【美国故事】雄心壮志的来客 (4/7)
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201204/201204181040114476907.mp3As the father spoke, the mother prepared a hot meal for their guest. While he ate, he talked freely to the family, as if it were his own.
This young man did not trust people easily. Yet on this evening, something made him share his deepest secret with these simple mountain people.
The young man's secret was that he was ambitious. He did not know what he wanted to do with his life, yet. But he did know that he did not want to be forgotten after he had died. He believed that sometime during his life, he would become famous and be admired by thousands of people.
"So far," the young man said, "I have done nothing. If I disappeared tomorrow from the face of the earth, no one would know anything about me. No one would ask 'Who was he. Where did he go?' But I cannot die until I have reached my destiny. Then let death come! I will have built my monument!"
The young man's powerful emotions touched the family. They smiled.
"You laugh at me," the young man said, taking the oldest daughter's hand. "You think my ambition is silly."当爸爸陪着客人说话的时候，妈妈在为客人准备好了丰盛的饭菜。当他吃饭的时候，他放松地对家人谈论着，就好象只有他一个人一样。
这个年轻人不会轻易相信别人。然而，这个晚上，有某种因素促使他愿意与这些单纯、实在的人分享他内心最深处的秘密。
那个年轻人的秘密就是他的雄心壮志。虽然他仍然不知道他一生中想做点什么，但是，他清楚他不想死后被人忘记。他相信在他生命中的某个时候，他会出名并被成千上万的人敬仰。
“迄今为止,"那个年轻说，“我还一事无成。 如果我明天就从地球表面消失，不会有人知道我的任何事情。没有人会问：“他是谁？他了哪里？” 但是，我是不会死的，除非我已经达成了我的目标。然后死亡才会来临！我已经建立起来了我的纪念碑！”
这个年轻人强烈地情感感染了这个家里的人。他们微笑了。“你笑我，”年轻人抓着大女儿的手臂说。“你认为我的雄心是傻傻的。”
——译文来自: pjfrmr
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