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In 1973, I was teaching elementary school. Each day,27 kids entered "The Thinking Laboratory." That was the name students voted for after deciding that "Room 104" was too dull.

Freddy was an average student but not an average person. He had the rare balance of fun and compassion. He would laugh the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone' s misfortune.

Before the school year ended, I gave the kids a special gift, T-shirts with the words "Verbs Are Your Friends" on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs may seem dull, most of the fun things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.

Through the years, I' d run into former students who would provide updates on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his graduation from high school and remained the same caring person I met forty years before. Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man sleep in his truck. Another time, he lent friend money to buy a house.

Just last year, I was conducting a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman excused the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and opened it up. Inside were the "Verbs" shirt and a note from Freddy' s mother." Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this."

I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn' t help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us, we all took something from Freddy.

1973年，我在小學教書。每天有27個孩子進入了“思維實驗室”，這是學生們投票決定的名字，他們認為“104教室”太乏味了。

弗雷迪是一個普通的學生，但他不是一個普通的人。他有著罕見的樂趣和同情心。他會因為樂趣而笑得最響，也會因為別人的不幸而感到最難過。

在學年結束前，我給孩子們送了一份特別的禮物，上面印著“動詞是你的朋友”的T恤。我曾告訴孩子們，雖然動詞可能看起來很無聊，但他們人生中大部分有趣的事情都是動詞。

多年以后，我遇到了以前的學生，他們提供了關于老同學的最新消息。我知道弗雷迪在高中畢業(yè)后做了幾份工作，仍然是那個我在四十年前認識的關心他人的人。有一次，他在店里通宵工作時，讓一個無家可歸的人在他的卡車里睡覺。另一次，他借給朋友錢買房子。

就在去年，我正在進行一個研討會，有人敲了課室的門。一位女士打擾了我，遞給我一個信封。我停止了講課并打開了信封。里面是那件“動詞”T恤和一張來自弗雷迪母親的便條。“弗雷迪在感恩節(jié)去世了。他希望你能擁有這件衣服?！?/p>

我向學生們講述了這個故事。盡管很悲傷，但我忍不住微笑。雖然弗雷迪離開了我們，但我們都從他身上學到了一些東西。

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B篇涉及人物拓展鏈接：

1. 作者好友保羅?紐曼（Paul Newman）https://baike.baidu.com/item/保羅·紐曼?fromModule=lemma_search-box
2. 作者羅伯特?雷德福（Robert Redford）https://baike.baidu.com/item/羅伯特·雷德福/4926641?fromModule=lemma_inlink