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0207林书豪JeremyLin

“Financialaid”referstothemoneyastudentreceiveswhilepayingforcollege.Themoneycanbeinthe

formofloans,whichhavetobepaidback,orgrantsandscholarshipswhichdonot.Grantscomefromthe

governmentandarealwaysneed-based.Thismeanstheyaregiventostudentswhohavelessmoneyand

thusneedmorehelp.Scholarshipscomefromeithertheuniversitiesthemselvesorotherorganizations.

PartA

Hello,everybody.WelcometoStudioClassroomWorldwide.Thanksforjoiningustoday.Kaylah,Iknow

thattoday’stopicisreallyspecialforyou.

Yes.IlovetalkingaboutJeremyLin.I’mabigfan,sothankyouforhavingme,Steve.

Yeah.JeremyLinisindeedawonderfulbasketballplayer.

Yes,wonderful.

He’sasmartHarvardgraduate.

Reallysmart.

He’saloyalsupporterofhisfans.

Soloyal!

He’samanwholoveshisfamily.

Lovesthemsomuch.

Kaylah,whatareyoudoing?

Well,Iamjustagreeingwithyou.

Whydoyoukeepinterruptingme?

I’mexcitedtotalkaboutJeremyLinsomemore.

Soyouareabigfan,aren’tyou?

Yes.Well,thencanyoutellmehisjerseynumber?

Numberseven.

Canyoutellmehowtallheis?

Sixfeetthreeinches.2.54cm0.3048m

Uh...OK,here’sahardone.Whatishisbirthday?

Easy!

August23,1988.See?

ItoldyouIwasafan.

Wow!

Yes,youare.Howdoyouknowsomuchabouthim?

TheInternet.Oh,right.Butifhewasn’tsuchanamazingbasketballplayer,youwouldn’tknowwhoheis,

wouldyou?

Probablynot.

Solet’slearnabouthisjourneytotheNBAstartingonpage19,RiseofaStar.

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JeremyLin.

RiseofaStar.

Inhighschool,LindreamedofplayingintheNBAbutdidnotreallyexpecttodoso.Whenhe

appliedforcollege,hewasnotofferedasinglesportsscholarship.However,afterhisadmissionto

Harvard,hewasofferedaplaceonitscollegebasketballteam.DuringLin’stimeatHarvard,his

basketballcareerbegantotakeoff.Hescored1,482points,makinghimoneofthehighestscorers

inIvyLeaguehistory.Eventually,therecognitionhereceivedledhimtosuspectthathisNBA

dreamcouldcometrue.

Friends,it’sexcitingtobetalkingaboutsomeonewecanalladmire.JeremyLinisanincredible

basketballplayeraswellasaverysmartstudentanddevotedtohisfamilyaswell.

Yeah.We’veseenhowheisagreatpersononthecourt,heisalsoagoodpersoninlifethankstothe

supportofhisfamily.

Buthissupportofhisfamilywaswhatpushedhimtobecomewhathe...istoday.Sowe’retalkingabout

thisRiseofaStar.NowRyan,we’renottalkingaboutastarasinthenightsky.

No,ofcoursenot.We’retalkingaboutsomeonewhoisfamous.Andheisveryfamous!

Wesawtheheis

thefirstChinese-AmericanbasketballplayerintheNBA.

That’sright.Butthisisthe“riseofastar,”sothisishowhebecamethestarthatheis.It’sabouthim

comingup,hisjourneytobecominganNBAbasketballplayer.Well,wesawthatitstartedwhenhewas

fivewhenhelearnedthegamebutcontinued.

Right.Nowinhighschool,hedreamedofplayingintheNBAbutdidnotreallyexpecttodoso.

Ithinkmosthighschoolboys,Iknowmyfriendsthatplayedbasketballinhighschoolalwaysdreamedof

playingfortheNBA.SoIimaginemostyoungboysdodreamofplayingintheNBA,buthenever

thoughthereallywould.

Yeah.Andlikemostboys,weprobablydidn’texpecttomakeitintoliketheNBAortheMLBfor

baseball.ButhereweseeJeremyLinheeventuallydiddothat.

Infact,whenheappliedforcollege,hewasnotofferedasinglesportsscholarship.Nowmostplayersthat

goontoplayfortheNBAattendcollegeonasportsscholarship.Thatmeanstheschool,thegovernment

givesthemmoneytoplaybasketballorwhateversportattheirschool.

Right.Ascholarshipismoneygiventoastudentsothattheycanattendtheschool.Andofcourse,most

schoolsyouwouldwantthemtoofferyouasportsscholarshipsothatyoucouldbecome,hopefully,a

professionalsportsplayer.

Nowmostoftenifyou’renotofferedasportsscholarship,thatmeansyou’venotbeenofferedaplaceon

theteamrightaway.Soit’sbestifyouwanttoplaythesporttobegoinginasanestablishedplayer.

However,thiswasnotwhathappenedforJeremy.

That’sright,yeah.Weseeuh...afterhisadmissiontoHarvard,hewasofferedaplaceonitscollege

basketballteam.

NowRyan,that’sraretobeattendingschoolandthenjusttryoutfortheteam.Buthemadetheteamand

hadnosportsscholarshipsatall.

Exactly.Andthatwasafterhis“admission,”whichiswhenaschoolagreestoletyoucomeandjointhat

school.Nowwhat’sinterestingaboutthis,Kaylah,isthathedidn’treceiveanyscholarships.Usuallyif

youareagoodplayer,youdon’t...oryouwouldreceiveascholarship.Buttheystilllethimontheirteam.

