美国六小灵童壮举又一桩

上次说了美国六小灵通跨枪上学堂的先进事迹。今天，美国又有一位六小灵童做下了创举--没赶上校车就自己驾车上学。

美国是世上头号汽车王国，英文叫做"A Nation on Wheels"，汽车是美国人离不了的生活工具。家家有汽车人人会开车，虽然美国有它独特的汽车文化，但一个六龄童自己开车上学，也太过份太悬了吧!

请看新闻:

Va. 6-year-old takes and wrecks family car after missing school bus, but makes it to class

A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family's sedan and crashed. His parents were charged with child endangerment. State police said the boy suffered only minor injuries and authorities drove him to school after he was evaluated at a local hospital for a bump on his head. He arrived shortly after lunch, Sgt. Tom Cunningham said.

It happened around 7:40 a.m. Monday on Route 360, about 61 miles east of Richmond.

The boy, whose name wasn't released, missed the bus, took the keys to his family's 2005 Ford Taurus and drove nearly six miles toward school while his mother was asleep, police said.

He made at least two 90-degree turns, passed several cars and ran off the rural two-lane road several times before hitting an embankment and utility pole about a mile and a half from school.

The boy told police he learned to drive playing Grand Theft Auto and Monster Truck Jam video games.

"He was very intent on getting to school," said Northumberland County Sheriff Chuck Wilkins. "When he got out of the car, he started walking to school. He did not want to miss breakfast and PE."

His parents, Jacqulyn Deana Waltman, 26, and David Eugene Dodson, 40, are each charged with child endangerment, Wilkins said. Waltman is being held without bond. Dodson was released on a $5,000 bond.

It was not clear if they had attorneys.

The boy and his 4-year-old brother were placed in protective custody.

"This really is a story of miracles," Wilkins said. "The Lord was with him, along with everybody else on the highway."

孩子的父母被拘了，原因就是他们"置孩子于危险境地"，她妈Waltman不能保释，他爸Dodson以五千美元保释。

这位六小龄童，也是超能儿。他开过两个九十度的拐弯，和好几辆车交会，开了六英里，没撞人没撞车，在离学校一英里半的地方才撞上电线杆子。他说玩电脑游戏让他学会了开车。

美国这是怎么啦?  "跨枪走天下"该是大人的事，"送孩子上学"是父母的责任。可如今这些事孩子们都自己干了。孩子是能耐了，可美国社会乱了。

学词汇

wreck:  毁坏了车船，就叫wreck，有时也叫crash。
school bus:  美国中小学学生上下学，只要离校超过两英里，就由校车(school bus)接送。
be charged: 被诉
child endangerment:  置孩子于危险境地
minor injuries: 轻伤(无大碍)
a bump on his head:  头上起个胞
Ford Taurus:  福特金牛牌(汽车)
run-off:  开出(行车道)外
embankment:  (路边)障碍物
utility post: 电线杆子
Grand Theft Auto and Monster Truck Jam:  一个电脑游戏的名字
to be very intent on:  非常想要......
breakfast and PE:  (学校)的早餐和体育课，PE是physical education的缩写