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After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student．A(n) 1 had kept the boy 2 , but he had expressed an interest in 3 me, and it would mean a great deal to him．I agreed．
4 the nine-mile drive to his home, I found something about Matthew．He had muscular dystrophy(肌肉萎缩症)．When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to 5 five, and 6 they were told he would not 7 it to ten．Now he was thirteen．He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, 8 I knew about overcoming(克服)obstacles(障碍)and going for my dreams．
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew． 9 once did he complain or ask,“ 10 me?”He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams． 11 , he knew what he was talking about．He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different．He 12 talked about his 13 for the future, and said he wanted to lift weight with me one day．
When we finished talking, I 14 to my briefcase(公文包)and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it 15 his neck．I told him he was 16 a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever 17 ．He looked at it for a moment, then 18 and handed it back to me．He said,“You are a champion．You earned that medal．Some day when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you．”
Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents 19 me that Matthew had 20 ．They wanted me to have the letter he had written to me a few days before．
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