If the Dream is Big Enough the Facts Don’t Count 心中有目标 风雨不折腰 I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched she managed to shoot jump shots just o
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IftheDreamisBigEnoughtheFactsDon’tCount心中有目标风雨不折腰
IrememberthefirstdayIsawherplayingbasketball.Iwatchedshemanagedtoshootjumpshotsjustovertheirheadsandintothenet.Theboysalwaystriedtostopherbutnoonecould.
我记得第一天看到她打篮球的情景。看着她总是尽力地跳起投篮,球恰好越过那些孩子头顶飞入篮筐。那些男孩总是拼命地阻止她,但没有人可以做得到。
Ibegantonoticeheratothertimes,basketballinhand,playingalone.Shewouldpracticedribblingandshootingoverandoveragain,sometimesuntildark.OnedayIaskedherwhyshepracticedsomuch.Shelookeddirectlyinmyeyesandwithoutamomentofhesitationshesaid,"Iwanttogotocollege.TheonlywayIcangoisifIgetascholarship.Ilikebasketball.IdecidedthatifIweregoodenough,Iwouldgetascholarship.Iamgoingtoplaycollegebasketball.Iwanttobethebest.MyDaddytoldmeifthedreamisbigenough,thefactsdon'tcount."ThenshesmiledandrantowardsthecourttorecaptheroutineIhadseenoverandoveragain.
平时我开始注意到她,她总手持篮,一个人练习。她一遍遍地练习运球和投篮,有时直到天黑。有一天我问她为什么这么刻苦地练习。她直视着我的眼睛,不加思索地说:“我想上大学。只有获得奖学金我才能上大学。我喜欢打篮球,我想只要我打得好,我就能获得奖学金。我要到大学去打篮球。我想成为最棒的球员。爸爸告诉我说,心中有目标,风雨不折腰。”说完她笑了笑,跑向篮球场,又开始我之前见过的一遍又一遍的练习。
Iwatchedherthroughthosejuniorhighyearsandintohighschool.Everyweek,sheledhervarsityteamtovictory.
我看着她这些年从初中升到高中。每个星期,她带领的学校篮球代表队都能够获胜。
Onedayinhersenioryear,Isawhersittingonthegrass,headcradledinherarms.QuietlyIaskedwhatwaswrong."Oh,nothing,"cametoasoftreply."Iamjusttooshort."Thecoachtoldherthatat5'5"shewouldprobablynevergettoplayforatoprankedteam--muchlessofferedascholarship--sosheshouldstopdreamingaboutcollege.
高中那会儿的某一天,我看见她坐在草地上,头埋在臂弯里。我轻轻地问出什么事了。“哦,没什么,”她轻声回答,“只是我太矮了。”原来篮球教练告诉她,以五英尺五英寸的身材,她几乎是没有机会到一流的球队去打球的——更不用说会获得奖学金了——所以她应该放弃想上大学的梦想。
ShewasheartbrokenbutShetoldmethatherfathersaidthosecoacheswerewrong.Theyjustdidnotunderstandthepowerofadream.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtoplayforagoodcollege,ifshetrulywantedascholarship,thatnothingcouldstopherexceptonething--herownattitude.Andifthedreamisbigenough,thefactsdon’tcount.
她很伤心,但她告诉我,她爸爸说那些教练错了。他们根本不懂得梦想的力量。他告诉她,如果真的想到一个好的大学去打篮球,如果她真的想获得奖学金,任何东西也不能阻止她,除非她自己不愿意。要记住“心中有目标,风雨不折腰。”
Thenextyear,assheandherteamwenttotheNorthernCaliforniaChampionshipgame,shewasseenbyacollegerecruiter.Shewasindeedofferedascholarship,afullride,toaDivisionI,NCAAwomen'sbasketballteam.Shewasgoingtogetthecollegeeducationthatshehaddreamedofandworkedtowardforallthoseyears.
It'strue:Ifthedreamisbigenough,thefactsdon'tcount.
心中有目标,风雨不折腰。这的确没错。
词汇注释
dribblevi.运球
hesitationn.犹豫
recapvt.扼要重述
varsityadj.校队的
coachn.教练,指导
recruitern.招募者
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