The Boy Who Dreamed of Stars梦见星星的男孩

There once was a boy who dreamed of going to the stars. From a very youngage， he was fascinated with the idea of space travel. Every night， he would go to hishouse’s balcony1 and count the stars that were in the night sky. Whenever he slept，he would dream of being with the stars. He would excitedly speak of his dream toother people and gush2 about what he would do once he achieved his dream to hisparents and friends. On some days， he would even go to the public library and spendhours reading about space. His parents and their friends would always laugh andjoke about“a child’s silly ambitions3”， even when he was right in front of them. Hewas young， then， and didn’t understand what they were talking about.

从前有一个男孩梦想着飞到星星上。从很小的时候起，他就对太空旅行的想法着迷。每天晚上，他都会去家里的阳台数数夜空中的星星。每当他睡觉的时候，他都会梦见自己和星星在一起。他会兴奋地向其他人讲述自己的梦想，并向父母和朋友滔滔不绝地讲述一旦实现梦想他会做什么。有时，他甚至会去公共图书馆，花几个小时阅读有关太空的书籍。他的父母和他们的朋友总是嘲笑说“孩子傻气的野心”，甚至在他就在他们面前的时候。那时他还小，不明白他们在说什么。

As he grew older， he started working hard and tried his best to get into agood university. He would often be found sitting at a corner reading about spacewhile others played happily on the field. He got bullied4 a lot because he lookednerdy5 and always kept to himself， and to others， and that was weird6. However，he ignored7 his bullies and continued on with his life. His bullies eventually lefthim alone when they realized he didn’t seem to care about them. He managed toget a scholarship8 to a university that focused9 on astronomy10 and science.

随着年龄的增长，他开始努力学习，并尽最大努力考上一所好大学。当其他人在球场上快乐地玩耍时，人们经常发现他坐在角落里阅读有关太空的书籍。他经常被欺负，因为他看起来很像书呆子，总是独来独往，这在别人看来很奇怪。然而，他无视了欺凌者，继续他的生活。欺负他的人意识到他似乎并不在乎他们后，最终就不再管他了。他设法获得了一所专注于天文学和科学的大学的奖学金。

When he was 17 years old， however， an accident happened while he waswalking to the store， and he went blind. His friends told him to give up on hisdreams， because how could a blind person ever hope to go to space？ But still herefused to give up， and continued to study to become an astronaut. No matter howpeople laughed at and mocked him or put him down， he still got back up. Heworked harder than anyone else.

然而，当他17 岁的时候，他在去商店的路上发生了一场事故，他成了盲人。他的朋友们劝他放弃梦想，因为一个盲人怎么可能希望去太空呢？但他仍然不肯放弃，继续学习成为一名宇航员。不管人们怎么嘲笑他、讥讽他，贬低他，他还是重新振作起来。他比任何人都更努力。

At 24 years old， he applied for a job towork as an astronaut. He went to severalinterviews and argued with the interviewerabout his blindness， until one day， when thedirector of the Space Agency came to him， andoffered him a place in their special astronautteam—“The Human Limits”. He was put witha deaf girl and an autistic11 boy. The three ofthem became fast friends within minutes ofmeeting each other. And then， they set off to explore one of Jupiter’s moons. Theycame back bearing12 good news about the mission13. And with that， each of themwas given a medal of honour and proved to the world that they realized theirdreams despite their disabilities. The boy’s family realized their mistakes， andapologized to him. And at last， the boy， along with his newfound friends， provedlimitations do not stop ambitions.

24 岁时，他申请了一份宇航员的工作。他参加了几次面试，并与面试官就自己的失明问题进行了争论，直到有一天，航天局局长找到他，让他加入他们的特殊宇航员团队——“人类的极限”。他和一个失聪的女孩、一个自闭症男孩在一起。他们三个人在见面的几分钟里就成了好朋友。然后，他们出发去探索木星的一颗卫星。他们带着这次任务的好消息回来了。为此，他们每个人都被授予了荣誉勋章，并向世界证明了，尽管他们有残疾，但他们还是实现了自己的梦想。男孩的家人意识到了他们的错误，并向他道歉。最后，这个男孩和他的新朋友们证明了限制因素并不能阻止雄心壮志。

（英语原文选自：kidsworldfun.com）