1940年的一个下雨天,15岁少年约翰·戈达德坐在洛杉矶家中的饭桌上,满怀雄心壮志地在黄色便条的顶端写下了几个字:“My Life List(我的人生目标)”。在这个标题下,他细数了此生希望达成的127个目标,包括参观金字塔、登上万里长城、攀登乞力马扎罗山、在航空母舰上起落飞机等。在之后的半个多世纪里,他从未忘记自己的梦想,完成了127条中的111条,以 On a rainy day in 1940, the 15-year-old John Goddard sat on the table in his home in Los Angeles with the ambition to write a few words at the top of the yellow note: “My Life List, ”. Under this heading, he detailed 127 goals he hopes to achieve, including visiting the Pyramids, climbing the Great Wall, climbing Kilimanjaro, landing aircraft on aircraft carriers and so on. For more than half a century, he never forgot his dream and completed 111 of 127