缺陷無法定義你的能力

賴麗霞

Separate your ability from your disability

1 I had polio （小兒麻痹癥） when I was 4 years old. The first polio vaccine （疫苗） wasnt issued until 1955， so I missed it by a few years.

2 Then 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.

3 Thanks to my parents encouragement， I continued with music. “You dont 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 cant walk， he plays very well.”

4 After 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.

5 Right now， Im a realist. I dont think that polio is gone. But maybe its a little better. Now if you had polio， you arent automatically in danger of dying. I think thats all because of the vaccines. Lets hope for better times in the future. Its up to us.

[Reading][Check]

1. Which part of the authors 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(tài)度和堅強的意志讓他成了一名優(yōu)秀的小提琴家。

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(guān)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(xiàn)在人們認識我了，而且還是根據(jù)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(guī)則的建議是主席提出的。

the new rule be adopted came from the chairman.

2. 他們已經(jīng)做了他們能做的一切去幫助她。

Theyve 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(zhàn)有點迷茫，請你寫一封電子郵件，給他一些相關(guān)的建議。

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)80左右；

2. 可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

Dear Jim，

Im glad to know you have become a senior high school student.

Best wishes！

Yours，

Li Hua