Dhruvika Kumar

Delia Henderson lived with her parents. Shehad turned 14 years old. Like every 14-year-old，Delia also had a dream. Delia dreamt of taking partin the “Dance World cup”. It was a great dancecompetition which attracted1 the best dancersaround the world.

Delia and her family had just finishedcelebrating Delias 14th birthday. It had becomelate， and everyone was tired. Delia was in her roomlying on her bed when she heard loud noises. Hermom rushed in and told her there was anearthquake！ Delia along with her family rushed outof the building， luckily on time. The moment theystepped out of the building it collapsed2. Her familyheld hands and ran somewhere far， to a wide plain3land. Delia had hurt her leg. Her dad told them towait while he went to help some people. Momdisagreed but he didnt listen. The shakingstopped. Delia， her sister and mom were relieved，but dad hadnt returned yet.

Delia had lost her dad and injured4 herleg badly.

Delia and her family moved to another city.The doctor told that Delia had injured her legterribly and it had to be amputated5. Losing herfather devastated6 her and because of her leg shewasnt sure if she would dance again.

In a years time they settled7 down and begana new life. Delia learnt how to walk with the injuredleg but gave up on becoming a dancer.

迪莉婭·亨德森和她的父母住在一起。她已經(jīng)年滿14 歲。就像每個14 歲的孩子一樣，迪莉婭也有一個夢想。迪莉婭夢想?yún)⒓印拔璧甘澜绫?。這是一項(xiàng)大型舞蹈比賽，吸引了全世界最優(yōu)秀的舞者。

迪莉婭和家人剛剛慶祝完她的14 歲生日。天色已晚，每個人都累了。當(dāng)突然聽到巨響時，迪莉婭正躺在自己房間的床上。她媽媽沖了進(jìn)來，告訴她發(fā)生了地震！幸運(yùn)的是，迪莉婭和她的家人及時沖出了大樓。在他們走出大樓的那一刻，大樓就倒塌了。她的家人牽著手跑到很遠(yuǎn)，來到一片開闊的平地。迪莉婭的腿受傷了。她爸爸讓他們等著，他去幫一些人。媽媽不同意，但他不聽。震動停止了。迪莉婭、妹妹和媽媽都松了一口氣，但爸爸還沒回來。

迪莉婭失去了爸爸，腿也受了重傷。

迪莉婭和家人搬家到了另一個城市。醫(yī)生說迪莉婭的腿受了重傷，必須截肢。失去爸爸令迪莉婭傷心欲絕，而因?yàn)樗耐龋淮_定自己是否還能再跳舞。

一年后，他們安頓了下來，開始了新的生活。迪莉婭學(xué)會了如何用受傷的腿走路，但放棄了成為一名舞者。

One day， Delia saw a notice， saying that the“Dance World Cup”would be heldin her city. Painful memories flashed through her mind. It hurt her that she couldntlive her dream because of her injured leg. However， her mother said， “You learnt towalk with your injured leg， so why not learn to dance with it？”

Delia knew it was true but walking was hard， and dancing would be harder.Anyhow， she decided to participate8. She was given a month， which was the hardestmonth of her life. She practiced a lot.

“Mom， Im very scared，”Delia said to her mother as she was on her way tothe venue9. “It doesnt matter， you just give your best！ ”saidher mother.

Delia was shivering10 with fright11， as she walked up to thestage12. Then， she felt as if someone held her hand and said to her，“Dear， you are living your dream. Dont waste it because of yourfear. I am right here and will always be by your side.”It soundedlike her fathers voice.

The music began and she began to dance beautifully. Themusic stopped and the crowd， including the judges13， stood up andclapped14 for her. It was the best moment of her life. She got offstage and her mom hugged her crying， and said，“I am so proud ofyou， dear.”

In an hours time， a judge came up on stage and announced，“There are 3 selected15 from 500 people， the first...， second... andthe third winner is an inspiration for all of us， with a wooden legshe killed the dance floor. She is none other than DeliaHenderson！ ”Delia couldnt believe what had happened. She wasliving her dream！

Delia didnt win the Dance World Cup but surely woneveryones heart.

一天，迪莉婭看到一則布告，說“舞蹈世界杯”將在她所在的城市舉行。痛苦的記憶閃過她的腦海。由于腿受傷，她無法實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想，這讓她很傷心。然而，她的媽媽說：“你學(xué)會了用受傷的腿走路，那為什么不學(xué)著用它跳舞呢？”

迪莉婭知道確實(shí)是這樣，但走路很難，跳舞會更難。無論如何，她決定參加。

她有一個月的時間，這是她一生中最艱難的一個月。她進(jìn)行了很多練習(xí)。

“媽媽，我很慌?！钡侠驄I在前往賽場的路上對媽媽說。“沒關(guān)系，你只要盡力就可以了！”她的媽媽說。

迪莉婭走上舞臺時嚇得瑟瑟發(fā)抖。然后，她覺得似乎有人握住她的手并對她說：“親愛的，你正在實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢想。不要因?yàn)楹ε露速M(fèi)機(jī)會。我就在這里，永遠(yuǎn)在你身邊。”那個聲音聽起來像是她爸爸的聲音。

音樂響起，她開始優(yōu)美地起舞。音樂停了，包括評委在內(nèi)的所有人都站起來為她鼓掌。那是她一生中最美好的時刻。她走下舞臺，媽媽抱著她哭著說：“親愛的，我為你感到驕傲。”

一小時后，評委上臺宣布：“我們從500 人中選出了3 位，第一名……，第二名……第三位獲獎?wù)邔ξ覀兯腥硕远际且环N激勵，她用一條木腿驚艷了整個舞池。她就是迪莉婭·亨德森！”迪莉婭不敢相信發(fā)生了什么。她實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢想！

迪莉婭沒有贏得舞蹈世界杯冠軍，但肯定贏得了每個人的心。

Notes

1. attract? 吸引

2. collapse 倒塌；塌下

3. plain 平坦的

4. injure 使受傷；弄傷

5. amputate 截肢；切斷

6. devastate? 毀壞；破壞

7. settle? 定居；安家

8. participate? 參加；參與

9. venue? 活動的，場所

10. shiver 顫抖；哆嗦

11. fright? 驚駭；恐怖

12. stage? 舞臺

13. judge? 裁判員；評判員

14. clap 拍手；鼓掌

15. select 選擇；挑選