One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting1 and dancing. As the strong winds gusted2 against the kites, a string kept them in check.
Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the restraining string and the cumbersome3 tail kept them in tow, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and kept them in tow, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say," Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!" they soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction4 of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. "Free at last," it seemed to say. "Free to fly with the wind."
Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic breeze. It fluttered ungracefully to the ground and landed in a tangled5 mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. "Free at last", free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to lodge6 lifeless against the first obstruction7.
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How much like kites we sometimes are. The heaven gives us adversity and restrictions8, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition9. Some of us tug10 at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the commandment and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.
Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe11 under are actually the steadying force that helps us ascend12 and achieve.
1 darting
v.投擲，投射( dart的現(xiàn)在分詞 )；向前沖，飛奔
參考例句：
Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飛。 來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》 Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠過(guò)。 來(lái)自辭典例句 語(yǔ)文成績(jī)好，書(shū)法少不了，學(xué)書(shū)法，推薦<A http://www.zequeka.cn/miniform/type_3.html>易優(yōu)少兒書(shū)法培訓(xùn)</a>
2 gusted
n. 突然一陣n. 風(fēng)味vi. 猛吹
參考例句：
The wind gusted up to 45 miles an hour. 風(fēng)力達(dá)每小時(shí)45英里。 As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a string kept them in check. 一陣強(qiáng)風(fēng)刮向風(fēng)箏，一根弦控制住了風(fēng)箏。
3 cumbersome
adj.笨重的，不便攜帶的
參考例句：
Although the machine looks cumbersome,it is actually easy to use.盡管這臺(tái)機(jī)器看上去很笨重，操作起來(lái)卻很容易。 The furniture is too cumbersome to move.家具太笨，搬起來(lái)很不方便。
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4 restriction
n.限制，約束
參考例句：
The park is open to the public without restriction.這個(gè)公園對(duì)公眾開(kāi)放，沒(méi)有任何限制。 The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小時(shí)限速30英里適用于所有建筑物聚集區(qū)。
5 tangled
adj. 糾纏的，紊亂的動(dòng)詞tangle的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞
參考例句：
Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的頭發(fā)太亂了，我梳不動(dòng)。 A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 亂灌木叢里的晃動(dòng)引起了他的注意。
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6 lodge
v.臨時(shí)住宿，寄宿，寄存，容納；n.傳達(dá)室，小旅館
參考例句：
Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚過(guò)夜的地方嗎？ I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在這家小店住兩個(gè)晚上。
7 obstruction
n.阻塞，堵塞；障礙物
參考例句：
She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨礙警察執(zhí)行任務(wù)。 The road was cleared from obstruction.那條路已被清除了障礙。
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約束( restriction的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )； 管制； 制約因素； 帶限制性的條件（或規(guī)則）
參考例句：
I found the restrictions irksome. 我對(duì)那些限制感到很煩。 a snaggle of restrictions 雜亂無(wú)章的種種限制
9 opposition
n.反對(duì)，敵對(duì)
參考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.該黨領(lǐng)袖在自己的黨內(nèi)遇到了反對(duì)。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察設(shè)法制住了那個(gè)囚犯的反抗。
10 tug
v.用力拖(或拉)；苦干；n.拖；苦干；拖船
參考例句：
We need to tug the car round to the front.我們需要把那輛車?yán)角懊?。 The tug is towing three barges.那只拖船正拖著三只駁船。
11 chafe
v.擦傷；沖洗；惹怒
參考例句：
The foaming waves chafe against the rocky shore.洶涌的波濤猛烈地沖擊著礁岸。 A stiff collar may chafe your neck.硬的衣領(lǐng)會(huì)擦傷你的脖子。
12 ascend
vi.漸漸上升，升高；vt.攀登，登上
參考例句：
We watched the airplane ascend higher and higher.我們看著飛機(jī)逐漸升高。 We ascend in the order of time and of development.我們按時(shí)間和發(fā)展順序向上溯
