Module 1 Basketball When I was in my first year of high school, I tried out for (参加选拔) my school's basketball team
Although I was very successful in other sports, particularly soccer and baseball, I was not very good at playing basketball
I still remember walking into the gymnasium and feeling shocked when I saw how many people were also trying out
Tryouts lasted for four long days
At the end of each day, the basketball coach had a short discussion with each player
He told some of the players to come back for the next day, and told other players that they had not made the team
This was called getting cut (被减少)
All of us were afraid of getting cut at the end of each practice
On the fourth day of tryouts, there were only twenty kids left
I was one of them, but we all knew only ei