20100329 Davy Liu Made for Making Art (1)

Davy Liu : Made for Making Art

Meet a talented artist who has discovered his purpose in life

Nearly losing his life before his first breath. Davy Liu began his remarkable story before his birth. While his mother was pregnant with him, the doctor checked and detected no heartbeat. Ten days later, just before a surgery to remove his body, the doctor double-checked and found a heartbeat! Despite the near tragedy, Davy was born a healthy baby. It appeared God had protected Liu's life for a special purpose. If so, it later became obvious that this purpose wasn't to make good grades.

Liu struggled in school as repeated classroom failures discouraged him. But his father's interest in his drawings encouraged him, so Liu drew whenever he could.

Learning his love for art
At 13, his family immigrated to Florida from Taichung (台中). Liu could scarcely communicate in English and barely kept up in school. In addition, being lonely made his first years in the States difficult. But he always looked forward to school art classes. Failing to shine in athletics or schoolwork, Davy felt his greatest chance of success lay in his artistic abilities. And these would soon make his greatest dreams come true.




double-check v. 重複確認/再次核對
eg: The flight attendant double-checked the passengers' boarding passes before boarding.
eg: The guards double-checked that the doors and windows were locked before leaving.

discourage v. 使喪氣/使沮喪
eg: He was discouraged by the harsh(嚴厲的) comments from his colleagues.
eg: The audience's cold response to his performance didn't discourage him.

scarce adj. 稀有的
scarcely adv. 幾乎不/幾乎沒有
eg: William is so busy that he scarcely has any chance to take a vacation with his family.
=> William忙到沒有機會與他的家人度個假。
eg: I was scarcely able to stay awake after staying up for two nights.
=> 經過兩個晚上的熬夜我幾乎沒辦法保持清醒。


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make good grades 獲得好成績
make the grade 克服困難之後達到目的/標準
=> succeed

valedictorian n. 致告別辭的學生代表
salutatorian n. 代表畢業生致詞之學生
=> 得第二名的畢業生

grade school 小學
first grade 小學一年級

tenth grade 高一
= freshman 9年級
sophomore 10年級
junior 11年級
senior 12年級