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Dad: I have some good news to share.

Mom: What news?

Dad: Holt got a call from that show, Inside Edition, and they want to give Bethany a prosthetic arm.

Mom: Wait, wait, wait. She's been home for five minutes.

Dad: They're gonna pay for the entire thing.

Mom: When did you talk to a TV show?

Dad: And it's custom made.

Bethany: Will it look normal?

Dad: I would think so.

Bethany: Awesome. Can they make one I can surf with?

Mom: What does she have to do?

Dad: All she has to do is give a brief interview, wearing the arm.

Timmy: Check out my sister the celebrity.

Mom: You don't have to do this.

Bethany: No. I want to. Yeah, yeah, I'll do it.

Timmy: So, it's settled.

Bethany: Hey, wait. Let's give thanks. That arm could not come soon enough. Because trying to make do with only one, even harder than it sounds. I mean, fixing your hair is not exactly rocket science. Unless you've only got one arm. Then it might as well be a mission to Mars. Every day of my life, for as far back as I could remember, I was in the water. And now, I couldn't even put my bathing suit on. Almost everything seemed to be a challenge. But what scared me most, was that I might not be able to surf again. It's so sad.

Girl: Mommy, what happened to that girl's arm?

Mother: I'm sorry.

Mom: Should I go? Or do you want to do this together? It's up to you.

Bethany: Stay.

Mom: Okay.

David: Oh, it's looking great. It's healing nicely. You all right? There you go. It's going to look better once the stitches are out.

Dad: Is she okay? You okay?

Sarah: Hey! I just got back from Mexico. I'm so glad you're okay. I was just about to come see you.

Bethany: I couldn't wait.

Sarah: Come here. I was thinking about you, and praying for you every minute. How are you?

Bethany: Oh... I'm good. Yeah. Everyone's been doing really good.

Sarah: You don't have to do that, Bethany. Not with me.

Bethany: Um... They're trying to help. I know. I know. But...

Sarah: But what?

Bethany: You know how you said it's hard to see things clearly sometimes when you're too close? Mmm-hmm. Well, I've been trying to get some perspective. I've been really trying. Sarah, how can this be God's plan for me? I don't understand. 

Sarah: I don't know why terrible things happen to us sometimes. But I have to believe that something good is going to come out of this. Okay. I don't know what that is. I really wish I did.

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1. prosthetic arm: 假肢，义肢

2. custom made: 量身订制，类似于custom-built，例如：custom-made clothes

3. give thanks: （饭前或饭后）做感恩祷告

例如：Then in that spirit let each of us give thanks.（现在本着同样心意让我们开始感恩。）

4. rocket science: 航天器学，引申为“复杂的事”

这里的意思是“绑头发又不是什么高科技。”

5. bathing suit：游泳衣

6. It's up to you: 你决定吧。

7. once the stitches are out: 拆线之后

8. how can this be God's plan for me: 上帝怎么可能这样对我?

9. something good is going to come out of this：我不清楚为何事事无常，但是我相信我们可以从中获益。也可以说成“塞翁失马，焉知非福”。

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1. 而且是量身订制。
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2. 嘿，等等，我们要祷告。
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3. 我想，绑头发又不是什么高科技，除非只有一只手，才会像火星任务一样。
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4. 我不清楚为何事事无常，但是我相信我们可以从中获益。

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四大冲浪圣地

夏威夷（Oahu, Hawaii） 　　

每个冲浪玩家都希望至少去夏威夷冲一次浪。瓦胡岛是夏威夷的主岛，也是最主要的冲浪场所，岛的形状使得岛上自然形成了四个冲浪海岸。夏威夷群岛由于受季风的影响，夏季从北太平洋吹来的海浪，往往使海浪高达4米，有些浪高甚至可高达8米以上，冲浪者可滑行800米以上。 　

如果人们有兴趣，可以到夏威夷的海边去看看。每个周末都不例外，海边总有那么一些肥胖的女人们，身着各式比基尼，在检查水温，查看波浪，微笑，当浪 花翻卷时开心的欢笑。新近成立的妇女冲浪同盟成了这些想健身、瘦身的女人们的组织者。这个冲浪同盟甚至组织妇女们在南加州进行冲浪培训，让她们尽可能快地 掌握冲浪健康瘦身的技巧。

法国西南海岸（South-West France） 　　

好莱坞剧作家Peter Viertel在1956年将冲浪运动带到法国，现在法国西南部的海岸线已经成为冲浪的好去处。事实上，在这里除了冲浪外，其他附加值也很高，冲浪结束后，还可以品尝着美味的葡萄酒，欣赏性感的法国女人，感受法国古老的文化。

民大威群岛

民大威群岛（MENTAWAI ISLANDS） 　　

民大威群岛位于印度尼西亚的苏门答腊岛西面，这里有四个主要的大岛和数不清的小岛，形成了很多适合冲浪的海岸。南印度洋的各个洋流在这里交汇，使得这里的海浪具有很强的持续性，不管刮什么风，在这里都肯定有地方可以冲浪，而且还有6－10米的大浪。

塔西提岛

塔西提岛（TEAHUPO’O） 　　

世界上只能有一处拥有最高的浪，这就是TEAHUPO’O，它位于南太平洋的塔西提岛。由于没有大陆架的阻挡，这里直接面对来自南太平洋的海浪，这也是为什么此处的浪比其他地方要高的原因。