英语小达人 61 The accident

 　　The accident

　　意外

　　When I was five years old, my cousin Tiffany and I found a lighter¹. We were playing with it in the bathroom when the toilet paper caught on fire. We couldn't get out of the bathroom and we were scared.

　　当我五岁时，我和表姐蒂芬妮找到一个打火机，我们拿着打火机在浴室里头玩，结果卫生纸突然着火，我们出不去浴室，很害怕。

　　Tiffany managed to escape from the window but I was trapped inside. I passed out and woke up as my older brother was pulling me from the blazing fire in the bathroom. Both my cousin's body and mine were coverd with burns. It took many painful months for my body to heal but I got through it.

　　蒂芬妮从窗户逃出去，可是我还困在里头，我昏了过去，醒来时看到我哥哥将我从浴室的熊熊火势中拖了出来。我和表姐的身体上都有灼伤，我痛了好几个月身体才痊愈，不过我还是熬了过来。

　　I remeber the staff at the children's hospital being terrific and very helpful with my family. They taught us how to deal with the trauma² and taught me that my life will go on as normal.

　　我还记得儿童医院的员工很好且帮了我家人许多忙，他们教导我们如何面对伤痛，并告诉我，我的生活会一如往常继续下去。

　　It was their encouragement and support that give me the confidence to live my life as a normal girl. My body may look deformed³ to others but I don't even notice it anymore. it is just a part of who I am.

　　多亏他们的鼓励和支持，让我有信心像是正常女孩般过生活，对别人来说，我的身体看起来也许很丑，不过我再也不在乎，这就是我。

1 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

2 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

3 deformed   

adj.畸形的；变形的；丑的，破相了的

参考例句：

• He was born with a deformed right leg.他出生时右腿畸形。
• His body was deformed by leprosy.他的身体因为麻风病变形了。