师生情：我的代课老师

Learn English free online - how to pronounce word in English - English Learning Online- www.pronounceword.com

[ti:www.pronounceword.com]
[ar:]
[al:]
[by:www.pronounceword.com]
[00:01.88]32 The Substitute	我的代课老师
[00:06.70](By Kim Rogers)	（译/关月）
[00:09.81]I'll never forget the day I met Mrs.Ferguson. 我将永远不会忘记见到弗格森夫人的那天。 
[00:14.92]That day, she walked into our tenth-grade biology class wearing a pink blouse with puffy sleeves and white tennis shoes. 那天，她走进我们十年级的生物课教室，身穿一件袖子肥大的粉色宽松外套，脚蹬一双白色网球鞋，
[00:23.62]Thick glasses made her eyes look enormous.厚厚的眼镜片让她的双眼看起来很大。 
[00:26.92]"Mrs.Peterson has had her baby," she announced, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. “彼得森夫人有宝宝了，”她一边宣布，一边把一缕头发拨到耳后，
[00:32.89]"She has decided not to return to teaching this year - so I'll be taking over this class."	“她已经决定今年不回来教书了――所以，这个班的课将由我来代。”
[00:38.77]I groaned. 我叹了一口气。
[00:40.70]Everyone loved Mrs.Peterson, a pretty woman in her late twenties. 大家都喜欢彼得森夫人。她是一个年届三十的漂亮女人。
[00:45.68]She had a wonderful way of making the most boring lessons fun.她有绝佳的办法将最枯燥的课变得有趣。 
[00:49.62]She was really cool, but Mrs. Ferguson was absolutely not.	她真的很酷，但弗格森夫人绝对不酷。
[00:55.13]Right away, the popular kids started making fun of her. 很快，学校里受欢迎的孩子们开始取笑她。
[00:59.00]I was not proud of it, but I joined in. 我没有以此为荣，不过也加入了其中。
[01:02.50]I felt bad about it. 我心里并不好受。
[01:04.20]But I was a cheerleader, and I felt I had to go along with the popular crowd.	可我是拉拉队队员，我觉得自己必须和那些受欢迎的孩子们打成一片。
[01:08.69]Then one day after school and a long cheerleading practice, my friend Alex and I were looking for a place to freshen up before the football match. 之后有一天放学后，我和朋友亚历克丝结束了漫长的拉拉队训练，想在足球赛前找个地方好好梳洗一下。
[01:17.93]We walked past Mrs. Ferguson's room and were surprised to see her at her desk, grading papers. 我们从弗格森夫人的房门前经过，惊讶地看到她正坐在桌前评阅论文。
[01:24.68]"Girls, can I help you?"	“女孩们，需要我帮忙吗？”
[01:26.26]We stopped. 我们停下了脚步。 
[01:27.61]"We're just looking for a place to plug in our curling irons ," I said. “我们只想找个地方插一下卷发钳。”我说。
[01:31.84]My face felt hot. 我的脸有些发热。
[01:33.54]She probably thinks we're vain , stupid cheerleaders.	她也许会认为我们是爱慕虚荣、愚昧无知的拉拉队员。
[01:37.64]"You're welcome to use the plug in here," she said, motioning to the mirror. “欢迎你们用这儿的插座。”她指着镜子说。
[01:42.56]I didn't know what to say. 我不知道说什么。
[01:44.56]I couldn't imagine fixing my hair in Mrs. Ferguson's room.	我无法想象在弗格森夫人的房间里梳头的情景。
[01:48.54]"Sure, that's really nice of you," said Alex, elbowing me. “当然，您真好。”亚历克丝一边说一边用胳膊肘撞了撞我。
[01:52.54]"Yeah, thanks," I said.	“是的，谢谢您。”我说。
[01:55.37]We set up our stuff by the mirrors and started primping. 我们把东西摆在镜子旁边，开始打扮起来。
[01:59.39]Mrs. Ferguson was silent as she finished grading papers. 弗格森夫人静静地评阅完了论文。
[02:02.88]Then she pulled a chair over near us. 然后，她拉了一把椅子坐到了我们旁边。
[02:05.48]What's she doing? I wondered. 她要干什么？我心想，
[02:08.23]Was she going to lecture us? 她是要教训我们吗？
[02:09.95]"So how do you keep your hair from falling out of that style while you're cheering?" she asked Alex.	“你们欢呼加油时，是怎么让这个发型保持不乱的？”她问亚历克丝。
[02:16.50]Then the strangest thing happened. 接下来奇怪的事情发生了。
