美文: 勇敢正视丑陋的伤疤就会绽放专属于你的美

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[00:02.18]43 Beautiful in My Own Skin	我的肌肤，我美丽
[00:07.35](By Tahlia Brookins)	（译 / 孙莹)
[00:10.39]My scars were a part of me - the part I always tried to hide.	我的伤疤是我的一部分，我总是试图隐藏的那部分。
[00:16.34]Hey, Tahlia!	“嘿，塔利亚！”
[00:19.16]I had just taken a bite of my hot dog when I heard a familiar voice yelling at me from across the crowded school courtyard. 我才刚咬了一口热狗，就听到一声熟悉的叫嚷从拥挤的学校操场那边传来。
[00:26.92]I looked up and saw a group of popular girls. They were all laughing.	我抬头寻声望去，看见一群在学校里颇受欢迎的女孩正冲我大笑。
[00:31.94]How's the model? The same voice called. More laughter.	“模特的事儿怎么样啦？”方才喊我的那个女孩问道。这引来了更多的笑声。
[00:36.32]Yeah, Tahlia, another girl shouted, "what kind of modeling are you going to do? An ad for the Frankenstein movie?"	“是呀，塔利亚，”另一个女孩大声说，“你准备当什么类型的模特呀？是电影《科学怪人》的广告模特么？”
[00:44.27]How could they humiliate me like this, in front of the entire high school?	她们怎么可以这样，怎么可以当着全校师生的面如此羞辱我呢？
[00:48.69]As I blinked back the tears, my best friend Jackie stood up and yelled back. 就在我极力将眼泪挤回眼眶时，我的挚友杰姬站了出来，冲她们吼道：
[00:54.06]"Like you guys are any better! I don't see any of you on the cover of Vogue!"	“你们这些家伙能好到哪里去！也没见你们中有谁登上过《时尚》杂志的封面！”
[00:58.97]My friend Jesse turned his back to the mean girls. 我的朋友杰西转过身，背对着那些尖酸刻薄的女孩们。
[01:02.02]"Don't listen to them," he told me. 	“别听她们的，”他对我说，
[01:04.71]"They're just jealous of you."“她们只是嫉妒你而已。”
[01:06.74]My stomach twisted into a tight knot . 我的胃紧紧地揪成一团。
[01:09.56]As I got up from the picnic table and headed inside to the cafeteria, I glanced at the thick, dark scars outlining my right hand.	就在我起身离开野餐桌，走进自助餐厅的那一刻，我瞥了一眼右手边上那一大片厚重的暗色疤痕。
[01:18.10]When I was only 9 months old, my mother had been brewing tea in an electric pot. 那是我刚九个月大的一天，妈妈正用电水壶煮茶。
[01:24.41]She placed me in my walker and stepped just outside the kitchen to talk to my father. 她把我放在学步车里，在厨房外面和爸爸说话。
[01:29.75]In those few seconds, I rolled over to the counter, yanked on the cord, and dumped boiling tea all over my hands, stomach, and legs. 就在那几秒钟的时间里，我滑到了橱柜前，猛地一拉电线，整壶沸水全都泼在我的手上、肚子上和腿上。
[01:38.70]My parents rushed me to the hospital, praying it wasn't too serious. 爸爸妈妈赶紧把我送到医院，祈祷烫伤不会太严重。
[01:43.21]But I had second- and third-degree burns over 26 percent of my body. 然而，我全身26%被确诊为二度和三度烫伤，
[01:48.82]Ten percent can be deadly. 而10%就已经足以致命。
[01:50.94]I had to have several painful skin graft operations, where surgeons took healthy skin from my buttocks and thighs and put it over my burned areas. 我不得不接受几次痛苦的皮肤移植手术，将臀部和大腿上的健康皮肤移植到烫伤部位。
[02:02.13]For an entire month, my mom sat by my bedside, praying I'd survive.	整整一个月，妈妈都坐在我的床边，祈祷我能熬过这一关。
[02:07.20]I did survive. 我活了下来。
[02:09.09]But anytime I had a growth spurt , I'd outgrow the grafted skin and have to have surgery again. 但是，每当我进入快速生长期时，移植的皮肤就跟不上身体的生长速度了，我不得不再做手术。
