(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer.
切尔茜·希尔自从三岁起就梦想成为一名舞者 。
"The only thing that I loved was dance," she told CBS News. That ambition nearly ended one night in 2010.
她告诉CBS新闻,“我唯一喜欢的事情就是跳舞 。”这个理想差点在2010年的一个晚上破灭 。
Hill, then a 17-year-old high school senior in Pacific Grove, California,
当时17岁的希尔是加州太平洋丛林市的一名高三学生,
was in a car accident that put her in the hospital for 51 days and left her paralyzed from the waist down.
在一次车祸中,她住院51天,腰部以下瘫痪 。
For most people, that would have dashed any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning.
对于大部分人来说,这会使拥有一个舞者生涯的任何希望都破灭 。对希尔来说,这就是开始 。
Far from being an obstacle, her wheelchair emboldened her.
她的轮椅不仅没有成为障碍,反而使她更加勇敢 。
"I wanted to prove to my community—and to myself—that I was still ‘normal,'" she told Teen Vogue.
“我想向我的社区和我自己证明,我仍然是‘正常的’,”她告诉《少女时尚》杂志 。
"Whatever normal meant." Normal for her meant dancing,
“不管正常是什么意思 。”正常对她来说就意味着跳舞,
so Hill did it in her wheelchair right alongside her nondisabled high school dance team.
于是,希尔坐在轮椅上,和她的非残疾高中舞蹈队一起跳起了舞 。
"Half of my body was taken away from me, and I have to move it with my hands," Hill told Today.
希尔告诉《今日》杂志,“我一半的身体被带走了,我不得不用我的手来舞动 。
"It definitely took a lot of learning and patience."
“这肯定需要很多的学习和耐心 。”
After graduation, Hill wanted to expand her dance network to include women like her.
毕业后,希尔想要聚集像她这样的女人来拓展她的舞蹈网络 。
She met people online who had suffered various spinal cord injuries but shared her determination, and she invited them to dance with her.
她在网上和遭遇了各种脊髓伤病的人们会面,分享她的决心,并邀请她们和自己一块跳舞 。
"It was such an amazing experience." Hoping to reach more people in a larger city,
“这是如此令人惊叹的体验 。”希尔希望接触到更大城市的人们,
Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes, a sly nod to the Rockettes.
于是她在2014年搬到了洛杉矶,创建了一个由残疾人组成的名字为the Rollettes的舞蹈队,它是向火箭女郎舞蹈团的一次狡黠的致敬 。
"I want to break down the stereotype of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance,
“我想打破人们对轮椅使用者的刻板印象,告诉大家舞蹈就是舞蹈,
whether you're walking or you're rolling," she told CBS News.
无论你是走路还是坐着走路,”她告诉CBS新闻 。
Dancing on wheels, the Rollettes discovered, can be just as fast-paced, artful, and fulfilling as the foot-based variety.
The Rollettes发现“轮椅舞蹈”可以像“脚步舞”一样快节奏、巧妙、充实 。
重点讲解
1.dream of梦想
I did once dream of becoming the first woman to captain an ocean liner.
我确实曾经梦想过成为首位远洋客轮的女船长 。
2.break down 破裂
Talks with business leaders broke down last night...
昨晚与商界领导人的谈判破裂了 。
3.take away拿走;取消
They're going to take my citizenship away...
他们打算取消我的国籍 。
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