再微不足道的赞美和关心对他人也可能意义非凡

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[00:02.23]17 All the Good Things	一切美好的事物
[00:06.94](By Helen Mrosla)	（译 / 冯伟）
[00:08.94]He was in the first third grade class I taught at Saint Mary's School in Morris, Minnesota. 我在明尼苏达州莫里斯的圣玛丽学校教书，他在我教的第一个三年级的班上。
[00:17.12]All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million . 全班34个学生每一个都讨我喜欢，但马克・埃克隆却是独一无二的。
[00:24.55]Very neat in appearance, he had that happy-to-be- alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful.	他外表干干净净，是个乐天派，所以即便是他偶尔的调皮捣蛋也讨人喜欢。
[00:34.11]Mark often talked incessantly . 马克常常说个不停。
[00:37.05]I had to remind him again and again that talking without permission was not acceptable. 我不得不再三提醒他，未经允许不能讲话。
[00:43.98]What impressed me so much, though, was his sincere response every time I had to correct him for misbehaving. 不过，令我印象深刻的是，每当我不得已指出他的过错的时候，他都非常诚恳地对我说：
[00:52.20]"Thank you for correcting me, Sister!" “谢谢你指出我的问题，修女！”
[00:54.08]I didn't know what to make of it at first, but before long I became accustomed to hearing it many times a day.	起初，我不知该作何反应，但很快，我便习惯了一天听到这句话好多遍。
[01:02.40]One morning my patience was growing thin when Mark talked once too often, and then I made a novice -teacher's mistake. 一天早上，马克又一次讲个不停，我终于不耐烦了，于是犯了个新老师才会犯的错误。
[01:12.23]I looked at him and said, "If you say one more word, I am going to tape your mouth shut!"	我盯着他说：“再说一个字，我就拿胶带把你的嘴封上！”
[01:19.19]It wasn't ten seconds later when Chuck, another student, blurted out , "Mark is talking again." 结果不到十秒钟，另一个学生查克就脱口而出：“马克又在讲话了。”
[01:26.57]I hadn't asked any of the students to help me watch Mark, but since I had stated the punishment in front of the class, I had to act on it.	我并没有让任何同学帮我盯着马克，不过既然我已经当着全班的面说过他再说话就要罚他，我得说话算话。
[01:36.37]I remember the scene as if it had occurred this morning. 接下来的一幕我至今仍记忆犹新，仿佛就发生在今天早上。
[01:40.00]I walked to my desk, very deliberately opened my drawer and took out a roll of masking tape . 我走到讲桌前，不慌不忙地打开抽屉，拿出一卷胶带，
[01:47.32]Without saying a word, I proceeded to Mark's desk, tore off two pieces of tape and made a big X with them over his mouth. 然后一言不发地走到马克桌前，撕下两截胶带，在他嘴上贴了个大大的“X”，
[01:57.35]I then returned to the front of the room. 然后转身走回教室前面。
[02:00.51]As I glanced at Mark to see how he was doing, he winked at me. 我瞟了瞟马克，看他有什么反应，结果看到他朝我眨了眨眼睛。
[02:05.30]When I walked back to Mark's desk and removed the tape, his first words were, "Thank you for correcting me, Sister."	而当我回到马克桌前撕下他的胶带时，他说的第一句话便是：“谢谢你指出我的问题，修女。”
[02:14.22]One Friday, I asked the students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. 在一个星期五，我让同学们把除自己之外班上其他同学的名字列在两张纸上，名字与名字间留点空隙。
[02:25.11]Then I told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.然后我让他们想想每位同学的优点是什么，并把这也写下来。 
[02:32.21]It took the remainder of the class period to finish the assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed me the paper.	大家用那堂课剩余的时间完成了这项任务，到下课离开教室的时候，他们把各自的两张纸交给了我。
[02:42.63]That Saturday, I wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and I listed what everyone else had said about that individual. 星期六的时候，我分别把每位同学的名字各写在一张纸上，然后把其他同学对他的评价列在上面。
[02:53.24]On Monday I gave each student his or her list. 到了星期一，我把各人的单子分发给他们。
[02:58.20]Before long, the entire class was smiling. 很快全班同学的脸上都扬起了笑容。
[03:02.11]"Really?" I heard the whispers. “真的吗？”我听见有人轻声说，
[03:04.45]"I never knew that meant anything to anyone!" "I didn't know others liked me so much!" Then Mark said, "Thank you for teaching me, Sister."	“我从不知道那会对别人有意义！”还有人说：“原来大家这么喜欢我啊！”而马克说：“修女，感谢你的教导。”
[03:15.00]No one ever mentioned those pieces of paper in class again. 后来再没人在课堂上提起过这些纸，
[03:19.48]I never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents.	我也不清楚他们有没有在课下与同学或者父母谈论过。
