英语翻译WhenIwasaboutfiveyearsold,IusedtowatchabirdintheskiesofsouthernAlbertafromtheBlackfootBloodReserveinnorthernMontanawhereIwasborn．Ilovedthisbird;Iwouldwatchhimforhours．Hewouldcircleeffortlessly

　　英语翻译

　　WhenIwasaboutfiveyearsold,IusedtowatchabirdintheskiesofsouthernAlbertafromtheBlackfootBloodReserveinnorthernMontanawhereIwasborn．Ilovedthisbird;Iwouldwatchhimforhours．Hewouldcircleeffortlesslyinthatgiganticsky,orhewouldcomedownandlightonthewaterandfloattherebeautifully．SometimeswhenIwatchedhim,hewouldnotmakeasoundandlikedtomovequietlyintothegrasses．Wecalledhimmeksikatsi,whichintheBlackfootlanguemeans“pink-coloredfeet”;meksikatsiandIbecameverygoodfriends．

　　ThebirdhadaveryparticularsignificancetomebecauseIdesperatelywantedtobeabletoflytoo．IfeltverymuchasifIwasthekindofpersonwhohadbeenbornintoaworldwhereflightwasimpossible．AndmostofthethingsthatIdreamedaboutwouldnotbepossibleformebutwouldbepossibleonlyforotherpeople．

　　WhenIwastenyearsold,somethingunexpectedchangedmylifesuddenly.IfoundmyselfbecomeanadoptedchildinafamilyIwasnotborninto;IfoundmyselfinaterriblepositionthatmanynativeAmericansfindthemselvesin,livinginacitythattheydonotunderstandatall,notinanotherculturebutbetweentwocultures．

　　AteacheroftheEnglishlanguagetoldmethatmeksikatsiwasnotcalledmeksikatsi,eventhoughthatiswhatmypeoplehavecalledthatbirdforthousandsofyears．Meksikatsi,hesaid,wasreally“duck”．Iwasverydisappointed

　　withEnglish．Icouldnotunderstandit．Firstofall,thebirddidnotlooklike“duck”,andwhenitmadeanoise,itdidnotsoundlike“duck”,IwasevenmoreconfusedwhenIfoundoutthatthemeaningoftheverb“toduck”camefromthebird．

　　AsIcametounderstandEnglishbetter,Iunderstandthatitmadeagreatdealofsense

　　,butIneverforgotthatmeksikatsimadeadifferentkindofmeaning．Irealizedthatlanguagesarenotjustdifferentwordsforthesamethingsbuttotallydifferentconcepts,totallydifferentwaysofexperiencingandlookingattheworld．