Is it possible for a girl who stands as short as 1.55m to reach the destiny as the best Ping-pang player all through the world? Is it possible for a girl who could even not jot down all the 26 English characters at first to attain an economic PhD of Cambridge University? Ms Deng Yaping will tell you the answer is true.
Born short, Ms Deng Yaping who was fond of Ping-pang was rejected by any sports school. She could not take the usual path to realizing her dream of becoming a prestigious player. As a result, her father became the supervisor of her and made detailed and challenging training plan for her. To her father’s relief, Deng Yaping spared no effort to improve herself and always did more than he ordered her. There is a will, there is a win. As young as 10-year old, Deng Yaping who were an amateur beaten a couple of professional players and won the championship. The following was another gold medal three years later and what was the icing on the cake was the acceptance from the national Ping-pang team. Deng Yaping always worked much harder than her peers as well as the request of the national team. It was revealed that every day Deng Yaping hit the Ping-pang ball at least 10,000 times. Efforts paid off. Step by step, she obtained numerous gold medals and was on her road to success. Finally she struggled her way to the highest level of two batches of Olympic Games. Deng Yaping ranked No.1 in the world for amazing 8 years. No wonder so many competent players said it was a grief to play Ping-pang in the age of Deng Yaping.
As a saying is going, success is a journey instead of a destination. Her legend was not coming to an end. She was admitted by the English department of Qinghua University immediately after the termination of her sports life. At first, she had no idea what the tutors were saying and could only keep track of whatever she was able to recognize. Despite the enormous difficulty, she determined to go down the road. In order to sharpen her English, she set aside 14 hours in everyday life to learn English and kept repeating whatever she heard from the tapes and broadcast. After one year in Qinghua University and three months in the center for English learning of Cambridge University, she was amazingly able to talk free with Chairman Samaranch (International Olympic Committee) in English. She even managed to make speeches in front of the International Olympic Committee when Beijing was striving for the chance of hosting Olympic Games.
Last year she served as the vice dean of Olympic village in times of Beijing Olympic Games. Subsequently she took over two positions of two separate subordinate committee of International Olympic Committee. Her future also deserves being looked forward to. Deng Yaping always challenges the difficult things and even what seems impossible when she is at a crossroads. I am deeply impressed by the legendary story of Deng Yaping and her courage to pursuit what she wants no matter what lies on the road. Actually I felt discouraged and it was hardly possible to achieve a high level of English in the past. And since now I will change my tune because I have Deng Yaping as my model. It is time to take steps towards doing something challenging and different.
Let’s go head!
I am also impressed by Deng Yaping. It is her courage and determination to face challenges and her persistence in training and learning that made her succeed. At present, I think how she managed to master English well and be able to communicate in English fluently in such a short time inspires me more. From her experience I know there are no shortcuts in learning a language. All I can do is to work harder and put more efforts.
ReplyDeleteFrom your blog I am surprised to see how well you have learnt in class and how fluently you apply what you have learnt to your writing. The phrases such as “on her road to”, “go down the road” and “at a crossroad” are just what we have learnt a few days before and you managed to use them properly, making your blog more polished. It is what I must learn from you.