双语阅读｜“Story of Glenn Cunningham”格伦坎宁安的动人故事
Story of Glenn Cunningham
格伦·坎宁安的故事
In a countryside school, a classroom used to be heated by an old fashioned way. A little boy used to come early to school to start a fire and warm class before after everyone else arrived.
在一所乡村学校里，一间教室过去常以古老的方式取暖。在其他人到来前，一个小男孩一直很早就来到学校点火取暖。
But one morning when everyone else arrived they found the school engulfed in flames. They found an unconscious boy inside and carried him out. The boy had major burns all over his lower body and was taken to the hospital.
但一天早上，当其他人到达时发现学校陷入了火海之中。他们发现里面有一个失去知觉的男孩，于是把他救了出来。这个男孩的下半身全部烧伤，被送往医院。
When the boy was lying in bed in hospital, he heard the doctor talking to his mother that little boy’s lower body was burned severely and he didn’t have much hope of his survival.
当这个男孩躺在医院的床上时，他听到医生和他的母亲正在交谈，医生说小男孩的下半身烧伤严重，他生存下来的希望不大。
Brave boy didn’t want to die and somehow to the amazement to a physician he did survive.
勇敢的男孩不想就这样死去，但出乎医生意料的是他确实活了下来。
After some day the boy again listened to the doctor and his mother conversation. Mother was told that because of fire much of his lower body part flesh had been destroyed and his lower limbs had been crippled.
一天后，男孩再次听到了医生和他母亲的谈话。母亲被告知，由于火灾，他的下半身部分肉体已被破坏，他的下肢已经瘫痪。
Brave boy didn’t lose hope and was determined to walk again but unfortunately, waist down his thin legs just dangled there lifeless.
勇敢的男孩并没有失去希望，并决心再次行走，但不幸的是，他腰部以下瘦弱的双腿只是悬在那里毫无生气。
He was released from the hospital and went back home with his mother. Every day his mother would massage his legs but for a long time he felt no sensation in his legs yet he was determined that one day he would walk.
他出院了，和母亲一起回了家。他的母亲每天都会按摩他的腿部，但很长一段时间，他感觉腿部没有任何知觉，但他仍坚信有一天他会走路。
His mother used to wheel him out into yard on his wheelchair to get some fresh air. One sunny day, instead of just sitting in a wheelchair, he threw himself out of it into grass and pulled himself across grass dragging his legs behind.
他母亲常推轮椅把他带到院子里呼吸新鲜空气。一个阳光灿烂的日子里，他离开轮椅，把自己扔在了草地上，然后拖着双腿在草地上爬行。
Step by step, he began dragging himself along the fence, resolved that he would walk. He started to walk his way to the fence and then opened up a smooth path all around his yard beside the fence.
逐渐他开始沿着栅栏拖行自己，接着他决定走起来。他开始一次次走向栅栏，渐渐在院子里的栅栏旁开辟出一条平坦的路来。
Ultimately through daily massage and persistence and his resolute determination, he did develop his ability to stand up and then walk haltingly. Then he started to walk by himself and then run.
最终通过每日按摩与坚持以及他坚定的决心，他站起来的能力提高了而且可以站的久一点。然后他开始自己走，然后跑。
He began to walk to his school and then later in college has made in its track team.
他开始步行到他的学校，之后在大学里他进入了田径队。
Later in Madison Square Garden this determined man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham ran the world’s fastest mile.
后来在麦迪逊花园广场，这位信念坚定的人，格伦坎宁安博士跑出了世界上最快的一英里成绩。
Glenn Cunningham as a little boy who was not even expected to survive, who could never hope to run, on June 16, 1934, ran the mile in 4:06.8 minutes breaking the world’s record.
当时只是小男孩的格伦·坎宁安，被认为不会幸存下来，也不可能再跑起来，却在1934年6月16日以4:06.8的成绩打破了世界纪录。
Moral:
You can have Whatever your Heart desires, as long as you Desire it enough and allow your self to Guide you.
寓意：
无论何种心愿，只要你渴望它，那就遵从自己的内心。
His efforts portray that you want to create your life is yours for making. The only one that puts limits on our personal will is ourselves.
他的努力真切的告诉我们，生命的可能性是由我们自己创造的。唯一限制我们个人意愿的是我们自己。
一个可以说被医生否定了一生的男孩子，却不肯向命运低头，凭借顽强的意志和坚定的信念冲破世俗以为的各种不可能，甚至超越常人。他的事迹让人难以想象，却又真实的发生了，他值得人们的赞扬和学习。
反观我们有时候对待自己容易松懈，对待他人少一分理解和包容。在自己的人生低谷期，想想坎宁安的事迹，还有什么过不去打坎呢？在他人遇到挫折的时候，给他讲讲本篇坎宁安的故事，也许会激励他立刻行动起来去改变现状，把生命的主动权尽可能的掌握在自己的手中。