Every girl dreams and Li Xie isno exception①.She has read dozensof books on how to be a ballerina and Swam.

每一個女孩都有夢想，李協(xié)也不例外。她讀了很多書，都是關(guān)于如何成為一個芭蕾舞演員的。

Lake is her favorite.She hopes one day her dream will come true.She has taken ballet②lessons and all her teachers confirm she is a good student.

她最喜歡的是《天鵝湖》。她希望有一天能夢想成真。她參加了芭蕾舞培訓(xùn)班，所有老師都認為她很優(yōu)秀。

One day she saw an advertise-ment that a famous ballerina troupe③will be performing in her hometown.

一天，有一則廣告說一個著名的芭蕾舞團要在她的家鄉(xiāng)演出。

Her thoughts ran wild.“I must meet up with the leader of the troupe and show him my skills，”she mur-mured to herself.

她看到后頓時思緒紛雜，自言自語道：“我必須見見團長，展示一下我的才藝?！?/p>

She dressed herself in her balle-rina costume④and managed to evade⑤the guards and hid in the dressing room.

她穿上芭蕾服，盡量避開門衛(wèi)躲進了化妝室。

To her luck the leader entered and she timidly⑥knocked at the door.

很幸運，團長進來了，她膽怯地敲了敲門。

She bravely approached him and handed him a bunch of red roses and in her excitement the thorns pricked her hand but she did not make much ado about the pain.

她鼓足勇氣走近他，送上一束紅玫瑰。激動之余，玫瑰的刺戳到了她的手，但她根本沒有在意。

The leader observed her action as she told him her dream，

在她給團長講自己的夢想時，團長注意到了她的舉止。

“Alright，you dance and I will give you my verdict⑦，”

“好吧，你先跳，我再說我的意見?！?/p>

But half way through the dancehe stopped her and said.“Im sorry youre not good enough！”

但是她只跳了一半，團長就讓她停下來，說道：“我很抱歉你跳得還不夠好?！?/p>

On hearing this Li Xie ran as fast as her legs could carry her and was ashamed.She gave up her dream.

聽到這話，李協(xié)非常羞愧，拼命地跑開了。從此，她放棄了夢想。

Many years later，she heard that the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again.

多年以后，她聽說原來那個芭蕾舞團又一次來到她家鄉(xiāng)演出。

Bitter memories of the leaders harsh⑧words came flooding back toher.

團長尖刻的話語涌上心頭，這是一次痛苦的記憶。

This time she was determined⑨ to find out Why the leader had told her she was not good enough when all her teachers thought otherwise.

這次她決定向團長問個究竟，為什么別的老師都認為她跳得很好，而他卻不這樣認為。

This was his reply，“I tell this to every student.”She angrily shot back，“Youve ruined my life！Then she got a further shock.”

團長回答道：“我對每個學生都這樣說?！彼鷼獾胤瘩g說：“可是你毀了我的一生！”團長的回話讓她更震驚了。

“I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had pricked your fingers but you carried on braver⑩.

“我記得你送的玫瑰，刺戳到了你的手指，而你卻勇敢地繼續(xù)表演。

If you only had treated ballet like that and did not give up so easi-ly；therefore，you still deserve@myverdict！”

如果你能以那種精神對待芭蕾舞，就不會輕易放棄了。因此，我的意見對你仍然受用?！?/p>

【重點單詞】

1.exception n.除外，例外；[律]異議，反對

2.ballet n.芭蕾舞

3.troupe n.（演出的）一團，一班 vi.巡回演出

4.costume n.服裝，劇裝

5.evade v.規(guī)避，逃避，躲避

6.timidly adv.羞怯地；膽小地

7.verdict n.裁定，定論

8.harsh adj.粗糙的，使人不舒服的，刺耳的，嚴厲的，大約的

9.determine vt.（使）下決心，（使）做出決定

10.bravery n.勇敢

11.deserve vi.應(yīng)該得到

（思年 摘編）