勉励英文完成你的希望

勉励英文完成你的希望
In 1959， when Jean Harper was in the third grade， her teacher gave the class an assignment1 to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up.
　　1959年，琼·哈珀上三年级的时分，有一次，教师给全班同学安置了一篇作文，让我们写一写自己长大今后想干什么。

 
　　Jean’s father was a crop duster2 pilot in the little farming community in Northern California where she was raised， and Jean was very interested in airplanes and flying. She poured her heart into her report and included all of her dreams. She wanted to crop dust， make parachute3 jumps， and be an airline pilot. Her paper came back with an“F” on it. The teacher told her it was a “fairytale4” and that none of the occupations5 she listed were women’s jobs. Jean was heartbroken and humiliated6.
　　那时分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驭员。琼便是在那里长大的，所以，一直以来琼就十分痴迷于飞机和飞翔。关于教师安置的这篇作文，琼全神倾注地去写，把她所有的希望都写进去了：她想驾驭着飞机给作物喷洒农药，她想去跳伞，她想成为一名飞翔员。但是，最终，她的这篇作文却只得了一个“F”（failure是“不及格”的意思）。教师告知她那是一篇“神话”，由于她所罗列的作业没有一项是女人可以担任的。琼听了之后悲伤透了，而且感到了羞耻。

　　One day in her senior year of high school， her English teacher Mrs. Dorothy Slaton gave the class an assignment. “If you had unlimited7 money， unlimited access8 to the finest schools， unlimited talents and abilities， what would you do？” Jean felt a rush of her old enthusiasm9， and with excitement she wrote down all her old dreams.
　　在琼高中最终一年的某天，她的教师——多萝西·斯莱顿夫人给全班同学安置了一篇作业：“同学们，假如你们有满足的金钱，有充沛的机会到最好的校园去上学，而且你们自身又具有满足的天分和才干，那么，你们将会干什么呢？”琼的心中涌起了以往的热心，带着激动的心境，她把多年前的希望全都写了下来。

　　The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed Jean’s life. The teacher leaned10 forward over her desk and said， “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.”
　　斯莱顿夫人接下来说的一番话改变了琼的人生。她在讲台前稍稍俯身对同学们说：“你们每一个人确实都有满足的才干和天分。当你们脱离校园之后，假如自己不去寻求希望，那么，没有人会帮你去完成你自己的希望。只需你们有激烈的希望而且去尽力，就可以完成你的希望。”

　　The hurt and fear of years of discouragement11 went away because of what Mrs. Slaton had said. Jean felt excited and a little scared. She stayed after class and went up to the teacher’s desk. Jean thanked Mrs. Slaton and told her about her dream of becoming a pilot. Mrs. Slaton started to get to her feet and hit the desk. “Then do it！” she said.
　　多年来的懊丧以及泄气带给她的损伤和惧怕，在斯莱顿夫人这番话之后消失了。琼感到振作，也有一点惧怕。下课之后，她留下来走到讲台前，感谢斯莱顿夫人，而且告知斯莱顿夫人她的希望是成为一名飞翔员。斯莱顿夫人随即站了起来，拍了一下桌子，说：“那就尽力去完成它！”

　　So Jean did. It didn’t happen overnight. It took her l0 years of hard work. It wasn’t in Jean’s nature to stand up for herself when someone refused or laughed at her. Instead， she would quietly try to find another way.
　　琼这样做了，但这不是一朝一夕能完成的。琼为之苦苦奋斗了10年。在这10年里，有人对立或侮辱她时，琼赋性是不肯静静忍耐的，但是她却悄悄地尽力寻求别的的门道。

　　She became a private pilot and then flew planes as a copilot12. In 1978， she became one of the first three female pilot trainees13 ever accepted by United Airlines and one of only 50 women airline pilots in the nation at the time. Some years later， Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain for United Airlines.
　　总算，她成了一名私家飞机的驾驭员，之后还成为了一名客机副驾驭。1978年，她成为联合航空公司第一批选取的三位女人实习飞翔员之一，而其时，整个美国也只要50名女人飞翔员。几年后，琼·哈珀成为了联合航空公司波音737客机的机长。