自卑者迈出坚定的一步相信天生我材必有用

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[00:01.23]13 Putting My Best Foot Forword	迈出最坚定的一步
[00:07.79](By Kathy Ireland)	（译 / 韦双全）
[00:09.86]I could feel the sweat start to trickle down my back, right between my shoulder blades . 我感觉得到，汗水开始顺着我肩胛骨之间的脊背流淌下来。
[00:18.55]There I was, standing in the hot sun while the team captains chose who they wanted on their team for a baseball game during fourth grade recess .	我站在炎炎烈日之下，各个队的队长从我们中间挑选他们想要的队员来加入他们的球队，去参加四年级的课间棒球比赛。
[00:29.54]There were only four of us left.	只剩下我们四个人了。
[00:32.15]I'll take Sandy, said one of the team captains.	“我要桑迪。”其中一位队长说。
[00:36.60]David, said the other. “戴维吧。”另一位说道。
[00:38.70]The palms of my hands started to sweat.我的手心开始出汗了。 
[00:41.72]Rachel. My heart sank.	“雷切尔吧。”我的心往下一沉。
[00:44.49]Alright ... I'll take Kathy. “那……我就选凯西了。”
[00:47.06]I was sure everyone was looking at me ... skinny Kathy, with the skinny arms and legs - Kathy, the one no one wanted on their team. 我确信此刻每个人都在看着我……骨瘦如柴、细胳膊细腿的凯西――没有哪支球队会要的凯西。
[00:58.58]I wanted to crawl under a rock and hide. 我都想钻到一块石头下面躲起来。
[01:01.73]I was humiliated ... once again.	又一次，我丢人现眼了。
[01:05.24]I was a geek to most of the kids in school. 在学校大多数孩子的眼里，
[01:08.29]I was shy, quiet, and scrawny ...and afraid to make friends. 我是个怪人：害羞、沉默、瘦弱…… 害怕交朋友。
[01:13.68]At home with my parents, I always felt okay with myself. 在家里跟父母在一起的时候，我总是对自己信心十足。
[01:18.15]My folks were hard-working people who loved and supported me, and believed in my capabilities. 我的父母十分勤劳，他们支持我、爱我，相信我的能力。
[01:25.25]They taught me to go for what I wanted no matter what it was.	他们教导我不管我想要的东西是什么，都要努力争取。
[01:30.73]In kindergarten, I had been invited to a birthday party. 上幼儿园的时候，我应邀参加一个生日派对。
[01:35.17]I wanted to get a really nice present for the girl who invited me, and my parents encouraged me to work for the money to buy the present. 我想送给邀请我的女孩一份很好的礼物，我父母就鼓励我去打工挣钱买礼物。
[01:45.26]My dad said to me, "You have two arms and two legs and a brain, Kathy. 父亲对我说：“凯西，你四肢健全，又有头脑。
[01:50.86]If you want extra money, you can simply earn it."	如果你想要更多的钱，就去挣吧。”
[01:54.68]Because my parents believed in me so much, I believed in myself, too. 我父母这么信任我，所以我也相信自己。
[02:00.62]To earn the money, I painted pictures on rocks and sold them door to door in my neighborhood, sold fruit and vegetables from our garden, and did yard work for our neighbors. 为了挣钱，我在石块上画画，到我所在的街区挨家挨户去推销，还把菜园里的水果和蔬菜拿出去卖，或者去邻居家的园子里干活。
[02:14.67]Although I was just a small child, buying a gift for my friend with the money I earned myself gave me a tremendous sense of achievement .	虽然我还只是个小孩子，却能靠自己挣的钱给朋友买礼物，这给了我极大的成就感。
[02:25.27]By the time I was in fourth grade, I was making enough money to buy my own clothes and toys, and whatever candy and treats I wanted from the ice cream man.	到四年级的时候，我已经能赚足够的钱给自己买衣服和玩具，想吃什么糖果和冷饮，就能从卖冰激凌的人那里买来吃。
[02:36.70]However, that was at home. 不过，这只局限于家里。
[02:39.28]When I got to school, I felt gawky and awkward. 上学的时候，我就感觉自己笨手笨脚的。
[02:44.55]To the kids at school, I was just a skinny, dumb kid who couldn't play baseball. 在同学眼里，我不过是一个瘦弱、愚钝又不会打棒球的孩子。
[02:51.05]More than anything, I wanted to feel just as successful and capable at school as I did at home. 更重要的是，我多么希望在学校能像在家里那样成功和能干啊！
[02:58.91]And I wanted friends ... but no one would play with me.	我需要朋友……但是没人愿意和我一起玩。
[03:03.80]One afternoon near the end of my fourth grade year, my teacher, Mrs.Sween, asked me if I could stay after school for a few minutes.	四年级快结束时的一天下午，我的老师斯温女士问我能否放学后多留一会儿。
