三阶-53.你让世界从此不同·熟练阅读长文章（练习版）

A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made. She called each student to the front of the class, one at a time. First, she told each of them how they had made a difference to her and the class.

Then, she presented each of them with a blue ribbon imprinted with gold letters, which read, "Who I Am Makes a Difference." Afterwards, the teacher decided to do a class project to see what kind of impact recognition would have on a community. She gave each of the students three more ribbons and instructed them to go out and spread this acknowledgment ceremony. Then, they were to follow up on the results, see who honored whom, and report back to the class in about a week.

One of the boys in the class went to a junior executive in a nearby company and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt. Then, he gave him two extra ribbons and said, "We're doing a class project on recognition, and we'd like you to go out find somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon, then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a third person to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going. Then, please report back to me and tell me what happened."

Later that day, the junior executive went in to see his boss, who had been noted, by the way, as being kind of a grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down, and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative genius. The boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon and give him permission to put it on him. His surprised boss said, "Well, sure." The junior executive took the blue ribbon and placed it right on his boss's jacket above his heart.

As he gave him the last extra ribbon, he said, "Would you do me a favor? Would you take this extra ribbon and pass it on by honoring somebody else? The young boy who first gave me the ribbons is doing a project in school, and we want to keep this recognition ceremony going and find out how it affects people."

That night, the boss came home to his 14-year-old son and sat him down. He said, "The most incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my office, and one of the junior executives came in and told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative genius. Then, he put this blue ribbon that says 'Who I Am Makes a Difference' on my jacket above my heart. He gave me an extra ribbon and asked me to find somebody else to honor. As I was driving home tonight, I started thinking about whom I would honor with this ribbon, and I thought about you. I want to honor you. My days are really hectic, and when I come home, I don't pay a lot of attention to you. Sometimes, I scream at you for not getting good enough grades in school and for your bedroom being a mess, but somehow tonight, I just wanted to sit here and, well, just let you know that you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother, you are the most important person in my life. You're a great son, and I love you!"

The startled boy started to sob and sob, and he couldn't stop crying. His whole body shook. He looked up at his father and said through his tears, "Dad, earlier tonight I sat in my room and wrote a letter to you and Mom explaining why I had killed myself and asking you to forgive me. I was going to commit suicide tonight after you were asleep. I just didn't think that you cared at all. The letter is upstairs. I don't think I need it after all."

纽约的一位老师决定表彰她所在高中的每位高年级学生，她告诉了每位同学他们所产生的影响。她把每个学生都叫到教室的前面，一次一个。首先，她告诉每个人他们对她和班级产生了什么影响。

然后，她给每个人颁发了一条印有金色字母的蓝色缎带，上面写着“我创造不同”。之后，老师决定做一个课堂项目，看看认可会对社区有什么样的影响。她给了每个学生三条丝带，并引导他们去传播这个赞许仪式。然后，他们要对结果进行跟进，看看谁表彰了谁，并在大约一周之后向班级报告。

班上的一个男孩去找了附近一家公司的一名初级管理人员，并为他能帮助自己完成职业规划而给他表彰。他给了他一条蓝丝带，并把它佩戴在他的衬衫上。然后，他给了他两条额外的缎带，并说：“我们正在做一个给人以赞许的课程项目，我们希望你去找一个人给他颁奖，给他们一条蓝丝带，然后给他们额外的那条蓝丝带让他们可以去认可第三个人，来继续这个表彰仪式。然后，请向我汇报并告诉我发生了什么。”

那天晚些时候，这位初级管理人员去见他的老板，顺便说一句，他的老板是一个坏脾气的家伙。他让老板坐下来，并告诉他，他非常钦佩他是一个有创造力的天才。老板似乎非常惊讶。这位初级管理人员问他是否愿意接受蓝丝带这个礼物并允许将它佩戴在自己身上。他的老板惊讶地说：“好的，当然。”这位初级管理人员拿起蓝丝带，将它戴在老板的外套上，心脏上方的位置。

当他给他最后一条额外的缎带时，他说：“您能帮我一个忙吗？您能不能接受这个额外的缎带并通过赞许别人来传递它？那个第一次送我缎带的小男孩正在学校做一个项目，我们希望继续举行这个表彰仪式并了解一下它对人们的影响。”

