so she wrote it down. 有一天，斯莱顿夫人给全班同窗布置了一项作业。“你想10年后从事什么工作？”琼试探着如何写这项作业。做一名飞行员？那全然行不通。做一名空中小姐？可我又不够漂亮-航空公司可不能接纳我的。做个妻子？可有谁会娶我呢？做一个效劳员呢？嗯，这我能做。这没有问题，于是，就把那个方式写了下来。 Mrs. Slaton collected the papers and nothin
10、g more was said. Two weeks later, the teacher handed back the assignments, face down on each desk, and asked this question: If you had unlimited finances, unlimited to the finest schools, unlimited talents and abilities, what would you do? 斯莱顿夫人收齐了同窗们的作文，也没有再说什么。两个礼拜以后，教师把作文发给了同窗们，正面朝下放在课桌上。然后，她问道：“
11、同窗们，若是你们有足够的金钱，有充分的机碰到最好的学校去上学，而且你们本身又具有足够的天分和才能，那么，你们将会干什么呢？”Jean felt a rush of the old enthusiasm, and with excitement she wrote down all her old dreams. When the students stopped writing, the teacher asked, How many students wrote the same thing on both sides of the paper? Not one hand went up.
12、琼的心中涌起了以往的热情；她感到兴奋、兴奋，把连年的妄图全都写下来。当同窗们都写完以后，教师又问道：“同窗们，你们中间有多少同窗的作文两次写得都一样？”没有一个同窗举手。 The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jeans life. The teacher leaned forward over her desk and said, I have a little secret for you all. You do have unlimited abilities and talents. You do have
13、 to the finest schools, and you can arrange unlimited finances if you want something badly enough. This is it! When you leave school, if you dont go for your dreams, no one will do it for you. You can have what you want if you want it enough. 斯莱顿夫人接着说的一番话改变了琼的生活道路。她在讲台前稍稍俯身向前地对同窗们说：“我有一个小秘密想告知你们大伙儿，
14、这确实是，你们每一个人的确都有足够的才能和天分，都有机遇去上最好的学校；而且，只要你们这种愿望专门强烈的话，你们就能够够规画足够的金钱。事实确实是如此！你们离开学校以后，若是自己不去追求妄图，那么，没有人会来帮你忙。只要有强烈的愿望，就能够够实现你的妄图。” The hurt and fear of years of discouragement crumbled in the face of the truth of what Mrs. Slaton had said. Jean felt exhilarated and a little scared. She stayed after c
15、lass and went up to the teachers desk. Jean thanked Mrs. Slaton and told her about her dream of becoming a pilot. Mrs. Slaton half rose and slapped the desk top. Then do it! she said. 连年的沮丧和气馁带给她的损害和畏惧，在斯莱顿夫人这番真情实话眼前消失了，琼感到振奋，也有一点可怕。下课以后，她走到讲台前，感激斯莱顿夫人，而且告知斯莱顿夫人她的妄图是成为一名飞行员。斯莱顿夫人微微地站起身子，拍了一下桌子，说道：“那
16、好啊，尽力去实现它吧！” So Jean did. It didnt happen overnight. It took l0 years of hard work, facing opposition that ranged from quiet skepticism to outright hostility. It wasnt in Jeans nature to stand up for herself when someone refused or humiliated her; instead, she would quietly try to find another way.
