1.In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. 2.Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. 3.My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. 4.She was the first in our family to reach that goal. 5.But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. 6.I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. 7.It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait. 8.Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. 9.In 1999, we adopted our first son. 10.To lay eyes on him was fantastic---and very emotional. 11.A year later came our second adopted boy. 12.Then followed the third son. 13.In 2003, I gave birth to another boy. 14.You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 81. 15.Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. 16.Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. 17.But I never gave up on the dream either. 18.I had only one choice: to find a way. 19.That meant talking as few as one class each semester. 20.The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. 21.They often wanted me to stay home with them. 22.There certainly were times I wanted to quit. 23.But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives. 24.In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. 25.It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！ 26.I am not special, just single-minded. 27.It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. 28.Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. 29.It’s a process. Remember:little steps add up to big dreams. New words and expressions 生词和短语 fall 秋天 bright-eyed 聪明的，眼睛明亮的 heading off 前往 Howard University 哈佛大学 aiming at 目标 legal career 法律的职业 Supreme Court bench最高法院法官 later 之后 bright-eyed 聪明的，眼睛明亮的 dreamer 梦想家 different 不同的 amazing 令人惊奇的 graduated 毕业于（过去式） college 大学 first 第一个 goal 目标 started 开始（过去式） college 大学 developed 发展成了（过去式） cancer 癌症 choice 选择 withdraw 离开 college 大学 meant 意味着（过去式） personal 私人的 dream 梦想 got married 结婚（过去式） building 建立 combination 合作 adopt 收养 biological生物学的 adopted 收养（过去式） son 儿子 lay eyes 集中精力 fantastic 不可思议的 emotional 很激动的 second 第二个 adopted boy 收养的孩子（过去式） followed 接着（过去式） birth 生出 another 另一个 imagine 想象 fully 充满的 occupied 占用（过去式） raising 提高的 age 年龄 complete完全的 zoo动物园 joyous 快乐的 surprising 令人惊讶的是 college 大学 full-time 全天的 never 从未 gave up 放弃（过去式） either 也 choice 选择 find a way 找个方法 as few as 尽量的少 each 每个 semester 学期 hardest 艰难的（最高级） guilty 愧疚的 spent 花费（过去式） away from 远离 wanted 想要（过去式） stay home 待在家 certainly 当然 quit 放弃 set 设置，做 an example 一个榜样 follow through 追随，坚持 lives 生命（复数） graduated 毕业与（过去式） university 大学 carolina卡罗莱纳州 get 得到 college 大学 degree 学位 special 特殊的 single-minded 专心的 struck 震惊（过去式） challenge 挑战 outside 外面 huge 巨大的 in the midst of 在其中 seems 似乎（第三人称单数） normal 正常的 arrive 到达 life 生活 |
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