21世纪学生英文报（初一）第19期Learning to fly

Learning to fly

学习飞行

an eagle

老鹰

will carry her babies to a high cliff

把它的幼崽带到高高的悬崖上

push them off the edge

推下悬崖

the baby eagles

雏鹰

must learn how to fly

必须学会如何自己飞

by themselves

通过他们自己

like the eagles, my parents often train me to fly.

像老鹰一样，我的父母经常训练我飞行。

when I was 8 years old

当我8岁的时候

went to a park

去了一个公园

playing hide and seek

玩捉迷藏

Suddenly,I realized I couldn't find my parents.

突然，我意识到我找不到我的父母

so confused that

如此困惑以至于

I could hardly do anything

几乎什么也做不了

thought for a long time

想了很久

at last

最后

decided to look for help

决定寻求帮助

I asked a man if I could

我问一个男人我是否能

use his mobile phone

用他的手机

call my father

给我爸爸打个电话

just at that moment

就在那一刻

saw my mother

看到了我妈妈

ran to her and hugged her

跑向她并拥抱了她

thanked the man

感谢那个人

I'm glad that you can do the right thing to help yourself.

我很高兴你能做正确的事情来帮助自己。

Well done, my boy!

干得好，我的孩子！

in our life

在我们的生活中

not all kinds of care

并不是所有的关怀

can help us grow

能帮助我们成长

sometimes

有时候

should face a challenge

应该独自面对挑战

by ourselves

通过我们自己

in this way

通过这种方式

We can learn that the course of growing up is hard.

我们可以了解到成长的过程是艰难的。

However, the result we finally get will be exciting.

然而，我们最终得到的结果将是令人兴奋的。

（江苏省南京明道学校胡乐淇）