影响我最深的一件事

张容瑄

       从小到大，让我印象最深刻的一件事，是在我九岁那一年，爸爸、妈妈带着我和五岁的弟弟去澎湖玩。那时，因为季节交替，澎湖海浪非常大，我们一家四口和三个叔叔坐上了香蕉船，妈妈告诉导游："船上有两个小孩，千万别翻船。"但是，人算不如天算，当船一到海中央，大浪一打，香蕉船翻了。
        虽然大家都穿上了游泳衣，但是七个人当中只有一位叔叔会游泳，爸爸抓着我，妈妈抓着弟弟，好不容易，妈妈和弟弟坐上水上摩托车，但一不小心，车子重心不稳，他们又掉进大海中。这次，妈妈没拉到弟弟，看着弟弟越飘越远，就在那几秒钟的时间，大家的心都凉了半截。幸好救生员后来将弟弟救起，紧接着也救起了妈妈，之后又来了两辆水上摩托车，随即拉起其他落水的人，大家才有惊无险地回到岸上。
        不过，弟弟的头和鼻子因为受到摩托车的擦撞而受伤，上岸后，猛流鼻血还一直发抖，把妈妈吓坏了。之后的旅程中，全家人都不敢再下水。之后，过了很久，一提到香蕉船和游泳，全家人仍有阴影存在！
        当课业压力愈来愈大，全家出门旅行的机会变少了，妈妈反而希望我能学会游泳，拥有自救的能力，幸好学校开设了游泳课。让我重新了解更适应水性。到了现在，我已经是一条水中小蛟龙了！
        这件事情让我了解到，不要怕水，面对它才能击败恐惧，战胜自我，这个经验也让我获得面对失败、忍受挫折的力量，让我往后在面对挑战时，对自己更有信心。

A very influential thing in my life happened to me when I was nine. My parents took my five years old brother and me to Penghu. At that time, because of the change of seasons, there were huge tides in Penghu. Four of us and three uncles sat on the banana boat. My mother told the tourist guide, "There are two kids on the boat. We should be careful and make sure everything goes smoothly." However, nobody could predict. When the boat came to the middle of the ocean, a big wave turned it upside down.

Although all of us were in our swimming suits, only one uncle was able to swim. My father grasped me, and my mother held my brother. Finally my mother and my brother got onto a water scooter. Unfortunately, the water scooter was tossed by the fluctuating wave and they fell into water again. This time, my mother could not reach my brother and we watched him drift away farther and farther. For a few seconds, we felt so hopeless. Luckily, a life guard saved my brother and then my mother. Later, two water scooters came and rescued all of us. We all came ashore safely, but it was a narrow escape.

However, my brother's head and nose were hurt by the water scooter. After he came back, his nose was still bleeding and he kept shivering. My mother was really scared. During the rest of journey, none of us dared to go to water again. Long time after the trip, when heard of the banana ship and swimming, the whole family still felt frightened.

When my study kept me busier and busier, the family had fewer chances to travel together. My mother hoped that I could learn how to swim so as to save myself when the unexpected came. Fortunately, the school offered us the swimming class and I learned how to swim. Now, I was able to swim like a fish in the water.

This accident made me know that I should not be afraid of water. I had to face it to defeat my horror and myself. This experience also gave me the strength to face the failure and bear hardships. It made me more confident to meet the challenges in my life.

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• banana [bə´nɑ:nə]   n.香蕉   (初中英语单词)
• ashore [ə´ʃɔ:]   ad.向岸上   (初中英语单词)
• safely [´seifli]   ad.安全地；平安地   (初中英语单词)
• horror [´hɔrə]   n.恐怖；战栗   (初中英语单词)
• failure [´feiljə]   n.失败；衰竭；破产   (初中英语单词)
• influential [,influ´enʃəl]   a.有力的，有影响的   (高中英语单词)
• tourist [´tuərist]   n.游客，观光者   (高中英语单词)
• predict [pri´dikt]   v.预言；预告；预示   (高中英语单词)
• unfortunately [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunitli]   ad.不幸；不朽；可惜   (高中英语单词)
• hopeless [´həupləs]   a.无望的，无可救药的   (高中英语单词)
• unexpected [ʌniks´pektid]   a.突然的；意外的   (高中英语单词)
• fortunately [´fɔ:tʃənətli]   ad.幸运地   (高中英语单词)
• learned [´lə:nid]   a.有学问的，博学的   (高中英语单词)
• confident [´kɔnfidənt]   a.有信心的，自信的   (高中英语单词)
• upside [´ʌpsaid]   n.上边，上段，上部   (英语四级单词)