중3 천재 이재영 – 해석연습
Lesson. 8 All Your Dreams Are Worth Chasing
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1Lesson. 8 All Your Dreams Are Worth Chasing
My Grandmother’s Baseball Dreams 할머니의 야구 꿈
My grandmother Helen used to be a cook in a restaurant in a small town near South Bend, Indiana.
She does not work anymore, but she still enjoys making delicious food, which I love so much.
Food is one of the many things that connect us.
What connects us most strongly, however, is baseball.
When I visit her on weekends, my grandmother often tells me exciting stories about playing baseball back in the 1940s.
She must have loved the sport very much.
I listen to these stories over and over.
She always says, “Go after what you want, Sarah.
Don‘t be afraid of trying something new or challenging.
중3 천재 이재영 – 해석연습
Lesson. 8 All Your Dreams Are Worth Chasing
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2Don’t be ashamed of failing.”
In 1943, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was founded.
This league was created for baseball fans because many of America’s young men were fighting in World War Ⅱ.
Helen was told that there would be local tryouts right in South Bend.
She wondered, “What would it be like to be on a baseball team and to make it to the finals for my hometown?”
She imagined a large banner hanging at the baseball field which included the name Helen Baker.
On the day of the tryouts, all the rules were explained by an old man in a suit, who sounded very serious and unkind.
She thought that wearing a suit in the hot sun might have made him impatient.
On that day, Helen played baseball for hours with many other young women.
She was excited to go after her baseball dreams!
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Lesson. 8 All Your Dreams Are Worth Chasing
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3About a week later, Helen found a letter in the mailbox.
It was from people who worked for the girls’ baseball league in Chicago.
It read that she had been invited to the league’s main tryouts in Chicago!
As the days went by, however, Helen became worried that she might fail.
She also became worried about traveling alone to Chicago, which was far away from home.
When the day of the main tryouts came, she was too afraid to go.
My grandmother has spent the rest of her life regretting her decision.
When she watches a baseball game on TV, she often says, “I should have gone to Chicago.
You know, all your dreams are worth chasing, even if you catch only a few of them.
Never miss an opportunity.”
