摘要：Hi guys嗨伙计们my name is Chelsea我叫切尔西I'm 13 years old and I think I have a story worth sharing我今年13岁，我想我有一个值得分享的故事if you want to know

Hi guys

嗨伙计们

my name is Chelsea

我叫切尔西

I'm 13 years old and I think I have a story worth sharing

我今年13岁，我想我有一个值得分享的故事

if you want to know what it's like to be on the edge of death

如果你想知道站在死亡边缘是什么感觉

and there's no one there to help you out and then to make it through

在那里没有人能帮你度过难关

stay with me

别离开我

the thing is

关键是

I was born with cerebral policy

我生来就有理性政策

Ironically

很讽刺

into a family of two crazy sports lovers

变成了两个疯狂的运动爱好者的家庭

my dad is an expert

我父亲是个专家

Skeer

斯基尔

while my mother is a professional

我妈妈是专业的

Climber

攀岩者

it must have been really hard for them to accept their situation

他们一定很难接受自己的处境

but they did and never gave up

但他们做到了而且从未放弃

my parents have done everything in their power to not make me feel like I have a disability

为了不让我觉得自己有残疾，我父母做了他们力所能及的一切

I have played a lot of sports since early childhood

我从小就经常参加体育活动

swimming

在游泳

skiing

skiing

tennis according to my physical capabilities

根据我的体能打网球

of course

当然了

also every summer we all go Hagging together

而且每年夏天我们都在一起

that's our unbroken tradition

这是我们不间断的传统

I would always eagerly wait for the moment when we finally chose a new destination

我总是热切地等待着我们最终选择新的目的地的时刻

the last time the place was drawn

上次画这个地方的时候

it was the Pacific crest trail

是太平洋山脊步道

we definitely had no idea that that trip would turn all our lives upside down

我们完全不知道那次旅行会把我们的生活搞得天翻地覆

When I found out where we were going

当我知道我们要去哪里的时候

I was the happiest person in the world

我是世界上最幸福的人

even though my mom was a little unsure because it was going to be a hard distance

虽然我妈妈有点不确定，因为这将是一个艰难的距离

my dad and I managed to persuade her

我父亲和我说服了她

and there we were with our insanely heavy

我们带着无比沉重的

Backpacks

背包

on the way to our camp

在去我们营地的路上

it wasn't easy

不是那么容易的

but I was doing pretty well until I suddenly lost my balance and tripped over a stone

但我一直做得不错，直到我突然失去平衡，被一块石头绊倒了

I sprang to my ankle

我跳到脚踝

so now I was walking and hobbling even more than usual

所以现在我走路和跛行比平常更多

my parents tried to encourage me and to cheer me up

我的父母试图鼓励我,使我振作起来

but I heard mom whisper to dad

但我听到妈妈对爸爸说悄悄话

it's too much for her should we go back

如果我们回去对她来说太多了

Hearing these words

听到这些话

let me down completely

完全让我失望了

anybody could fall on the road

任何人都可能摔倒在路上

not a big deal

不是什么大事

anyway

不管怎样

we reached our first stop soon after that

不久我们到达了第一站

the views were wonderful

景色很美

but I didn't feel like walking around

但我不想到处走走

people were staring and pointing fingers at me as usual

人们像往常一样盯着我，用手指着我

which made me feel even more miserable

这让我感到更加痛苦

I was just sitting under a tree when my dad came up to me with a mysterious expression on his face

我正坐在一棵树下，我爸爸带着一种神秘的表情向我走来

he said

他说

do you want to go in a secret trip

你想参加一次秘密旅行吗

just you and me

只有你和我

that was definitely a Yep

你说的绝对没错

captain

上尉

We decided to walk around a bit and not to tell mom where we were going

我们决定四处走走，不告诉妈妈我们要去哪里

she was busy with organizing the tent and making dinner anyway

她忙着整理帐篷和做晚饭

so we took the camera and bottles of water and started off

所以我们带着相机和瓶装水出发了

we had such a wonderful time

我们玩得很开心

we took pictures of rocks and mountains and I had almost forgotten about the morning

我们拍了一些岩石和山脉的照片，我几乎忘了早上的事

accident on the road

在路上出了点意外

I was also looking forward to showing these beautiful pictures to my mom

我也很期待把这些漂亮的照片给我妈妈看

it was a long walk

走了很长一段路

so we were about to go home when we saw an incredible view

所以我们正要回家时看到了一幅令人难以置信的景象

there was a cliff on a high rock and there were beautiful flowers down below

高高的岩石上有一座悬崖,下面有美丽的花朵

there was snow

当时下雪了

my dad and I were really impressed

我和我爸都很感动

I think it was the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen in my life