17、琼如此做了，但这不是一朝一夕能实现的。琼为之苦苦奋斗了10年。在这10年里，她面对着各类阻力和压力，有沉默的疑心，也有毅然的反对。有人反对或羞辱她时，琼都默默地经受着，而且悄悄地尽力寻求另外的路子。 She became a private pilot and then got the necessary ratings to fly air freight and even commuter planes, but always as a copilot. Her employers were openly hesitant about promoting her-because she w
18、as a woman. Even her father advised her to try something else. Its impossible, he said. Stop banging your head against the wall! 终于，她成了一名私人飞机的驾驶员，而且，还取得了，驾驶货运飞机乃至短途客机所必需的资格证书，可是，始终只能做一名副驾驶。她的老板毫不隐瞒地表示，之因此没有晋升她的职务，只是因为她是一名女性。乃至她的父亲也曾建议她去尝试干别的工作，“做飞行员，你是可不能有前途的，”他说。“别拿自己的脑袋往墙上撞了！” But Jean answered, D
19、ad, I disagree. I believe that things are going to change, and I want to be at the head of the pack when they do. 可是，琼回答道：“爸爸，我不同意你的说法。我相信情形会改变的，到时候，我要成为这帮人的头头。” Jean went on to do everything her third-grade teacher said Was a fairy tale-she did some crop dusting, made a few hundred parachute jumps
20、and even seeded clouds for a summer Season as a weather modification pilot. In 1978, she became one of the first three female pilot trainees ever accepted by United Airlines and one of only 50 women airline pilots in the nation at the time. Today, Jean Harper is a Boeing 737 captain for United. 琼继续做
21、着她三年级教师所说的神话-她驾驶着飞机给作物喷洒农药，进行了数百次的跳伞，乃至是在夏日驾驶着飞机去实施人工降雨。1978年，她成为联合航空公司首批录取的三位女性实习飞行员之一，而那时，整个美国也只有50名女性飞行员。今天，琼-哈珀是联合航空公司波音737客机的机长。 It was the power of one well-placed word, one spark of encouragement from a woman Jean ed, that gave that uncertain young girl the strength and faith to pursue her dr
22、eam. 这是那位琼所敬重的斯莱顿夫人适时说出的那句踊跃确信的话语所产生出的力量，催人向上的火花！正是这种力量，才使得那个拿不定主意的小女孩从头有了追求妄图的力量和信念。双语美文：若是你足够爱她 Recently, my friend John lost his wife Janet. For eight years she fought against cancer, but in the end her sickness had the last word. 最近，我的朋友约翰失去了他的妻子珍妮特。珍妮特与癌症抗争了八年，最终仍是让病魔夺走了生命。 One day John took ou
23、t a folded piece of paper from his wallet. He had found it, so he told me, when he tidied up some ers at home. It was a small love letter Janet had written. The note could look like a school girl s scrawls about her dream guy. All that was missing was a ing of a heart with the names John and Janet w
24、ritten in it. But the small letter was written by a woman who had had seven children; a woman who fought for her life and who probably only had a few months left to live. 一天，约翰从他的钱夹里拿出一张折叠着的纸。他告知我，他是在家里整理一些抽屉时发觉这张纸的。它是珍妮特写的一封短小的情书。这纸条看上去有点像是一个女学生信手写写她的梦中情人，只是没有画一颗写着约翰和珍妮特名字的红心算了。但这短短的情书却是一个有着七个小孩的女人
25、写的；那个女人在为她的生命而战斗，恐怕没有几个月就要离开人世了。 It was a beautiful recipe for how to keep a marriage together. 这封情书道出了让婚姻长久的漂亮要领。 Janet s description of her husband begins thus: “Loved me. Took care of me. Worried about me.” 珍妮特是如此开始描述她的丈夫的：“爱我。照顾我。为我忧虑。” John showed great consideration for Janet. Sometimes he cam
26、e home in the evening to find her in the middle of one of those depressions cancer patients so often get. In no time he got her into the car and drove her to her favourite restaurant. 约翰对珍妮特体贴入微。有时他黄昏回抵家时发觉珍妮特正陷入癌症患者常常蒙受的情绪低谷，他会马上开车带她去她极为喜爱的餐馆用饭。 Helped me when I was ill,” the next line reads. Perha
27、ps Janet wrote this while the cancer was in one of the horrible and wonderful lulls. Where everything is almost as it used to be, before the sickness broke out, and where it doesn t hurt to hope that everything is over, maybe forever. 情书的下一行是：“在我生病期间帮忙我。”或许珍妮特写下这句话时正逢癌症处于那种即恐怖又美好的临时平稳期。这期间，病痛没有暴发，一切
