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I was ten years old 那时我十岁 riding my bicycle 骑着自己的自行车 at break-neck speed 速度足以让我摔断脖子 down a hill near my home. 从家附近的山坡上向下俯冲 This was long before bike helmets were used 自行车头盔是很久之后才发明的 Only a month before 就在一个月之前 I had hit a rock in the road, 我撞到马路上的一块石头 flown over my handlebars 从车把手前面飞了出去 and smashed open my skull . 脑瓜开了瓢 I had walked home bleeding, 我浑身是血，走回了家 terrified my Mom, 吓坏了我的母亲 and gotten a trip to the hospital 去了一趟医院 to have my skull stitched shut again. 才把我的脑壳缝合好了 The memory of a boy is brief, however, 可是，小男孩都是好了伤疤忘了疼 so here I was back on my bike, 所以此刻我又在自己的自行车上了 flying fearlessly down a hill again. 义无反顾，飞也似地从山坡上往下冲 I was picking up speed 我一路加速 as I neared a curve in the road. 很快冲到马路上的一个拐弯处 | 
