时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:早读英语精华本基础篇


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
Aconitum sungpanense
acrobatic stunts
actigraphic
adversarially
aerial image simulation
angiostomy
anti-frosting equipment
applicant for a patent
ASCALAPHIDAE
asphalt felt
Bakhany
bearing oil pipe union
britzskas
built-in stabilization
burgio
bushtit
bypass gate valve
call confirmation
care in the community
chalkone
chute spillway
collar for a horse
community agency
comparative static derivative
counter-current electromigration
courant
cyclotrimethylenet-rinitramine
deoxyuridine diphosphate
diekman
dissipative flow
emhata
Every Jack has his Jill.
eyeblinks
face pumping
fishery factory ship
fussy as a hen with one chick
gilvus
Giraldes' organ
glass transition temperature (tg)
gordonia soli
Granges-St-Marie
hemofilter
herpetotheriids
ichneumon wasp
indefinite storage
indurative pneumonia
inner nuclear layer
innoblesse
inter-repeater links
intraocular lens
Izvaly
jazzophone
Jija Sarai
kurisko
layaways
lepista nuda
Macrothyry
maytansinol
mechanosensillum
metal removal factor
model specification
mollweide's projection
muiclage hair
natroalunite
needful
Nodi lymphatici gluteales superiores
Nomzha
Norfolk Broads
Pergolarin
Petsamo(Pechenga)
pipe pilot
plate making machine
play hell
presentation file
profiteered
pseudomutation
rotary latch
rotating head
roxbyite
Sapindales
sapphirite
scissorlike
single-funnel
slender configuration
solenoid-operated circuit-breaker
sorting chute
spin freezing
Splanchnomicry
spore output
statistic processes
straight roller bearing
Toros Daglari
torus rheometer
tugboats
uist north i.
urban economic base theory
uricosuria
vapor compression refrigerating machine
variable frequency starting
Wirtschaft
Yaredes
zoning mechanism