钱大平（译）

◆语篇导读

有时我们会觉得，如果没有家庭的束缚，我们有可能会快速到达我们理想生活中的新高度。但是我们并没有意识到，在我们需要帮助的时候，正是家人及爱我们的人毫不犹豫地帮助我们度过艰难的时刻。得到他们强大的支持和鼓励，才使我们在生活中达到更高的境界。事实上，他们不是在束缚我们，而是在关注、帮助我们。

Once a father and his son went to the Kite Flying Festival.The boy became very happy seeing the sky that was filled with colorful kites.He asked his father to get him a kite and a thread with a roller so that he could fly a kite,too.So the father went to the shop at the park where the festival was being held.He bought a kite and a roll of thread for his son.

The boy started to fly the kite.Soon,his kite reached high up in the sky.After a short while,the boy said,“Father,It seems that the thread is preventing the kite from flying higher.If we break it,it will be free and will go flying even higher.Can we break it?”As a result,the father cut the thread from a roller.The kite started to go a little higher,which made the boy very excited.

But then,slowly,the kite started to come down.And soon,it fell down on the top of a building.The boy was surprised to see this.He had cut the kite off its thread in order that it could fly higher,instead,it fell down.He said to his father,“Father,I thought the kite can freely fly higher after I cut off the thread.But why did it fall down?”

The father explained,“At the height of life that we live in,we often think that some things we are tied with,and they are stopping us from going further and higher.The thread was not keeping the kite from going higher,but it was helping it stay higher when the wind slowed down.When the wind picked up,you helped the kite go up higher in a proper direction through the thread.And when we cut the thread,it fell down without the support you were providing for the kite through the thread.”The son realized his mistake.

◆语块收藏

be filled with充满；被……充满

after a short while过了一会儿

as a result因此；结果

slow down 减速；减缓

pick up改善；好转；增强

in a proper direction以合适的方向

◆典句赏析

1.It seems that the thread is preventing the kite from flying higher.好像这线限制了风筝飞在空中的高度。

It seems that...是一个固定句式，表示“好像……”，seem为连系动词，that从句作表语；prevent sb.from doing是固定词组，意为“阻止某人做……”，相当于stop sb.from doing/keep sb.from doing。例如：

We must prevent/keep/stop the children playing football in the street.我们必须阻止孩子们在街道上踢足球。

【即时尝试】他看起来好像有重要的事情要对我说。

2.The kite started to go a little higher,which made the boy very excited.风筝开始飞得更高，这使得小男孩很兴奋。

这是一个主从复合句，关系代词which引导的是非限制性定语从句，指代前面整个主句的内容；make sb./sth.+adj.是固定搭配，意为“使某人(某物)……”。例如：

He pretended not to know me,which I didn't understand.他假装不认识我，这一点我不理解。

We should make our classroom clean.我们应该使我们的教室保持干净。

【即时尝试】他英语考试不及格，这使他感到很悲伤。

3.And when we cut the thread,it fell down without the support you were providing for the kite through the thread.当我们剪断线时，没有你通过线给风筝提供的支持，它就会掉下来。

这是一个主从复合句。when引导的是时间状语从句，在主句you were providing for the kite through the thread中作定语，修饰support；provide for是固定词组，意为“供养；供给”。

【即时尝试】他们有两个孩子需要供养。

译文助读

有一次，父亲和儿子去参加风筝节。看到天空中放满了五颜六色的风筝，小男孩非常高兴。他要求他的父亲也给他买一只风筝和一卷带滚轮的线，以便他也能放风筝。于是,他父亲去了举办风筝节的公园旁边的商店为儿子买了风筝和一卷线。

于是小男孩开始放风筝。很快，风筝飞在高空中。过了一会儿，小男孩说：“爸爸，好像这线限制了风筝飞在空中的高度，如果我们剪断风筝的线，它就自由了，还会飞得更高些。我们可以剪断线吗？”因此，父亲把线从线轮上剪断了。风筝开始飞得更高，这使得小男孩很兴奋。

但随后，慢慢地，风筝开始降落。不久，它就落在了一座建筑的顶上。小男孩看到这很惊讶，他把风筝的线剪断了是为了让它飞得更高，但是它却掉了下来。他对父亲说：“爸爸,我原以为剪掉线后，风筝可以自由自在地飞得更高，但为什么会掉下来?”

父亲解释说：“在我们生活中，我们经常认为有些事把我们捆绑了，它们阻止着我们进一步发展。但这线不是阻止风筝飞得更高，而是在风速减慢的时候，帮助风筝保持在更高的位置。当风速增强时，你通过线帮助风筝沿着一个合适的方向上升。当我们剪断线时，没有你通过线给风筝提供的支持，它就会掉下来”。儿子于是意识到了自己的错误。