[02:16.49]Over the next 13 years, I had 13 surgeries. 之后的13年里，我经历了13次手术。
[02:20.66]I was in so much pain! But I learned to handle it. 我陷入了极度的痛苦之中！但我学会了应对。
[02:23.79]I'd take an aspirin , rest, or find something else to do that would take my mind off it. 我会吃一片阿司匹林，卧床休息，或者做点别的事情来转移注意力。
[02:29.61]What hurt me most were the cruel things people said about how I looked.	但最令我伤心的还是人们在议论我的外表时说的那些残忍的话语。
[02:34.81]Like that day at lunch. 就像那天午餐的时候。
[02:36.54]The girls were being super mean to me because they heard I was considering doing some modeling. 那些女孩因为听说了我正在考虑当模特的事情，所以对我极尽尖酸刻薄之能事。
[02:42.34]My friend, who is a psychologist at the burn center, had suggested it. 而去当模特是我的朋友――烫伤中心的一位心理学家的建议。
[02:46.98]"Tahlia, you are so beautiful," Dr. Rimmer had told me. “塔利亚，你这么漂亮，”里梅医生告诉我，
[02:50.07]"Don't let your scars limit you!" Her idea really got me thinking. “别让疤痕限制你的发展！”她的提议的确引发了我的思考。
[02:55.13]It would be such a rush to walk down the runway in glamorous clothes, or pose for the beautiful photos in a magazine. 穿着迷人的衣服走在T型台上，或者摆个姿势给杂志拍漂亮的照片，那会是多么让人激动的事情啊！
[03:02.81]Why should I be afraid to let people see my scars? I could still be considered beautiful.	为什么我要害怕让其他人看见我的疤痕呢？大家还是会觉得我很美的。
[03:09.23]But after that scene at school, I was sure I'd made a huge mistake. 但发生了学校里的那一幕之后，我确信自己犯了个天大的错误。
[03:14.20]When I got home, I ran to my room and covered my mirror with a blanket. 回到家里，我冲进房间，用毛毯蒙住镜子。
[03:19.03]I didn't want to risk catching even a glimpse of my scarred-up self. 我甚至连瞥一眼疤痕累累的自己都不敢。
[03:24.34]Then I fell on my bed and sobbed. 我倒在床上开始抽泣。
[03:27.66]Dr. Rimmer isn't a modeling agent. 里梅医生又不是模特经纪人。
[03:30.09]What does she know? What was I thinking?	她知道什么？我到底都在想些什么啊？
[03:33.81]As I lay there, a rush of images flooded over me. 我躺在那儿，脑海里涌现出无数的画面。
[03:38.90]Like the time when I was 10 and wore a bikini to the public pool. 十岁那年，我穿了件比基尼泳衣去公共泳池游泳。
[03:43.43]As I came out of the dressing room a girl stared at my scars, and said, "Ewwww! You should cover yourself up!" 从更衣室出来的时候，一个女孩盯着我的疤痕说：“呃！你真该把自己裹得严实点儿！”
[03:50.87]And the time when I tried out for volleyball in seventh grade - wearing jeans and turtleneck .	我还想起七年级时，我去参加排球队员选拔――穿着牛仔裤和高领毛衣。
[03:56.62]The next day, I forced myself to go to school. 第二天，我强迫自己去上学。
[03:59.65]But I hung out in the cafeteria at lunch instead of going outside, to avoid any confrontation with those girls. 但午餐时，我就泡在自助餐厅里，不再出去，避免跟那些女孩有任何冲突。
[04:06.90]My two best friends, Jackie and Jesse, sat with me and tried to give me a pep talk. 我最好的两个朋友杰姬和杰西跟我坐在一起，试图对我说些鼓励的话。
[04:12.15]"You really are pretty, you know," Jackie told me. “知道吗，你真的很漂亮，”杰姬对我说，
[04:15.09]"Don't worry what other people say."	“别担心旁人说什么。”
[04:18.03]Jesse, though, felt like enough was enough. 杰西却觉得不能再忍了。
[04:20.80]"You can't hide forever, Tahlia," he told me. “你不能永远躲躲藏藏，塔利亚，”他说，
[04:24.08]"You've got to face your fears. “你要面对自己的恐惧。
