最美的人们01-一个叫斯帕基的孩子（在线收听） |
| [00:00.00]Most Beautiful People 最美的人们 [00:10.66]The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, [00:15.46]suffering, struggle, loss, [00:17.22]and have found their way out of the depths. [00:19.73]These persons have an appreciation, [00:22.26]a sensitivity and an understanding of life [00:25.64]that fills them with compassion, gentleness, [00:28.72]and a deep loving concern. [00:30.34]A Boy Named Sparky 一个叫斯帕基的男孩 [00:37.02]For Sparky, school was all but impossible. [00:41.28]He failed every subject in the eighth grade. [00:44.14]He flunked physics in high school, [00:45.98]getting a grade of zero. [00:47.52]Sparky also flunked Latin, algebra, and English. [00:50.90]He didn’t do much better in sports. [00:52.99]Although he did manage to make the school’s golf team, [00:56.04]he promptly lost the only important match of the season. [00:59.34]There was consolation match; [01:01.51]he lost that too. [01:02.72]Throughout his youth Sparky was awkward socially. [01:06.10]He was not actually disliked by the other students; [01:08.74]no one cared that much. [01:10.26]He was astonished if a classmate ever said hello [01:13.22]to him outside of school hours. [01:14.98]There’s no way to tell how he might have done at dating. [01:18.03]Sparky never once asked a girl to go out in high school. [01:21.52]He was too afraid of being turned down. [01:23.72]Sparky was a loser. [01:25.68]He, his classmates…everyone knew it. [01:28.53]So he rolled with it. [01:30.18]Sparky had made up his mind early in life that [01:32.90]if things were meant to work out, [01:34.44]they would. [01:35.43]Otherwise he would content himself [01:37.16]with what appeared to be his inevitable mediocrity. [01:39.58]However, one thing was important to Sparky—drawing. [01:43.73]He was proud of his artwork. [01:45.60]Of course,no one else appreciated it. [01:47.78]In his senior year of high school, [01:50.08]he submitted some cartoons to the editors of the yearbook. [01:53.25]The cartoons were turned down. [01:55.12]Despite this particular rejection, [01:57.51]Sparky was so convinced of his ability [02:00.04]that he decided to become a professional artist. [02:02.98]After completing high school, [02:05.73]he wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios. [02:08.01]He was told to send some samples of his artwork, [02:10.76]and the subject for a cartoon was suggested. [02:13.48]Sparky drew the proposed cartoon. [02:16.12]He spent a great deal of time on it [02:18.76]and on all the other drawings he submitted. [02:21.15]Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios. [02:24.13]He had been rejected once again. [02:26.63]Another loss for the loser. [02:28.49]So Sparky decided to write his own autobiography in cartoons. [02:32.76]He described his childhood self— [02:35.39]a little boy loser and chronic underachiever. [02:38.56]The cartoon character would soon become famous worldwide. [02:42.05]For Sparky, the boy who had such lack of success in school and whose work [02:47.09]was rejected again and again was Charles Schulz. [02:50.79]He created the Peanuts comic strip and the little cartoon character [02:54.64]whose kite would never fly [02:56.48]and who never succeeded in kicking a football—Charlie Brown. |
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