I Couldn’t Breathe
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Running the Mile.
目录：一英里跑。
4 The Attack.
4 攻击。
6 Nurse Marge.
6名玛吉护士.
8 Riding in the Ambulance.
8骑入救护车.
11 At the Hospital.
第11条 在医院
13 Glossary.
13 词汇。
16 Running the Mile It was a warm day, and the class was outside for the yearly fitness tests.
16 跑出长途 这是一个温暖的一天, 和课外 每年健身测试。
It was time to run the mile.
该跑多远了
This year, I was going to be first.
今年,我要成为第一个。
I wanted that big blue ribbon and a letter from the president.
我要那条大蓝丝带和总统的信
We all stood at the starting line, stretching and getting ready.
我们都站在起点,伸展和准备。
“On your mark!
“请随心所欲!
Get set!”
准备!
Mr.
先生,请问...
Markel, the gym teacher, called.
体育老师Markel打电话来了
We all leaned forward, ready to take off.
我们都向前看,准备起飞。
Mr.
先生,请问...
Markel blew the whistle.
马克尔吹了口哨。
I flew off the line.
我飞了下来。
My legs felt strong and quick, and my lungs were full.
我的腿感觉强壮而快, 我的肺满了。
After the first lap, I was in the lead and felt good.
第一圈后,我领先,感觉很好。
I really had a chance this year—I could win it all!
我今年真的有机会... 我都能赢!
The Attack Halfway through the second lap, I tried to take a deep breath—and it hurt.
我试图深呼吸,
No, not now!
不,现在不行!
I thought.
我以为
I can’t have an asthma attack today!
今天我不能有哮喘发作!
I tried to take another breath.
我试着再呼吸
It felt as if something huge was sitting on my chest.
感觉好像我胸口有大块头
I stopped running and slowly crossed the field.
我停止跑步,慢慢地越过了球场.
Mr.
先生,请问...
Markel ran to meet me.
马可跑来见我
I was starting to wheeze.
我开始发牢骚了
“You’re going to be okay.
“你会没事的。
Just stay calm, and we’ll get you to the nurse’s office,” Mr.
请保持冷静, 我们会带你去护士办公室,
Markel said.
马可说.
He asked my friend Lauren to walk with me.
他让我朋友劳伦和我一起走
Nurse Marge It felt like a long walk.
玛吉护士 感觉就像长途跋涉
I was wheezing and gasping with every step.
我每一步都在呼啸和喘气
Knowing that the nurse had my inhaler kept me moving.
知道护士的吸入器让我动了起来
If I could just make it there, I’d be fine.
如果我能到那里,
The nurse, Mrs.
护士,夫人。
Marge, jumped up from her desk.
玛吉,从桌子上跳起来
She opened a wide drawer, pulled out an inhaler, read my name, and handed it to me.
她打开了个大抽屉,抽出一个吸入器,读出我的名字,然后交给我。
I shook it, squeezed, and inhaled.
我摇了一下,挤了一下,吸了一口气
Very little medicine came out—not enough.
只喷出了一点点药——根本不够。
I tried it again.
我又试过了
My inhaler was empty!
我的吸入器是空的!
I panicked.
我吓坏了
Panic was the worst thing I could do.
恐慌是我能做的最糟糕的事
My breathing became quicker, but I wasn’t getting any more air.
我呼吸得更快,
The room began to spin.
房间开始旋转。
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Marge called an ambulance.
玛吉叫了救护车
Then she joined Lauren in trying to calm me down.
然后她和劳伦一起 试图让我冷静下来
It helped—a little.
有一点帮助。
Riding in the Ambulance The paramedics showed up and helped me to the ambulance.
乘坐救护车 救护人员来了 帮我找救护车
They had me put a plastic mask over my mouth and told me to breathe deeply.
他们让我把一个塑料面具 在我的嘴上,并告诉我深呼吸。
They said it was medicine, but it tasted bad.
他们说是药,但味道不好
It helped, though.
虽然有帮助
The paramedics kept checking me over.
医护人员一直在监视我
The ambulance sped through traffic with the siren blaring.
救护车通过警笛声的车流
The ride would have been fun if I had felt better.
如果我感觉好点,那会很有趣的
When we reached the hospital, the paramedics took the mask away.
当我们到达医院时,医护人员拿走了口罩.
“I’m feeling okay now,” I said.
我说,
“Can I go back to school?”
“我可以回去上学吗? “
I still wanted to finish my mile.
我仍然想完成我的路程。
“Not yet.
“还没有。
You need to see a doctor first,” the paramedic said.
医护人员说,
He helped me out of the ambulance and took me into the hospital.
他帮我走出救护车,把我送进医院。
At the Hospital He had me sit on a bed in a row of beds.
在医院 他让我坐在一排床上
Soon a doctor showed up.
不久有医生出现.
She had me breathe through a tube while she examined me.
她让我通过管子呼吸 一边检查我
The tube was attached to a boxy machine that sounded as though it was breathing.
管子被接入一个拳击机 听起来像是在呼吸
Dad showed up a few minutes later.
爸爸几分钟后出现了
He looked worried, but he relaxed when I waved and smiled at him.
他看起来很担心,但当我向他挥手并微笑时,他放松了.
“Looks like you had a pretty bad asthma attack,” the doctor said to me.
医生对我说:“看来你哮喘发作很严重。”
She took the tube away.
她把管子拿走了。
“There’s a lot of pollen in the air.
“空气中有很多花粉。
Pollen must be one of your triggers.
波伦一定是你的扳机之一
Next time, tell your teacher you need to run inside.”
下次,告诉你的老师你需要跑进去。 “
“I know,” I said.
“我知道,”我说。
“I just wanted to run against everyone else in the fitness test.”
“我只是想在健身测试中与其他人作对。 “
“Your health is more important.
“你的健康更为重要。
Besides, the only thing that matters in winning that blue ribbon is your time,” the doctor said.
此外,赢得蓝丝带唯一重要的东西就是你的时间,“医生说。
“I’m sure your teacher will let you retake the tests.”
我敢肯定,你的老师会让你重新接受测试。 “
After that day, I always checked the pollen report on the news.
那天之后,我总是检查新闻上的花粉报道.
I stayed away from my other triggers.
我远离了我的其他触发器。
I also made sure Mrs.
我还确保了夫人。
Marge had a full inhaler, just in case.
玛吉有一个完整的吸入器,以防万一。
Oh, and I beat everyone else in running the mile that year—but I ran inside.
哦,我打败了其他人 在跑的里程—— 但我跑进去。