2015-2016学年高中英语 Unit2 What is happiness to you？Smiling Sang Lan Sang Lans profile素材 牛津译林版选修6.docVIP

Smiling Sang Lan Sang Lan, former member of the national womens gymnastic team, suffered severe spinal injuries in a competition at the Goodwill Games held in Long Island in New York in the United States in 1998 and has been bound to a wheelchair ever since. Sang Lan captured the hearts of Americans On July 21, 1998, 17-year-old Sang Lan was injured while attempting a practice vault.?According to doctors, she had a fracture-dislocation of C-6 on C-7. This had resulted in an injury to her spinal cord. At that time, she could not move her legs. She had minimal motion of her arms. She could not feel from her mid-chest down. Despite her disability, Sang Lan determined not to allow herself lapse into despair. She did believe that she would walk again one day. While Sang Lan was undergoing rehabilitation in New York, she captured the hearts of Americans. Many people called her?a brave and incredible young lady. She had become an international symbol of courage and was very popular in United States. Sang Lan Enrolled in Peking University The optimistic and adamant girl has been admitted to the School of Journalism and Communication of Peking University. Her long-cherished desire to go to college has been realized. Sangs mother said that before the vaulting accident, Song had always busied herself with trainings and contests. After she returned from New York, she became very enthusiastic in study and worked very hard. She even can use a computer skillfully now. Get up from where you fall is the most ordinary thing for a gymnast. And its my motto, Sang said. Ill arrange my time scientifically and work hard on my studies so as to be a winner in life. As a former athlete, Sang keeps winning the honor for the nation in mind. If I can get better, Ill play table tennis and get ready to compete in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games,? she said. Sang Lan may appear in Pingpong games Sang Lan has lately expressed the desire to take up table tennis as her second sport profession an