[02:19.29]Alex and Mrs. Ferguson started talking about hair products. 亚历克丝和弗格森夫人开始谈论起美发产品来。
[02:23.00]That led to a discussion about makeup, and cheerleading, and guys ... stuff you'd talk to your best girlfriend about.这又引起了一场关于化妆、拉拉队和男孩子的讨论――这是你和自己的闺蜜讨论的内容啊！ 
[02:30.20]By the time we left, the three of us had covered everything from lipstick to curfews .	到我们离开时，我们三个人的讨论范围已经覆盖了从唇膏到宵禁的所有内容。
[02:35.94]After that, I started to see Mrs. Ferguson differently. 此后，我开始对弗格森夫人另眼相看了。
[02:40.52]She seemed to genuinely care about her students. 她似乎是真心诚意地关心她的学生。
[02:43.69]I stopped joining in when people talked behind her back.	当别人在背后说她闲话时，我不再参与了。
[02:47.21]One day after class, Mrs. Ferguson asked me if I was going to try out for cheerleading again. 一天下课后，弗格森夫人问我是否会继续参加拉拉队的选拔。
[02:53.58]Spring tryouts for next year were only a week away. 距离为明年举办的春季选拔只有一星期了。
[02:56.89]"I just can't do it," I told her. “我没法参加了，”我告诉她， 
[02:59.59]"My heart isn't in it. “我的心思不在这上面。
[03:01.17]I feel like I need to make my grades my priority."	我觉得我的首要任务是把功课学好。”
[03:04.31]"I bet that was a hard decision for you," she said.	“我敢说，你做出这样的决定不容易。”她说。
[03:07.74]"But I know it's the right one," I said, my voice shaking. “但我知道这是正确的决定。”我说，嗓音有些发抖。
[03:12.51]"Is Alex going to try out?" she asked.	“亚历克丝会参加选拔吗？”她问。
[03:15.84]"Yeah, I said," hoping Mrs. Ferguson didn't notice I was getting emotional, "it's a tradition to take flowers to the girls trying out, so I plan to get some for her."	“是的，”我不希望弗格森夫人注意到我的伤感情绪，于是 说，“送花给参加选拔的女孩是传统，所以，我打算送花给她。”
[03:27.86]What a neat idea! she said.	“主意不错！”她说。
[03:30.50]The week of tryouts was hard. 选拔赛的那一周很难熬。
[03:32.58]I'd been cheering since the eighth grade,and I was going to miss it - the pep rallies , making posters, performing at games with my friends. 我从八年级就开始参加拉拉队了，可我就要错过这一切――赛前动员、海报张贴、赛时和朋友们一起表演。
[03:41.70]I kept wondering if I'd made the wrong decision.	我不停地问自己，我是不是做了个错误的决定。
[03:44.47]On tryout day, I decided to go and watch, to support Alex. 选拔赛那天，我决定去观看，去支持亚历克丝。
[03:49.20]As I waited in the bleachers for things to begin, I glanced over at the gym door.当我坐在露天看台上等待比赛开始的时候，我朝体育场的入口处瞥了一眼。 
[03:54.50]Mrs. Ferguson was walking toward me. 弗格森夫人正朝我走来。
[03:57.50]"Mrs. Ferguson, what are you doing here?" I asked.	“弗格森夫人，您来这儿干什么？”我问。
[04:01.40]I wouldn't miss it for the world! With that, she handed me a small bouquet of pale blue flowers.	“我可不愿错过这个观看选拔赛的机会！”说着，她递给了我一小束淡蓝色的花儿。
[04:08.44]What are these for?	“您为什么要送花给我？”
[04:10.50]"I know today would be tough for you. “我知道今天对你来说会很难熬。
[04:12.47]It is the least I could do," she said, squeezing my arm.	这至少是我能做到的。”她捏了捏我的胳膊说。
[04:16.61]I gave Mrs. Ferguson a huge hug. 我紧紧地拥抱了弗格森夫人。
[04:19.62]How blessed I was to have a teacher who took the time to care about me so much. 我有一个肯花时间这样关心我的老师是多么幸运啊！
[04:25.20]Sure, Mrs. Ferguson may not have been the most fashionable person in the school. 诚然，弗格森夫人也许不是学校里最时髦的人，
[04:29.78]But looks really don't mean a thing. 但外表真的不能说明什么。
[04:32.16]Take it from me and my favorite teacher, Mrs. Ferguson.	关于这一点，看看我和我最爱的老师弗格森夫人就知道啦。

Our dictionary

师生情：我的代课老师