Hold Your Head up High

茄鲞供稿 翻译：雪雁

这篇文章让人想起了之前广受好评的电影《奇迹男孩》。假如我们身边有类似的同学、朋友，请大家一定要善待他们，因为每一个人都不容易。

I was fifteen months old, a happy kid until the day I fell．It was a bad fall．I landed on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to blind it, leaving a big ugly1)scarin the middle of my eye．

I walked with my face looking at the floor so that people would not see the ugly me. Sometimes people,even strangers, asked me2)embarrassingquestions or said hurtful words. When the kids played games, I was always the “3)monster”.

Yet mom would say to me, “Hold your head up high and face the world．” It became my strength．I was told so when I was young．She would hold me in her arms and say, “If you hold your head up high, it will be okay, and people will see your beautiful soul．” She said this sentence whenever I wanted to hide．

My mom’s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face, I let them4)recognizethe5)intelligenceand beauty behind both eyes.

1) scar [skɑ:] n. 伤疤

2) embarrassing [ɪm'bærəsɪng]adj. 使人尴尬的，令人为难的;

3) monster ['mɒnstə] n. 怪物

4) recognize ['rekəgnaɪz] v. 认识到

5) intelligence [ɪn'telɪdʒəns] n.智慧

In high school I was successful both in my study and the social activities．I was even6)electedclass president,but on the inside I still felt like a monster. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world．Let them see the beauty that is inside.” My mom’s love and7)encouragementgave me the8)confidenceto overcome my problems．

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15个月大的时候，我跌了一跤。 在那之前，我是一个快乐的小孩。那一跤摔得很厉害。我跌在一个玻璃兔上面。它把我的眼睛划伤了，而且伤得非常严重，足以把我的眼睛弄瞎，也在我的眼睛中间留下了一道奇丑无比的疤痕。

我走路的时候，总是低着头看着地面，以便使人们看不到丑陋的我。有时候，人们，甚至是一些陌生的人们，会问我一些令我感到尴尬的问题或者说一些伤害我的话。在孩子们玩游戏的时候，我总是充当“怪物”恶人的角色。

但是，一有机会，妈妈就会对我说：“昂起你的头，面对这个世界。”它成为我的力量。在我很小很小的时候，妈妈就开始用这句话勉励我了。她会把我抱在怀里，说：“如果昂起你的头，一切都会好的，人们将会看见你美丽的心灵。”每逢我想逃避的时候，妈妈就会用这句话鼓励我。

妈妈的话帮助我意识到，通过让人们看着我的脸，我可以让他们看到隐藏在我双眸后面的智慧和美丽。

在上中学的时候，我在学习和社交方面都获得了成功。我甚至被选为了班长，可在内心里，我仍然觉得自己像个怪物。当遇到困难时，我会哭着去找妈妈，她会用一双充满怜爱的眼睛看着我说：“昂起你的头，面对这个世界。让他们看见你内在的美。”妈妈的爱和鼓励让我有信心战胜困难。

6) elect [ɪ'lekt] v. 选举

7) encouragement [ɪn'kʌrɪdʒmənt] n. 鼓励

8) con fidence ['kɒnfɪɪdəns] n. 自信

1. How did the writer have her eyes hurt?

A．She was attacked by a glass rabbit． B．Her eyes were hurt by accident．C．The doctor made a mistake． D．A serious illness blinded her．

2. When she heard her mother told her to hold her head up high for the first time, she _____．

A．d i d n’t f u l l y u n d e r s t a n d t h e s e w o r d s B．w a s g r e a t l y e n c o u r a g e d a n d m o v e d C．w a s p u z z l e d b y t h e s e w o r d s D．w a s s u r p r i s e d b y t h e s e w o r d s

3. Why did the writer still feel unhappy when she was successful both in study and the social activities?

A．Because she was not satis fied with what she has．B．Because she thought she could have done better．C．Because she wanted to live a normal life．D．Because she really wanted to be different．

4. What is the point of the story?

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