英语美文 My Miraculous Family 生命奇迹儿童英汉双语故事.docx

1、英语美文 My Miraculous Family 生命奇迹儿童英汉双语故事英语美文 My Miraculous Family 生命奇迹_儿童英汉双语故事 I never considered myself unique, but people are constantly telling me, you are a miracle. To me, I was just an ordinary guy with realistic goals and big dreams. I was a 19-year-old student at the University of Texas and w

2、ell on my way toward fulfilling my big dream of one day becoming an 1)orthopedic surgeon. On the night of February 17, 1981 I was studying for an 2)Organic Chemistry test at the library with Sharon, my girlfriend of three years. Sharon had asked me to drive her back to her dormitory as it was gettin

3、g quite late. We got into my car, not realizing that just getting into a car would never quite be the same for me again. I quickly noticed that my gas 3)gauge was registered on empty so I pulled into a nearby convenience store to buy $2.00 worth of gas. Ill be back in two minutes, I yelled at Sharon

4、 as I closed the door. But instead, those two minutes changed my life forever. Entering the convenience store was like entering the 4)twilight zone. On the outside I was a healthy, athletic, pre-med student, but on the inside I was just another statistic of a violent CRIme. I thought I was entering

5、an empty store, but suddenly I realized it was not empty at all. Three robbers were in the process of committing a robbery and my entrance into the store caught them by surprise. One of the CRIminals immediately 5)shoved a .38 6)caliber handgun to my head, ordered me to the cooler, pushed me down on

6、 the floor, and pumped a bullet into the back of my head - execution style. He obviously thought I was dead because he did not shoot me again. The 7) trio of thieves finished robbing the store and left calmly. Meanwhile, Sharon wondered why I had not returned. After seeing the three men leave the st

7、ore she really began to worry as I was the last person she saw entering the store. She quickly went inside to look for me, but saw no one-only an almost empty cash register containing one check and several pennies. Quickly she ran down each aisle shouting, Mike, Mike! Just then the 8) attendant appe

8、ared from the back of the store shouting, Lady, get down on the floor. Ive just been robbed and shot at! Sharon quickly dropped to the floor screaming, Have you seen my boyfriend? He has 9)auburn hair. The man did not reply but went back to the cooler where he found me choking on my vomit. The atten

9、dant quickly cleaned my mouth and then called for the police and an ambulance. Sharon was in shock. She was beginning to understand that I was hurt, but she could not begin to comprehend or imagine the severity of my injury. When the police arrived they immediately called the 10)homicide division as

10、 they did not think I would survive and the 11)paramedic reported that she had never seen a person so severely wounded survive. At 1:30 a.m. my parents who lived in Houston, were awakened by a telephone call from Brackenridge Hospital advising them to come to Austin as soon as possible for they fear

11、ed I would not make it through the night. But I did make it through the night and early in the morning the 12)neurosurgeon decided to operate. However, he quickly informed my family and Sharon that my chances of surviving the surgery were only 40/60. If this were not bad enough, the neurosurgeon fur

12、ther shocked my family by telling them what life would be like for me if I 13)beat the odds and survived. He said I probably would never walk, talk, or be able to understand even simple commands. My family was hoping and praying to hear even the slightest bit of encouragement from that doctor. Inste

13、ad, his pessimistic words gave my family no reason to believe that I would ever again be a productive member of society. But once again I beat the odds and survived the three and a half hours of surgery. Granted, I still could not talk, my entire right side was paralyzed and many people thought I co

14、uld not understand, but at least I was stable. After one week in a private room the doctors felt I had improved enough to be transferred by jet ambulance to Del Oro 14)Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston. My 15)hallucinations, coupled with my physical problems, made my 16)prognosis still very bleak.

15、However, as time passed my mind began to clear and approximately six weeks later my right leg began to move ever so slightly. Within seven weeks my right arm slowly began to move and at eight weeks I uttered my first few words. My speech was extremely difficult and slow in the beginning, but at leas

16、t it was a beginning. I was starting to look forward to each new day to see how far I would progress. But just as I thought my life was finally looking brighter I was tested by the hospital europsychologist. She explained to me that judging from my test results she believed that I should not focus o

17、n returning to college but that it would be better to set more realistic goals. Upon hearing her evaluation I became furious for I thought, Who is she to tell me what I can or cannot do. She does not even know me. I am a very determined and stubborn person! I believe it was at that very moment that

18、I decided I would somehow, someday return to college. It took me a long time and a lot of hard work but I finally returned to the University of Texas in the fall of 1983 - a year and a half after almost dying. The next few years in Austin were very difficult for me, but I truly believe that in order

19、 to see beauty in life you have to experience some unpleasantness. Maybe I have experienced too much unpleasantness, but I believe in living each day to the fullest, and doing the very best I can. And each new day was very busy and very full, for besides attending classes at the University I underwe

20、nt therapy three to five days each week at Brackenridge Hospital. If this were not enough I flew to Houston every other weekend to work with Tom Williams, a trainer and executive who had worked for many colleges and professional teams and also had helped many injured athletes, such as Earl Campbell

21、and Eric Dickerson. Through Tom I learned: Nothing is impossible and never, never give up or quit. Early, during my therapy, my father kept repeating to me one of his favorite sayings. I have repeated it almost every day since being hurt: Mile by mile its a trial; yard by yard its hard; but inch by

