师从天降：一句话让我了新的准则

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[00:01.85]31 Oliver Bascom	师从天降
[00:07.42](By Kathleen Pimentel)	（译/赵越）
[00:10.78]It is a mystery how I grew to be such a tall girl, 我是如何长成这么高的一个女孩还真是个谜。
[00:16.39]but I learned at an early age to cope with my size by trying to be as unremarkable as possible. 不过，从很小的时候起，我就学会了怎样应对自己的个头问题，那就是尽量让自己不起眼。
[00:24.75]At school, I wore drab colors and low heel shoes. 在学校里，我穿颜色灰暗的衣服和低跟鞋。
[00:29.83]I always chose a seat in the back of the room, never raised my hand in class and with my head down and shoulders stooped,我总挑教室后排的位子坐，在课堂上也从不举手发言。
[00:39.64]I virtually slouched my way through junior high school.	低头垂肩，我几乎就这样度过了初中时代。
[00:43.35]When I was 16, we moved to a small town. 16岁时，我家搬到了一个小镇上。
[00:48.28]I was relatively happy in my new school although still very self-conscious about my height. 我虽然仍会因自己的身高感到局促不安，但在新学校里相对还是比较开心的。
[00:55.39]Our teachers were caring and conscientious , 我们的老师都很关心我们，对工作也很认真负责。
[00:58.94]and I especially liked the old maid English teacher because she loved to discuss Greek mythology, 我尤其喜欢英语老师“老姑娘”，因为她爱讲希腊神话，
[01:06.58]and she always cried when she read poetry to us. 而且总会在为我们朗诵诗歌时掉眼泪。
[01:10.26]The first day of classes in my senior year, however, 然而，在我升入高三的第一天，
[01:14.83]the school was abuzz with the news that the old maid had left to get married and that we were going to have a new English teacher, Oliver Bascom.	校园里一片嘈杂，大家都在传一条消息――“老姑娘”已经离开学校去结婚了，我们将会有一位新的英语老师，名叫奥利弗・巴斯科姆。
[01:25.93]Oliver Bascom! He had to be a close relative of Mr.Peepers with a name like that! 奥利弗・巴斯科姆！叫这样的名字，他一定是皮伯斯先生的近亲吧！
[01:34.11]My girlfriends and I doubled over with laughter as we collaborated in conjuring up visions of a short, bald, skinny, prune-faced Caspar Milquetoast wearing horn rimmed glasses and plaid pants. 我和女友们一起幻想这个人的样子：身材矮小、脑门谢顶、瘦骨嶙峋，长着一张西梅干似的皱巴巴的脸，活脱脱一个戴着角制边框眼镜、身穿格子裤的卡斯帕・米尔克托斯特(编注：H.T.韦伯斯特在其连环漫画《胆小鬼》中所塑造的人物，天性温顺、敏感、胆小懦弱、犹豫不决，常被人轻视)。
[01:50.43]The situation wasn't really funny because we were going to have to endure this man for the entire year. 想到这儿，我们都笑弯了腰。其实这种状况并不是真的好笑，因为我们将忍受这个人一整年。
[01:57.87]As we lethargically made our way to class, each of us determined silently to find a seat as far back in the room as possible.	我们没精打采地走向教室时，每个人都在心中默默地决定找尽可能靠后的座位坐。
[02:08.22]We arrived just before the tardy bell, opened the door and there, in front of the blackboard, descended directly from Mount Olympus, stood Adonis. 我们走到门口，姗姗来迟的上课铃声恰好响起。推开教室门，我们看到黑板前面站着从奥林匹斯山直接下凡而来的“阿多尼斯”(译注：希腊神话中的美男子)。
[02:21.15]He was tall and young and handsome and had the classic chiseled features of a Greek statue.	他高大、年轻、英俊，有着希腊雕塑般精雕细琢的古典味道。
[02:28.45]What ensued was sheer pandemonium , a melee of seventeen-year-old girls, flying elbows and feet, scrambling to get to seats in the front of the room.接下来教室里一片混乱，一群17岁的女孩展开混战，手脚并用地争夺着教室前排的座位。 
[02:42.00]With my long legs and arms, I managed to secure the front row center desk.	出于手长腿长的优势，我成功抢到了教室前排正中间的位置。
[02:47.57]I was desperate to make a good impression on my new teacher, but kept quiet because I didn't have anything interesting to say. 我极度渴望给新老师留下好印象，可因为没什么有趣的事儿可讲，只好缄口不言。
[02:56.53]The day that directions were given for our first major writing assignment, I arrived late to class. 有一天，新老师给我们布置了第一个重要的写作任务，可我那天迟到了。
[03:04.33]A friend later gave me the guidelines and I thought I understood them. 一位朋友后来将写作要求告诉了我，我以为自己都懂了。
[03:09.60]I worked the entire weekend on the essay, turned it in on time and waited anxiously for Mr.Bascom's evaluation.	我花了整个周末写完这篇文章，并按时交了上去，接着便焦急地等待着巴斯科姆老师的评价。
[03:18.41]After three or four days, he arrived in class bearing a stack of the corrected papers, which he put on the desk in two piles.	三四天之后，巴斯科姆老师带着一摞改好的作业本走进教室，并把它们分成两叠放在讲桌上。
[03:28.30]"I've selected the ten best essays for class comment and discussion," he said.	“我挑了十篇最好的文章供大家评论和讨论。”他说。
[03:33.82]Twenty minutes later, my heart sank when he got to the last composition in the pile, and I realized that mine had not made the top ten. ・20分钟后，当他进行到那一叠中的最后一篇作文时，我意识到自己的文章并没有进入前十名，我的心沉到了谷底。
[03:44.40]Oh, where to hide? Why had I ever chosen the most exposed desk in the room?	哎，要躲去哪里呢？当初自己为什么要选择坐在教室里最显眼的座位上啊？
[03:51.31]"These are all outstanding efforts," Mr.Bascom continued, “这些文章都很出色，”巴斯科姆老师接着说，
[03:56.51]"however, I am now going to read you the most successful of all, “不过，我现在要给大家读读所有作文中最成功的一篇，
[04:01.71]a composition which is completely different from the rest and which is remarkable for its originality and creativity." 它与其他作文完全不同，因其原创性和创意性而显得非同寻常。”
[04:10.11]He pulled a paper out of his briefcase and began to read. 他从公文包里拿出一篇作文，开始读起来。
[04:14.86]We all dropped our jaws as it dawned on us that I was the author of this unusual work.	当知道是我写了这篇独特的作文时，同学们个个都惊讶得不得了。
[04:22.11]I never told anyone that the reason my composition was so different was because I had totally misunderstood the assignment.我从未告诉过任何人，我的作文之所以如此与众不同，是因为我当时完全把作业要求理解错了。 
[04:32.18]Nevertheless, a different girl walked out of the classroom that day. 尽管如此，在那一天，一个女孩以崭新的面貌走出了教室。
[04:37.50]I knew that I had a new set of standards to live up to and that anything was possible in the future.我知道自己有了一套新的准则可以践行，而且未来一切皆有可能。
[04:44.20]On my way to my next class, I could actually feel my spine stretch as I raised my head and straightened my shoulders.	在去上下一节课的路上，我昂首挺胸，真正感觉到自己直起了腰板。

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师从天降：一句话让我了新的准则