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双语阅读:创造奇迹:从不说他做不到
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We Never Told Him He Could nrsquo;t Do It
My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctorsassured
us that with treatme nt he would be able towalk no rmally - but would n ever run very well. Thefirst three years of his life were spent in surgery,casts and braces. By the time he was eight, youwouldnrsquo;t know he had a problem when you saw
himwalk.
The children in our neighborhood ran around asmost
childre n do duri ng play, and Joey would jumpright in and run and play, too. We n ever told him that he probably would nrsq uo;t be able to run aswell as the other childre n. So he did nrsquo;t know.
In seve nth grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he trainedwith the team. He worked harder and ran more tha n any of the others - perhaps he sen sedthat the abilities that seemed to come n aturally to so many others did not come naturally tohim. Although the
entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the pote ntial to scorepo ints for the school. We did nrsq uo;t tell him he probably would n ever make the team, so he
did nrsq uo;tk now.
He con ti nued to run four to five miles a day, every day - even the day he had a 103-degreefever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone.
Iasked him how he felt. quot;Okay,quot; he said. He had
two more miles to go. The sweat ran dow n hisface and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Y et he looked straight ahead and kept running.We never told him he couldnrsquo;t run four
miles with a 103-degree fever. So he did nrsq uo;t know.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on thelist. Joey had made the team. He was in seve nth grade - the other six team members were alleighth-graders. We n ever told him he
should nrsq uo;t expect to make the team. We n ever told him hecould nrsquo;t do it. We n ever told him he could nrsquo;t do it...so he did nrsquo;t know. He just did i
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