励志英语 乘风飞翔的人.docVIP

小编给你一个美联英语官方免费试听课申请链接： /test/waijiao.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 美联英语提供：乘风飞翔的人 　　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. 　　那是1959年，琼-哈珀在上三年级的时候。有一次，老师布置全班同学写一篇作文，让大家谈一谈自己长大以后想干什么。 　　Jeans father was a crop duster pilot in the little farming community in Northern California where she was raised, and Jean was totally captivated by airplanes and flying. She poured her heart into her report and included all of her dreams; she wanted to crop dust, make parachute jumps, seed clouds and be an airline pilot. Her paper came back with an F on it. The teacher told her it was a fairy tale and that none of the occupations she listed were womens jobs. Jean was crushed and humiliated. 　　那时，琼的父亲是北加利福尼亚农场小区的一名给作物喷洒农药的飞机驾驶员，琼就是在那里长大的，所以，从小就非常痴迷于飞机和飞行。对老师布置的这篇作文，琼全心倾注地去写，把她的全部梦想都写进去了：她想驾驶着飞机给作物喷洒农药，她想去跳伞，她想去实施人工降雨，并且她还想成为一名客机飞行员。可是，最后，她的这篇作文却得了一个“F”(failure，不及格)。老师告诉她那是一篇“神话”，因为她所列举的工作没有一项是女人能够做的。听老师这么一说，琼伤心透了，感到失望、羞耻。 　　She showed her father the paper, and he told her that of course she could become a pilot. Look at Amelia Earhart, he said. That teacher doesnt know what shes talking about. 　　她把作文拿给她的父亲看。父亲对她说，她当然能够成为一名飞行员。“看看阿米莉娅-埃尔哈特〔1898-1937,美国女飞行员〕，”那个老师不知道自己在说些什么。” 　　But as the years went by, Jean was beaten down by the discouragement and negativity she encountered whenever she talked about her career-Girls cant become airline pilots; never have, never will. Youre not smart enough, youre crazy. Thats impossible. -until finally Jean gave up. 　　然而，随着时间一天天地过去，琼还是被消极劝阻和否定态度给击倒了--每当她谈起自己梦想的时候，人们就会说“女孩子是不可能成为飞行员的，现在不会，将来也不会。你太异想天开，简直就是疯了。那是不可能的。”--终于，琼认输放弃了。 　　In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was a Mrs. Dorothy Slaton. Mrs. Slaton was an uncompromising, demanding teacher with high standards and a low tolerance for excuses. She refused to treat her students like children, instead expecting them to behave like the responsible adults they would have to be to su