从啦啦队队长到橄榄球员.docVIP

从啦啦队队长到橄榄球员 　　Everyone has that stereotypical[陈规的] idea of a cheerleader： cute， peppy[活泼的]， bows in her hair. And that was me， from kindergarten to eighth grade. I loved being on the squad[小队]， from the girly parts like curling[使卷曲] each other’s hair for competitions to trying new stunts[惊人表演，绝技] at practice. But I also loved watching the football games as we cheered―sometimes I was more focused on the plays than our routines[常规，日常事务]！ Every time someone scored， I wished I was the one in the end zone[（球门线到底线的）球门区]. 　　 A Long Shot[很少机会成功的尝试] 　　I grew up tossing[投，掷] a football and going to games with my dad. Once while waiting to cheer in my middle school game， my dad and I were watching the high school team play―they were losing―and he said，“I bet you could do better than that.” His words stuck with me， and right before my freshman year， I started to feel bored with cheerleading―and more excited about football. I thought， maybe I should be on the field[运动场]. 　　I decided to go to a preseason[活跃季节前的] meeting to see about joining the team， even though they’d never had a girl on the roster[花名册] before. When I walked into the school gym， packed with guys and parents waiting for info， everyone turned and stared， like， what is she doing here？ I saw guys I had cheered for―guys I considered friends―and I wondered what they thought about me playing alongside them. My school is small， so there aren’t tryouts[选拔赛]―you just sign up for the team. But I still had to officially sign up in front of the whole crowd， with all eyes on me. I could feel the tension[紧张状态] in the room， and as I walked up to hand in my forms， I almost felt like I was doing something wrong. I worried―are the coaches going to laugh at me？ Will they tell me I can’t play？ Instead， they looked at me like I was pulling a joke on them， but they finally took my papers and told me to show up for training camp the week before school. I was officially a football player！ 　　每个人都对“啦啦队队长”有一种固定印象――她们总是活泼可爱，头上系着蝴蝶结。从幼儿