Meeting someone alike遇見“自己”

歐衛國

杰斯·克勞德是一個受到歧視的獨臂男孩，為此，他非?？鄲?。當他遇到另一位殘疾男孩特拉肖恩·威利斯時，他們的生活會發生怎樣的改變呢？

1 When Jayce Crowder was in kindergarten， he noticed that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. But he had only one.

2 It started when one boy teased him. Jayce was in a bad mood. He returned home in Des Moines， Iowa. “Why am I different？ Why me？ Why？” He was mad at looking so different from others， which really hurt him. His mother， Lewis anxiously didn t know how to provide answers to these questions.

3 A few weeks later， Lewis turned on the TV to a news story about Trashaun Willis， an eighth grader. The boy， then 14， had become an Internet？鄄star after posting videos of his slam dunk（扣籃）. Like Jayce， he was missing most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. He was shocked， staring at one slam dunk after another.

4 At the time， it seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be an inspiring moment for Jayce—he d see a shining role model with a seemingly similar born disability. Luckily，a family friend had already reached out to the Des Moines Register， asking the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to encourage Jayce and build his confidence.

5 A few days later， the good news that Trashaun accepted the invitation to meet Jayce came. Finally， the boys met at Washington Middle School on a Saturday afternoon. Several months later they instantly bonded. They rode bikes around the school s hallways， took photos， and played basketball together. Trashaun taught Jayce how to achieve slam dunks， even giving him a basketball as a gift. He told Jayce he was perfect the way he looked and encouraged him not to let anyone drag him down and shake his confidence.

6 After the meeting， Jayce learned to accept his disability. He began to understand that there are many people like him and came to adapt himself to his disability. He practises shooting basketball every day and he really loves it. Jayce often chats with Trashaun on the Internet about basketball skills as well as some school issues. He is really motivated by this role model and has a positive attitude to his future life. As for Trashaun， he never dreamed that his videos would have such an impact. His relationship with Jayce made him look forward to helping more kids.

Answer the following questions according to the narration.

1. What was the matter with Jayce Crowder when he was in kindergarten？ How did he feel at it？

2. Did Jayce Crowder s mother know the answer to his confusion？

3. Why was Jayce shocked when he saw the slam dunk of Trashaun Willis？

4. Who asked the newspaper to help set up a meeting between Jayce and Trashaun？ Why did he/she do that？

5. Did Trashaun accept the invitation to meet Jayce？ How did he get along with Jayce Crowder？

6. What difference did the meeting make both on Jayce Crowder and Trashaun？

7. What moral lesson is this narration likely to imply in your eyes？

Write a summary of the narration with about 100 words. Your writing should include the main incidents of the story as well as its moral lesson.