28、几乎如之前一样；这时希望一切都过去了，或许永久地过去了，又有何妨？！ Forgave me a lot.” “时常体谅我。” Stood by my side.” “支持我。” And a piece of good advice for everyone who looks on giving constructive criticism as a kind of sacred duty: “Always praising.” “老是赞扬我。”关于任何一个视给予建设性的批评为某种神圣责任的人来讲，这真是不错的忠告。 Made sure I had everything I needed,”
29、she goes on to write. “确保我拥有我所需要的每样东西，”她接着写道。 After that she has turned over the paper and added: “Warmth. Humour. Kindness. Thoughtfulness.” And then she writes about the husband she has lived with and loved the most of her life: “Always there for me when I needed you.” 接下来，她还翻过纸在反面继续写：“热情、幽默、仁慈、周到
30、。”以后，她如此描述她在生命的大部份光阴里与之一路生活并深深爱恋的丈夫：“当我需要你时，你老是在我身旁。” The last words she wrote sum up all the others: “Good friend.”最后两个字总结了她所写的全数：“老友。” I stand beside John now, and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to me as Janet was to him. I need to hear what he has to say. 此刻我就
31、站在约翰的身旁，无法装作我明白失去某个和我很靠近的人，像约翰失去珍妮特那样靠近的人，是什么滋味儿。我需要听听他会说些什么。 John,” I ask. “How do you stick together with someone through 38 years not to mention the sickness? How do I know if I can to stand by my wife s side if she becomes sick one day?” “约翰，”我问道，“你怎么能与某个人厮守38年更不用说还有病魔的纠缠？我怎么能明白若是我的妻子哪天病了，我能够忍受得
32、住，一直陪伴在她身旁呢？” You can,” he says quietly. “If you love her enough, you can.” “你能，”他安静地说，“若是你足够爱她，你就能够做到。”超级经典的英文句子！1.一个人总要走陌生的路，看陌生的风光，听陌生的歌，然后在某个不经意的刹时，你会发觉，本来是费尽心机想要忘记的情形真的就那么忘记了。 is always on a strange road, watching strange scenery and listeningto strange music. Then one day, you will find that t
33、he things you tryhard to forget are already gone. 2.幸福，不是永生不老，不是大鱼大肉，不是权倾朝野。幸福是每一个微小的生活愿望达到。当你想吃的时候有得吃，想被爱的时候有人来爱你。 is not about being immortal nor having food or rights inones hand. Its about having each tiny wish come true, or havingsomething to eat when you are hungry or having someones love when
34、 youneed love. 3.爱情是灯，友谊是影子，当灯灭了，你会发觉你的周围都是影子。朋友，是在最后能够给你力量的人。 is a lamp, while friendship is the shadow. When the lamp is off,you will find the shadow everywhere. Friend is who can give youstrength at last. 4.我爱你不是因为你是谁，而是我在你眼前能够是谁。 love you not for who you are, but for who I am before you.5.爱情，要么让
35、人成熟，要么让人堕落。 makes man grow up or sink down. 6.举得起放得下的叫举重，举得起放不下的叫负重。可惜，大多数人的爱情，都是负重的。 you can hold something up and put it down, it is calledweight-lifting; if you can hold something up but can never put it down,its called burden-ing. Pitifully, most of people are ing heavyburdens when they are in l
36、ove. 7咱们每一个人都生活在各自的过去中，人们会用一分钟的时刻去熟悉一个人，用一小时的时刻去喜爱一个人，再用一天的时刻去爱上一个人，到最后呢，却要用一生的时刻去忘记一个人。 all live in the past. We take a minute to know someone, one hour tolike someone, and one day to love someone, but the whole life to forgetsomeone.8一个人一生能够爱上很多的人，等你取得真正属于你的幸福以后，你就会明白一路的伤痛实际上是一种财富，它让你学会更好地去把握和珍爱你爱
37、的人。 may fall in love with many people during the lifetime. When youfinally get your own happiness, you will understand the sadness is kind of treasure, which makes you better to hold and cherishthe people you love. 9年轻的时候会想要谈很多次恋爱，可是随着年龄的增加，终于领会到爱一个人，就算用一生的时刻，仍是会嫌不够。慢慢地去了解那个人，体谅那个人，直到爱上为止，是需要有超级宽大的胸
