【双语美文】心中有目标,风雨不折腰

1、心中有目标，风雨不折腰文本及参考翻译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.我以前常常从我家厨房的窗户看到她，她强行挤过操场上的 一群男孩子，对这些男孩们来说，她显得那么矮小。学校在 我家的街对面，我经常看到孩子们在下课时间打球。尽管有 一大群的孩子，但我觉得她是最吸引我注意的一个。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.我记得第一次看到她打篮球的情景。看见她绕着其他孩子旁 边游走的时候，我感到十分惊奇。她设法跳起投篮，球恰好 越过那些孩子的头顶飞入篮筐。那些男孩总是拼命地阻止 她，但没有人可以做得到。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.另外一些时候，她一个人练球，我开始注意观察她的举动。 她一般是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，不假思 索地说：“我想上大学。只有获得奖学金我才能有钱去上大 学。因为我喜欢打篮球，所以我决定了

6、，只要我成为一个由 色的球员，我就能获得奖学金。我将能够到大学去打篮球。 我想成为最棒的球员。我父亲告诉我说，如果梦想远大，就 一定可以克服艰难险阻。”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。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个有决心的人。我看着她这些年从 初中升到高中。

7、每个星期，由她带领的学校篮球队都能够获 胜。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.在她读高中的某一天，我看见她坐在草地上，头埋在臂弯里。因此，我穿过街道，坐到她旁边的清凉的草地上，轻轻地问 她发生了什么事。她轻声回答：“哦，没什么，只是我太矮 了。”原来篮球教练告诉她，以她五英尺五英寸的身材，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。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.她很伤心，由于感受到了她的失望，我也觉得自己的喉咙发 紧。我问她是否与她的爸爸谈过这件事。她从臂弯里抬起头，告诉我，她父亲说那些教练讲得不对。他们根本不懂得梦想 的力量。她父亲说，如果她真地有心去代表一个好的大学打 篮球，如果她真的想获得奖学金，任何东西也不能阻止她， 除非她自己没有这个

11、心。他又一次跟她说：“如果梦想远大，就一定可以克服艰难险阻。”The 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，当她和她的球队去参加北加利福尼亚州冠军赛时， 她被一位大学的招生人员看中了。那所大学真地为她提供了 一份全面资助的奖学金，并且她进入了美国全国大学体育协会其中一个女子甲组篮球队。她将接受到她梦想过的并为之 奋斗了多年的大学教育。Its true: If the dream is big enough, the facts dont count.这句话说得真好：如果梦想远大，就一定可以克服艰难险阻。词汇句型总结Muscle强行向前Recess课间休息Dribble 运球，带球Scholarship 奖学金Recap概述，重复练习Varsity 代表队，校队Recruiter大学的招生人员NCAA全国大学生体育协会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.此句的宾语从句里面包含了2个条件句，且2个条件句是