缺陷无法定义你的能力

赖丽霞

Separate your ability from your disability

1 I had polio （小儿麻痹症） 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.

?语篇解码

作者自小得了小儿麻痹症，但其乐观的态度和坚强的意志让他成了一名优秀的小提琴家。

Ⅱ. 语句分析

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. 我一直想把这两件事分开，因为我觉得音乐和我得过小儿麻痹症完全没有关系。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句。because引导原因状语从句，从句中还包括一个that引导的宾语从句以及一个that引导的同位语从句。

2. But people now know me， and they judge me by what they hear. 但现在人们认识我了，而且还是根据他们所听到的来评判我。

【点石成金】本句是一个并列句，后面的分句中还包括一个what引导的宾语从句。

?语言运用

Ⅰ. 例句仿写

1. 采纳新规则的建议是主席提出的。

the new rule be adopted came from the chairman.

2. 他们已经做了他们能做的一切去帮助她。

Theyve done                                                to help her.

Ⅱ. 写作实践

假定你是李華，你的英国朋友Jim刚进入高中。由于身体缺陷，他无法正常行走，因此，他对高中要面临的挑战有点迷茫，请你写一封电子邮件，给他一些相关的建议。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jim，

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

Best wishes！

Yours，

Li Hua