世界因你而精彩.doc

Who You Are Makes a Difference世界因你而精彩By Helice Bridges文字难度2.5小云 译诺大的世界，要说比重要、让世界更精彩，这实在难以考究。但是，对于你，一定会有一些人在你心目中举足轻重，让你的人生异常精彩。对你来说很重要？又让你的世界无比精彩呢？想一想，跟他（她）说一说，或者你会有意想不到的惊喜。A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her high school seniors by telling them the difference they each made. She presented each of them with a blue ribbon 1)imprinted with gold letters which read, “Who I Am Makes a Difference.” Afterwards the teacher decided to see what kind of impact 2)recognition would have on a community. She gave each of the students three more ribbons and instructed them to go out and spread this 3)acknowledgment ceremony. One of the boys in the class went to a junior 4)executive in a nearby company and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him two extra ribbons, and said, “Wed like you to go out, find somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon, then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a third person to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going.”Later that day the junior executive went in to see his boss, who had been noted, by the way, as being kind of a 5)grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative 6)genius. The boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive took the blue ribbon and placed it right on his boss jacket above his heart. As he gave him the last extra ribbon, he said, “Would you do me a favor? Would you take this extra ribbon and pass it on by honoring somebody else? We want to keep this recognition ceremony going and find out how it affects people.” That night the boss came home to his 14-year-old son and sat him down. He said, “The most 7)incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my office and one of the junior executives came in and he told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative genius. He gave me an extra ribbon and asked me to find somebody else to honor. “As I was driving home tonight, I started thinking about whom I would honor with this ribbon and I thought about you. I want to honor you.“My days are really 8)hectic and when I come home I dont pay a lot of attention to you. Sometimes I scream at you for not getting good enough grades in school and for your bedroom being a 9)mess, but somehow tonight, I just wanted to sit here and, well, just let you know that you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother, you are the most important person in my life. Youre a great kid and I love you!”The startled boy started to sob and sob, and he couldnt stop crying. His whole body shook. He looked up at his father and said through his tears, “I was planning on committing suicide tomorrow, Dad, because I didnt think you loved me. Now I dont need to.”纽约的一位老师决定告诉她所在高中的高年级学生，他们是多么重要，从而表达对他们的赞许。她发给每个人一条蓝色缎带，上面印有几个金色大字：“世界因我而精彩。”其后，那位老师决定看看这个认可他人的举措会对一个社区造成什么样的影响。她多给每个学生三条缎带，让他们走出去，将这个感谢仪式传递开去。 班上的一个男孩来到附近一家公司的一位初级主管面前，感谢他帮自己制定了一份职业规划。男孩送给他一条蓝色缎带，并将它佩戴在其衬衣上。然后男孩又把另外两条缎带交给他，解释说：“我们希望您能走出去，找到您认可的人，把一条蓝色缎带送给他们。然后，将最后一条缎带交给他们，让他们也能赞许第三个人，使这一仪式得以延续。”这晚稍晚时候，这位初级主管去见他的老板，一个顺便提一下出了名的脾气暴躁的人。他让老板坐下，然后向他表达了自己对他深深的钦佩，因为他觉得老板是个极富创造力的天才。老板显得十分惊讶。初级主管把蓝色缎带佩戴在老板心口上方的外套上，并将最后余下的那条缎带交给他，说道：“能不能请您帮个忙，把另一条蓝色缎带带走，送给您认可的人？我们想让这个感谢仪式延续下去，想了解一下，像这样的仪式会对人们产生怎样的影响。”那天晚上，这位老板回家后，来到14岁的儿子面前，让他坐下。他说道：“今天发生了一件最不可思议的事。当时我在自己办公室里，一个初级主管走进来告诉我，他十分钦佩我，说我是个很有创造力的天才，要送我一条蓝色缎带。然后又给我另一条缎带，让我送给其他我认可的人。 “今晚开车回家时，我开始想，我要将这缎带送给呢？然后我就想到了你。你就是我要感谢的人。我的工作一向非常忙碌，回家后也没怎么理你。有时我会因为你在学校的成绩不够好，或是把房间搞得乱七八糟而对你大吼大叫，但是不知道为什么，今晚我只想和你坐在这儿，让你知道你对我有多重要。这世上除了你的母亲，你就是我生命中最重要的人。你是个好孩子，我爱你！”孩子满脸惊讶，开始呜咽，抽泣，接着禁不住号啕大哭，哭得整个身子都在颤抖。他抬头看着父亲，泪流满面，说道：“我本来打算明天自杀的，爸爸，因为我觉得你不爱我。现在我不需要这么做了。”1) imprint v. 留下烙印2) recognition n. 赞誉，重视3) acknowledgment n. 承认，感谢4) executive n. 理主管人员5) grouchy adj. 不高兴的，不满的6) genius n. 天才，天才人物7) incredible adj. 难以置信的8) hectic adj. 繁忙的，忙乱的9) mess n. 混乱，脏乱日积月累高考必备honor: v. 尊敬：He was honored as a man of courage. 他被尊为勇者。 使增光，给以荣誉：He was honored with the doctors degree. 他荣获博士学位。 承兑，支付（汇票等）：honor a cheque 承兑支票n. 荣誉，光荣：win honor on the field of battle 在战场上赢得荣誉 尊敬，敬意：pay honor to the national flag 向国旗致敬 名誉，自尊心：business honor 商业信用s