when rowan was born with one good leg and the other deformed and useless, her doctor and family thought this child is going to have a difficult time in life.
羅雯出生時，只有一條腿是健全的。另一條腿畸形無用，醫生和家人都認為這個小孩的一生將很艱辛。
rowan"s mother, however, never saw her daughter as anything less than perfect and raised rowan to be strong and confident.
不過，羅雯的母親從來不覺得自己的女兒有哪裡不完美，她撫養羅雯長大，並教導她堅強與自信。
at the age of 7, rowan was fitted with a faked leg that had most of the same motion a real leg would have. that christmas she saw the ballet, the nutcracker, for the first time with he family. rowan fell in love with the grace of the dancers and decided she wanted to be a dancer.
everyone, except her mother, told her it was impossible. rowan was determined and jioned a community dance class.
所有人都告訴她這是不可能的事，只有她母親例外。羅雯心意已決，並參加社群舞蹈班。
despite the snickers from the other children, she entered her first dance recital at the age of 14. she didn"t win, but she did have fun.
不管其他孩子暗地裡如何笑她，她在14歲時首次參加獨舞演出，雖然沒有獲勝，可是她玩得很開心。
over the years, she kept dancing. when rowan turned 26, she opened a dance school that taught children with disabilities. above the door to her school, hangs the sign"rowan"s dance school—dance for gifted children."
suddenly, the bus began to cross the street intooncoming traffic. most of the people on the busdidn"t even see what happened because it happenedso fast. i saw though, and it will never leave mymind.
the bus driver had to make a decision quickly and he drove the bus into a truck in order tomiss hitting a young mother with her two children. when the bus hit the truck, people wasthrown from their seats and i could hear glass being broken. people were crying and iremember being scared.
finally the bus stopped. the bus had turned onto its side, and some of the seats had beenpushed together.most of the people just looked around with a confused look on their face. allexcept one man. somehow, he was moving around and helping people.
it was amazing that he seemed to know exactly what to do even though the rest of us wereout of it. he managed to help every person on the bus out of a window and to safety. that manwas truly our angel.
when rowan was born with one good leg and the other deformed and useless, her doctor and family thought this child is going to have a difficult time in life.
羅雯出生時，只有一條腿是健全的。另一條腿畸形無用，醫生和家人都認為這個小孩的一生將很艱辛。
rowan"s mother, however, never saw her daughter as anything less than perfect and raised rowan to be strong and confident.
不過，羅雯的母親從來不覺得自己的女兒有哪裡不完美，她撫養羅雯長大，並教導她堅強與自信。
at the age of 7, rowan was fitted with a faked leg that had most of the same motion a real leg would have. that christmas she saw the ballet, the nutcracker, for the first time with he family. rowan fell in love with the grace of the dancers and decided she wanted to be a dancer.
七歲那年，羅雯裝上動作和真腿並無不同的假肢。那年聖誕節她和家人第一次去看芭蕾舞劇《胡桃夾子》，羅雯愛上了舞者的優雅動作，並立志成為一名舞者。
everyone, except her mother, told her it was impossible. rowan was determined and jioned a community dance class.
所有人都告訴她這是不可能的事，只有她母親例外。羅雯心意已決，並參加社群舞蹈班。
despite the snickers from the other children, she entered her first dance recital at the age of 14. she didn"t win, but she did have fun.
不管其他孩子暗地裡如何笑她，她在14歲時首次參加獨舞演出，雖然沒有獲勝，可是她玩得很開心。
over the years, she kept dancing. when rowan turned 26, she opened a dance school that taught children with disabilities. above the door to her school, hangs the sign"rowan"s dance school—dance for gifted children."
多年來，她繼續跳舞。當羅雯二十六歲時，她創辦了舞蹈學校，指導殘障孩童跳舞。在學校大門上掛了一個牌子，上面寫著“羅雯舞蹈學校——天賦異秉孩子們的舞蹈。”
四年級上冊英語故事：天使
suddenly, the bus began to cross the street intooncoming traffic. most of the people on the busdidn"t even see what happened because it happenedso fast. i saw though, and it will never leave mymind.
公交車突然過馬路，轉到反向車道，一切發生得如此之快，大部分的人都還搞不清楚發生了什麼事。不過我卻目睹了一切，且這一幕將令我永難忘懷。
the bus driver had to make a decision quickly and he drove the bus into a truck in order tomiss hitting a young mother with her two children. when the bus hit the truck, people wasthrown from their seats and i could hear glass being broken. people were crying and iremember being scared.
公交車司機為了閃躲帶著兩個小孩的年輕母親，趕緊轉向而撞到卡車。當公交撞到卡車時，車上的人從座位彈起，玻璃車窗破碎，所有人都在尖叫，我還記得我當時嚇壞了。
finally the bus stopped. the bus had turned onto its side, and some of the seats had beenpushed together.most of the people just looked around with a confused look on their face. allexcept one man. somehow, he was moving around and helping people.
終於公交車停了下來，車身傾向一側，有些座位被推擠到一邊。大部分人一臉疑惑的左顧右盼，只有一個人例外，他到處幫助其他人。
it was amazing that he seemed to know exactly what to do even though the rest of us wereout of it. he managed to help every person on the bus out of a window and to safety. that manwas truly our angel.
令人驚訝的是，他似乎非常清楚要做些什麼事，我們其他人則不知所措。他幫助公交車上的人從窗戶安全逃出，就像是一個天使。