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It is hard to imagine how a person is to spend
the whole life when only the head and hands are able to move.
Xu Ruiyang, an 18-year-old student from Kunming,
has suffered (遭受) from spina muscular atrophy (脊柱肌肉萎缩)1she was 2 years old. At
that time, the doctor said that most children with spinal muscular atrophy will
only live a few years.
The family did not give up, or even just2. To help Xu Ruiyang live
with dignity (尊严), her parents 3her living and learning
skills strictly. Opening a book or raising hands, some very easy actions for
common people,4, are big challenges for
Xu. She had to use her head or5to work together with hands
to finish these actions.
When she started learning to write, she couldn't
even6a pen. But she never gave
up. Once she lost the pen, she picked it up and7writing. Xu finally could
write 500 Chinese characters before becoming a primary school student, after8 thousands of times.
Over the past few years, Xu has overcome (克服) many problems, including
the 9 caused by the disease. Her parents worried
about her health and 10her to drop out of school,
but Xu's answer was no. "11I read a book and do my
homework, the pain is gone," said Xu.
When asked by reporters on how to deal with
difficulties, Xu calmly said, “Patience. When you can't change anything, crying
is useless, so just be12."
In Xu's opinion, her sunny and self-confident13comes from the love of her
parents.
"If we are not able to make
her live longer, we can make her life wider," said Xu's father. They
travelled across China and more than 20 14 over the world, including Italy, Thailand and
Singapore. During these trips, she developed an interest in learning a 15language. "I think it's cool to learn
about other countries' culture and express your feelings to others," said Xu.
Last June, she finished China's Gaokao and
received an offer from Sichuan International Study University.