我觉得这是我这辈子见过的最美的东西

my dad started taking 100 of pictures from various angles

我爸爸开始从不同的角度拍100张照片

but suddenly he stumbled and slipped down right off the cliff

但突然他绊了一下从悬崖上滑了下来

It happened so fast that it took me a few seconds to realise what had happened

事情发生得太快了，我花了几秒钟才意识到发生了什么

my heart sank

我的心沉下去了

I dropped down to the ground at the edge of the cliff and started calling for my father

我跌倒在悬崖边上的地上，开始呼唤我的父亲

a few minutes later I saw him trying to crawl up

几分钟后我看见他正试图爬上去

Moaning

呻吟

I was so happy he was alive

我很高兴他还活着

but there was no time to lose

但我们不能浪费时间

I had to do something to get him out

我得做点什么把他救出来

it was a really steep descent and it turned out that he had broken his leg

这是一次非常陡峭的下坡,结果他摔断了腿

so after several tries to pull him out

所以在几次尝试把他拉出来之后

it was obvious that we needed help

很明显我们需要帮助

but everything was working against us

但一切都对我们不利

Multipones had no service

it was already getting dark and we were really far from the camp and as it had survive

天已经黑了，我们离营地很远，因为它还活着

Palsy

麻痹

together with the morning injury of my own

加上早上受伤的我自己

I couldn't move properly

我动不了了

Besides

另外

I wasn't sure if I could remember exactly how to get back to camp

我不知道我是否还记得怎么回营地

I burst into tears

我放声大哭

I wasn't despair because it seemed like there was nothing I could do to help my dad

我没有绝望，因为我觉得我帮不了我爸爸

but he kept saying

但他一直在说

we will make it

我们会成功的

Chelsea

切尔西

it's going to be okay

一切都会没事的

suddenly I came up with an idea

突然我想到了一个主意

I tore the grips of our Backpacks and tied them together to make a rope

我撕开背包的把手，把它们绑在一起做成一根绳子

of course

当然了

I would not be able to pull my dad out myself

我自己也不能把我爸爸拉出来

so I tied the rope to the tree

所以我把绳子绑在树上

by some miracle

奇迹发生了

my dad managed to climb up the rope and get out

我父亲设法爬上绳子逃了出来

but it was completely dark by that time

但那时已经完全黑了

we couldn't stay where we were because we had no tent or even warm clothes with us

我们不能留在原地，因为我们没有帐篷，甚至没有保暖的衣服

so there was nothing left we could do but try to get back

所以我们除了回去别无他法

my dad could hardly walk

我父亲几乎不能走路

so we had to help him

所以我们得帮他

I don't know how long we were walking

我不知道我们走了多久

but Finally we made our way out on to a wide road and then I saw a truck

但是最后我们终于到了一条宽阔的马路上，然后我看到了一辆卡车

I couldn't believe my eyes

我不敢相信我的眼睛

it was amazing

太令人惊讶了

we were exhausted

我们都累坏了

but I tried to encourage my dad to go faster

但我试着鼓励我爸爸跑得更快

our happiness immediately gave way to horror when we saw the driver of the truck was oblivious to us

当我们看到卡车司机忘记了我们时，我们的快乐顿时变成了恐惧

and that it was going too fast for us to catch it

它飞得太快了，我们抓不到它

we were just too far from it

我们离得太远了

so there was no chance the driver could see or hear us

所以司机看不到也听不到我们

I summoned up all of my courage

我鼓足了勇气

left my poor dad on the road and ran to the Treck as fast as I could

把我可怜的爸爸留在路上，然后以最快的速度跑到了特雷克

crying out

哭出来了

help wait

帮忙等一下

Luckily

很幸运

the man who had also turned out to be a traveller that had lost his way

这个人原来也是一个迷路的旅行者

heard me

听到了

and just a few minutes later we were sitting in the back seat of his car

几分钟后我们就坐在他车的后座上

going back to the camp

回到营地

we arrived as the sun was coming up

我们到达时太阳正在升起

the whole camp was on the horn

整个营地都在鸣笛

it turned out that there was a group of rescue workers who had been looking for us all night

原来有一群救援人员整晚都在找我们

doctors immediately surrounded my dad and me and gave us first aid

医生立即包围了我和我的父亲，给我们进行了急救

Oh

哦

and my poor mom

我可怜的妈妈

I remember her face

我记得她的脸

it was all pale

一切都很苍白

this is how our secret trip turned out to be the most terrible experience of my life

这就是为什么我们的秘密旅行原来是最可怕的经验我的生活

we ended up with my father's broken Leggin camera

我们最终得到了我父亲的断腿相机

my mother's gray hair and the whole trip completely ruined

我妈妈的白发整个旅行都毁了

we were extremely lucky to survive

我们很幸运能活下来

actually

实际上

but every cloud has a silver lining

但乌云背后总有一线光明

since that day

从那天起

my parents have never doubted me or my abilities

我父母从不怀疑我和我的能力

since that day

从那天起

I have known that I can do anything to protect the people I love

我知道我可以做任何事来保护我爱的人

and no physical disability can stop me

任何身体残疾都阻止不了我

来源：播得英语