One afternoon, I took my daughter to go ice skating. I grew up ice skating, a(n)
1much like riding a bike. And she was eager to learn. We 2stepped onto ice that was more slippery than I 3. No sooner did our blades(冰刀)4the frozen area than both my daughter and I felt ourselves hurtling(猛冲)toward the ground. I feared my daughter falling again and asked her to stay aside watching but she 5. At that moment, her friend pirouetted(单脚尖旋转)toward us. She said, "Falling is part of any new 6. I'll help her to skate! "My daughter looked at me with 7 eyes and I agreed.
Seconds later, my daughter8. I gasped as she struggled to get up. Then I watched her9for her friend's hand, get back on her10, and skate off only to fall three paces later. Over time, her falling became11. When they finally came back to the benches, my daughter exclaimed in 12:"Mama! I fell 22 times! "I spent the next hour watching my daughter13the rink. After falling, she got up by clinging to the wall and started to glide until she could make it all the way around without a single fall. 14my daughter stepped off the rink, with a 15 smile, "Mama! I did it! I did it! "