That’sright.Hestartedtoplayforthem.AndduringhistimeatHarvard,hisbasketballcareerbeganto

justtakeoff.

Exactly.Andifsomething“takesoff,”OK,we’vetalkedaboutairplanestakingoffwhentheyliftintothe

sky,thisisalittlebitdifferent.Thismeansthatyoubegintobecomesuccessfulveryquickly.

That’sright.Anditiskindoflikeanairplanetakeoffwhenyouthinkaboutit.Youbecomesuccessful

veryquicklyjustasanairplanebeginstogointotheairveryquickly,soitrisesintothesky.Andthat’s

whatyouaredoing.Ifyourcareertakesoff,youarequicklygoingupintheranks.

Yes.Andweseehowhedidthat.Hescored1,482points,makinghimoneofthehighestscorersinIvy

Leaguehistory.

Thatisalotofpoints.Thatissomanypoints.ButthiswasinIvyLeaguehistoryhesetthisrecord.Now

the”IvyLeague”referstoagroupofcollegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStatesthatarethoughttobe

thehighestlevelofeducation,so.Therearequiteafew:

DartmouthandHarvardand...there’sawholelist

ofthemthatareconsideredveryhighacademicsthatyouneedtogetinto.

Yeah.Manypeoplelikethoseschoolsandsothatmakesitevenmoreimpressive.Iamstillamazedthat

hescored1,482points.Ithinkthatisalot.

Well,Ryan,thatstatistic,thatimpressivescoreisactuallywhatmadehimthinkhecouldreceive

recognitionfromtheNBAandmaybehisdreamcouldbecometrue.

Right.Andhedidgetalotofrecognitionforbeingsuchagoodplayerinsuchgoodschools,sohebegan

tosuspectorbegantothinkmaybehecouldjointheNBA.Allright,nowlet’sgototheChatRoom.

（ChatRoom）

Hi,Ken.

Hey,Bryan.Ijustpickedupthisflyeratthefrontdoor.Sothelibraryisofferingascholarshipforlocal

highschoolstudents?

That’sright.Wearegivingfivestudents$1,000eachinfinancialaidforcollege.

That’sgreat.Hey,bytheway,isthereadifferencebetweenfinancialaidandascholarship?

Greatquestion,Ken.Hey,let’sseewhatDorishastosayaboutthis.

“Financialaid”referstothemoneyastudentreceiveswhilepayingforcollege.Themoneycanbeinthe

formofloans,whichhavetobepaidback,orgrantsandscholarshipswhichdonot.Grantscomefromthe

governmentandarealwaysneed-based.Thismeanstheyaregiventostudentswhohavelessmoneyand

thusneedmorehelp.Scholarshipscomefromeithertheuniversitiesthemselvesorotherorganizations.

Isee.Soarescholarshipsneed-based?

Someareneeds-based,butothersaremerit-based,whichmeansthey’regivenonthebasisofgradesor

otherabilities.Sothisscholarshipthelibraryisoffering,isitmerit-basedorneed-based?

It’smerit-based.Wedeterminewhogetsitbylookingattheirgrades.Applicantsalsohavetowritean

essayabouttheirfavoritebooks.

Whataboutsportsormusicscholarships?

Aretheymerit-basedorneed-based?

Thosearegenerallyatypeofmerit-basedscholarshipbasedonastudent’sperformanceineithersportsor

music.

Isee.Well,thanksfortheexplanation.

Noproblem,Ken.Bytheway,doyouknowanyonewhomightbeinterestedinthisscholarship?

Yes,mynephewisgraduatingthisyearandplanstostartcollegeinthefall.I’msurehecouldusealittle

extramoney.

Great.Youshouldtellhimtoapply.

Thanks.Iwill.

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PartB

SoJeremyLinattendedoneofthebestschoolsintheUnitedStateswithoutasportsscholarship,butsoon

provedjusthowvaluablehewasonabasketballcourt,whichmadehimthinkthathisdreamsjustmight

cometrue.Nowfriends,Ihopethisisanencouragementtoyoutokeeptrying,tokeepgoingafteryour

dreamsbecausejustlikeJeremy,youneverknowwhatthefuturemayhold.Well,joinustohearmoreof

hisstoryonpage20atthetoponlineone.

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JeremyLin.

Whenhefirstgraduated,noprofessionalteamsofferedLinacontract,buthewasinvitedtoplayin

theNBASummerLeague.HeplayedwellandendedupeagerlysigningacontractwiththeGolden

StateWarriors.

LifeintheNBA.

Atfirst,playinginprofessionalgamesfilledLinwithexcitement.Hetreasuredopportunitiesto

meetplayershehadbeenwatchingonTVforyears.Hewasthrilledbytheopportunitieshehadto

rideinprivateplanesandgiveinterviews.

TounderstandhowJeremyLingotintotheNBA,weneedtounderstandhowyouendupintheNBAin

thefirstplace.Usuallyyoudoneedtograduatefromuniversity,andthenyouareaskedtojoinanNBA

teamtosignacontract.Butthat’snotwhathappenedforJeremy.

That’sright.Whenfirsthe...whenhefirstgraduated,therewerenoprofessionalteamswhoofferedhima

contract.Usuallythatwouldhappenprettyquicklywhenyougraduate.

That’sright.Especiallyconsideringjusthowamazingaplayerheis,he