Monty owns a horse ranch(牧场) in San Sedro. Once when he was asked about his , he told the story about a young man, son of a horse trainer.
One day at high school the boy was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his dream of someday a horse ranch. He about his dream in great detail and even drew a diagram (简图) of a very large ranch, showing the location of everything important there.
The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a that read, “See me after class.”
The boy went to the teacher. The teacher said, “This is an impossible dream for a young boy like you. You come from a family. Having a ranch requires a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it.” Then he , “If you rewrite this paper with a more practical goal, I will your grade .”
The boy went home and thought about it long and . Finally, the boy turned in the same paper, making no at all. He said, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my .”
Monty then said, “I was that boy. And the best part of the story is that two summers ago that teacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week. When he was leaving, the teacher said, ‘When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Luckily, you had enough not to give up yours.’”
A.life B.success C.family D.education
A.buying B.selling C.owning D.building
A.thought B.argued C.reported D.wrote
A.suggestion B.letter C.note D.notice
A.special B.poor C.rich D.successful
A.replied B.nodded C.explained D.added
A.remind B.react C.reconsider D.reflect
A.far B.hard C.wide D.late
A.answers B.exchanges C.changes D.mistakes
A.dream B.paper C.picture D.decision
A.same B.friendly C.rude D.familiar
A.reasons B.encouragement C.courage D.Respect