Deng Yaping, 28, from Henan Province, is a talented woman player f table tennis. She was the table tennis champion of the 1 l th Asian Games nd the 41st World Table Tennis Championship. And in the 25th Olympic ames she won two gold medals.  Why can she make such brilliant chievements with the disadvantage of her Short figure? Her hard work and etermination to succeed helped her to overcome many disadvantages. At the age of 4, she began to play table tennis under the guidance of her father. When she was 8, she won the championship in the national competition of the amateur sports school. In 1988 she became a member of the National Training Team. On her way to success, she proved that height was nothing and hard work was everything.

    邓亚萍，女，28岁，河南人，一位杰出的乒乓球运动员。她分别在11届亚运会和41届世界乒乓球锦标赛上获得冠军，并在25后奥运会中获得两枚金牌。为什么她能在个子不高的状况下取得如此辉煌的成就呢?是她的勤奋和决心弥补了她的缺陷，指引她走向功。4岁时，她在父亲的指导下开始打乒乓球；8岁时就夺得业余体校全国冠军；1998年，成为国家集训队员。在成功的路上，她向我们证明了：个子矮小并不重要，勤奋才是成功的关键。

     Deng Yaping, 28,  is a world-famous woman player of table tennis.She comes from Henan Province. At the age of 4,  she began to play ping-pong under her father's instructions. When she was 8 years old, she won the championship in the national competition of the amateur sports school. In 1988 she entered the National Training Team. After that she won medals one after another, including gold medals in the 1 l th Asian Games' Table Tennis Competition and the 41st World Table Tennis Championship and two gold medals in the 25th Olympic Games. Is she born a table tennis player? No. She is only 1.5 meters in height, which is her disadvantage. However, she overcame it by hard work and perservance.Her success proves where there is a will, there is a way.

    邓亚萍，女，28岁，世界著名乒乓球运动员，河南人。4岁时，在父亲指导下开始打乒乓球。8岁时，获得业余体校全国冠军。1988年进入国家集训队,之后获得了一枚又一枚的奖牌。其中包括：11后亚运会冠军，41后世界乒乓球锦标赛冠军及25届奥运会金牌2枚。邓亚萍天生扰是乒乓球运动员吗?不。她身高只有1．5米，这对她非常不利。然而，她靠勤奋和毅力克服了这些不利因素。她的成功证明．有志者事竟成。