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　　I often watched a little girl playing basketball on the playground near my house．She would 　　1　　 shooting over and over again, sometimes until 　　2　　．One day I asked her 　　3　　 she practiced so hard．She said,“I like basketball．I want to play for the top basketball team．I want to be the 　　4　　．My daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count．”

　　I watched her 　　5　　 those high school years．One day, I saw her 　　6　　 on the grass, head in her arms．I walked to her and asked what was wrong．“Oh, 　　7　　,”she said．“I am just too short．”The coach told her that she was too 　　8　　 to play for a top team．She was very 　　9　　．I asked her if she had talked to 　　10　　 about it yet．She told me that her father said those coaches were 　　11　　．They just did not understand the power of a 　　12　　．He told her that nothing could 　　13　　her but one thing－her own attitude 　　14　　 she really wanted to play for a good basketball team．He told her again,“If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count．”The next year, she 　　15　　 to join the NCAA women’s basketball team．

　　It’s true：If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count．

　　注：(1)count重要　(2)coach教练　(3)power力量　(4)attitude态度　(5)NCAA全美大学生体育协会

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　　I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy．I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa．But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza．I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza．It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought．

　　Many years later I finally saw the Leaning Tower．I knew then that it was Pisa and no pizza．But there was still something special about it for me．The tower got its name because it really did lean to one side．Some people want to try to fix it．They are afraid it may fall over and they don’t like it leans over the city．

　　I do not think it’s a good idea to try to fix it．The tower probably will not fall down．It is 600 years old．Why should anything happen to it now? And, if you ask me, I like what it looks like．To me it is a very human kind of leaning．Nothing is perfect．It seems to say．

　　And who cares? Why do people want things to be perfect? Imperfect things may be more interesting．Let’s take the tower in Pisa．Why is it so famous? There are many other older, more beautiful towers in Italy．But Pisa tower is the most famous．People come from all over the world to see it．

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　　I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy．I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa．But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza．I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza．It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought．

　　Many years later I finally saw the Leaning Tower．I knew then that it was Pisa and no pizza．But there was still something special about it for me．The tower got its name because it really does lean to one side．Some people want to try to fix it．They are afraid it may fall over and they don't like it leans over the city．

　　I do not think it's a good idea to try to fix it．The tower probably will not fall down, it is 600 years old．Why should anything happen to it now? And, if you ask me, I like what it kooks like．To me it is a very human kinds of learning．nothing is perfect, it seems to say．

　　And who cares? Why do people want things to be perfect? Imperfect things may be more interesting．Let's take the tower in Pisa．Why is it so famous? There are many other older, more beautiful towers in Italy．But Pisa tower is the most famous．People come from all over the world to see it．

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