400学生为患癌老师打气 齐声歌唱感动千万网友

Hundreds of students serenaded their belovedteacher Mr. Ellis outside his home last week to showsupport during his fight with an aggressive cancer.

上周，数百名学生在他们心爱的老师艾利斯先生的门外唱歌。这一举动是为正与恶性癌症斗争的艾利斯先生加油打气。

"It was one of the most beautiful things I've everseen in my entire life," said Nate Morrow, headmasterat the school where Ellis works.

艾利斯所在学校的校长内特·莫罗表示：“这是我人生中见过的最美好的事情。”

"He is one of the kindest and intentionally lovingpeople I've ever met in my life. I think that's what really characterizes him. He's always pursuingother people in wanting to get to know them and love them."

“他是我人生中见过的最善良的人，他总是关爱他人。我认为这是他真正的特点。他总是想要了解他人，并给予他们关爱。”

Ben Ellis has been teaching Latin and Bible at Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville,Tennessee, since 2008.

自2008年以来，本·艾利斯一直在田纳西州纳什维尔市的基督长老会学院教授拉丁语和《圣经》。

Last year, Ellis was diagnosed with cancer and began chemotherapy treatments, but that didn'tstop him from showing up for his students.

去年,艾利斯被诊断出患有癌症，开始化疗，但这并不能阻挡他与自己的学生见面。

"He has remained involved in the CPA community even throughout his extensive treatment," aschool representative said.

“在他接受大量治疗的期间，他仍置身于基督长老会学院的工作之中，”一位学校代表说道。

On Sept. 7, more than 400 faculty members and students, grades 9 through 12, gatheredoutside the home of Mr. Ellis. For 30 minutes, they played instruments and sang.

9月7日，400多名9至12年级的教师和学生们聚集在艾利斯先生的家门口。他们演奏乐器并且唱歌，一直持续了30分钟。

"I love you," Ellis wrote in a note to his students. "I believe now more than ever that God isgood, and that he is with us...."

艾利斯在给他的学生们的纸条上写道：“我爱你们。我从未像现在这样确信，上帝是仁慈的，他与我们同在....”

On Sept. 10, country star Tim McGraw shared a video of Ellis peering from his window to hearhis students sing. The post received more than 20 million views on Facebook.

9月10日，乡村歌手蒂姆·麦克洛分享了艾利斯在窗口看他的学生们唱歌的视频。这段视频在脸书上的点击率超过了2千万。