缺陷無法定義你的能力

江西 賴麗霞

1I had polio(小兒麻痹癥)when I was 4 years old.The first polio vaccine（疫苗）wasn't issued until 1955,so I missed it by a few years.

2Then my life completely changed.Before polio, I played with toys and I loved to run around.What changed is that I could no longer walk.I walked with leg braces, but I was lucky because polio did not affect my lungs or my arms.There were many children that had to be put in an iron lung.

3Thanks to my parents' encouragement, I continued with music.“You don't play the violin with your feet.You play with your hands,and your hands are just fine,”they said.At the beginning of my professional career,I did have problems with people not accepting me.They only looked at the effect polio had on me, not at what I had to offer musically.The only challenge I had was to prove that people should judge me by my music.I always wanted to separate the two things,because I felt that the music had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I had experienced polio.I never wanted people to say,“Well,you know,for somebody who can't walk,he plays very well.”

4After a while, people kind of got used to me.But people now know me,and they judge me by what they hear.I wanted everybody to actually mention my disability to set an example and show how important it is to“separate your ability from your disability”.That is my motto.

5Right now,I'm a realist.I don't think that polio is gone.But maybe it's a little better.Now if you had polio,you aren't automatically in danger of dying.I think that's all because of the vaccines.Let's hope for better times in the future.It's up to us.

Reading Check

1.Which part of the author's body was affected by polio?

A.Legs.B.Lungs.

C.Hands.D.Arms.

2.What did the author prefer people to judge him by?

A.His ability.B.His disability.

C.His difficulty.D.His career.

3.What can we learn from paragraph 5?

A.Polio is over.

B.Hope is faraway.

C.Vaccines are essential.

D.Polio is a dangerous disease.

4.Which of the following words can best describe the author?

A.Active but slow in action.

B.Independent but a bit rude.

C.Quick but sort of passive.

D.Broken in body but firm in spirit.

?語篇解碼

作者自小得了小兒麻痹癥，但其樂觀的態度和堅強的意志讓他成了一名優秀的小提琴家。

?語言學習

Ⅰ.語料薈萃

語篇單詞重要短語issue v.發表；發布 completely adv.徹底地；完整地iron n.鐵器；熨斗 lung n.肺；（無脊椎動物的）呼吸器官encouragement n.鼓勵 professional adj.專業的；職業的career n.生涯；經歷 n.專業人士；內行offer v.提供；自愿給予 challenge n.挑戰separate v.（使）分開；分離 absolutely adv.完全地；絕對地actually adv.真實地；事實上 mention v.談及；提到disability n.缺陷；障礙 automatically adv.自動地；無意識地no longer 不再 judge...by 根據……來判斷set an example 樹立榜樣 in danger of 處于……危險之中

Ⅱ.語句分析

1.I always wanted to separate the two things, because I felt that the music had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I had experienced polio.我一直想把這兩件事分開，因為我覺得音樂和我得過小兒麻痹癥完全沒有關系。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。because 引導原因狀語從句，從句中還包括一個that引導的賓語從句以及一個that引導的同位語從句。

2.But people now know me,and they judge me by what they hear.但現在人們認識我了，而且還是根據他們所聽到的來評判我。

【點石成金】本句是一個并列句，后面的分句中還包括一個what引導的賓語從句。

?語言運用

Ⅰ.例句仿寫

1.采納新規則的建議是主席提出的。

_______________________the new rule be adopted came from the chairman.

2.他們已經做了他們能做的一切去幫助她。

They've done _______________________to help her.

Ⅱ.寫作實踐

假定你是李華，你的英國朋友Jim 剛進入高中。由于身體缺陷，他無法正常行走，因此，他對高中要面臨的挑戰有點迷茫，請你寫一封電子郵件，給他一些相關的建議。

注意：

1.詞數80左右；

2.可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。

Dear Jim,

I'm glad to know you have become a senior high school student.___________________

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Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua