毫无疑问,名震全美国及至全世界的科林·鲍威尔,是一位极富传奇色彩的大人物。他是美国历史上第一位黑人国务卿,第一位军阶最高的黑人将军(四星上将),第一位黑人参谋长联席会议主席。他的成功被视为通过自我奋斗实现美国梦的完美典范,他被总统布什盛赞为“美国的英雄”。但正是这样一位风云人物,他最初的人生追求只是“娶一个善善良良的妻子,生几个聪聪明明的孩子,想一些简简单单的问题,过一个平平常常的日子”。而他的青少年时代,更是一段胸无大志碌碌无为的平凡时光。英雄不问出处,但英雄平凡无奇的出处,往往更能给人以启示和激励。 There is no doubt that Colin Powell, a famous American and worldwide, is a legendary big man. He was the first black secretary of state in the history of the United States, the first black general (fourth-star general) of the highest rank, and the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Negroes. His success was seen as a perfect example of the realization of the American dream through self-struggle. He was praised by President Bush for “the hero of the United States.” However, it is such a man of character that his first pursuit of life was merely “to marry a good-natured wife, give birth to a few clever children, think of some simple questions and lead an ordinary day” . And his adolescent age, is a period of non-ambitious commonplace ordinary times. Heroes do not ask the source, but the heroic commonplace, often more to give people inspiration and inspiration.