A friend who was down in the dumps wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. His life was full of problems. His heart was full of worries. He was low on hope.
幾周前，一位生活幾經波折的友人給我來信，說他的生活中充斥著麻煩，對此他憂心忡忡、感到無望。
He ended his letter to me with this question: “We can’t really change this crazy world we live in, can we?” I answered him immediately and started my own letter with these words: “Yes, we most certainly can!”
在信的結尾他問了這樣一個問題：“我們確實無法改變這個瘋狂的世界，難道不是麼？”我即刻回信，以“我們當然能改變世界”來開頭。
I can still remember one of the first times someone changed my world. She was the music teacher at my elementary school, the guitarist at our church, and a family friend.
在很多的第一次中我猶記得一個人改變了我的世界。她是我小學時的音樂老師，也是一名教堂吉他手，同時也是我們家的朋友。
I had a huge crush on her too and wanted to impress her more than anything. I had no talent at any instrument, however, and my singing while enthusiastic was quite awful.
我深深的對她著迷，做一切能夠引起她注意的事情。在樂器方面我沒有天賦；唱歌嘛，雖然飽含熱情但是五音不全。
One day she let me try playing her guitar. I did my best but could only stumble along. When I was done I put my head down. “I guess I am not very good,” I told her.
一天她讓我試著彈彈她的吉他，我使出渾身解數，但還是很糟糕。奏畢，我低下了頭說道：“我大概是一無是處了。”
She looked at me with her kind eyes, smiled, and said: “We are all good at something. You just need to find out what you are good at. Then you can share it with the world.”
她溫柔地注視著我，微笑著說：“我們都有所長，你只要去發現就好，然後為這個世界貢獻你的力所能及。”
Those simple words changed me. They planted a seed in my soul that continues to grow to this day. They made me realize that I had something to give to others.
她簡簡單單幾句話，觸動並改變了我，如同在我的心裡播下了種子，生根發芽成長至今。這讓我明白，我有可以給予他人的東西。
I had something inside of me that was good and that could change this world for the better. I just had to find it, bring it out and share it. And that is what I have tried to do all of the years since that fateful day.
我內在的可取之物能夠讓世界變得更加美好。我要挖掘、激發並將它施予。從領悟自己的使命之日起，這就是我日日月月年年要做的事。
Can you change the world? Yes you can! You can change it and make it better every single day of your life. You can change it one choice, one person, and one kind act at a time. All you have to do is share your goodness. All you have to do is live your love. Make your love great then! Live well! Do good! Change the world!
你能改變世界？是的你可以！每天改變一點，生活就美好一點。每次從一個選擇、一個人、一個善行開始。施人慈悲，以愛之名生活。讓你的愛變得偉大！好好生活！！多行善舉！改變世界！
有沒有一個方法能夠讓大家輕鬆破解英語句式問題呢？有的，比如能動英語的“句式魔方”課程。
“句式魔方”幫助孩子突破英語學習中的第二難關——單詞詞義、短語積累與生成、句子生成轉換能力。
通過學習“句式魔方”，孩子最終能形成語感，內化成語言本能，熟練生成各種句子。
沒有學習“句式魔方”的孩子，要麼只能機械的用各種單詞按照漢語習慣，生成各種中式英語句子，要麼就是不得不花費大量的精力背誦各種語法規則，亦步亦趨的按照這些規則生成句子，很可能被各種語法細碎知識點搞得頭昏腦漲而喪失學習興趣。而學習了“句式魔方”的孩子，通過“句式魔方”的短語矩陣訓練，不但能熟練的生成各種短語，並在訓練的過程中，增加了語感，還能再具體的語境中自然習得單詞含義，同時“句式魔方”通過其核心句的生成以及其它五種基本句式推導轉換的練習，讓孩子熟練掌握各種句式和常用時態的變化，最終獲得句子生成能力。
學完“句式魔方”，一方面有了具體語境後，孩子就知道了單詞意義，再結合已習得的“表音密碼”基礎，孩子就可將單詞的“音”、“形”、“意”對應起來，徹底解決單詞問題；另一方面，孩子可掌握短語與句子的生成機制，以及應對各種時態與句式的轉換問題，來輕鬆自主的生成各種句子，掌握應用！
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