胡楊

One day， Angela is doing her homework. Her mother comes to her room witha book.“Whats this， Mom？”“Its a photo album2， from when I was in school，”Mom said.

Angela looked at the album excitedly.“Is that Aunt Allison on a motorbike？”she asks. “Yes， thats her and that was her motorbike. When not in class， shewould be out all the time by her motorbike，”her mother said. “That is so cool！ ”Angela said.

For a long time， Angela has been thinking about that picture of Aunt Allison.Angela asked her mother if she could call Aunt Allison. She said yes.“Hello， this isAngela. How are you？”“Oh， hi， Angela！ Im fine，”Aunt Allison said.“AuntAllison， you know what？ My mother showed me a photo of you and yourmotorbike！ ”“Oh， she still has those photos.”

Angela said， “Thats cool！ I love motorbikes， but my father thinks Ishouldnt ride them. He said it wasnt for girls. A lot of people say womencant ride motorbikes. It makes me unhappy. Can you teach me， please？”

“You need to first get a license3， Angela. You can only do that when youre16，”Aunt Allison said. “Yes， thats next year. But I want to learn from you.Will you please teach me？”Angela asked.

“Id first have to check4 with your parents...”Aunt Allison said. Angelalooked at her mother， and her mother said yes. “My mother said yes，”Angelasaid. “Why dont I speak to your mother and well see how to talk to yourfather， okay？”Aunt Allison said.“Okay， thank you！ ”Angela said.

The next night， when Angela was playing a game on her computer， herfather came into her room. “I heard you called Aunt Alison？”he asked.“Dad，please. Aunt Alison said shell teach me， so its safe5，”Angela said.“Youknow much about motorbikes， but how much do you know about helmets6？”asked her father. Angela doesnt know anything about helmets.

“Youre first going to have to buy a helmet. You need to be safe，”saidher father. “Does that mean7 Aunt Alison can teach me？”she asked.“Yes，when you go to her home next year， if you still want to learn，”her father said.

“Thank you so much， Dad！ ”she said. Angela was very happy becauseshe could learn riding motorbikes next year.

有一天，安吉拉正在做作業(yè)。這時(shí)她媽媽拿著一本書來(lái)到她的房間?！斑@是什么，媽媽？”“這是一本相冊(cè)，是我上學(xué)時(shí)的?！眿寢屨f(shuō)。

安吉拉興奮地看著相冊(cè)?！膀T摩托車的是艾莉森阿姨嗎？”她問(wèn)?！笆堑?，就是她，那是她的摩托車。不上課的時(shí)候，她總是在外面騎著她的摩托車。”媽媽說(shuō)。“太酷了！”安吉拉說(shuō)道。

很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間以來(lái)，安吉拉一直在想艾莉森阿姨的那張照片。安吉拉問(wèn)媽媽能不能給艾莉森阿姨打電話，她同意了。“您好，我是安吉拉。您最近好嗎？”

“哦，你好，安吉拉！我很好?！卑蛏⒁陶f(shuō)?！鞍蛏⒁?，您知道嗎？我媽媽給我看了一張您和摩托車的照片！”“哦，她還留著那些照片呢。”

安吉拉說(shuō)：“太酷了！我喜歡摩托車，但我爸爸認(rèn)為我不應(yīng)該騎。他說(shuō)不適合女生。很多人說(shuō)女生不能騎摩托車。這讓我不開(kāi)心。您能教我嗎？”

“你需要先拿到駕照，安吉拉。你只有在16 歲的時(shí)候才能去考?！卑蛏⒁陶f(shuō)?！笆堑模褪敲髂?。但我想和您學(xué)習(xí)。您能教我嗎？”安吉拉問(wèn)。

“我得先問(wèn)問(wèn)你父母……”艾莉森阿姨說(shuō)。安吉拉看了看她媽媽，媽媽答應(yīng)了?！拔覌寢屚饬恕！卑布f(shuō)。“不如我先和你媽媽談?wù)?，我們?cè)倏纯丛趺春湍惆职终f(shuō)，好嗎？”艾莉森阿姨說(shuō)?！昂玫?，謝謝您！”安吉拉說(shuō)。

第二天晚上，安吉拉在玩電腦游戲時(shí)，爸爸走進(jìn)了她的房間?！拔衣?tīng)說(shuō)你給艾莉森阿姨打電話了？”他問(wèn)?！鞍职?，求您了，艾莉森阿姨說(shuō)她會(huì)教我，所以會(huì)很安全?！卑布f(shuō)?！澳銓?duì)摩托車的了解不少，但你對(duì)頭盔了解多少呢？”爸爸問(wèn)。安吉拉對(duì)頭盔一無(wú)所知。

“你首先得買個(gè)頭盔。你需要確保自身安全?！卑职终f(shuō)?！斑@就是說(shuō)艾莉森阿姨可以教我了，是嗎？”她問(wèn)道?！笆堑?，可以在明年你去她家的時(shí)候，如果那時(shí)你還想學(xué)的話?！彼职终f(shuō)。

“謝謝爸爸！”她說(shuō)。安吉拉非常開(kāi)心，因?yàn)槊髂晁涂梢詫W(xué)騎摩托車了。

Notes

1. motorbike 摩托車

2. album 相冊(cè)

3. license 執(zhí)照

4. check 核實(shí)

5. safe 處境；或情況；安全的

6. helmet 頭盔；防護(hù)帽

7. mean 本意是；意思是