英语阅读翻译

六个月后，母亲因肺癌去世，剩下我一人来照顾吉米。

吉米不能马上适应去上班时没有 父亲陪着，因此搬来纽约和我一起住了一段时间。我走到哪里他就跟到

哪里，

但吉米依然想住在我父母的房子里，

< br>继续干他原来的工作。

我答应把他送回去。

此事最后做成 了。如今，他在那里生活了

11

年，在许多人的照料下，同时依 靠自己生活得有声有色。他

已成了邻里间不可或缺的人物。如果你有邮件要收，或有狗要 遛，他就是你所要的人。

当然，母亲的话没错：可以有一个家，既能容纳他的缺陷又能装下我的雄心。事实上，关照像 吉米这样

一个深爱又感激我的人，更加丰富了我的生活，其他任何东西都不能与之相比。

这一 点，在

9

·

11

灾难后几天更显真切。那天是吉米

57

岁生日。我在纽约自己 的家里为他举办生日宴

会，但是我们家的人都没能来参加，因为交通困难，而且灾难带来 的恐惧使他们依然心有余悸。我邀请了

我的好友，请他们来帮忙把宴会弄得热闹些，增加 点欢快气氛，没去理会他们多数人在情感上都有些疲惫

这一事实。于是我一反常态，没说 “请不要带礼物”

，而是向他们喊“请带礼物来”

。

我的朋友──吉米认识他们多年了──带来了中意的礼物：

乡村音乐

CD

、

一件长袖运动衫、

一条有

“吉

米”字 样的皮带、一顶编织的羊毛帽，还有一套牛仔服。那天晚上，我们先是送礼物，然后是切从他喜欢

的面包店里买来的巧克力蛋糕，当然还唱了“生日歌”

，否则宴会就不算完整了 。

吉 米一次次地问：

“该切蛋糕了吧？”等用完餐和送完礼物后，吉米再也控制不住了。他焦 急地等着点上

蜡烛，

然后在我们

“生日 快乐”

的歌声中，

一口长气吹灭了蜡烛。

然而吉米对我们的努力还是感到不满足。

他纵身跳到椅子上，直挺着身子，双手食指朝 天，一边喊一边指挥我们唱歌：

“再──来──一次！

”我们< /p>

全力以赴地唱。待我们唱完时，他翘起两个拇指喊道：

“好极了！

”

< /p>

本来我们想让他知道，无论世上有多难的事情，总是有人来关心他。现在反倒是提醒了我们 自己。对于

吉米来说，我们唱歌时的爱心，是他心中额外的礼物，但是他原先更想看到的 ，是别人再次感到快乐。

有如父亲的去世一夜之间改变了吉米的世界，

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·

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也改变了我们的生活；

我们 熟悉的世界不复存在了。

但是，当我们为吉米唱歌，相互紧拥，祈祷全球和平时，我们也 意识到，朋友、

．

家人间永恒的爱和支持可以让我们克服生活中的任何困难。吉 米以朴素的方式为我们协调了眼前的一切，

他做到这一点并不令人吃惊。吉米的爱可以征 服一切，这是任何东西都限制不了的。

Where Principles Come First

The Hyde School operates on the principle that if you teach students the merit of

such values as truth, courage, integrity,

leadership

, curiosity and concern, then

academic achievement naturally follows. Hyde School founder Joseph Gauld claims

success with the program at the $$18,000-a-year high school in Bath, Maine, which

work with troubled youngsters. has received considerable

publicity

for its

We don't see ourselves as a school for a type of kid, says Malcolm Gauld, Joseph's

as see ourselves

now

headmaster. We from

son, who graduated

Hyde and

is

set of principles that

a

comprehensive

—

by

cultivating

preparing kids for a way of life

can affect all

kids.

