小故事

You Are a Marvel
你是一个奇迹
Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France.
我们活着的每一秒都是世界上独一无二、不可重现的。我们应该教给我们的孩子些什么呢？二加二等于四，还是法国的首都是巴黎？
We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move.
我们应该对他们每一个说：你知道自己是什么吗？你是一个奇迹。你是独一无二的。过往的所有日子里，从来没有出现过像你这样的孩子。你的腿，你的臂膀，你灵活的手指，你的一举一动都是与众不同的。
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?
你可以成为莎士比亚，米开朗琪罗，或者是贝多芬。你有成就一切的能力。是的，你是一个奇迹。而当你长大之后，你会忍心去伤害另一个如你一般的奇迹么？
We must all work to make the world worthy of its children.
我们必须同心协力，让这个世界成为值得孩子们生活的乐土。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. the capacity for sth.
能力；才能；
eg. Our capacity for giving care, love and attention is limited.
我们能够给予的关怀、关爱和关注是有限的。
eg. Perhaps because the solution is only a method of doubt, a skill, and the question must break the old, must have the capacity for innovation.
因为解决疑问也许只是一个方法、一个技巧，而提出疑问则必须突破旧的东西，必须具备创新的能力。
2. grow up
长大成人；
eg. When the children grow up, the parents grow old.
当孩子们长大时，父母们便老了。
eg. I like to muse about what I will do when I grow up.
我喜欢仔细思考长大后做什么。
3. be worthy of
值得…的；应该获得…的；
eg. His behavior is worthy of praise.
他的行为值得称道。
eg. I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.
我认为他不值得信赖。