With the release of the results of the University Entrance Examination, each year uncovers stories of some remarkable achievement in the face of adversity. For 2023, we have in our neck of the woods perhaps the most extraordinary of all.
随着高考成绩的出炉，每年都会揭晓一些逆境中取得骄人成绩的故事。 2023 年，我们将迎来最非凡的一年。
Dong Yichao is a 21-year old middle-school senior in Qidong City of Nantong in Jiangsu. Suffering from anterior spinal artery syndrome, he can only write with two fingers.
董一超是江苏南通启东市一名21岁的中学生。患有脊髓前动脉综合症的他只能用两根手指写字。
But, wheelchair bound and struggling with the disease for 9 years, Dong insisted on completing junior-high school and his studies with amazing perseverance.
但是，在轮椅上与病魔斗争了9年之后，小董却以惊人的毅力坚持完成了初中学业。
On 24 June, his efforts were rewarded as the results of the 2023 University Entrance Examination in Jiangsu were released. Dong had scored 632, enough for a place in many a university. In advance of seeing the results, Dong’s mother, Gu Weihua, was more excited than her son at that moment, after 6 years of dependent study.
6月24日，江苏2023年高考成绩出炉，他的努力得到了回报。董得了 632 分，足以进入许多大学。在看到结果之前，经过6年的依赖学习，董的母亲顾卫华那一刻比她的儿子还要兴奋。
For Gu had been taking her son to and from school regardless of the weather, while Dong also needs to complete daily activities such as dressing and eating with her help. With his evening study session ending at 22:30, Dong as a result often got to bed well after midnight.
因为顾女士无论风雨无阻都要接送儿子上下学，而小董也需要在她的帮助下完成穿衣吃饭等日常活动。由于晚自习在 22:30 结束，董经常在午夜过后才上床睡觉。
But the days were still not over for Gu. Her son also suffers from insomnia as a side effect of his condition. Gu must turn him over in the middle of night and offer some comforting words.
但对于顾来说，日子还没有结束。她的儿子还患有失眠症，这是他病情的副作用。顾必须在半夜把他翻过来，说一些安慰的话。
Faced with such unimaginable pressure, in Gu’s eyes, while such jobs for many might be unbearable, for her they were as easy and ordinary as trivial daily matters, The Paper has reported.
据澎湃新闻报道，面对如此难以想象的压力，在顾女士看来，这样的工作对很多人来说可能难以承受，但对她来说，却像琐碎的日常琐事一样轻松、平凡。
She’s done all this pretty much since 28 December, 2014, the day her son suddenly felt weak in his limbs and fell to the ground. Sent to a hospital in Shanghai, he was diagnosed with anterior spinal artery syndrome and was unable to move below the neck. An extremely rare and incurable condition, the doctors asserted that the boy would spend the rest of his life in a hospital bed.
自 2014 年 12 月 28 日以来，她已经做过很多次了，那天她的儿子突然感到四肢无力，倒在了地上。他被送往上海一家医院，被诊断出患有脊髓前动脉综合征，颈部以下无法活动。这是一种极其罕见且无法治愈的疾病，医生断言男孩将在医院的病床上度过余生。
His parents, unwilling to give up, transferred their son to another hospital. After more than 2 months of intensive treatment, Yichao’s body gradually began to move, and his feet responded a little.
父母不愿放弃，将儿子转到另一家医院。经过2个多月的强化治疗，一超的身体逐渐开始活动，双脚也有了一点反应。
“My brain was clear, and I always thought about going back to school”, Dong recalled.
“我的大脑很清醒，我一直想着回学校”，董回忆道。
With this strong desire in his mind, after 3 years of absence from school, he miraculously returned to class.
怀着这种强烈的愿望，缺课三年的他奇迹般地回到了课堂。
In order to make it easier on his mother, Qidong Middle School arranged for Gu to help with the School’s cleaning, so that she could take care of her son at any time and earn some living expenses. The School also provided a dormitory for the two, while Dong’s classes always took place on the first floor, equipped with a special table and an accompanying wheelchair, allowing him to live a normal high-school life.
为了让母亲过得轻松一点，启东中学安排顾某帮忙打扫学校的卫生，这样她就可以随时照顾儿子，也能赚点生活费。学校还为两人提供了宿舍，而小董的上课总是在一楼，配备了一张特制的桌子和一张附带的轮椅，让他过上了正常的高中生活。
“Holding two books was very difficult; I hardly had the energy to hold them for very long”, said Dong.
“拿着两本书非常困难，我几乎没有力气拿着它们很长时间”，董说。
Despite this, Xu Jing, Dong’s class teacher, told reporters that he would always have a positive and sunny expression on his face, saying, “He never said anything negative and slack, and he never showed an expression of despair”.
尽管如此，董老师的班主任徐静告诉记者，他的脸上始终保持着积极阳光的表情，“他从来没有说过消极、懈怠的话，也从来没有表现出绝望的表情”。
When it came time for the recent University Entrance Exam, the test centre laid on free board and lodging, as well as tailor-made test tables. Even police officers came in to bring Dong to and from the centre.
到了最近高考的时候，考点提供免费食宿，还有特制的考桌。甚至警察也来接董进出中心。
Qidong Middle School is soon to stage a university-consultation meeting. Dong is looking forward to face-to-face exchanges with some college-admissions officers. And what will be his major in university? “Psychology or pedagogy, perhaps”, said Dong.
启东中学即将召开校校协商会。董老师期待着与部分高校招生人员进行面对面的交流。他在大学的专业是什么？ “也许是心理学或教育学，”董说。
With his black-rimmed glasses, a small crew cut, and a simple and honest smile, Dong is humorous, talkative and now, undefeated.
戴着黑框眼镜、留着小平头、笑容淳朴的小董，幽默、健谈，如今已不败。
