为你读书：《关爱你的梦想》Care for Your Dream

 

原文（节选）欣赏

My dream ended when I was born. Although I never knew it then, I just held on to something that would never come to pass. Dreams really do exist. But in the morning when you wake up, they are remembered just as a dream. That is what happened to me.

我一出生，梦想就结束了，然而当时我却毫不知晓，仍执著于一些永无实现之日的事情。我的确怀有许多梦想。不过，当早晨醒来之时，所记起的却只是一场梦境而已。我的经历就是如此。

I always had the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina twirling around and around and hearing people applaud for（夸奖） me. When I was young, I would twirl aroundand around（转来转去） in the fields of wildflowers that grew in my backyard.

我一直梦想着像一个美丽的芭蕾演员一样跳舞，轻盈地旋来转去，耳边是人们的掌声喝彩。小时候，我常常在自家后院长满野花的草地上练习芭蕾舞的旋转动作。

I thought that if I twirled faster everything would disappear and I would wake up in a new place. Reality woke me up when I heard a voice saying, "I don't know why you bother（麻烦） trying to dance. Ballerinas are pretty, slender little girls. Besides, you don't have the talent to even be a ballerina." I remember how those words paralyzed every feeling in my body. I fell to the ground and wept for hours.

我想要是我转得再快一点，眼前的一切都会消失，我将会获得一方新的天地。然而现实唤醒了我，我听到一个声音说：“我不明白你为什么不厌其烦地尝试跳舞。跳芭蕾舞的人都长得漂亮、苗条、娇小可爱。还有，你也没有跳芭蕾舞的天分。”记得当时那些话让我的全身都失去了知觉。我瘫倒在地上，哭了好几个小时。

 

短语用法点津

 

1. come to pass  实现；发生

例句：Your dream will come to pass.

你的梦想将会实现。

 

2. happen to  发生在某人身上

例句：Yes, it could happen to any of us.

是的，这可能发生在我们任何一个人身上。

 

3.  fall to the ground   落地；计划落空

例句：Nota hair of his head will fall to the ground.

连他的一根头发也不可落地。

 

 

 

原文（节选）欣赏

 

 

We lived in the country by a nearby lake. I did not like to be at home. When my parents were home, my mother just yelled and criticized because nothing was ever perfect in her life. She dreamed of a different life but she ended up living in the country far away from the city where she believed her dreams would have come true.

我们家住在乡下，附近有一个湖。我不喜欢呆在家里，妈妈总是在家里大喊大叫着抱怨生活处处不如意。她曾经梦想住在城市里，只有在那里她的理想才能实现，而后来却住在这远离城市的乡下，这与她的理想完全两样。

I enjoyed hanging out by the water. I would sit there for hours and stare at my reflection. There I was, looking nothing like a pretty ballerina dancer. Reflections don't lie. Once the waves would come, my reflection was gone. Washed away just like my dream to dance.

我喜欢到水边呆着，在那，常常一坐就是几个小时，静静地望着水中我的倒影。水中的我哪也不像一个漂亮的芭蕾舞演员，倒影从不撒谎。微波荡过倒影消失了，就像我的跳舞的梦想一样消失了。

As I grew older, I began to realize that the reason my dream was even born, was because it was something that was inside of me. The dream I had was never nurtured and cared for, so it slowly died. It's not that I wanted it to die, but I allowed it to die the day I started listening to the words, "You can't do it." When I finally woke up from many years of dreaming, I realized that you can't settle for dancing in the wildflowers, you have to move on to the platform.

随着我的成长我开始明白之所以我的梦产生，是因为那个梦就在我心里。而我的梦想从未得到过培育和呵护，因此它慢慢地死去了。我并不想让它死去，但是从我听到“你办不到”这种话的那一天，我却放任了它的死去。最后，当我从多年来的梦想中醒来时，我才明白过来：你不能满足于在野花丛中跳舞，你必须设法到舞台上去跳。

 

 

词汇及短语点津

1. dream of+动词ing  向往做某事

例句：We dreamed of having a car and a house.

我们向往有车有房。

 

2. end up+动词ing  最终要做某事

 

3. nurture ['nɜːtʃə] v. 培育，培养；

例句：Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood.

父母们想了解把他们的孩子养育成人的最好方法。

 

4. settle for  满足于某事

 

5. move on  继续前进