文档介绍：一出生就被遗弃在孤儿院门口的两姐妹乔伊和米里亚姆，最后成为英国最有前途的轮
椅篮球明星运动员。
Wheelchair basketball stars
轮椅上的篮球姐妹花
四川双流中学 蒋建平（特级教师）
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1. orphanage /謖蘅蘼f藜n奘d廾/ n. 孤儿院
2. spina bifida 脊柱裂
3. tournament /謖t尬藜n藜m藜nt/ n. 锦标赛
Since birth, Joy and Miriam were left at the gate of an orphanage. For the disabled sisters, who
both have spina bifida, it may have seemed that all hopes were lost at that time. But after being
adopted by a British couple, they have become two of the country蒺s most promising wheelchair basket鄄
ball stars.
In 2005, the Haizes adopted them. Then, they moved to the UK when Joy was six and Miriam
was seven. The girls discovered the wheelchair basketball through a chance conversation, which Mr
Haize had with a friend in 2011. They hadn蒺t known wheelchair sports before, but Joy was hooked
from the beginning.
While Miriam loved the sport, it took her a little longer to become a serious athlete. “I used to
have really low self鄄respect,” she said. “It蒺s only when Joy got into the Under 25s European Champi鄄
onships in 2013 that I started to take basketball seriously. It gave me a path to follow.” Miriam was
then chosen to play at both regional trials and the Sainsbury蒺s School Games in 2014. Of course, she