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

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