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PASSAGE FIFTY-SEVEN

Tail Spin

1.Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin, Grace, shows off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. 

2.The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she’s even swimming at all. She doesn’t have a tail.

3.Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was fighting for her life. 

4.“Is she going to make it?” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it—but her tail didn’t. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.

5.Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way—like a fish!

6.She pushed herself forward through the water by moving her peduncles from side to side. The movement put harmful pressure on Grace’s backbone. So a company offered to create a man-made tail for her. 

7.The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn’t hurt her. The first time Grace wore the artificial tail. 

8.She soon shook it off and let it sink to the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. 

9.“The tail isn’t necessary for her to feel comfortable,” says Stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion and build muscles.”

10.Now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focuses on her rescue and recovery. 

11.Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much courage.

第五十七篇

尾 旋

1.两只海豚在海洋公园的一个大水池里比赛。较小的海豚格蕾丝展示了她的一些技巧，转过身向人群挥手问好。

2.然而，最令人惊讶的是，她甚至还会游泳。她没有尾巴。

3.格蕾丝在婴儿时期被一个捕鱼器夹住，失去了尾巴。当这只海豚于2005年12月抵达海洋公园时，她正在与命运作斗争。

4.“她能挺过来吗?”她的教练艾比·斯通做了最坏的打算。格蕾丝成功了，但她的尾巴没成功。她最后失去了她的锚爪和节梗的下半部分。

5.在过去的六年里，她学会了不用尾巴游泳。海豚通过上下移动它们的吸片和花梗来游泳。格蕾丝自学了另一种移动方式，像鱼一样!

6.她把脚从一边移到另一边，在水中向前移动。运动对格蕾丝的脊柱造成了有害的压力。因此，一家公司提出为她制作一条人造尾巴。

7.尾巴必须足够结实，以便在格蕾丝游泳时紧紧抓住她，但又要足够柔软，以免伤到她。这是格蕾丝第一次戴人造尾巴。

8.她很快就把它抖掉，让它沉到池底。现在，她还在学习如何使用尾巴。有时她一次戴一个小时，有时根本不戴。

9.“尾巴没有必要让她感到舒适,”斯通说,“但它有助于保持运动和建立肌肉。”

10.现在，这只海豚即将迎来更幸福的结局。这个月，格蕾丝将主演《海豚故事》，这部电影主要讲述了她的获救和康复过程。

  11.她的进步不仅激发了一部新电影的灵感。许多人从四面八方赶来见她。看到格蕾丝用人造尾巴游泳给了人们很大的勇气。