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決心

DETERMINATON

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However, bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, a coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.

Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the enjoyment of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.

The project started well, but when it was only a few months later a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move.

“We told them so.”

“Crazy men and their crazy dreams.”

“It’s foolish to chase wild visions.”

Everyone felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever.

He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task. One day, as he was lying on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.

It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.

He touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.

For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their teamwork, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do.

【助讀詞匯】

◇inspire vt. 給……以靈感

◇spectacular adj. 壯觀(guān)的

◇feat n.功績(jī)

◇obstacle n. 障礙(物)

◇crew n. 全體工作人員

◇scrap vt. 廢棄

◇handicap  n. 殘廢，弱智，缺陷

◇daunt vt. 使膽怯，使氣餒

◇flimsy adj. 輕而薄的

◇indomitable adj. 堅(jiān)忍不拔的

◇tangible adj. 可觸摸的，有形的

【參考譯文】

決心

1883年，一個(gè)名叫John Roebling的很有創(chuàng)意的工程師突發(fā)靈感想要建一座宏偉大橋，把紐約和長(zhǎng)島連起來(lái)。但是，全世界的橋梁建造專(zhuān)家都認(rèn)為這是不可能完成的，他們讓Roebling把這個(gè)想法拋之腦后。這是不可能做到的，一點(diǎn)都不實(shí)際，這是歷史上從來(lái)沒(méi)有做到過(guò)的。

但是Roebling卻無(wú)法無(wú)視他腦海中已經(jīng)成形的大橋，他一直都在想著這件事并深知這是可以做到的。他得要有人來(lái)和他一起分享這個(gè)夢(mèng)想。經(jīng)過(guò)很多的討論和說(shuō)服工作，他終于成功地讓兒子華盛頓，一個(gè)未來(lái)的工程師，相信那座大橋事實(shí)上是可以建成的。

父子倆是第一次合作，他們想好了如何把完成橋的建造，如何克服障礙。他們面臨的巨大挑戰(zhàn)讓他們感到無(wú)比的興奮和鼓舞，也十分的陶醉。他們組建了自己的工作組就開(kāi)始修建他們的夢(mèng)幻之橋了。

工程開(kāi)始時(shí)十分順利，但是開(kāi)工僅幾個(gè)月，一個(gè)悲劇性意外就奪走了John Roebling的生命，華盛頓也受了傷，大腦受到傷害，從此就不能走路，不能說(shuō)話(huà)，甚至不能動(dòng)彈。

“我們?cè)绺嬲]他們這樣的結(jié)果了。”

“瘋子和瘋狂的夢(mèng)想。”

“追求瘋狂的夢(mèng)想，這太愚蠢了。”

每個(gè)人都認(rèn)為這個(gè)項(xiàng)目應(yīng)該被廢棄掉，因?yàn)橹挥?/FONT>Roebling父子才知道如何建造這座大橋。而華盛頓盡管身殘，可他仍然有強(qiáng)烈的愿望想要完成大橋，他的思維也一如既往的敏銳。