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I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched 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.
我记得第一天看到她打篮球的情景。看着她总是尽力地跳起投篮，球恰好越过那些孩子头顶飞入篮筐。那些男孩总是拼命地阻止她，但没有人可以做得到。
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. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She looked directly in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, \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 facts don't count.\smiled and ran towards the court to recap the routine I had seen over and over again.
平时我开始注意到她，她总手持篮，一个人练习。她一遍遍地练习运球和投篮，有时直到天黑。有一天我问她为什么这么刻苦地练习。她直视着我的眼睛，不加思索地说:“我想上大学。只有获得奖学金我才能上大学。我喜欢打篮球， 我想只要我打得好，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。爸爸告诉我说，心中有目标，风雨不折腰。”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练习。
I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her varsity team to victory.
我看着她这些年从初中升到高中。每个星期，她带领的学校篮球代表队都能够获胜。 One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, head cradled in her arms. Quietly I asked what was wrong. \too short.\a top ranked team -- much less offered a scholarship -- so she should stop dreaming about college.
高中那会儿的某一天，我看见她坐在草地上，头埋在臂弯里。我轻轻地问出什么事了。“哦，没什么，”她轻声回答， “只是我太矮了。”原来篮球教练告诉她，以五英尺五英寸的身材，她几乎是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——所以她应该放弃想上大学的梦想。
She was heartbroken but She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just 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. And if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.
她很伤心，但她告诉我，她爸爸说那些教练错了。他们根本不懂得梦想的力量。他告诉她，如果真的想到一个好的大学去打篮球，如果她真的想获得奖学金，任何东西也不能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。要记住“心中有目标，风雨不折腰。”
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter. She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division I, 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了。她真的获得了奖学金，一个全面资助的奖学金，并且进入美国全国大学体育协会其中一队女子甲组篮球队。她将接受她曾梦想并为之奋斗多年的大学教育。 It's true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count. 心中有目标，风雨不折腰。这的确没错。
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