逍遥右脑 2016-02-10 14:17
If the Dream is Big Enough
你的幻想有多大?
I used to watch her from my kitchen window, she seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they play edduring recess. A sea of children, and yet to me, she stood out from them all.
我以前经常从厨房的窗户看到她穿梭于操场上的一群男孩子旁边，她显得那么矮小。学校在我家的街对面，我可以常常看到孩子们在下课时光打球。只管有一大群的孩子，但我感到她跟其他的孩子截然不同。
I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark.
我记得第一天看到她打篮球的情景。看着她在其余孩子旁边兜来转去，我觉得非常惊疑。她总是努力地跳起投篮，球刚好超出那些孩子的头顶飞入篮筐。那些男孩老是拼命地禁止她，但不人能够做得到。我开端留神到她有时候一个人打球。她一遍遍地训练运球跟投篮，有时直到入夜。
One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She looked directly in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship. I like basketball. I decided that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball.I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the factsdon't count.”
有一天我问她为什么这么耐劳地练习。她直视着我的眼睛，不加考虑地说:“我想上大学。只有获得奖学金我才干上大学。我爱好打篮球，我想只有我打得好，我就能获得奖学金。我要到大学去打篮球。我想成为最棒的球员。我爸爸告诉我说，心中有目标，风雨不折腰。”
Then she smiled and ran towards the court to recap the routine I had seen over and over again. Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined.I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week,she led her varsity team to victory.
说完她笑了笑，跑向篮球场，又开始我之前见过的一遍又一遍的训练。 嘿，我服了她了——她是下定了信心了。我看着她这些年从初中升到高中。每个礼拜，她率领的学校篮球代表队都可能获胜。
dribbling ['dr?bl]n. 控球;漏泄 v. 滴下;垂涎(dribble的ing情势)
One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh,nothing,” came a soft reply. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 5’5” she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team— much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college. 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.
高中那会儿的某一天，我看见她坐在草地上，头埋在臂弯里。我穿过街道，坐到她旁边的清凉的草地上。我微微地问出什么事了。“哦，没什么，”她轻声答复，“只是我太矮了。”本来篮球教练告诉她，以五英尺五英寸的身体，她简直是没有机遇到一流的球队去打球的——更不必说会获得奖学金了——所以她应当废弃想上大学的梦想。她很伤心，我也认为自己的喉咙发紧，由于我感到到了她的扫兴。我问她是否与她的爸爸谈过这件事。
She lifted her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the power of adream. 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 factsdon't count.”
她从臂弯里抬开端，告诉我，她爸爸说那些教练错了。他们基本不理解妄想的力气。他告知她，如果然的想到一个好的大学去打篮球，假如她真的想取得奖学金，任何货色也不能阻拦她，除非她本人不乐意。他又一次跟她说：“心中有目标，风雨不折腰。”
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern CaliforniaChampionship game, she was seen by a college recruiter. She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division 1, NCAA women's basketball team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.
第二年，当她和她的球队去加入北加利福尼亚州冠军赛时，她被一位大学的招生职员看中了。她真的失掉了奖学金，一项全额奖学金，并且能进入美国全国大学体育协会的一队女子甲组篮球队。她将接收她曾梦想并为之斗争多年的大学教导。
It's true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.
是的，心中有目的，风雨不折腰。