0546翻译梦想的力量江菲.docxVIP

0546翻译：梦想的力量（江菲）Translation: The Power of Dream (Jiang Fei)(translated by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam)“妈妈，给我70元钱。”1998年的一天，6岁的加拿大男孩瑞恩.希里杰克港一放学，就迫不及待地冲进家，向妈妈伸出手说，One day in 1998, a six-year-old Canadian boy Ryan Hreljac couldn’t wait to run home the moment school was over and held out his hand to ask his mother, “Mom, give me seventy dollars.“我要给非洲的孩子挖一口井，好让他们有干净的水喝。”I want to dig a well for the children in Africa so that they have clean water to drink.”原来，这天老师在给一年级学生上课的时候，讲道：“在非洲，许多孩子没有玩具，It turned out on that day, the teacher told his Grade 1 students during class: “In African many children do not have toys.没有足够的食物和药品，They also do not have enough food and medicine.甚至喝不上干净的水。More so they could not even have clean water to drink.成千上万的孩子因为喝了受污染的水死去了。Thousands of children have died from drinking contaminated water.如果能捐出70元钱，就能帮他们挖一口井。”A donation of $70 would be able to dig a well for them.”“他们不应该过那样的生活。”“They should not live that kind of life.”一整天，“70元钱一口井”一直在瑞恩的脑子里转着。For the whole day the thought of “$70 for a well” had been hovering in Ryan’s mind.“我一定要为他们挖一口井”瑞恩下定了决心。“I will dig a well for them,” Ryan was determined to make that happen. 面对瑞恩的请求，妈妈说：“瑞恩，70元钱可不是小数目，Confronted with Ryan’s request, Mother said: “Ryan, $70 is not a small sum.得靠你自己去挣。”You have to earn it yourself.”瑞恩爽快地答应了。Ryan agreed without hesitation.妈妈在冰箱上放了一个旧饼盒，并为瑞恩画了一个积分表，Mother put an old cookie tin on top of the refrigerator and she also drew a score card for Ryan.上面有35个格。On the card there were 35 blank squares.饼干盒里每增加两元钱，瑞恩就可以涂掉一格。Every time the money in the tin was increased by $2, Ryan would check off one square.妈妈说：“瑞恩，记住，你只能靠做额外的家务活来赚这些钱，Mother said, “Ryan, remember, you can only do extra housework to earn this money.愿意吗？”Are you willing to do it?”瑞恩点了点头。Ryan nodded.瑞恩的第一项工作是为地毯吸尘。Ryan’s first assignment was to vacuum the carpet.哥哥和弟弟都出去玩了，瑞恩干了两个多小时。His brothers went out to play and Ryan stayed to work for over two hours.妈妈“验收”后，往饼干盒里放了两元钱。After Mother “signed off on a job well done”, sh