每日英语：You Cannot Fix a Real Faith (1)
You Cannot Fix a Real Faith (1)You Cannot Fix a Real Faith
真正的信仰不容“操纵”(纳特.霍尔曼)
When I learned that members of my team, boys whom I had trusted and to whom I had devoted intense training and guidance---when I learned that these boys had been fixed by professional gamblers, my faith and belief in the basic integrity of youth received a severe blow. Any weaker confidence in the principles upon which I have tried to base my life might well have folded under its force. Yet I can honestly say that my belief in the real decency of the great majority of our young men and the value of athletics is as strong as ever. The indiscretions of a few youngsters cannot destroy a faith built up by thirty-four years of experience with other boys who have justified that faith.
当我获悉我的队员，那些我信任并倾力进行高强度训练和悉心指导的小伙子们遭到职业赌徒的“操纵”时，我对年轻人具备起码的诚实品质的信念遭到重创。遭到这种打击，倘若我对自己生活准则的信心稍有不足，就可能放弃这一准则。然而，我可以坦诚地说，我一如既往地相信大多数年轻人的确循规蹈矩，相信体育运动的价值。个别年轻人轻率的行为无法摧毁我三十四年来和其他孩子相处时树立起的信念，这些孩子证实了我的信念。
Throughout the years I’ve seen thousands of boys getting important training on the athletic field. I have seen them learn honestly and fair play, and I’ ve seen them learn to subordinate themselves for the benefit of their team. What is more important, I’ve seen them take the lessons they have learned here into the situations they’ve had to face in later life. Many of the boys I’ve helped to teach have become outstanding members of their communities.
这些年我看到成千上万的孩子在竞技场接受重要的训练，看着他们学会诚实、公平地比赛，学会顾全大局。更重要的是，看着他们将这里学到的知识运用到将来必须直面的人生。我帮助和培养过的许多孩子已经成为优秀的社会成员。
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