這天上午余下的時(shí)間,基本上都是這樣過去的。教我們?nèi)堑睦蠋熓峭呒{先生,不說別的,就因?yàn)樗痰倪@門課,我無(wú)論如何都會(huì)很討厭他的,他也是唯一一個(gè)要我站到全班面前做自我介紹的老師。我說話結(jié)結(jié)巴巴的,臉也紅了,而且回到座位上去的時(shí)候還讓自己的靴子給絆了一下。
After two classes, I started to recognize several of the faces in each class. There was always someone braver than the others who would introduce themselves and ask me questions about how I was liking Forks. I tried to be diplomatic, but mostly I just lied a lot. At least I never needed the map.
兩節(jié)課下來,每個(gè)班上我都已經(jīng)認(rèn)得好幾張面孔了??傆心硞€(gè)膽子比其他同學(xué)都大一點(diǎn)的同學(xué),會(huì)向我做自我介紹,問我喜不喜歡??怂?。我試圖回答得很圓滑,但絕大多數(shù)時(shí)候我不過是說了一大堆謊話。起碼,我從來就沒需要過那張校園地圖。
One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Spanish, and she walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch. She was tiny, several inches shorter than my five feet four inches, but her wildly curly dark hair made up a lot of the difference between our heights. I couldn't remember her name, so I smiled and nodded as she prattled about teachers and classes. I didn't try to keep up.
有一個(gè)女同學(xué)上三角和西班牙語(yǔ)這兩門課都坐在我的旁邊,她還和我一起去自助餐廳吃午飯。她個(gè)頭很小,比我五英尺四的個(gè)頭兒要矮好幾英寸,但她那一頭亂蓬蓬的鬈發(fā)把我們?cè)谏砀呱系牟罹嗫s小了不少。我記不住她的名字,所以她唧唧喳喳地談?wù)摾蠋熀屯瑢W(xué)時(shí),我都會(huì)微笑和點(diǎn)頭。我并不想聽下去。
We sat at the end of a full table with several of her friends, who she introduced to me. I forgot all their names as soon as she spoke them. They seemed impressed by her bravery in speaking to me. The boy from English, Eric, waved at me from across the room.
我們和她的幾個(gè)朋友坐在一起,我和她坐在桌子的一頭,她把這幾個(gè)朋友都介紹給了我。他們的名字,她說完了我也就全忘了。他們似乎很欽佩她跟我說話的勇氣。英語(yǔ)課上的那個(gè)男同學(xué)埃里克,在餐廳的另一頭沖我揮了揮手。
It was there, sitting in the lunchroom, trying to make conversation with seven curiousstrangers, that I first saw them.
就是在那里,我坐在餐廳吃午飯,試圖跟七個(gè)好奇的不認(rèn)識(shí)的同學(xué)聊天的時(shí)候,我第一次見到了他們。
They were sitting in the corner of the cafeteria, as far away from where I sat as possible in the long room. There were five of them. They weren't talking, and they weren't eating, though they each had a tray of untouched food in front of them. They weren't gawking at me, unlike most of the other students, so it was safe to stare at them without fear of meeting anexcessively interested pair of eyes. But it was none of these things that caught, and held, my attention.
他們坐在自助餐廳的一個(gè)角落里,在這間長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的屋子里距我坐的位置最遠(yuǎn)的地方。他們一共5個(gè)人。他們沒有說話,也沒有吃東西,不過他們每人面前都有一盤沒有動(dòng)過的飯菜。他們沒有呆呆地看著我,不像絕大多數(shù)別的同學(xué)那樣,所以,盯著他們看很安全,無(wú)須擔(dān)心和那些非常好奇的眼神接觸。但吸引了我注意的并不是這些,我開始留意他們。
They didn't look anything alike. Of the three boys, one was big — muscled like a seriousweight lifter, with dark, curly hair. Another was taller, leaner, but still muscular, and honey blond. The last was lanky, less bulky, with untidy, bronze-colored hair. He was more boyish than the others, who looked like they could be in college, or even teachers here rather than students.
他們絲毫沒有相似之處。三個(gè)男孩子中,有一個(gè)塊頭很大,肌肉看上去像一個(gè)結(jié)結(jié)實(shí)實(shí)的舉重運(yùn)動(dòng)員,一頭黑色的鬈發(fā)。另外一個(gè)高一些,瘦一些,但也很強(qiáng)壯,一頭絕妙的金發(fā)。最后一個(gè)瘦長(zhǎng)瘦長(zhǎng)的,塊頭小一些,一頭不整潔的古銅色頭發(fā)。他的男孩子氣比另兩個(gè)更重一些,而另兩個(gè)看上去像大學(xué)生,甚至像這里的老師而不是學(xué)生。