Never Giving Up

曲永華

本文講述了“網(wǎng)紅”獨(dú)臂少年張家誠身殘志堅(jiān)、熱愛籃球、勤奮苦練的勵(lì)志故事。

Although he has lost one arm， Zhang Jiacheng hopes never to lose his love for basketball or willingness to improve his skills of playing it.

The 13-year-old boy got wide attention from netizens（people who use the Internet）in China when a video of his excellent dribbling （帶球）skills in a one-on- one situation was posted online. “It’s so inspirational. How can you easily give up your efforts after watching his video？” One netizen wrote on Sina Weibo.

Born in Guangdong Province， Zhang lost his right arm in an accident at just five years old， which was a terrible event for such a young kid. Zhang， however， decided to face up to the hardship， and not let the fate （命運(yùn)）control his life. Because he has a dream： to be a basketball player.

Other children around always wondered how he could play basketball with just one arm. “Hard work” is the only thing that Zhang can do. Be it rainy or windy， Zhang never stops playing basketball， and has achieved huge improvement in his skills.

In the video， Zhang has showed his dribbling skills in front of a defense made up of several professional basketball players， and received a loud cheer from people watching on site. “Your right hand has been taken away in a terrible way， but you have the best left hand. You are the real star in this game，” former CBA player Wang Jing said after watching Zhang’s performance.

Zhang has posted 13 videos of his basketball skills on Douyin， and earned almost one million likes. “Give it a try， or give it up，” Zhang once wrote in one of his videos. Of course， he chose the former（前者）.

1.What happened to Zhang Jiacheng when he was 5 years old？

A. He lost his love for basketball.

B. He posted a video on Sina Weibo.

C. He lost his right arm in an accident.

2. What’s Zhang Jiacheng’s dream？

A. To be a football player.

B. To be a basketball player.

C. To be a popular netizen.

3. Zhang Jiacheng became famous by ________.

A. writing a lot of his own stories on Sina Weibo

B. posting his video of basketball skills on Douyin

C. watching the CBA palyer Wang Jing’s performance

4. What can you learn from the one- armed teenager？

A. Always give it a try.

B. Always give it up.

C. Let the fate control the life.

Keys：1-4 CBBA

精彩譯文：

永不放棄

雖然他已經(jīng)失去了一只手臂，但張家城希望永遠(yuǎn)不要失去對籃球的熱愛，也不希望失去提高籃球技術(shù)的意愿。

這名13歲男孩在網(wǎng)上發(fā)布了一段他在一對一情況下出色的運(yùn)球技巧的視頻，引起了中國網(wǎng)民的廣泛關(guān)注?！疤奈枞诵牧恕？戳怂囊曨l，你怎么能輕易放棄努力呢？”一位網(wǎng)友在新浪微博上寫道。

出生于廣東省的張家城5歲的時(shí)候在一次事故中失去了右臂，這對這么小的孩子來說是一件可怕的事情。然而，張家城決定面對困難，不讓命運(yùn)控制他的生活。因?yàn)樗幸粋€(gè)夢想：成為一名籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。

周圍的其他孩子總是想知道他怎么能只用一只胳膊打籃球?！芭τ?xùn)練”是張家城唯一能做的事。無論是下雨還是刮風(fēng)，張家城從來沒有停止過練習(xí)打籃球，他的技術(shù)也有了很大的提高。

在視頻里，面對由幾名專業(yè)籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員組成的防守時(shí)，張家城展現(xiàn)了自己高超的帶球技能?！澳愕挠沂直粴埲痰貖Z走了，但你有最好的左手。你是這場比賽中真正的明星?！鼻癈BA球員王晶在看完張家城的表演后說。

張家城在抖音上發(fā)布了13段打籃球的視頻，獲得了近100萬人的關(guān)注。張家城曾在一段視頻中寫道：“試一試，或者放棄?！碑?dāng)然，他選擇了前者。