Baseball great Lou Gehrig made this
famous speech after the final game of his career, short after it became known
that he had a debilitating disease. Yet, despite this devastating setback, he
still spoke of how lucky he felt on that day.
Fans, for the past two weeks you have
been reading about the bad break I
got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I
have been in ballparks for 17 years and have never received anything but
kindness and encouragement from you fans.
* bad break: an unlucky circumstance or
event; bad luck
ex> It was a bad break for
Terry to get the flu before the big game.
ex> When the cyclist crashed near the
finish line, it was a bad break for his team.
When the New York Giants, a team you
would give your right arm to beat,
and vice versa, sends you a gift – that’s
something.
* give one’s right arm: to be willing to
do anything in exchange for a certain opportunity or thing
= give my eyeteeth
ex> Some people would give their
right arm to meet Angelina Jolie.
* that’s something: it’s a good thing;
it’s an honor
ex> Don’t downplay your role in the
movie, I think that’s really something.
When you have a wonderful mother-in-law
who takes sides with you in
squabbles with her own daughter – that’s something.
* take sides: to agree with one person
over another in a disagreement
ex> Before you take sides in
this argument, please listen to the facts.
So I close in saying that I may have had
a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.
* a lot/something to live for: a reason
for being
ex> Chris beat cancer because he knew
there was a lot to live for.
ex> Having something to live for
was what helped me survive in the desert.
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