西部落：史上最牛的童子军

Boy Scout¹ badges

LI boy scout wins all merit badges possible

Life saving first aid. . Shawn Goldsmith is the most highly decorated an eagle scout can be. The 18-year- old has earned every single merit badge there is , all 121 of them. The everyday with something different, and these are skills that I would remember for the rest of my life. It took Shawn 5 years to get the first half of their merit badges, the rest less than 5 months. He did it for his zealing grandmother.

She's like, "Shaw, why don t we both follow with this? You really, you already half way there, and I really think you can do it. Everyone thought I couldn’t do it. So, That most time. . . she always believed me.

Sadly, his grandmother passed away when Shawn was just 18 badges shy of reaching the extraordinary. His grandfather then made of his mission to see shawn succeed, with / help from scoutmaster Joe Acquafreddaat a troop 240 in the Bronx, who at first was skeptical². I said Mr. A , you said if you can see it, you can be it . so then he was , he couldn't say no. Shawn reached his goal last month, while a freshman³ in Binghamton University where he's a business major with a love for politics. In high school he interned⁴ for Senato Charles Sehumer and a couple of days ago met one of his icons⁵, Mary Michael Bloomberg, a businessman and fellow Eagle scout.

And it’s no surprise that Shawn one day wants to go into politics and take with him the public office the skills and expertise⁶ he learnt in scouts⁷, mainly honesty and integrity. I see how great politicians , how they fall so easily. These, one lie and they get caught doing it. So not only is morally correct, which is one of the parts of scout law and oaths , to be morally shame. It s worth it in the long run. you have my vote, Shawn. Rob Royer, Picks News at ten.

童子军获得所有可能的奖章

生命急救……Shawn Goldsmith或许是最出色的童子军。这个18岁的男孩获得了每一个单项奖章，总共121枚。每一天都是不同的，在我的余生我会一直怀念这些技能。Shawn用了五年的时间来获得其中的一半奖章，而剩下的一半则用了不到五个月。他做这些都是为了他充满热情的祖母。

她总是说，“Shawn，我们两个为什么不都追求这些呢？你已经成功了一半了，我认为你一定能做到。每个人都认为我做不到。所以，大部分时间，她都相信我。”

不幸的是，在他仅仅获得18枚奖章，远远没有达到最高水平时，他的祖母就去世了。之后，他的祖父将亲眼目睹shawn成功作为自己的使命，他向Bronx的童子军领队Joe Acquafreddaat寻求帮助，Joe Acquafreddaat最开始表示怀疑。我说，Acquafreddaat先生，如果你亲眼看到的话，你就会帮忙的。然后他就答应了，他不能拒绝。Shawn上个月完成了目标，同时，他成为Binghamton大学一名商务专业的新生。读高中时他曾经在Senato Charles Sehumer实习，几天前见到了他的偶像，Mary Michael Bloomberg，他是一名商人，同时也是Eagle童子军的一员。

Shawn会入主政治，会在政坛中应用在童子军中学到的技能和专业，而其中最主要的就是诚实和正直。我看到很多政治家败落，因为他们被人们抓到撒谎。所以，不但从道德上讲是正确的，这是童子军法律和誓言的一部分。长期来看是值得的。我会为你投票的，Shawn。

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 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。

3 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。

4 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》

5 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

6 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。

7 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。