★以下是英文寫作翻譯頻道為大家整理的《英語短文帶翻譯：追隨夢(mèng)想》，供大家參考。更多內(nèi)容請(qǐng)看本站寫作翻譯頻道。
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs.
The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, "I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy"s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, 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, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. 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 come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you"ll have to pay large stud fees. 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.""
Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, "I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace." He added, "The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week." 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.
我的一個(gè)朋友在圣地亞哥（San Diego）南部的圣伊西德羅（San Ysidro）社區(qū)擁有一個(gè)馬場(chǎng)，他的名字叫曼迪羅伯茨（Monty Roberts）。他答應(yīng)我可以用他的房子來舉辦一些活動(dòng)，來為一些年輕人的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資計(jì)劃方案募集資金。
記得上次我在他那里的時(shí)候，他是這樣介紹我的：“我想讓你們知道，為什么我會(huì)把房子借給Jack用。這讓我想起以前曾經(jīng)發(fā)生的跟一個(gè)小男孩有關(guān)的小故事。這個(gè)小男孩是一個(gè)游走馴馬師的兒子。而父親總是會(huì)到處奔走于各個(gè)馬廄、跑道與農(nóng)牧場(chǎng)之間為別人訓(xùn)練馬匹。小男孩在高中的正常學(xué)習(xí)生活也因此不斷受到打擾。臨畢業(yè)的一年，老師給他布置了一篇短文作業(yè)，描述一下自己將來想成為什么樣的人和會(huì)做一些什么樣的事情”
“當(dāng)晚，他寫了7頁紙的作業(yè)文章，構(gòu)想是他將來想擁有一個(gè)馬場(chǎng)。詳述并繪制一幅圖，圖中，這個(gè)馬場(chǎng)有200英畝大，以及各個(gè)相關(guān)建筑、馬廄和跑道的具體地點(diǎn)。還有一個(gè)詳細(xì)的建屋計(jì)劃---一個(gè)坐落在200英畝馬場(chǎng)里的4000平方英尺的大房子。”
“小男孩很用心完成了這篇作業(yè)，第二天交給了老師。兩天后，作業(yè)發(fā)下來了。一個(gè)大大的紅色的F出現(xiàn)在作業(yè)的頭頁，還有幾個(gè)字：課后來見我”
“課后，這個(gè)內(nèi)心充滿夢(mèng)想的小男孩來到了老師面前問：為什么我的作業(yè)只得了F呢？”
“老師說：像你這樣的學(xué)生有這樣的夢(mèng)想非常的不切實(shí)際。你沒有錢，又來自一個(gè)游走馴馬師的家庭，你根本沒有實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想所需要的資源。擁有一個(gè)馬場(chǎng)需要很多的資金，你必須買地，買種馬，將來你還要支付一大筆的配種費(fèi)用。你根本就無法做到這些。老師接著說：如果你重新寫一篇作業(yè)，說一些比較實(shí)際的理想。我會(huì)考慮重新給你打分?！?BR> “小男孩回到家，仔細(xì)的想了好久好久。他問爸爸他究竟該怎么辦。爸爸說：這樣吧，兒子，這個(gè)決定由你自己做吧。但我想，這個(gè)決定對(duì)你來說也非常的重要”
“思考了整整一周的時(shí)間后，小男孩后還是沒有把作業(yè)做任何的改動(dòng)，交了上去。跟老師說：你可以繼續(xù)給我F的評(píng)分，而我卻要繼續(xù)保留我的夢(mèng)想”
曼迪回過頭對(duì)大家說：“跟你們說這些是因?yàn)槟銈儸F(xiàn)在就正坐在我的200英畝大的馬場(chǎng)里的一個(gè)4000平方英尺的房子里面。那篇高中作業(yè)文章我一直留到現(xiàn)在，做了個(gè)框架，現(xiàn)在就掛在壁爐的上方。這個(gè)故事中，精彩的部分是兩個(gè)夏天之前，給我作業(yè)評(píng)分F的老師帶著30個(gè)學(xué)生來到了我的馬場(chǎng)，宿營(yíng)了一周。當(dāng)老師即將離開的時(shí)候，他說：曼迪，我可以這樣跟你說，當(dāng)我還是你的老師的時(shí)候，我簡(jiǎn)直就是一個(gè)盜取別人夢(mèng)想的人。那些年，我偷了太多孩子的夢(mèng)想了。讓我感到欣慰和幸運(yùn)的是，你卻有足夠的魄力和勇氣沒有放棄你自己的夢(mèng)想?！?BR> 不要讓任何人盜取你們的夢(mèng)想。無論發(fā)生什么，跟隨你的心，勇敢的前進(jìn)吧！
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs.
