I had signed up to be a school volunteer and was helping a first-grader with her homework. But it turned out I was the one in need of help. The assignment required coloring, and I'm color-blind—can't tell blue from red. As we finished our lesson, I told the little girl, “Next week you can read to me.” Looking confused, she said, “Can't you read, either?”
我報名當上了學校的義工,幫助一個一年級的小姑娘做家庭作業(yè)。然而,結果卻是我需要幫助。這個家庭作業(yè)要求上顏色,而我是紅綠色盲。在結束我們這一課的時候,我對小姑娘說:“下個星期你可以讀給我聽。”小姑娘有點搞糊涂了,她說:“你也不識字?”