Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf than as the inventor of the telephone.

Alexander Graham Bell曾告诉家人，他更愿意让后人记住他是聋子的老师，而非电话的发明者。

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Once there was a novice monk who studied Buddhism with a very wise Teacher. He was a very good student.

从前有个小沙弥，他跟着一个极有智慧的师父学习佛教。

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He was so dreamy and quiet that a teacher once called stupid.

他上课老是不说话又心不在焉，以致于老师有一次说他笨。

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School proved challenging for the burgeoning businessman, perhaps for lack of adequate encouragement: A teacher once told his mother he was mentally retarded and may never have the ability to read.

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