英语学习
You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be
In 1959, when Jean Harper was in the third grade, her teacher gave the class an assignment to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up.
She poured her heart into her report and expressed her dream of becoming an airline pilot. Her paper came back with an "F" on it. The teacher told her it was a "fairy tale".
你可以做你想成为的任何人
1959年，吉恩·哈珀上三年级时，她的老师给全班布置了一份报告，让他们写一份关于他们长大后想成为什么样的人的报告。
她在报告中倾注心血，表达了成为一名航空公司飞行员的梦想。她的报纸上写着“F”。老师告诉她那是个“童话”。
Jean was heartbroken and ashamed. As the years went by, Jean was beaten down by the discouragement and negativity she encountered whenever she talked about her dream.
"Girls can't become airline pilots; never have, never will. You're crazy. That's impossible." Finally Jean gave up.
In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was Mrs. Dorothy Slaton, a demanding teacher with high standards.
One day Mrs. Slaton asked this question: "If you had unlimited finances, unlimited access to the finest schools, unlimited talents and abilities, what would you do?"
Jean felt a rush of the old enthusiasm, and with excitement she wrote down the very old dream.
The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jean's life.
琼伤心又惭愧。随着岁月的流逝，每当琼谈起自己的梦想时，她总是感到沮丧和消极。
“女孩不可能成为飞行员；从来没有，将来也不会。你疯了。这不可能。”简终于放弃了。
在她高中四年级的时候，她的英语老师是多萝西·斯莱顿夫人，她是一位要求很高、要求很高的老师。
有一天，斯莱顿太太问了一个问题：“如果你有无限的资金，无限的机会进入最好的学校，无限的天赋和能力，你会怎么做？”
琼感到旧日的热情迸发出来，她兴奋地写下了这个古老的梦。
斯莱顿太太说的下一件事改变了琼的生活。
The teacher leaned forward over her desk and said, "I have a little secret for you. You do have unlimited abilities and talents. When you leave school, if you don't go for your dreams, no one will do it for you. You can have what you want if you want it enough."
The hurt and fear of years of discouragement disappeared all of a sudden. Jean felt thrilled and told her about her dream of becoming a pilot. Mrs. Slaton slapped the desk top. "Then do it!" she said.
So Jean did. It didn't happen overnight. In her 10 years of hard work, even facing varieties of laugh, frustration and opposition, she never gave up her dream. Instead, she went on doing everything her third-grade teacher said was fairy-tale.
Eventually, Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain for the United Airline Company.
老师向前探过桌子说：“我有个小秘密要告诉你。你确实有无限的能力和才能。当你离开学校的时候，如果你不去实现你的梦想，没有人会为你去做。如果你想要的足够多，你就可以得到你想要的。”
多年的沮丧所带来的伤害和恐惧突然消失了。琼感到很激动，告诉她她梦想成为一名飞行员。斯莱顿太太拍了拍桌面。”那就动手吧！”她说。
简就这么做了。这不是一夜之间发生的。在她10年的努力工作中，即使面对各种各样的笑声、挫折和反对，她也从未放弃自己的梦想。相反，她继续做她三年级老师说的童话般的事情。
最终，让·哈珀成为美国联合航空公司波音737机长。
美文阅读笔记
㈠《菜根谭》里有句话：“交友须带三分侠气，做人要存一点素心。”一句话，道尽了为人处世之道。
交友是对外之道，做人是修己之心，侠气是给予，素心是自备。葆有素心，侠气才能正义凛然；挥洒侠气，素心方可熠熠生辉。侠气属动，素心属静，一动一静，便是人生。 人有侠气，心胸必宽广，对人对事不畏惧、不退缩；人有素心，头脑必清醒，不为世俗浸染，不被名利左右。
侠气与素心皆是好物，但多了未必有好效果。诚如书中所言，三分侠气，一点素心，对一个人来说，便是刚刚好。三分侠气不鲁莽，一点素心不孤高。世间之事，往往过犹不及，好坏之物并无绝对的界限，因此，才有了祸福相依，才有了对错变换。由此，侠气三分，素心一点，方能让一个人的生命留出更多的空间，而留白处的开阔与包容，才是人生得以拾级而上的阶梯所在。
人的一生总会遇到各种各样的人，交友需热忱实在，做人要坦诚率真，遇到不存侠气、缺乏素心之人，也不必断然与之决裂以致得罪小人。如此，才是三分侠气余下的七分智慧，才是一点素心之外的世情通达。
㈡正是有了这样的夏天，才能有秋天的收获。
这样的夏天让人难以忍受，但大自然却在默默忍受，让万物之根牢固地扎入大地，从暑热中吸收能量，长出秋天收获的果实。
如果夏天不再是夏天的样子，秋天也就不再是秋天的样子，收获的喜悦也就无从谈起。
所以，希望夏天就是酷热的夏天。
人生路上的坡道，爬起来需要挥汗如雨，需要不停地喘气。然而，再怎么艰难，再怎么无奈，这条坡道也一定要翻越过去。
在此过程中，会积蓄起人生收获的力量。这看似是能量的消耗，实际上，其间可以积蓄起伟大的力量。
爬坡时轻轻松松未尝不可，不过，还是希望爬坡时能流点儿汗。
有时，甚至希望眼前的坡道能一直爬不完。
就像希望夏天就是夏天一样。
㈢有时，我们会觉得别人很傻，做的事情都是错误的。但其实更多的时候，是我们的阅历和认识还没有达到，或者说我们和别人所处的角度和出发点并不一致。认识到了这一点，我们才能更好地与对方交流沟通，交际中的很多矛盾也就都可以避免了。
