时间:2018-12-07 作者:英语课 分类:早读英语精华本


英语课

  If the Dream is Big Enough(I)---为了心中的梦想(一)

I used to watch her from my kitchen widow, she seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground.

The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during recess 1.

A sea of children, and yet tome, she stood out from them all.

I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids.

She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net.

The boys always tried to stop her but no one could.

I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone,

She would practice dribbling 2 and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark.

One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She looked directly in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation 3 she said,

“I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship.

I like basketball. i decided 4 that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball.

I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.”

Then she smiled and ran towards the court to recap the routine I had seen over and over again.

Well, I had to give it to her - she was determined 5 I watched her through those junior high years and into high school.

Every week, she led her varsity team to victory.



1 recess
n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处)
  • The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
  • Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。
2 dribbling
n.(燃料或油从系统内)漏泄v.流口水( dribble的现在分词 );(使液体)滴下或作细流;运球,带球
  • Basic skills include swimming, dribbling, passing, marking, tackling, throwing, catching and shooting. 个人基本技术包括游泳、带球、传球、盯人、抢截、抛球、接球和射门。 来自互联网
  • Carol: [Laurie starts dribbling again] Now do that for ten minutes. 卡罗:(萝莉开始再度运球)现在那样做十分钟。 来自互联网
3 hesitation
n.犹豫,踌躇
  • After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天,他终于直说了。
  • There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。
4 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
5 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
学英语单词
-ola
adventure
air flowmeter
airzol coffee
Anemone baicalensis
antihemorrhagic factor
Arithmin
assets leased to others
asteatotic dermatitis
ate on
basti
benzene dilodide
bite wing film
bolstereth
bruit de clapotement
calamese
cell refernce
certificate of incopocation
chaparral cock
climaxer
common score card
conarhhiamine
continuous laser
controlled resident account
depa
Diopside-jadeite
disconnecting signal
discrete field-stop aperture
earthplate
Ekibon
erection of steel work
feedback controller
femtokatals
fingerstyle
following test
functional dependency
Glentrool
half stock
hatch-clamping beam
heated-tool welding
homing feed
huenia heraldica
indurite
intercrossing
intermedin
jay-walkings
limitation of libility
Macropanax undulatus
macroscopic system
maritime supremacy
mechanical production rate
mertin
messels
miniaturized ionization chamber
MLEA
molsh
Mordvian
neo-psychedelic
new silver
occipitale laterale
open operation
overcompounded
pansori
peak of lactation
phone cards
pilgers
piston oil ring
Port of Singapore Authority
power turn-off
pressure piercing
production of pivot grammar
prussic acid
public health room
pulse front edge
quality guarantee period
reduced Grothendieck group
refuelling platform
regoliths
rehemming
remove overhead
RPG construction
sacraments
saxony wheel
schirl (schorl)
schistocerca
semicontinuous operation
Sorel-cement
spark-ignited
staggered seating
sun-hats
supernaturalness
synthetic rice
terminal call
thrombasthenic purpura
transmission diagram
USAFPEB
waste-gas cleaning
water cooled furnace body
wrung-head
Zapadnaya Dvina(Daugava)
zodiacal pyramid