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A girl whose legs had to be amputated after she suffered severe injuries in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, has received an invitation from a Canadian college to experience flying courses during the upcoming winter vacation.
一位在2008年汶川地震中受伤失去双腿的女孩，最近她接收到了加拿大皇家飞行学院的录取通知，获得了在即将到来的寒假体验飞行课的机会。
Seven years ago, 11-year-old Huang Meihua failed to escape as she was pinned down under stairs in the school building in Beichuan county when a powerful earthquake struck Southwest China's Sichuan province.
七年前，位于中国西南部的四川省发生强烈地震，当时11岁的黄梅花没能从北川县的教学楼中逃出，被楼梯压倒。
She had to be transported to hospital on a helicopter. Since that day she has dreamt of flying a plane.
之后，黄梅花被直升机救助转移到医院。从那一刻起，她就梦想能够开飞机。
After learning about her story, Qing Guangya, principal of an international school in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, admitted her in school and waived off all the fees, including tuition fees.
在得知黄梅花的故事后，四川省都江堰一所国际学校的校长录取了她。并免除了包括学费在内的一切费用。
Coming from a small town, Huang could not speak or write English. But the ambitious girl found every possible way to make it up by herself, and scored 98 points in the final exam, up from 66 points in the midterm.
从一个小镇走出的黄梅花，英语听说读写能力都很薄弱。但这个坚强的女孩还是靠自己克服了这个困难，英语成绩从期中考试的66分上升到了期末考试的98分。
"Some people think that handicapped people are weak or weird," she said. "So I want to be a better person to influence everyone around me."
“一些人认为残疾人是脆弱或者是奇怪的，”她说，“所以我想努力做得更好，以此来影响我周边的人们。”
When the Canadian college came to her school to enroll students, the staff heard about Huang Meihua's story and decided to offer her a chance.
当加拿大大学招生人员来到黄梅花的学校招生时，工作人员听了她的故事之后，决定给予黄梅花这个机会。
The course in February in Vancouver will last three weeks, including five to 10 hours' flying and basic knowledge of flying. The college will make a comprehensive evaluation on how well she has mastered the knowledge and skills and her physical adaptation.
这个课程是在加拿大的温哥华进行，为期三周，包括五到十个小时的飞行基本知识的学习。学院会根据黄梅花的知识技能以及身体适应程度做出综合评估。
Talking about the course, Huang said with confidence that "flying an airplane doesn't need to use feet. Now that the college has chosen me, I think I can make it."
说起这个课程，黄梅花自信地说道，“开飞机用不到脚，既然学校选择了我，我想我可以做到的。”
