智慧背囊 超越自我-01-追随梦想

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[00:05.73]Transcend Yourself 超越自我
[00:10.14]Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting¹ difficulties,
[00:15.06]passing from one step of success to another,
[00:18.57]forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
[00:21.85]Follow Your Dream 追随梦想
[00:29.53]There was a young man born in a poor family.
[00:34.23]As a result, his school career was continually² interrupted.
[00:38.62]Once he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
[00:44.75]That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch³.
[00:50.66]He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram⁴ of a 200-acre ranch.
[00:57.79]Then he drew a detailed⁵ floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house
[01:02.72]that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.
[01:05.92]He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher.
[01:12.27]Two days later he received his paper back.
[01:15.34]On the front page was a large red F with a note that read,
[01:20.06]“See me after class.”
[01:22.11]The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,
[01:26.74]“Why did I receive an F?”
[01:28.81]The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.
[01:34.40]You have no money. You have no resources from your family.
[01:38.33]There’s no way you could ever do it. ”
[01:40.98]Then the teacher added, “If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal,
[01:46.77]I will reconsider your grade.”
[01:49.31]The boy went home and thought about it long and hard.
[01:53.11]He asked his father what he should do.
[01:55.52]His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this.
[02:00.46]However, I think it is a very important decision for you.”
[02:05.07]Finally, after sitting with it for a week,
[02:08.25]the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all.
[02:13.16]He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”
[02:18.76]Recollecting the story,
[02:20.75]my friend Monty and I are now sitting in his 4,000-square-foot house
[02:25.33]in the middle of a 200-acre horse ranch.
[02:28.52]Two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on his ranch.
[02:34.53]When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now.
[02:39.79]When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer.
[02:43.53]During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams.
[02:46.93]Fortunately you had enough gumption⁶ not to give up on yours."
[02:51.62]Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
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1 surmounting   

战胜( surmount的现在分词 )； 克服（困难）； 居于…之上； 在…顶上

参考例句：

• Surmounting the risks and fears of some may be difficult. 解除某些人的疑虑可能是困难的。
• There was high French-like land in one corner, and a tumble-down grey lighthouse surmounting it. 一角画着一块像是法国风光的高地，上面有一座破烂的灰色灯塔。

2 continually   

adv.不间断地，不停地；多次重复地

参考例句：

• The other kids continually taunted him about his size.其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
• The US is continually building up its armed forces.美军正持续加强它的三军。

3 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

4 diagram   

n.图表，示意图；图解；vt.绘制…的示意图

参考例句：

• On the back of the letter was a diagram.信的背面是张图表。
• The engineer drew a diagram of the bridge.工程师绘制了一幅这座桥的示意图。

5 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

6 gumption   

n.才干

参考例句：

• With his gumption he will make a success of himself.凭他的才干，他将大有作为。
• Surely anyone with marketing gumption should be able to sell good books at any time of year.无疑，有经营头脑的人在一年的任何时节都应该能够卖掉好书。