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Unit 22 Overcoming Dyslexia
第22單元 克服失讀癥
My whole life I have had to deal with dyslexia. Dyslexia is when you look at letters and numbers, and they get all mixed up. You may read a word thinking it says one thing but, in fact, it says something different all together. Obviously, this made reading and writing very difficult.
我一生都在克服失讀癥，失讀癥的癥狀是當你讀文字或數字時，它們全部混在一起，你可能會以為你讀的這個字是這個意思，但放到句子里卻是不同的意思，這使得讀寫變得非常困難。
Before someone recognized my problem, I suffered greatly in school. Kids would tease me when I read out loud, and teachers would tell me I wasn’t trying hard enough. I became shy and didn’t want to read out loud or even quietly, I hated reading.
在別人發現我有這個問題之前，我在學校過了一段苦日子，當我大聲朗誦時，其他孩子會嘲笑我，而老師也嫌我不夠努力，我變得很內向，不想大聲朗讀，甚至小聲也不敢，我討厭閱讀。
In grade four, I had a wonderful teacher who realized I had a problem. Right away, I was put into special classes. Over time, I learned to like reading. In fact, I came to love it.
四年級時，我遇到了一個很好的老師，他知道我有這方面的問題，馬上把我調到特殊班級，在這段期間，我學習喜歡閱讀，事實上我漸漸愛上閱讀！
Now, at the age of thirty, I am a published author and a public speaker. So, it goes to show that if you put your mind to something, you can overcome anything!
現在我已經三十歲，我是個作家并且公開演說，因此這證明如果你決心下工夫，你一定能克服任何困難。
【美】 Meredith Walker 著 陳怡芬 譯
上海交通大學出版社出版
