We Never Told Him He Couldn’t-英语课

时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：阅读空间

英语课

　　My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured 1 us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally 2 - but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery 3, casts 4 and braces 5. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a problem when you saw him walk .

　　The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We never told him that he probably wouldn't be able to run as well as the other children. So he didn't know.
　　In seventh grade he decided 6 to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others - perhaps he sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.
　　He continued to run four to five miles a day, every day - even the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt. "Okay," he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat 7 ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn't run four miles with a 103-degree fever. So he didn't know.
　　Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade - the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldn't expect to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it. We never told him he couldn't do it...so he didn't know. He just did it.

1 assured

a.确实的，深信的

He spoke in a calm, assured voice. 他冷静自信地说。
The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。

2 normally

adv.正常地，通常地

I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

3 surgery

n.外科，外科手术；手术室

What time does surgery finish?门诊什么时间结束？
Your condition is serious and requires surgery.你的情况很严重，需要动外科手术。

4 casts

v.投( cast的第三人称单数 )；掷；扔；浇铸

He casts up his accounts at the end of each day. 每天结束时他都结一次账。来自《简明英汉词典》
The tree casts a shadow on the ground. 树的影子映在地上。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 braces

n.吊带，背带；托架( brace的名词复数 )；箍子；括弧；（儿童）牙箍v.支住( brace的第三人称单数 )；撑牢；使自己站稳；振作起来