玛丽把听不见的耳朵遮起来，假装用好的耳朵来做听力测试。她知道老师通常会说些“天空是蓝色的”、“你鞋子是什么颜色的呢”之类的话。但是那天却没有。那天莱纳德对着玛丽说出的几个字犹如神灵一般，彻底改变了她的一生。在“轻言细语”听力测试中，玛丽听见的那句话就是：我希望你是我的乖女儿。
Recently, I heard a touching story which illustrates the power that words have to change a life -- a power that lies right in the hands of those reading this article. Mary had grown up knowing that she was different from the other kids, and she hated it. She was born with a cleft palate and had to bear the jokes and stares o
