开学第一天：噩梦之后一切都会变得轻松容易

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[00:01.64]29 The First Day of Middle School	开学噩梦破除记
[00:07.19](By Patty Hansen)	(译 / 张玲)
[00:10.36]My stomach tied in knots, and I could feel the sweat soaking through my T-shirt. 我的胃纠结成团，我能感觉得到汗水正在浸湿我的T恤。
[00:17.58]My hands were clammy as I tried to open my combination lock . 在我设法打开我的暗码锁时，我的手心湿乎乎的，冒着冷汗。
[00:22.20]Around and around went the numbers, left, right, right, left ... which way was it supposed to go? 我一圈一圈地转着那些数字，左，右，右，左……到底该怎么转呢？
[00:31.20]I couldn't make it work. 我就是无法打开它。
[00:32.73]I gave up and started to run down the hallway. 我放弃了，开始沿着走廊跑。
[00:36.15]As I ran, the hall seemed to get longer and longer ... the door I trying to reach was farther away than when I had started. 我跑呀跑，走廊似乎变得越来越长，越来越长……我想要到达的那扇门也变得比我出发时更远。
[00:44.81]I began to sweat even worse, then I could feel the tears forming. 我愈发大汗淋漓，接着我感到眼泪就要涌出来了。
[00:49.77]I was late, late, late for my first class on my first day of middle school ... then the bell rang!我迟到了，迟到了，我初中第一天的第一堂课就迟到了……这时，上课铃响了！
[00:57.34]In my dream, it was the school bell. 在我的梦 里，是上课铃在响。
[00:59.92]But as I sat up in bed, I realized that it was my alarm clock jarring me awake.	但当我从床上坐起来，我才意识到唤醒我的是闹铃声。
[01:06.43]I was having the dream again. 我又在做这个梦了。
[01:08.88]I started having the dream around the end of the sixth grade. 在六年级末的那段时间我就开始做这样的梦。
[01:12.74]And as the start of seventh grade grew closer, the more I had the dream. 而且随着七年级开学的日子越来越近，我越来越频繁地做这同一个梦。
[01:17.92]This time the dream was even more real, because today was the first day of seventh grade.	这一次的梦更加真实，因为今天正是七年级开学的第一天。
[01:24.96]In my heart, I knew I never would make it. 在我心里，我认为自己永远无法应付这一切。
[01:28.71]Everything was too different. 一切都和以前大不一样了。
[01:30.84]School, friends - even my own body.学校，朋友――甚至我的身体。 
[01:34.44]I constantly had a sprained ankle, wet armpits and things stuck in my braces . 我经常扭伤脚踝，腋窝总是湿乎乎的，矫正牙齿的钢丝架里老是卡着东西。
[01:41.22]I felt awkward, smelly, insecure and like I had bad breath the whole day.	我觉得自己笨手笨 脚，身上有味儿，缺乏安全感，就好像我真的整天都有口臭似的。
[01:46.85]No one had ever told me that growing up was going to be so hard, so scary, so unwelcome, so ... unexpected. 以前从来没有谁告诉过我，成长会是如此艰难，如此恐怖，如此讨厌，如此让人不想接受，如此……出乎预料。
[01:57.28]I was the oldest kid in my family -  in fact, in my entire neighborhood - and no one had been there before me, to help lead me through the challenges of middle school.	我是家里最大的孩子――实际上，也是整个街区最大的孩子――在我之前没有人经历过这一切，没有人可以带领我通过中学的挑战。
[02:08.41]I was on my own.	我只能靠自己。
[02:10.93]The first day of school was almost everything I feared. 开学第一天，我几乎碰上了所有我害怕的事情。
[02:14.97]I didn't remember my combination. 我没记住暗码锁的密码。
[02:17.90]I wrote the combination on my hand, but my hand was so sweaty that it came off. 我把密码写在手上，但手心出汗太厉害，密码不见了。
[02:22.36]I was late to every class. 我每堂课都迟到。
[02:24.78]I didn't have enough time to finish my lunch; I had just sat down to eat when the bell rang to go back to class. 我没有足够的时间吃完午饭；我刚坐下来要吃饭就听见了回去上课的铃声。
[02:31.82]I almost choked on my peanut butter and jelly sandwich as I ran down the dreaded hallway. 当我跑过那令人生畏的走廊时，几乎被花生酱和果冻三明治噎得窒息。
[02:37.61]The classrooms and the teachers were a blur . 那些教室和老师在我脑子里也是模模糊糊的。