[03:24.87]Soon I was asked to teach junior-high math. 很快我就被调去教初中数学了。
[03:28.89]The years flew by , and before I knew it, Mark was in my classroom again. 几年的时间一晃而过，在不知不觉间，马克又出现在了我的课堂。
[03:34.63]He was more handsome and more polite than ever. 他比以前帅气了，人也变得更加彬彬有礼。
[03:38.95]Maybe since he had to listen carefully to my instruction in the "new math ", 也许是因为他必须认真听我用“新数学”法讲课，
[03:43.34]he did not talk as much in the ninth grade as he had in the third.	九年级的他不再像三年级时那样爱讲话了。
[03:49.29]That group of students moved on.	就这样，这一批学生毕业了。
[03:52.14]Several years later, after I returned from vacation, my parents met me at the airport. 几年后的一天，我度假归来，父母来机场接我。
[03:59.49]Mother gave Dad a side-ways glance and simply said, "Dad?" My father cleared his throat as he usually did before saying something important. 妈妈斜斜地瞟了爸爸一眼，只说了两个字：“她爸？”爸爸清了清嗓子――但凡有要事宣布，他都会这样。
[04:10.33]"The Eklunds called last night," he began. 他说：“埃克隆家昨晚打了个电话过来。”
[04:14.28]"Really?" I said. “是吗？”我说，
[04:16.67]"I haven't heard from them in years. “好几年没他们的消息了，
[04:19.27]I wonder how Mark is." Dad responded quietly. 不知道马克怎么样了。”
[04:23.57]"Mark was killed in Vietnam ," he said. 爸爸轻声地回答道：“马克在越战中牺牲了，
[04:27.55]"The funeral is tomorrow, and his parents would like it if you could attend."	葬礼在明天举行。他父母希望你能参加。”
[04:32.92]I had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. 我从未见过军人躺在军用棺材里的样子。
[04:37.00]Mark looked so handsome, so mature.	马克看上去是那样英俊，那样成熟。
[04:40.73]After the funeral, Mark's mother and father found me. 葬礼结束后，马克的父母找到了我。
[04:45.22]"We want to show you something," his father said. “我们想给您看一样东西，”他爸爸说，
[04:48.94]"They found this on Mark when he was killed. “马克牺牲的时候，他们在他身上找到了这个。
[04:52.17]We thought you might recognize it." 我们想您可能认得。”
[04:54.73]Opening a billfold, he carefully removed two worn and frazzled pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. 他打开皮夹，小心翼翼地取出两张破损不堪的笔记本纸。很明显，这两张纸用胶带补过、反复折叠过。
[05:07.45]I knew without looking that the pieces of paper were the ones on which I had listed all the good things that Mark's classmates had said about him. 不用看我也知道，这就是当初那两张纸，我当时把马克的同学们对他的表扬都写在了上面。
[05:17.83]"Thank you so much for doing that." Mark's mother said. “您所做的这些，我们感激不尽，”马克的妈妈说，
[05:22.41]"As you can see, Mark behaved better and better at school. “您也看到了，马克在学校里的表现越来越好。
[05:27.32]It's all because of you and your list."	这都归功于您和您的这张单 子。”
[05:30.34]Mark's classmates started to gather around us. 这时，马克的同学们也围了过来。
[05:33.97]Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, "I still have my list. 查利腼腆地笑着说：“这张单子我现在还保留着，
[05:38.84]It's in the top drawer of my desk at home." 就在我家书桌最上面的抽屉里。”
[05:41.97]Chuck's wife said, "Chuck asked me to put this in our wedding album." 查克的妻子说：“查克让我把这个放在我们的结婚纪念册里。”
[05:47.17]"I have mine too," Marilyn said. “我的也在，”玛丽莲说，
[05:49.74]"It's in my diary." .“就在我的日记本里。”
[05:51.77]Then Vicki,another classmate, reached into her pocketbook , took out her wallet and showed her worn list to the group接着，另一个同学维姬从手提袋里取出钱包，给大家看那张已经磨损了的纸。 
[06:00.36]"I carry this with me at all times," Vicki said without batting an eyelash . “我一直把这个带在身上，”维姬眼睛一眨不眨地说，
[06:06.21]"I think we all saved our lists."	“我想我们都保存着自己的单子。”
[06:09.31]That's when I finally sat down and cried.	那一刻，我终于坐下大哭起来。
[06:13.10]Sometimes the smallest things could mean the most to others. 有时候，即便是最微不足道的事情，对他人也可能意义非凡。
[06:18.62]The density of people in society is so thick that we forget life will end one day and we don't know when that one day will be. 在这个社会，人们熙来攘往，以至于我们忘了生命于某天终会走到尽头，而我们并不知道那一天何时到来。
[06:29.98]Compliment the people you love and care about, before it is too late.	所以，趁一切都还来得及，去赞美你爱着、关心着的人吧!

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