温馨夜读 PART1 13 Flying 飞翔

 

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[00:00.98]Flying 飞翔

[00:08.30]Once upon a time there was a little orphan¹ boy

[00:11.71]who had always wished that he could fly like a bird.

[00:15.30]“Why can’t I fly like a bird?” he thought.

[00:19.80]There was another little boy who was crippled².

[00:23.08]He had always wished that he could walk and run like other little boys and girls.

[00:28.54]“Why can’t I be like them?”he wondered.

[00:32.81]One day the little orphan boy met the little crippled boy in a park.

[00:37.08]He ran over to the little boy and asked him if he had ever wanted to fly like a bird.

[00:43.76]“No,” said the little crippled boy.

[00:46.27]“But I have wondered what it would be like to walk and run like other boys and girls.”

[00:52.72]“That is very sad.”the little orphan boy said,“Do you think we could be friends?”

[00:58.96]“Sure.”

[01:00.60]The two little boys played happily for hours.

[01:03.55]Then the little crippled boy’s father came with a wheelchair to pick up his son.

[01:09.02]The little orphan boy ran over to the boy’s father and whispered something into his ear.

[01:15.16]“That would be OK,” said the man.

[01:18.00]Then the little boy ran over to his new friend and said,

[01:22.27]“You are my only friend and I wish that there was something that I could do

[01:27.08]to make you walk and run like other little boys and girls.

[01:30.91]But I can’t. But there is something that I can do for you.”

[01:35.06]The little orphan boy turned around and told his new friend to slide up onto his back.

[01:42.29]He then began to run across the grass.

[01:45.90]Faster and faster he ran, carrying the little crippled boy on his back.

[01:51.47]Faster and harder he ran across the park.

[01:55.05]Harder and harder he made his legs travel.

[01:58.44]Soon the wind just whistled across the two little boys’faces.

[02:03.03]The little boy’s father began to cry as he watched his beautiful little crippled son

[02:08.83]flapping his arms up and down in the wind,

[02:11.15]all the while yelling³ at the top of his voice,

[02:14.08]“I’M FLYING, DADDY. I’M FLYING!”

[02:18.03]Friends always do their best to help us accomplish your dreams.

[02:21.74]The little orphan boy could do nothing to make the crippled boy walk or run,

[02:27.30]but he managed to make him “fly”.

[02:29.95]He failed to make his own dream of flying come true,

[02:33.37]but he took delight in helping⁴ his friend “fly”.

1 orphan   

n.孤儿；adj.无父母的

参考例句：

• He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
• The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。

2 crippled   

adj.跛腿的，残废的

参考例句：

• He was crippled by polio as a child. 他幼年患过小儿麻痹症，结果腿就瘸了。
• It is not decent to laugh at a crippled person. 笑话一个瘸子是不得体的行为。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 yelling   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players. 教练站在场外，大声指挥运动员。
• He let off steam by yelling at a clerk. 他对一个职员大喊大叫，借以发泄怒气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。