那天晚上，老板回家，见到他14岁的儿子，让他坐了下来。他说：“今天在我身上发生了最令人难以置信的事情。我在办公室里，一位初级管理人员进来告诉我，他钦佩我，为我是一个有创造力的天才而给了我一条蓝色缎带。然后，他把这个上面写着“我创造不同”的蓝丝带戴在了我的外套上，心脏上方的位置。他给了我一条额外的缎带，让我找别人来表彰。当我今晚开车回家时，我开始思考我会用这条缎带来表彰谁，然后我想到了你。我想表彰你。我工作非常忙碌，当我回到家时，我并没有太关注你。有时候，我因为你在学校没有得到足够好的成绩和你的卧室太乱而向你吼叫，但不知何故，今晚，我只是想坐在这里，只是让你知道你确实让我有所改变。除了你的母亲，你是我生活中最重要的人。你是一个伟大的儿子，我爱你！”

这个吃惊的男孩开始抽泣，他无法停止哭泣。他全身颤抖。他抬头看着父亲，泪流满面地说道，“爸爸，今晚早些时候，我坐在自己的房间里给你和妈妈写了一封信，解释我为什么要自杀并且请你们原谅我。我今晚本来想在你们睡着之后自杀。我之前认为你一点儿也不在乎。那封信在楼上。我现在认为我并不需要它了。”

单词

teacher  /ˈtiːtʃə(r)/ n. 教师；教员；老师；先生

decide /dɪˈsaɪd/ v. 对…作出抉择；决定；选定

honor /ˈɒnə(r)/n.v. 给予表扬（或奖励、头衔、称号）

difference/ˈdɪfrəns/ n. 差别；差异；不同（之处）；变化（之处）

student /ˈstjuːdnt/ n. 学生；（尤指）中学生

class /klɑːs/ n.v.adj. 班；班级

present /ˈpreznt/ adj.v.n. 把…交给；颁发；授予

ribbon /ˈrɪbən/ n. 绶带；勋带

imprint /ɪmˈprɪnt/ v.n. 印；压印

afterwards/ˈɑːftəwədz/ adv. 以后；后来

project /ˈprɒdʒekt/ v.n.（大、中学学生的）专题研究

impact /ˈɪmpækt/ v.n.（对某事物）有影响，有作用

community /kəˈmjuːnəti/  n. 团体；社团；界

instruct /ɪnˈstrʌkt/ v. 指示；命令；吩咐

acknowledgment英 /ək'nɒlɪdʒmənt/ 美 /ək'nɑlɪdʒmənt/ n.感谢；承认；承认书

ceremony  /ˈserəməni/  n. 典礼；仪式

result  /rɪˈzʌlt/  v.n. 后果；结果

junior  /ˈdʒuːniə(r)/  adj.n. 小学生

executive  /ɪɡˈzekjətɪv/ n.adj.（公司或机构的）经理，主管领导，管理人员

nearby /ˌnɪəˈbaɪ/  adj.adv. 附近的；邻近的

career /kəˈrɪə(r)/ n.v. 生涯；职业

happened /ˈhæpən/  v. 发生，出现

grouchy/ˈɡraʊtʃi/  adj. 脾气不好并常发牢骚的；好抱怨的

admire /ədˈmaɪə(r)/ v. 钦佩；赞赏；仰慕

genius /ˈdʒiːniəs/  n. 天才；天资；天赋

permission/pəˈmɪʃn/  n. 准许；许可；批准

favor /ˈfeɪvə(r)/ v.n. 帮助；好事；恩惠

incredible /ɪnˈkredəbl/  adj. 不能相信的；难以置信的

hectic/ˈhektɪk/ adj. 忙碌的；繁忙的

scream/skriːm/  v.n. 高声喊，大声叫

startle  /ˈstɑːtl/ v. 使惊吓；使吓一跳；使大吃一惊

sob 英 /sɒb/ 美 /sɑb/ v.哭泣啜泣

suicide /ˈsuːɪsaɪd/  /ˈsjuːɪ/ n.自杀

upstairs /ˌʌpˈsteəz/ adv.n. 在（或向）楼上；在（或向）上一层