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1、广西学位英语课文翻译UnitThree永不放弃They told him to quit, that he wasn't good enough,but figure skater Paul Wylie refused to listen. When he stepped off the plane in Washington,D.C., following the 1992 Winter Games, andeveryone in the terminal started clapping, Paul Wyliealmost stopped in his tracks. Wh
2、o's behind me? Hewondered. Despite the silver medal in his pocket, hecouldn't believe that the applause was for him. Fromthat moment on, Paul recognized that his life wouldnever be the same. The silver medal he earned in Albertville, France, ushered the 27-year-old figure skater into anew e
3、xistence. He was no longer a nobody who choked at big events, like the 1988 CalgaryOlympics, where he finished an unimpressive 10th. No longer the recipient of advice fromjudges who, after Paul's performance in the '91 World Championships, suggested that hequit:"Make room for the younger skat
4、ers." No longer the target of loaded questions from reporters covering the '91 Olympic Trials("What are you doing here?"). No longer the skater incapable of finishing ahead of U.S.National Champion Todd Eldredge or three-time defending World Champion Kurt Browning ofCanada. Now Paul Wylie w
5、as an Olympic hero. He was an athlete who kept going when doubterssuggested he quit. He was a recent Harvard University graduate who had frequently fantasizedabout life without grueling hours on the ice, but who persevered anyway. He was a young manwho had discovered and demonstrated that goa
6、ls can be reached no matter how manyobstacles and botched attempts lie in the way. "A reporter who interviewed me at the Closing Ceremonies told me, 'You came here anunknown and now you go home a hero,'" Paul says."I thought that was interesting, because Iwas in France and unaware of how my
7、journey was unfolding on U.S. television. It wasn't untilI stepped off the plane that I realized people considered me a hero. They were changed by mystory. They were changed by the fact that I was able to persevere and win the silver medaleve
