英文原文

有些时候我们不得不这样，有些时候我们身不由己，但请不要忘记自己的初衷，不要忘记你还可以梦想甚至为之奋斗！梦想如珍珠一般，梦想成熟时会穿起零散的或还未有成型的珠子，串成美丽的珍珠项链。 人生如追梦，只在过程，无论结果：仅一个过程，人生也因其有梦想而变得美丽与精彩。

Transcend Yourself 超越自我

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties,
passing from one step of success to another,forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

Follow Your Dream 追随梦想

There was a young man born in a poor family.
As a result, his school career was continually interrupted.
Once he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch.He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch.Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.
He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher.

Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read,“See me after class.”

The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,
“Why did I receive an F?”

The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.
You have no money. You have no resources from your family.

There’s no way you could ever do it. ”
Then the teacher added, “If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal,I will reconsider your grade.”

The boy went home and thought about it long and hard.
He asked his father what he should do.

His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this.
However, I think it is a very important decision for you.”

Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all.
He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”
Recollecting the story, my friend Monty and I are now sitting in his 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of a 200-acre horse ranch.
Two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on his ranch.

When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer.
During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams.

Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours."
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

重点词汇

1. gratified adj. 称心的

It should be a time that you feel fulfilled and gratified.
到时候你会感到满足，觉得个人野望得以实现。

2.ranch n. 大农场；大牧场

Three years ago they came here and ranched the mountainous dry land.
他们三年前来到这里，在山区旱地经营农场。

3.unrealistic adj. 不切实际的；不实在的

4.Recollect v. 回忆，想起

I cannot recollect where we met.
我想不起来我们是在什么地方相遇的。

5.stealer n. 偷窃者；偷干者

You can punish a stealer but whose nature was hard to change.
你可以惩罚一个小偷，但他本性难改。（江山易改，本性难移。）

6.gumption n. 进取心；气概；精力

The flaw in my which she had already spotted was lack of "gumption".
在我的性格中，她已经发现的弱点是缺少“进取心”。