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Unit9FacingLife’sChallenges

AFamousQuote:

Theonlythingwehavetofearisfearitlf.

-FranklinDelanoRoovelt

FranklinDelanoRoovelt(1882-1945),the32ndPresidentoftheUnitedStates

(1933-1945),heledthenationoutoftheGreatDepressionandlaterintoWorldWarII.

Beforehedied,heclearedthewayforpeace,includingestablishmentoftheUnitedNations.

HispresidencyiswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestinUShistory.

TextA:300Hurdles

Pre-readingQuestions:

ueverdonehurdlesWhatdoyouthinkofit

ndsofdifficultiesandchallengeshaveyouevermetinyourlife?

Lifemaygiveyounegative,butdon’tdespair–itmayjustdevelopintoa

ar,like

runthe300mhurdles,Iwouldknowwhattheraceislike.

Thefirstthingtoanyraceisworryingaboutwhetheryouaregoingtowinornot.

reallymatterifyouwin

IsitreallygoingtobetheendoftheworldOrwillyoubeuptifyouloandforget

aboutitInlifeweworrytoomuchandliveinthemomenttoolittle.

startatdifferentspots,

latestoourlivestakingus

todifferentplacesandputtingusindifferentsituations,buthopefullywewillendup

inthesameplace,butmaybeatdifferenttimes.

rytokeepupwitheveryoneand

mbolizesthatattimesineveryone’sliveswe

worryaboutfittinginorbeingthesameasotherpeople,insteadofworryingabout

newerethesame,theworldwouldbeincrediblyboring.

rdleistheeasiesttogetoverbecauyou

symbolizesthoobstaclesinlifethatwestruggletogetover,butwealwaysmanage

lookatthathurdleintwoways:“Ican’tmakeitover,I’mtired”or“I

amonemorehurdleclortofinishingthisrace.”Thisisanexampleoftakinga

negativesituationandeingsomethingpositiveinit.

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Thenextpartoftheraceiveryhurdlebetweenthefirstandthelastone.

Thehurdlesgettougherandtougherandyoumayfeelasthoughyoucan’tgoon.

aybeasituationthatariswhereyoufeelas

thoughyoucan’falloverthat

“hurdle”orstrugglegettingoverit,butsomehowyoufinditinyourlftojumpover

itandmoveonwiththerace.

lasthoughyoujustwanttosay,“NoI

can’tdothis.”Again,youmustfinditinyourlfthatyoucandoit,andyoumust

finishtheracestrongerthanwhenyouhadstartedit.

wefindourlvesfallingandfalling,andmaybegettingtoolostinourproblemsthat

wefeellikewehavebeenthroughenoughandthere’sthurdle

’sonestepclototheendoftherace.

Onceyoufinish,youlookbackonitandyourealizethatyoumadeitnotby

leaping,butstepbystep.“Yardbyyard,hbyinch,lifecanbe

acinch.”

Allittakesisonestepatatime,onehurdleatatime.

TextBAViolinwithThreeStrings

Pre-readingQuestions:

nowanyonethatis/wasdeprivedofsomethinginlifebutstillleads/leda

successfulorbrilliantlife?

ouunderstandtheslogan“Nothingisimpossible”

OnNov.18th,1995,ItzhakPerlman,theviolinist,cameonstagetogiveaconcert

atAveryFisherHallatLincolnCenterinNewYorkCity.

IfyouhaveeverbeentoaPerlmanconcert,youknowthatgettingonstageisno

trickenwithpolioasachild,andsohehas

imwalkacrossthe

stageonestepatatime,painfullyandslowly,isanawesomesight.

Hewalkspainfully,yetmajestically,sitsdown,

slowly,putshiscrutchesonthefloor,undoestheclaspsonhislegs,tucksonefoot

bendsdownandpicksupthe

violin,putsitunderhischin,nodstotheconductorandproceedstoplay.

Bynow,tquietlywhilehemakeshis

mainreverentlysilentwhileheundoesthe

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ituntilheisreadytoplay.

Butthistime,hefinishedthefirstfewbars,one

ldhearitsnap–itwentofflikegunfire

asno

mistakingwhathehadtodo.

Wefiguredthathewouldhavetogetup,putontheclapsagain,pickupthe

crutchesandlimphiswayoffstage–toeitherfindanotherviolinorelfindanother

idn’d,hewaitedamoment,clodhiyesand

thensignaledtheconductortobeginagain.

Theorchestrabegan,layed

withsuchpassionandsuchpowerandsuchpurityastheyhadneverheardbefore.

Ofcour,anyoneknowsthatitisimpossibletoplayasymphonicworkwithjust

hat,andyouknowthat,butthatnightItzhakPerlmanrefud

ldehimmodulating,changing,re-composingthepieceinhis

oint,itsoundedlikehewasde-turningthestringstogetnewsounds

fromthemthattheyhadnevermadebefore.

Whenhefinished,npeople

asanextraordinaryoutburstofapplaufromevery

allonourfeet,screamingandcheering,doing

smiled,wipedthesweatfromhisbrow,raidhisbowtoquietus,andthenhesaid–

notboastfully,butinquiet,pensive,reverenttone–“Youknow,sometimesitisthe

artist’stasktofindouthowmuchyoucanstillmakewithwhatyouhaveleft.”

Whatapowerfullinethatis!

whoknowsPerhapsthatisthedefinitionoflife–notjustforartists,butforallofus.

Hereisamanwhohaspreparedallhislifetomakemusiconaviolinwithfour

strings,who,allofasudden,inthemiddleofaconcert,findshimlfwithonlythree

strings;sohemakesmusicwithstrings,andthemusichemadethatnightwithjust

threestringswasmorebeautiful,moresacred,morememorable,thananythathe

hadeverbefore,whenhehadfourstrings.

So,perhapsourtaskinthisshaky,fast-changing,bewilderingworldinwhichwe

liveistomakemusic,atfirstwithallthatwehave,andthen,whenthatisnolonger

possible,tomakemusicwiththatwehaveleft.