The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, "I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy"s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, 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, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. 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 come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you"ll have to pay large stud fees. 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.""
Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, "I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace." He added, "The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week." 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.
我的一個(gè)朋友在圣地亞哥（San Diego）南部的圣伊西德羅（San Ysidro）社區(qū)擁有一個(gè)馬場(chǎng)，他的名字叫曼迪羅伯茨（Monty Roberts）。他答應(yīng)我可以用他的房子來舉辦一些活動(dòng)，來為一些年輕人的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資計(jì)劃方案募集資金。
記得上次我在他那里的時(shí)候，他是這樣介紹我的：“我想讓你們知道，為什么我會(huì)把房子借給Jack用。這讓我想起以前曾經(jīng)發(fā)生的跟一個(gè)小男孩有關(guān)的小故事。這個(gè)小男孩是一個(gè)游走馴馬師的兒子。而父親總是會(huì)到處奔走于各個(gè)馬廄、跑道與農(nóng)牧場(chǎng)之間為別人訓(xùn)練馬匹。小男孩在高中的正常學(xué)習(xí)生活也因此不斷受到打擾。臨畢業(yè)的一年，老師給他布置了一篇短文作業(yè)，描述一下自己將來想成為什么樣的人和會(huì)做一些什么樣的事情”
“當(dāng)晚，他寫了7頁紙的作業(yè)文章，構(gòu)想是他將來想擁有一個(gè)馬場(chǎng)。詳述并繪制一幅圖，圖中，這個(gè)馬場(chǎng)有200英畝大，以及各個(gè)相關(guān)建筑、馬廄和跑道的具體地點(diǎn)。還有一個(gè)詳細(xì)的建屋計(jì)劃---一個(gè)坐落在200英畝馬場(chǎng)里的4000平方英尺的大房子。”
“小男孩很用心完成了這篇作業(yè)，第二天交給了老師。兩天后，作業(yè)發(fā)下來了。一個(gè)大大的紅色的F出現(xiàn)在作業(yè)的頭頁，還有幾個(gè)字：課后來見我”
“課后，這個(gè)內(nèi)心充滿夢(mèng)想的小男孩來到了老師面前問：為什么我的作業(yè)只得了F呢？”
“老師說：像你這樣的學(xué)生有這樣的夢(mèng)想非常的不切實(shí)際。你沒有錢，又來自一個(gè)游走馴馬師的家庭，你根本沒有實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想所需要的資源。擁有一個(gè)馬場(chǎng)需要很多的資金，你必須買地，買種馬，將來你還要支付一大筆的配種費(fèi)用。你根本就無法做到這些。老師接著說：如果你重新寫一篇作業(yè)，說一些比較實(shí)際的理想。我會(huì)考慮重新給你打分?！?BR> “小男孩回到家，仔細(xì)的想了好久好久。他問爸爸他究竟該怎么辦。爸爸說：這樣吧，兒子，這個(gè)決定由你自己做吧。但我想，這個(gè)決定對(duì)你來說也非常的重要”
“思考了整整一周的時(shí)間后，小男孩后還是沒有把作業(yè)做任何的改動(dòng)，交了上去。跟老師說：你可以繼續(xù)給我F的評(píng)分，而我卻要繼續(xù)保留我的夢(mèng)想”
曼迪回過頭對(duì)大家說：“跟你們說這些是因?yàn)槟銈儸F(xiàn)在就正坐在我的200英畝大的馬場(chǎng)里的一個(gè)4000平方英尺的房子里面。那篇高中作業(yè)文章我一直留到現(xiàn)在，做了個(gè)框架，現(xiàn)在就掛在壁爐的上方。這個(gè)故事中，精彩的部分是兩個(gè)夏天之前，給我作業(yè)評(píng)分F的老師帶著30個(gè)學(xué)生來到了我的馬場(chǎng)，宿營(yíng)了一周。當(dāng)老師即將離開的時(shí)候，他說：曼迪，我可以這樣跟你說，當(dāng)我還是你的老師的時(shí)候，我簡(jiǎn)直就是一個(gè)盜取別人夢(mèng)想的人。那些年，我偷了太多孩子的夢(mèng)想了。讓我感到欣慰和幸運(yùn)的是，你卻有足夠的魄力和勇氣沒有放棄你自己的夢(mèng)想?！?BR> 不要讓任何人盜取你們的夢(mèng)想。無論發(fā)生什么，跟隨你的心，勇敢的前進(jìn)吧！