My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured1 us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally2 - but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery3, casts4 and braces5. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a problem when you saw him walk .
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We never told him that he probably wouldn't be able to run as well as the other children. So he didn't know.
In seventh grade he decided6 to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others - perhaps he sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know. <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/MiNiFoRm.html>蘇州中考作文培訓</a>
He continued to run four to five miles a day, every day - even the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt. "Okay," he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat7 ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn't run four miles with a 103-degree fever. So he didn't know.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade - the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldn't expect to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it. We never told him he couldn't do it...so he didn't know. He just did it.
1 assured
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a.確實的，深信的
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He spoke in a calm, assured voice. 他冷靜自信地說。 The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 這一產(chǎn)品的制造商向我們保證說他們沒有犧牲質量。
2 normally
adv.正常地，通常地
參考例句：
I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六買東西。 My pulse beats normally.我脈搏正常。
3 surgery
n.外科，外科手術；手術室
參考例句：
What time does surgery finish?門診什么時間結束？ Your condition is serious and requires surgery.你的情況很嚴重，需要動外科手術。
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4 casts
v.投( cast的第三人稱單數(shù) )；擲；扔；澆鑄
參考例句：
He casts up his accounts at the end of each day. 每天結束時他都結一次賬。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》 The tree casts a shadow on the ground. 樹的影子映在地上。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5 braces
n.吊帶，背帶；托架( brace的名詞復數(shù) )；箍子；括弧；（兒童）牙箍v.支住( brace的第三人稱單數(shù) )；撐牢；使自己站穩(wěn)；振作起來
參考例句：
The table is shaky because the braces are loose. 這張桌子搖搖晃晃，因為支架全松了。 You don't need braces if you're wearing a belt! 要系腰帶，就用不著吊帶了。
6 decided
adj.決定了的，堅決的；明顯的，明確的
參考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.這使他們比對手具有明顯的優(yōu)勢。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英國人和中國人打招呼的方式有很明顯的區(qū)別。
7 sweat
n.汗，汗水，水珠，焦急；vi.出汗，滲出，冒出水氣，結水珠，煩惱，懊惱；vt.使出汗，流出，榨出，使汗流浹背
參考例句：
She was all of a sweat.她一身大汗。 She is always all of a sweat before the exam.她臨考前總是急得不得了。
《We Never Told Him He Couldn‘t》添加時間：2024-12-14；更新時間：2025-03-09
