2009-01-07&01-09 史上最牛的童子军

Shawn Goldsmith is the most highly decorated (that) an eagle scout¹ can be: 18 year old and earned every single merit badge there is, all 121 of them.

Everyday was something different and these are skills that I will remember for the rest of my life.

It took Shawn 5 years to get the first half of his merit badges, the rest, less than 5 months. He did it for his ailing² grandmother.

She's like, "Shawn, why don’t we go further with this? You already have half there, and I really think you can do it." Everyone thought I couldn’t do it, foremost. She always believed me.

Sadly, his grandmother passed away when Shawn was just 18 badges shy of reaching the extraordinary. His grandfather then made his mission to see Shawn succeed, with help from scoutmaster Joseph Acquafredda of Troop 240 in the Bronx, who at first was skeptical³.

I said Mr. A, you said if you can see it, you can be it. so then you couldn't say no.

Shawn reached his goal last month while a freshman⁴ in Binghamton University where he's a business major with a love for politics. In high school (he) interned⁵ for Senator Charles Schumer and a couple of days ago met one of his icons⁶ Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a businessman and fellow Eagle Scout.

It’s no surprise that Shawn one day wants to go into politics and take with him the public office to the skills and expertise⁷ he learnt in scouts⁸, mainly honesty and integrity.

I see how great politicians, how they fall so easily. Be the one (who) lied and then get caught doing it. So, not only is it morally correct, which is one of the parts of scout law and oaths, to be morally straight, it’s worthy⁹ in the long run.

you have my vote, Shawn. Rob Hoell, Pix News at ten.

1 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

2 ailing   

v.生病

参考例句：

• They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
• She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。

3 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

4 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

5 interned   

v.拘留，关押( intern的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was interned but,as he was in no way implicated in war crimes,was released. 他曾被拘留过，但因未曾涉嫌战争罪行而被释放了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These soldiers were interned in a neutral country until the war was over. 这些士兵被拘留在一个中立国，直到战争结束。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

7 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

8 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

9 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。