SD冠军锦标赛｜美国藤校演讲与辩论赛中国选拔赛

He was in the first third grade class I taught at Saint Mary’s School in Morris, Minn. All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million. Very neat in appearance, he had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful. 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。全班34个学生...

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Before long, the entire class was smiling. “Really?” I heard the whispers. “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.” 很快全班同学脸上都扬起了笑容。“真有这么好？”我听见有人轻声说。“我从不知道那会对别人有意义！”还有人说：“...

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As I glanced at Mark to see how he was doing, he winked at me. When I walked back to Mark’s desk and removed the tape, his first words were, “Thank you for correcting me, Sister.” 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。而当我回到马克桌前给他撕下胶带时，他说的第一句话便是：“谢谢你指出我的问题，修女。” One Friday, I asked the students to...

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I had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. Mark looked so handsome, so mature. 我从未见过军人躺在军用棺材里的样子。马克看上去是那样英俊，那样成熟。 After the funeral, Mark’s mother and father found me. “We want to show you something,” his father said. “They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it...

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