[04:26.83]So what if you have a few scars? Just go outside and show them that you're just as good as they are."	就算你有些疤痕，那又怎么样？走出去，让她们看看你不比她们差。”
[04:33.50]Although I knew he was right, I couldn't imagine standing up for myself like that. 我知道他是对的，但我却无法想象自己像他说的那样勇敢地面对这一切。
[04:39.15]I'd spent so many years covering up and distancing myself from people.	这些年来，我一直都把自己遮得严严实实，和他人保持着距离。
[04:43.95]That night as I sat on my bed, I glanced at the blanket over my mirror. 那天晚上，我坐在床上，扫了一眼镜子上的毛毯。
[04:49.50]Jesse's words replayed in my mind. 杰西的话在我脑中回响：
[04:52.38]"You can't hide forever." I'm even hiding from myself, I thought. “你不能永远躲躲藏藏。”我甚至逃避着自己，我想。
[04:57.60]How dumb is that? Covering my mirror - that wasn't going to take my scars away. 那样该有多蠢啊？蒙住镜子――那样是抹不掉我身上的疤痕的。
[05:03.07]And neither was hiding under layers of clothes.	即使藏在一层一层厚厚的衣服下也同样抹不掉。
[05:06.20]I stood up, walked over to the mirror, and tossed the blanket aside. 我站起身，朝镜子走过去，把毛毯拽下来扔到了一边。
[05:11.23]Looking back at me was a tall, dark-haired, blue-eyed girl. 镜子里的我是一个身材高挑、黑发碧眼的女孩儿，
[05:15.47]A girl who had a few scars. 一个有着些许疤痕的女孩 儿。
[05:18.06]But I had to admit, she looked just fine.	但我必须承认，她看上去还不错。
[05:21.23]The next day I wore a comfy T-shirt to school. 第二天上学，我穿了一件舒适的T恤。
[05:24.72]And at lunch, after I grabbed my burger and fries, I headed over to Jesse and Jackie. 	午餐时，我拿了汉堡和薯条，朝杰西和杰姬走去。
[05:30.78]"Okay, let's do it," I said. “来吧，咱们吃饭吧。”我说，
[05:32.67]"Outside."“去外面吃。”
[05:33.88]They both smiled and followed me into the school courtyard. 他们都不约而同地笑了，跟我走进学校操场。
[05:37.70]I walked right past the mean girls. 恰好在经过那些刻薄的女孩身边时，
[05:40.38]They stared at me, but they didn't say anything. 她们紧紧盯着我，但没说一句话。
[05:43.07]I guess they were shocked that I even dared to walk into their territory.	我猜她们是被吓到了，没想到我竟然胆敢走进她们的地盘。
[05:47.64]Jackie, Jesse, and I sat at our favorite picnic table, just like always.But this time was different. 我和杰姬、杰西在我们最喜欢的野餐桌旁坐下，就像往常一样。但这次却又不一样。
[05:55.60]I felt free. 我觉得自在。
[05:57.10]I felt happy.	我觉得开心。
[05:58.49]Sometimes people still look at me strange. 有时候，人们仍然会用一种异样的眼光看着我。
[06:01.21]They whisper and stare, but I don't let it get to me. 他们窃窃私语，目不转睛地盯着我，但我不会因此而影响到自己。
[06:05.44]I wear what I'm comfortable in - and that means shorts and T-shirts to play volleyball, and yes, a bikini at the beach. 我穿着自己觉得舒服的衣服――就是说，打排球时穿短裤和T恤，嗯，是的，去沙滩时穿比基尼泳装。
[06:12.69]I am now putting together a modeling portfolio , and at least one agency is considering me for jobs. 现在，我正在整理一套模特选辑，并且，至少有一家经纪公司正考虑录用我。
[06:20.17]Maybe I'll never end up on the runway or in the pages of Vogue, because modeling is a tough business.	或许，我最终也不会走上T台或者登上《时尚》杂志，毕竟当模特是一件不太容易的事情。
[06:26.80]But I do know one thing: I'm done hiding.	但我却真正懂得了一件事：我再也不会遮遮掩掩。

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美文: 勇敢正视丑陋的伤疤 就会绽放专属于你的美

美文: 勇敢正视丑陋的伤疤就会绽放专属于你的美