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2023-07-21江西赖丽霞

疯狂英语·新悦读 2023年6期

江西赖丽霞

1I had polio(小儿麻痹症)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.

➢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。

➢语言学习

Ⅰ.语料荟萃

语篇单词重要短语issue v.发表；发布 completely adv.彻底地；完整地iron n.铁器；熨斗 lung n.肺；（无脊椎动物的）呼吸器官encouragement n.鼓励 professional adj.专业的；职业的career n.生涯；经历 n.专业人士；内行offer v.提供；自愿给予 challenge n.挑战separate v.（使）分开；分离 absolutely adv.完全地；绝对地actually adv.真实地；事实上 mention v.谈及；提到disability n.缺陷；障碍 automatically adv.自动地；无意识地no longer 不再 judge...by 根据……来判断set an example 树立榜样 in danger of 处于……危险之中

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。