[02:40.99]I wasn't sure what teacher went with which subject and they had all assigned homework ... on the very first day of school! I couldn't believe it.	我不确定哪个老师教哪门课，而他们全都布置了家庭作业――就在这开学的第一天！简直让我难以置信。
[02:51.74]But the first day wasn't like my dream in another way. 但在另外一方面，第一天也并不像我梦见的那样。
[02:55.36]I wasn't the only one who was late for classes. 我并不是唯一一个上课迟到的学生。
[02:58.73]Everyone else was late, too. 其他人也都迟到了。
[03:00.64]No one could remember their combination either, except Ted Milliken, the kid who carried a briefcase to school. 也没有人能记住他们的密码，除了特德・米利肯，那个带着公文包来上学的小孩。
[03:07.58]After most of the kids realized that everyone else was going through the same thing they were going through, we all started cracking up . 当大多数的孩子意识到其他人也同样在经历自己正在经历的事情时，我们都要崩溃了。
[03:15.93]We were bumping into each other in our rush to get to the next class, and books were flying everywhere. 我们互相挤撞着奔去上下一堂课，课本扔得满天飞。
[03:22.47]No one got canned or bullied - at least no one I knew. 没有谁被扔进垃圾桶或者被人欺负――至少我认识的人当中没有。
[03:26.72]Yeah, there was laughter in the hallway, but most of it was the laughter of kids sharing a common experience: complete hysteria !	是的，走廊里确实有笑声，但是大多数的笑声都是因为孩子们在分享他们共同的经历：彻头彻尾的歇斯底里！
[03:35.48]As the weeks went by, it became easier and easier. 几个星期过去了，中学生活变得越来越从容闲适。
[03:39.60]Pretty soon I could twirl my combination without even looking at it. 不久，我甚至看都不用看就可以打开暗码锁了。
[03:44.62]I hung posters in my locker, and finally felt like I was at home. 我在储物柜里挂上了海报，终于感觉就像在自己家里一样。
[03:49.34]I learned all my teacher's names and decided who I liked the best. 我记住了所有老师的名字，也确定了谁是我最喜欢的。
[03:53.84]Friendships from elementary school were renewed and made stronger, and new friends were made.小学时的友谊继续发展，并且变得更加深厚，同时我还结交了一些新朋友。 
[03:59.74]I learned how to change into a gym suit in front of other girls. 我学会了在其他女孩面前换体操服。
[04:03.43]It never felt comfortable, but I did it - just like everyone else did. 尽管我一直都觉得这样不舒服，但是我做到了――就像其他人那样。
[04:08.41]I don't think any of us felt very comfortable.	我觉得我们都会感到有点儿不舒服。
[04:11.54]I still didn't like the bus; it did make me carsick. 我依然不喜欢坐巴士；它确实会让我晕车。
[04:15.32]I even threw up on the bus once. 有一次，我甚至在车上吐了。
[04:17.70](At least it was on the way home, not on the way to school.) I went to dances and parties. (至少这次是在回家的路上，而不是在去学校的路上。)我开始参加舞会和派对。
[04:24.14]The school had track tryouts , and I made the team and learned how to jump the low hurdles. 学校有田径选拔赛，我入选为队员，学会了低栏赛跑。
[04:30.60]I got pretty good at it, too.	而且，我跳得还相当不错。
[04:32.49]First semester turned into second, and then third. 第一个学期过后转入了第二个学期，接着第三个学期。
[04:37.24]Before I knew it, eighth grade was just around the corner. 不知不觉，八年级即将到来。
[04:41.30]I had made it through.	我熬过来了。
[04:42.78]Next year, on the first day of school, I would be watching the new seventh-graders sweating it out just like I did - just like everyone does. 下一学年开学的第一天，我将会看着那些七年级的新生像我当初一样费力地一路走来――就像每个人经历的那样。
[04:52.85]I decided that I would feel sorry for them ... but only for the FIRST day of seventh grade. 我肯定会同情他们的……但仅仅是七年级的第一天。
[04:58.66]After that, it's a breeze .	这一天过后，一切都会变得轻松容易。

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开学第一天：噩梦之后 一切都会变得轻松容易

开学第一天：噩梦之后一切都会变得轻松容易