又摔了一跤

类别：成长

讲述初学滑雪时经历数十次摔倒与挫败，最终收获短暂滑行喜悦的励志经历。

时长 60 秒 · 语速 139 wpm

字幕原文

On my first day of snowboarding, I fell about forty times. 第一天学单板滑雪，我大概摔了四十跤。

I started counting, to stay calm. 为了让自己别抓狂，我开始数数。

I fell forward, onto my hands. 我往前摔，双手撑地。

I fell backward, onto a part of me that still hurts. 我往后摔，摔在某个到现在还隐隐作痛的部位。

Small children went past me, turning easily, like birds. 小屁孩们从我身边滑过，转弯轻松得像鸟儿一样。

By lunch, I was wet, sore, and angry. 到了中午，我浑身湿透，又疼又恼火。

My instructor, who was about nineteen, said, "You're doing great!" 我的教练大概十九岁，他说：“你滑得特别棒！”

He was a liar, but a nice one. 他是在撒谎，不过人还挺好的。

After fall number forty, 摔了第四十跤之后，

I lay in the snow and looked at the sky. 我直接躺在雪地上，看着天空。

I could go inside. 其实我可以回屋里去的。

There was hot chocolate inside. 屋里还有热巧克力呢。

I got up. 但我还是爬起来了。

And on try forty-one, something happened. 就在第四十一次尝试时，奇迹发生了。

The board went where I leaned. 雪板居然顺着我倾斜的方向滑了。

I slid, standing, for ten meters. 我稳稳站着滑了十米。

Ten whole meters! 整整十米啊！

Then I fell. 然后我又摔了。

But I had felt it. 但我已经找到那种感觉了。

That's all I needed. 这就足够了。

Forty falls bought me ten meters. 摔了四十次，换来滑行十米。

I'd call that a fair price. 我觉得这买卖挺划算的。