38、怀才行。 you are young, you may want several love experiences. But as timegoes on, you will realize that if you really love someone, the wholelife will not be enough. You need time to know, to forgive and to this needs a very big mind.10当明天变成了今天成了昨天，最后成为经历里再也不重要的某一天，咱们突然发觉自己在不知不觉中已被时刻推着向前走，这不是静止火车里，与相邻列
39、车交织时，恍如自己在前进的错觉，而是咱们真实的在成长，在这件事里成了另一个自己。 tomorrow turns in today, yesterday, and someday that no moreimportant in your memory, we suddenly realize that we r pushed forwardby time. This is not a train in still in which you may feel forwardwhen another train goes by. It is the truth that weve all grow
40、n we become different. 11离开我就别安慰我，要明白每一次缝补也会遭遇穿刺的痛。 you leave me, please dont comfort me because each sewing has to meet stinging pain. 12曾经拥有的，不要忘记。不能取得的，更要珍爱。属于自己的，不要舍弃。已经失去的，留作回忆。t forget the things you once you owned. Treasure the things youcant get. Dont give up the things that belong to you an
41、d keep thoselost things in memory. 13我喜爱并适应了对转变的东西维持着距离，如此才会明白什么是最可不能被时刻抛弃的准那么。比如爱一个人，充满变数，我于是后退一步，静静的看着，直到看见真诚的情感。 love and am used to keeping a distance with those changed in this way can I know what will not be abandoned by time. Forexample, when you love someone, changes are all around. Then I s
42、tepbackward and watching it silently, then I see the true feelings.14男人的爱是俯视而生，而女人的爱是仰视而生。若是爱情像座山，那么男人越往上走能够俯视的女人就越多，而女人越往上走能够仰视的男人就越少。 love from overlooking while women love from looking up. If love isa mountain, then if men go up, more women they will see while womenwill see fewer men.15好的爱情是你通过一个
43、人看到整个世界，坏的爱情是你为了一个人舍弃世界。 love makes you see the whole world from one person while bad love makes you abandon the whole world for one person.16在自己眼前，应该一直留有一个地址，独自留在那里。然后去爱。不明白是什么，不明白是谁，不明白如何去爱，也不明白能够爱多久。只是等待一次爱情，或许永久都没有人。可是，这种等待，确实是爱情本身。 shall always save a place for ourselves, only for ourselves. An
44、dthen begin to love. Have no idea of what it is, who he is, how to loveor how long it will be. Just wait for one love. Maybe no one will comeout, but this kind of waiting is the love itself.17有谁不曾为那暗恋而痛楚？咱们总以为那份痴情很重，很重，是世上最重的重量。有一天，暮然回顾，咱们才发觉，它一直都是很轻，很轻的。咱们以为爱的很深，很深，来日岁月，会让你明白，它只是很浅，很浅。最深和最重的爱，必需和时日
45、一路成长。 there anyone who hasnt suffered for the secret love? We alwaysthink that love is very heavy, heavy and could be the heaviest thing inthe world. But one day, when you look back, you suddenly realize thatits always light, light. We all thought love was very deep, but infact its very thin. The de
46、epest and heaviest love must grow up withthe time. 18在那个世界上，只有真正欢乐的男人，才能带给女人真正的欢乐。 this world, only those men who really feel happy can give women happiness 。19女人若是不性感，就要感性；若是没有感性，就要理性；若是没有理性，就要有自知之明；若是连那个都没有了，她只有不幸。 a woman is not sexy, she needs emotion; if she is not emotional, sheneeds reason; i
47、f she is not reasonable, she has to know herselfclearly. coz only she has is misfortune.20一段不被同意的爱情，需要的不是悲伤，而是时刻，一段能够用来遗忘的时刻。一颗被深深伤了的心，需要的不是同情，而是明白。 unacceptable love needs no sorrow but time- sometime for badly-hurt heart needs no sympathy but understanding.22我明白这世上有人在等我，但我不明白我在等谁，为了那个，我天天都超级欢乐。22. I know someone in the world is waiting for me, although Ive no idea of who he is. But I feel happy every day for this. 23一生至少该有一次，为了某个人而忘了自己，不求有结果，不求同行，不求曾经拥有，乃至不求你爱我。只求在我最美的年华里，碰到你。 you
