驭风少年威廉·坎宽巴
作者：两袖清风
来源：《新东方英语·中学版》2013年第06期

        年轻就是要敢于梦想。就像来自非洲东南部小国马拉维的“驭风少年”威廉·坎宽巴一样，即便所有人都认为你疯了，你也要有敢于坚持的执着，即便追逐梦想的路上困难重重，你也要有不轻言放弃的毅力。相信自己，战胜困难，成功就会向你招手。

        The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book， The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Self-taught William Kamkwamba has been feted1） by climate change campaigners like Al Gore2） and business leaders the world over. His against-all-odds3） achievements are all the more remarkable considering he was forced to quit school aged 14 because his family could no longer afford the $80-a-year fees. When he returned to his parents' small plot of farmland in the central Malawian village of Masitala， his future seemed limited. But this was not another tale of African potential thwarted4） by poverty.