Jeremy can no longer read, drive a car or even recognize faces. But the 20-year-old, who lost his central vision two years ago, can ____1____ hit a small white ball into a slightly larger hole from a considerable distance.
Jeremy was diagnosed with an extremely rare disease called LHON. Faced with the onset of blindness, Jeremy admits he ____2____ into depression for a couple of months and feared he’d never play golf again.
One day on TV he saw a guy crying bitterly who had just lost his family when a plane crashed down on his house. Jeremy thought,“ If this guy can make it through this, then I can ____3____ having no central vision That became his motto: Things could be ____4____.”
So six months after losing his sight, Jeremy decided to ____5____ his golf club again. He had played every Sunday since the age of twelve with his Dad Lionel. Blind golf brought them even closer because, unlike the regular version of the sport, it’s a ____6____ game.
Lionel acts as his sons sighted coach on the course. He ____7____ the hole and hazards(障碍). Then he points in the direction, while Jeremy places his chin on his dad’s shoulder to get a ____8____ of the correct position.
They played together and won the World Blind Golf Championship. Besides, Jeremy has been collecting money and raising ____9____ of LHON with sponsored bike rides, half-marathons and even sky dives. “That’s the greater ____10____ of my doing anything,” he told CNN.