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Unit2TheOlympicGames

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ChandlerSmithgrewupbeingtoldthathewouldneveraccomplishhisdreamofbeingaDivision1athlete.At5′8″talland195pounds，Chandlerwasonthesmallsidetobeoneofthe“greats”．Yetevenasahighschoolathletehedecidedtoworknonstoptoachievehisgoals.AfterbeingacceptedontotheUniversityofHoustonfootballteam，Chandlercontinuedtotrytomakeanameforhimselfonthefield.

Chandlersatonthebenchforhisentirefreshmanyearincollege.Sophomoreyearhesawmoreaction.“IdidntthinkIwasgoingtoplaylastyear，butIhadtoalwaysbeready，”hesaid.AtthestartofChandlersjunioryeartheteamsmanagementpulledhimasideanddroppedalife-changing，andcareer-confirmingofferinhislap：Afterthreeyearsontheteamasawalk-onrunningback，Smithwasbeinggivenafullscholarship！“Myheartdropped，”Smithsaid.“Ididntevenknowwhattofeelorwhattothink.Itwasafeelingof‘wow’．Thisisreallyhappening.Allmyhardworkhaspaidoff.”

ChandlercalledhismotherShawntotellherthenews，butwhenhisfatherRichardwasntavailablehetoldhernottospill_the_beans．Laterhewenthome，andchattedaboutthefootballseasonwithhisfather.“Icouldbegettingthefirstkickoff，”hetoldhisdad.Withoutmissingabeat，Chandlerthenslippedintherealnews：“SomethingelseDad，theytoldmetheyputmeonafullscholarship.”

“What？”Richardyelled，jumpingfromthesofaandwrappinghissoninatightembrace.“Congratulations！Hardwork.”Thenhewalkedaroundthelivingroom，clearlytooexcitedtositstill.“Seeinghisreaction，IjustbrokedownintearsbecauseIknowthisissomethingwehavebeentalkingaboutandexpectingforalongtime，”Chandlersaid.“Tofinallygetitandseethebenefitsofyourhardworkfeltreallygood.”

语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了主人公钱德勒在成长的过程中坚持自己的足球梦，带着家人对他的支持，一直努力直到成功的故事。

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