[03:14.02]When I sat down in front of her desk, she stared right in. 我坐到她的办公桌前面，她看着我说：
[03:19.10]"I've noticed that you don't hang around with any of the kids during recess, Kathy."	“凯西，我注意到你课间的时候不怎么和其他的孩子一起玩啊。”
[03:25.32]They don't want to play with me, Mrs. Sween, I answered.	“是他们不愿意和我玩，斯温女士。”我答道。
[03:30.00]Do you think that is their fault? She asked. “你觉得这是他们的错吗？”她问，
[03:33.70]"If you do, I have news for you. “如果你真这么想，那我告诉你，
[03:37.40]It's not. 不是这么回事，
[03:38.55]It's your fault. 其实是你错了。
[03:40.46]If you think it is someone else's responsibility to make friends with you first, you are mistaken. 如果你认为别人有义务要先和你交朋友，那你就想错了。
[03:47.38]They aren't going to come to you. 别人不会主动找你。
[03:50.00]You have to go to them."	你要主动去找别人。”
[03:52.24]I dropped my eyes from her face, and felt tears start to sting the corners of my eyelids.	我把目光从她脸上移开，感觉眼泪在眼眶里打转。
[03:59.52]Look at me, Kathy. “看着我，凯西。”
[04:01.72]I looked back at Mrs. Sween.	我又抬起头看着斯温女士。
[04:04.25]I know you are a wonderful girl. “我知道你是个很棒的女孩。
[04:07.88]But how are they going to know you if you don't give them the opportunity? 但是如果你不给同学们机会，他们又怎么了解你呢？
[04:12.90]You have to be the one to make the effort, to be friendly, and to talk to other people. 你要自己努力友好待人，和别人沟通。
[04:19.79]Don't get caught up in your shyness. 不要让害羞绊住你的手脚。
[04:23.18]Take a risk! Be a friend, and you'll make a friend.	去尝试吧！先成为别人的朋友，这样别人也会成为你的朋友。”
[04:28.14]I don't remember exactly how I made it out of the classroom that day. 我已不记得那天我是怎么走出教室的，
[04:33.50]But I do remember lying on my bed that night, thinking about Mrs. Sween and the things that she had said to me. 但我却忘不了那个夜晚，我躺在床上回想着斯温女士以及她对我说过的话。
[04:41.81]She had talked to me like my parents had always talked to me: like an equal, not like just a kid. 她跟我说话的方式就像我父母一样：平等相待，而不是把我当成孩子。
[04:50.05]Something sank in that night and it changed my life. 那天夜里我终于明白了一些道理，这些道理改变了我的人生。
[04:54.94]I made a decision. 我做了个决定。
[04:57.33]I decided to be happy, and to have a happy life. 我决心每天都要过得开心，要拥有一个幸福快乐的人生。
[05:01.79]No one else could do it for me; I had to do it for myself.	别人都无法替我办到；我必须靠自己。
[05:07.41]Over the summer, I started watching baseball. 那个暑假，我开始看棒球比赛。
[05:11.69]I mean really watching. 我指的是认认真真地看。
[05:14.20]I watched baseball on television; I watched baseball on the street where I lived. 我看电视上的棒球比赛，也看我所居住的那条街上的比赛。
[05:20.20]I studied how the best players played - how they held the bat, and what they did to improve their game. 我研究顶级棒球手的球技――他们是怎么握球棒的，又是怎么提高球技的。
[05:27.74]I copied everything the best players did. 我模仿顶级球员的一招一式。
[05:31.67]And I got good at baseball.	就这样，我的棒球逐渐打得好了起来。
[05:34.00]When school started the following year, it was amazing that I was not picked last - I was picked first! 第二年新学期伊始，令人惊讶的是，我不是最后一个――而是头一个就被选中了！
[05:43.59]I had worked to become a good player, and the teams wanted me. 我通过努力成了出色的棒球手，几支球队都想要我。
[05:48.85]Not only that, but it was easier to make friends because I felt more confident about myself.	不仅如此，我结交朋友也变得更为轻松，因为我更加自信了。
[05:57.22]Sure, I was still skinny tomboy Kathy, but now I had friends to laugh with and to share my stories with. 当然，我还是那个瘦弱的假小子凯西，但是现在有许多朋友来分享我的快乐，倾听我的故事。
[06:06.47]I learned to have faith in myself and to know that God doesn't make mistakes. 我学会了相信自己，也意识到天生我材必有用。
[06:12.86]I became more of what I wanted to be because I had made a conscious decision to step out and put my best foot forward.	我比自己预想的还要成功，这归功于我做出的那个理智的决定――在人生道路上迈出最坚定的那一步。

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自卑者迈出坚定的一步 相信天生我材必有用

自卑者迈出坚定的一步相信天生我材必有用