22、inch its a cinch. I thought of those words, and I thought of Tom, my family and Sharon who believed so strongly in me as I climbed the steps to receive my diploma from the Dean of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas on that bright sunny afternoon in June of 1986. Excitement and pride filled my h

23、eart as I heard the dean announce that I had graduated with highest honors, been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and been chosen as one of 12 Deans Distinguished Graduates out of 1600 in the College of Liberal Arts. The overwhelming emotions and feelings that I experienced at that very moment, when most

24、of the audience gave me a standing 17)ovation, I felt would never again be matched in my life-not even when I graduated with a masters degree in social work and not even when I became employed full time at the Texas Pain and Stress Center. But I was wrong! On May 24, 1987, I realized that nothing co

25、uld ever match the joy I felt as Sharon and I were married. Sharon, my high school sweetheart of nine years, had always stood by me, through good and bad times. To me, Sharon is my miracle, my diamond in a world filled with problems, hurt, and pain. It was Sharon who dropped out of school when I was

26、 hurt so that she could constantly be at my side. She never wavered or gave up on me. It was her faith and love that pulled me through so many dark days. While other nineteen year old girls were going to parties and enjoying life, Sharon devoted her life to my recovery. That, to me, is the true defi

27、nition of love. After our beautiful wedding I continued working part time at the Pain Center and completed my work for a masters degree. We were extremely happy, but even happier when we learned Sharon was pregnant. On July 11, 1990 at 12:15 a.m. Sharon woke me with the news: We need to go to the ho

28、spital my water just broke. I couldnt help but think how ironic it was that my life almost ended in a convenience store and now on the date 7-11 we were about to bring a new life into this world. This time it was my turn to help Sharon as she had helped me over those past years. She was in labor for

29、 15 hours. At 3:10 p.m. Sharon and I experienced the birth of our beautiful daughter, Shawn Elyse Segal! Tears of joy and happiness came to my eyes as our healthy, alert, wonderful daughter entered this world. We anxiously counted her 10 fingers and her 10 toes and watched her wide eyes take in the

30、world about her. It was truly a beautiful picture that was 18)etched in my mind forever as she lie in her mothers waiting arms, just minutes after her birth. At that moment I thanked God for blessing us with the greatest miracle of all-Shawn Elyse Segal. 我从未觉得自己与众不同，但人们常对我说：你的生命是个奇迹。对我而言，我只是一个普通人，有着

31、现实的目标和远大的理想。我曾是德克萨斯大学一名十九岁的大学生，在通向理想之路上信步前行，梦想有一天我会成为一名整形外科医生。 1981年2月17日的晚上，我和交往三年的女友沙伦在为有机化学测试做准备。因为太晚了，沙伦叫我驾车把她送回宿舍。我们钻进汽车，谁能想到在今后的生命中我不能再如此矫健地重复这样一个简单的动作。我很快发现油表空了，于是我把车泊在附近的一家便利店旁，想买两块钱的汽油。我两分钟就回来，我关上车门朝沙伦喊到。但就是这短短的两分钟改变了我一生的命运，永远地改变了。 进入这家便利店就如同踏上了阴阳间的奈何桥，门外的我还是个健康的，活蹦乱跳的未婚大学生，而门内的我却成了暴力犯罪的又一个

32、牺牲品。我还以为店里没有人，但我突然发现我错了有三个匪徒正在打劫这家店，而我的进入让他们有些惊慌失措。其中一个匪徒迅速掏出一把口径为38毫米的手枪用力指着我的头，勒令我走到冷冻机旁，然后把我推倒在地，像执行死刑般从后面朝我头部开了一枪。他没再朝我开第二枪，显然他以为我死了。打劫完后三个劫匪逃之夭夭。 与此同时，沙伦对我的不归忧心忡忡。看到这三个匪徒离开便利店后她真的很担心，因为我是她见到的最后一个进入店里的人。她赶快跑进店来找我，只见几乎被一扫而空的收银机上挂着一张帐单，还有几枚硬币散落在上面，四周无人。她在货架间飞快地跑着、喊着：迈克，迈克！ 这时一名服务员从店后面走出来叫到：小姐，过来一下

33、，我刚才被打劫了，他们还向我开了枪。 沙伦跌跌撞撞地过来哭喊到：你见到我的男朋友了吗？长褐色头发的。 那人默默走到冷冻机旁，找到了我，此时呕吐快令到我窒息了。他赶忙帮我擦干了嘴，叫了警察和救护车。 沙伦被吓坏了。渐渐地她才明白我受伤了，但是她根本想象不到伤势的严重性。 警察来了，他们很快断定是杀人案，因为没人相信我还能活过来，而救护人员说她从来没有见过伤势如此严重的人可以逃离死劫。下午一点半，我住在奥斯汀的父母被来自布莱肯瑞吉医院的电话铃惊醒，医院通知他们尽快赶到奥斯汀，因为他们认为我熬不过当晚了。 但那晚我挺了过来，第二天清晨神经外科医生决定给我动手术。但他立即告知我的家人和沙伦我存活的机会只有百分之四十。然后他还雪上加霜地告诉