英语励志短篇小故事带翻译 励志小故事中英对照

You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be

你可以成就一切

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.

1959年，吉恩·哈珀上三年级时候，她的老师给全班同学布置了一个作业，让他们写一份报告，主题是关于他们长大后想成为怎样的人。

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".

她在自己的报告中倾诉了心里话，表达了想要成为一名飞行员的梦想。但她的报告只获得了 “F”。老师说她的梦想是一个 “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.

吉恩感到伤心又羞愧。随着时间一天天地过去，吉恩每次谈起自己的梦想，她都会被遭遇的消极劝阻和否定态度所打败。

"Girls can't become airline pilots; never have, never will. You're crazy. That's impossible." Finally Jean gave up.

“女孩不可能成为飞行员；从来没有，也永远不会。你疯了。那不可能。” 终于，吉恩放弃了。

In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was Mrs. Dorothy Slaton, a demanding teacher with high standards.

高中最后一年，她的英语老师是多萝西·斯莱顿夫人，一位要求很高、很苛刻的老师。

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?"

一天，斯莱顿老师问了这样一个问题：“如果你有无限的资金，无限的机会进入最好的学校，拥有无限的天赋和能力，你会做什么？”

Jean felt a rush of the old enthusiasm, and with excitement she wrote down the very old dream.

吉恩感到一股旧日的热情涌上心头，激动地写下了她的旧梦。

The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jean's life.

斯莱顿老师说的下一句话改变了吉恩的一生。

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."

老师俯身在她桌前说：“我有一个小秘密要告诉你。你确实有无限的能力和天赋。在你离开学校后，如果你不去追求你的梦想，没有人会为你做这件事。如果你有足够的意志，就能够实现你的梦想。”

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.

多年来的沮丧所带来的伤害和恐惧突然消失了。吉恩感到很激动，告诉老师，她梦想成为一名飞行员。斯莱顿老师拍了拍桌面。她说：“那就去做吧！”

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.

吉恩确实做到了，但这不是一夜之间实现的。在她10年的努力中，即使面对各种各样的嘲笑、挫折和反对，她也从未放弃梦想。相反，她继续做着她三年级老师说的那个只是童话的梦想。

Eventually, Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain for the United Airline Company.

最终，吉恩·哈珀成为了联合航空公司的波音737机长。