【雙語美文】心中有目標(biāo),風(fēng)雨不折腰

1、心中有目標(biāo)，風(fēng)雨不折腰文本及參考翻譯I used to watch her from my kitchen window, sheseemed so small as she muscled her way throughthe crowd of boys on the playground.The school wasacrossthe street from our home and I would oftenwatch the kids as theyplayed during recess. A seaof children, and yet to me, she stood out

2、from themall.我以前常常從我家廚房的窗戶看到她，她強行擠過操場上的 一群男孩子，對這些男孩們來說，她顯得那么矮小。學(xué)校在 我家的街對面，我經(jīng)?？吹胶⒆觽冊谙抡n時間打球。盡管有 一大群的孩子，但我覺得她是最吸引我注意的一個。I remember thefirst day I saw her playingbasketball.Iwatched inwonder as she rancirclesaroundtheotherkids.Shemanaged to shoot jumpshotsjustovertheir heads and into the net. The boys a

3、lways tried to s top her but no one could.我記得第一次看到她打籃球的情景?？匆娝@著其他孩子旁 邊游走的時候，我感到十分驚奇。她設(shè)法跳起投籃，球恰好 越過那些孩子的頭頂飛入籃筐。那些男孩總是拼命地阻止 她，但沒有人可以做得到。I began to notice her at other times, baske tball in hand, playing alone. She would prac ticedribbling and shooting over and over agai n, sometimes until dark. One da

4、y I asked he r why shepracticed so much. She looked direc tly in my eyes and without a moment of hes itation shesaid,I want to go to college. Th e only wayI can gois if Igeta scholarship. I like basketball. Idecided that if I were goodenough, Iwould getascholarship. I am going to play collegebasketb

5、all. I want to bethe best.My Daddytoldme ifthedream isbig enough,thefactsdontcount.Then shesmiled andrantowards the court to recap the routine I had seen over an dover again.另外一些時候，她一個人練球，我開始注意觀察她的舉動。 她一般是一遍遍地練習(xí)運球和投籃，有時直到天黑。有一天, 我問她為什么這么刻苦地練習(xí)。她直視著我的眼睛，不假思 索地說：“我想上大學(xué)。只有獲得獎學(xué)金我才能有錢去上大 學(xué)。因為我喜歡打籃球，所以我決定了

6、，只要我成為一個由 色的球員，我就能獲得獎學(xué)金。我將能夠到大學(xué)去打籃球。 我想成為最棒的球員。我父親告訴我說，如果夢想遠(yuǎn)大，就 一定可以克服艱難險阻?！闭f完她笑了笑，跑向籃球場，又 開始我之前見過的一遍又一遍的練習(xí)。Well, I had togiveitto her-shewasdetermined. I watched her through those junio r highyears andintohigh school.Every week, she led her varsity team to victory.嘿，我真服了她一一她是個有決心的人。我看著她這些年從 初中升到高中。

7、每個星期，由她帶領(lǐng)的學(xué)?；@球隊都能夠獲 勝。One day inher senior year, I saw her sittingin thegrass, head cradledin her arms.I walkedacross the street and sat down inthe cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong.Oh,nothing,came to a soft reply.Imjust too short. The coach toldher that at55 shewould probably ne

8、ver get to pl ayfor a top rankedteam - muchless offeredascholarship -soshe shouldstopdreaming about college.在她讀高中的某一天，我看見她坐在草地上，頭埋在臂彎里。因此，我穿過街道，坐到她旁邊的清涼的草地上，輕輕地問 她發(fā)生了什么事。她輕聲回答：“哦，沒什么，只是我太矮 了?！痹瓉砘@球教練告訴她，以她五英尺五英寸的身材，幾 乎是沒有機(jī)會到一流的球隊去打球的，更不用說會獲得獎學(xué) 金了，所以她應(yīng)該放棄想上大學(xué)的夢想。She was heartbroken and I felt my own t

9、hroa t tighten as I sensed her disappointment. Ia sked her if she had talked to her dad abou t it yet.She lifted her head from her hands and toldme that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just didnt understand thepowerof adream.Hetoldher that if shereallywanted toplayfora good college, i

10、fshetrulywanted ascholarship,thatnothingcouldstopher except one thing -herown attitude. He told heragain, if the dr eam is big enough, the facts dont count.她很傷心，由于感受到了她的失望，我也覺得自己的喉嚨發(fā) 緊。我問她是否與她的爸爸談過這件事。她從臂彎里抬起頭，告訴我，她父親說那些教練講得不對。他們根本不懂得夢想 的力量。她父親說，如果她真地有心去代表一個好的大學(xué)打 籃球，如果她真的想獲得獎學(xué)金，任何東西也不能阻止她， 除非她自己沒有這個

11、心。他又一次跟她說：“如果夢想遠(yuǎn)大，就一定可以克服艱難險阻?！盩he next year, as she and her team went to theNorthernCalifornia Championship game, shewas seen by a college recruiter. She was indeedoffereda scholarship, a fullride,to a DivisionI, NCAA womens basketball team.She was going to get the college education that she haddre

12、amed of and worked toward for all those years.第二年，當(dāng)她和她的球隊去參加北加利福尼亞州冠軍賽時， 她被一位大學(xué)的招生人員看中了。那所大學(xué)真地為她提供了 一份全面資助的獎學(xué)金，并且她進(jìn)入了美國全國大學(xué)體育協(xié)會其中一個女子甲組籃球隊。她將接受到她夢想過的并為之 奮斗了多年的大學(xué)教育。Its true: If the dream is big enough, the facts dont count.這句話說得真好：如果夢想遠(yuǎn)大，就一定可以克服艱難險阻。詞匯句型總結(jié)Muscle強行向前Recess課間休息Dribble 運球，帶球Scholarship 獎學(xué)金Recap概述，重復(fù)練習(xí)Varsity 代表隊，校隊Recruiter大學(xué)的招生人員NCAA全國大學(xué)生體育協(xié)會He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, thatnothing could stop her except one thing - her own attitude.此句的賓語從句里面包含了2個條件句，且2個條件句是