Zhang Haidi, born in Jinan in autumn of 1955. At the age of five, he suffered from myelopathy and was completely paralyzed from the chest down. Facing the cruel challenge of fate, Zhang Haidi didn't feel depressed and sink. She fought against the disease with tenacious perseverance and perseverance, withstood severe tests and was full of confidence in life. Although she didn't have a chance to enter the school, she studied hard, finished all the courses in primary and secondary schools, taught herself college English, Japanese, German and Esperanto, and studied the courses of universities and graduate students. From 65438 to 0983, Zhang Haidi began to engage in literary creation, translated hundreds of thousands of English novels, such as The Beach Clinic, and compiled books, such as Windows Open to the Sky and Questioning Life and Dreams in Wheelchairs. Among them, Dream in a Wheelchair was published in Japan and South Korea, and Pursuing Life was published less than half a year and reprinted three times, winning the national "Five One Projects" book award. Before The Pursuit of Life, this prize has never been awarded to prose works. Recently, a 300,000-word novel, Extremely Top, will be published soon. Since 1983, Zhang Haidi has created and translated more than 1 10,000 words.
2.[ Name] Stephen Hawking (theoretical physicist, cosmologist and writer)
Stephen Hawking, one of the great men with international reputation in this century, is 60 years old and was born on the anniversary of Galileo's death. He is a professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of Cambridge University, and also the most important general relativity and cosmologist of our time. In the 1970s, he and Penrose proved the famous singularity theorem, for which they both won the Wolf Prize in Physics of 1988. He is therefore known as the most famous scientific thinker and the most outstanding theoretical physicist in the world after Einstein. "He also proved the area theorem of black holes. Hawking's life is very legendary, and he is one of the most outstanding scientists in history in scientific achievements. His position is the highest professorship in the history of Cambridge University, that is, Lucasson Professor of Mathematics once held by Newton and Dirac. He holds several honorary degrees and is a member of the Royal Society. He suffers from Luger's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and has been in a wheelchair for 20 years. However, he was physically and mentally disabled and turned it into an advantage, overcoming his disability and becoming a supernova in the international physics community. He can't write or even read clearly, but he transcends relativity, quantum mechanics and the Big Bang theory and enters the "geometric dance" to create the universe. Although he was so helpless in a wheelchair, his thoughts traveled brilliantly in the vast space and time, and solved the mystery of the universe. ?
3. Helen Keller
Helen Keller (June 27, 65438+0880-65438+June 65438+0,0968) was born in mbia, Alabama, USA. American woman writer, educator, philanthropist and social activist. 19 months, vision and hearing loss due to acute congestion. Later, through the efforts of her mentor Anne Sullivan, she learned to speak and began to communicate with others. June 1899 was admitted to Radcliffe Women's College of Harvard University. 1924 became the main leader of the American Foundation for the Blind. Among them, the most famous ones are: If you give me three days of light, My Life, My Life Story and Stone Wall Story. 1964 won the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 1965 was selected as "Top Ten Heroes of America in the 20th Century" by Time magazine.
4. Sang Lan
Sang Lan, a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, was born in 198 1 and joined the national gymnastics team in 1993. /kloc-0 won the national vault championship in 1997.198 had an accident while practicing vault in the 4th Goodwill Games, which resulted in fracture of cervical vertebra and paraplegia below the chest. Sang Lan, who is presented to the public, always smiles. With a tenacious, optimistic, strong and brave mind, she infected the whole world with her actions and deeds. She is a role model for the most Olympic women. After the vault champion was paralyzed, she didn't choose to be depressed, but accepted the fact frankly and realized her Olympic dream in her own way. 1999 1 Sang Lan became the first foreigner to light the Empire State Building in Times Square; 1April, 999, Sang Lan won the 5th "Brave Athlete Award" awarded by Nassau County Sports Commission, Long Island, new york, USA. In May 2000, Sang Lan lit the torch of the Fifth Paralympic Games in China. In September 2000, Sang Lan performed in the United States on behalf of the China Disabled Art Troupe; In September 2002, Sang Lan joined Star TV, a subsidiary of Murdoch News Group, as the host of a brand-new sports special program "Sang Lan 2008". In this way, she continued her The way of the Olympic Games. Because she wants to stand up bravely where she fell and get close to her favorite sport again from another angle. From then on, she loved the media career and began to appear in front of the audience with a straightforward interview style. She told the audience the little-known story behind the Olympic gold medal from many angles and levels, and won the recognition of many audiences with her natural and confident hosting style and real appeal. Also in September 2002, Sang Lan was admitted to the Department of Journalism, School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University to study radio and television. After graduating from college, Sang Lan continued to engage in sports-related reports, becoming one of the ambassadors for the 2008 Olympic bid and a torchbearer for the 2008 Olympic Games. In 2008, she became a special correspondent for the official website of Beijing Olympic Games.