Character First idea to public,

controversial

Now, Joe Gauld is trying to spread his

inner-city schools willing to use the tax dollars spent on the traditional program for

the new approach. The first Hyde public school program opened in September 1992.

program's the Teachers protested was months

the program

suspended

. Within

associated with more intense work. demands and the

strain

school

public

to

begin

a

preliminary

fall, This

the

Hyde Foundation

is

scheduled

program in Baltimore. Teachers will be trained to later work throughout the entire

Baltimore system. Other US school managers are eyeing the program, too. Last fall,

the in

high school public opened

a

magnet

program

within a Hyde

the

Foundation

suburbs of New Haven, Connecticut, over parents' protests. The community feared

and troubled students. the school would attract inner- city

minority

for truth is also widespread at the school in Connecticut. In As in Maine, the

quest

energetic

in

last five minutes an the

students

the English one

class,

11 spend

exchange evaluating their class performance for the day on a 1-10 scale.

I get a 10.

I challenge that. You didn't do either your grammar or your spelling homework.

OK, a seven.

You ought to get a six.

Wait, I put my best effort forth here.

Yeah, but you didn't ask questions today.

Explaining his

approach

to

education,

Joe Gauld says

the

conventional

education

system cannot be

reformed

.

He

notes

o

amount

of change with

the horse and

carriage

will

produce

an

automobile.

The

Hyde School assumes

every human

being has a unique potential that is based on character, not

intelligence

or wealth.

Conscience and

hard work are

valued. Success

is

measured

by

growth, not

academic achievement. Students are required to take responsibility for each other.

To avoid the

controversy

of other character programs used in US schools, Gauld says

the concept of doing your best has nothing to do with forcing the students to accept

a particular set of morals or religious values.

The

Hyde

curriculum

is

similar

to conventional schools that provide

preparation

for

college, complete

with

English, history, math

and

science.

But

all

students are

required to take performing arts and sports, and provide a community service. For

each course, students get a grade for academic achievement and for est effort.

At Bath, 97% of the graduates attend four-year colleges.

Commitment among parents is a key ingredient in the Hyde

mixture

. For the student

to gain

admission

, parents also must agree to accept and demonstrate the school's

philosophies and

outlook

. The parents agree in writing to meet monthly in one of 20

regional groups, go to a yearly three-day regional retreat, and spend at least three

times a year in

workshops

, discussion groups and

seminars

at Bath. Parents of Maine

students

have

an

attendance

rate

of

95%

in the

many

sessions.

Joe

and

Malcolm

Gauld both say children tend to do their

utmost

when they see their parents making

similar efforts. The biggest obstacle for many parents, they say, is to realize their

own weaknesses.

The process for public school parents is still being worked out, with a lot more

difficulty because it is difficult to convince parents that it is

worthwhile

for them to

participate. Of the 100 students

enrolled

in New Haven, about 30% of the parents

attend special meetings. The low attendance is in spite of commitments they made

of the program when Hyde officials interviewed 300 families.

outset

at the

Once the problems are worked out, Hyde should work well in public schools, says a

teacher at Bath who taught for 14 years in public schools. He is

optimistic

that once

parents make a commitment to the program, they will be daily role models for their

children, unlike parents whose children are in boarding schools.

One former inner-city

high

school teacher who now

works

in

the

New Haven

program, says teachers also benefit. Here we really begin to focus on having a

fruitful

relationship with each student. Our focus is really about teacher to student

and then

we

together deal with the... academics. In

the

traditional high school

setting, it's teacher to the material and then to the student. The teacher- student

relationship is taken even further at Hyde.

Faculty

evaluations are conducted by the

students.

Jimmy DiBattista, 19, is amazed he will graduate this May from the Bath

campus

and

汰湡

?

潴愠 瑴湥

??

湵癩牥楳祴

?

教牡

?

条

?

< br>栠

?

慨

?

敳湥栠獩映瑵牵

?

獡尠

jail

, not college.

DiBattista remembers his first days at Hyde.

When I came here, I

insulted

and

cursed

everybody. Every other school was, 'Get out,

we don't want to deal with you.' I came here and they said, 'We kind of like that

spirit. We don't like

it

with the negative attitudes.

We

want to turn

that

spirit

positive.'

品德至上

海德中学的办学宗旨是：如果你向 学生传授诸如求真、勇敢、正直、领导能力、好奇心和关心他人等美

德的话，学生的学习 成绩自然就会提高。该校的创始人约瑟夫·高尔德声称学校的教学很成功。海德中学

位于 缅因州巴思市，每年的学费高达

1.8

万美元，因其教导问题少 年有方而闻名遐迩。