If the Dream Is Big Enough 志当存高远
发布时间:Nov 23, 2015 4:11:42 PM
If the Dream Is Big Enough 志当存高远 A school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids from my window as they played basketball. One day, among the children a girl attracted me. She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys. Running circles around the other kids, she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net with on one to stop her. Sometimes, I saw her play alone. She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, until dark. 我的家与一所学校只有一街之隔,我经常透过窗户看学校里孩子们打篮球。一天我注意到一个小姑娘。她在一群孩子中间,身材矮小,却在费劲地从男孩子们中间挤过。她在别人旁边兜来转去,设法地跳起投篮,“嗖——”,球恰好越过那些孩子的头顶飞入篮筐,竟无人能挡。有时候我看到她一个人在打球,一遍又一遍地练习运球和投篮,直到天黑。 One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without hesitation, she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship. If I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I like basketball. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count." Then she smiled and ran towards the court to go on practice. 有一天我问她为什么这么刻苦地练球。她不假思索地说:“我想上大学。只有获得奖学金我才能上大学。我想只要我打得好,我就能获得奖学金。我喜欢打篮球。我爸爸告诉我说,只要主义真,铁杵磨成针。”说完她笑了笑,跑向篮球场继续练球。 I watched her through junior high and into high school. Every week, she led her varsity team to victory. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms. I went over there and sat down beside her. Quietly I asked her what was wrong. "Oh, nothing," She replied softly. "I am just too short." The coach told her that at 5'5" she would probably never get to play for a top ranked college team — much less be offered a scholarship — so she should stop dreaming about college. 我关注着她先后念了初中和高中。每周她带领的学校篮球代表队都能够获胜。在她高中的最后一年,有一天,我看见她坐在草地上,头埋在她的怀里。我走过去,在她身边坐了下来,小声地问她发生了什么,“没什么”,她