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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.
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She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
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The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter, and was offered a full scholarship, to a NCAA women’s basketball team. She was going to college, which she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.
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It’s true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t matter.
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精美译文：
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志当存高远
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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，却在费力地从男孩子们中间挤过。她在别人旁边兜来转去，设法跳起投篮，“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。
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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，志当存高远，铁杵磨成针。”说完她笑了笑，跑向篮球场继续练球。
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我一直看着她从初中升到高中。每个星期，她带领的学校篮球代表队都能够获胜。
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在她高中的时候，有一天，我看见她坐在草地上，头埋在臂弯里。我走了过去，坐到她旁边，轻轻地问出什么事了。“哦，没什么，”她轻声回答，“就是我太矮了。”原来篮球教练告诉她，以五尺五的身材，她很可能没有机会到一流的球队去打球的——更不用说会获得奖学金了——所以她最好别再做上大学的梦了。
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她伤心透了。看她失望，我也觉得自己的喉咙哽咽。我问她是否与她的爸爸谈过这件事。她告诉我，她爸爸说那些教练不对。他们根本不懂梦想的力量。他告诉她，如果真的想到一个好的大学去打球，如果她真的想获得奖学金，没有什么能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。他又一次跟她说：“志当存高远，铁杵磨成针。”
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第二年，当她和她的球队去参加北加利福尼亚州冠军赛时，她被一位大学的招生人员看中，并获得了全额奖学金，进入美国全国大学体育协会中的一个女子篮球队。她要去上大学了，那是她多年来梦想的，为之奋斗的目标。
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没错：志当存高远，铁杵磨成针。
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词汇串珠：
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1. muscle [ˈmʌsl] n. 肌肉 体力；力量，实力 vt. 加强；使劲挤出
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例句：Some of my friends develop their arm muscles by playing tennis.
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我的一些朋友通过打网球锻炼他们胳膊的肌肉。
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2. dribble [ˈdrɪbl] v. 流口水，滴下，运球 n. 点滴，［体］运球，带球
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例句：He wiped a dribble of milk from his chin with a handkerchief.
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他用手帕擦去淌在下巴上的一点牛奶。
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3. hesitation [hezɪˈteɪʃən] n. 犹豫，踌躇
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【引申词】hesitate [ˈheziteit] v. 犹豫，迟疑，踌躇
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例句：She answered without a moment’s hesitation.
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她毫不迟疑立即回答。
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4. scholarship [ˈskalərˌship] n. 奖学金，学问，学识
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