温馨夜读II PART4 10.Grow Great by Dreams

 

[00:00.29]10.Grow Great by Dreams

[00:05.63]The question was once asked of a highly¹ successful businessman: “How have you done so much in your lifetime²?”

[00:14.67]He replied, “I have dreamed. I have turned my mind loose to imagine what I wanted to do. 

[00:22.07]Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams. 

[00:26.54]In the night I dreamt about my dreams. 

[00:29.59]And when I awoke in the morning, I saw the way to make my dreams real. 

[00:34.81]While other people were saying, ‘You can’t do that, it isn’t possible,’ I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted.” 

[00:43.41]As Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the U.S., said: “We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.”

[00:52.89]They see things in the soft haze³ of a spring day, or in the red fire on a long winter’s evening. 

[01:00.29]Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish⁴ and protect them; 

[01:06.08]nourish them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

[01:16.03]So please, don’t let anyone steal your dreams, or try to tell you they are too impossible.

[01:22.82]Sing your song, dream your dreams, hope your hope and walk on your own way.

1 highly   

adv.高度地，极，非常；非常赞许地

参考例句：

• It is highly important to provide for the future.预先做好准备非常重要。
• The teacher speaks very highly of the boy's behaviour.老师称赞这个男孩的表现。

2 lifetime   

n.一生，终身，寿命，使用期限

参考例句：

• He wrote many books during his lifetime.他一生著作甚多。
• During his lifetime his work was never published.他的作品在他的有生之年从未出版过。

3 haze   

n.霾，烟雾；懵懂，迷糊；vi.(over)变模糊

参考例句：

• I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中，我看不见她。
• He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。

4 nourish   

vt.滋养，给予营养，养育，持有或怀有

参考例句：

• They needed good food to nourish their bodies.他们需要好食品滋养身体。
• I could find nothing to nourish my suspicion.我找不到任何怀疑的根据。