First Day of School
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Sarah had never been so apprehensive about school before.
Sarah以前从没这么担心过学校
She stood in front of her bedroom mirror, smoothing her skirt; leaving it folded for too long had formed creases down the sides.
她站在她卧室镜子前,把裙子打滑了;把裙子折了太久,在两侧形成了折痕。
She ran her hands down the sharp ridges again and again, hoping the sweat and heat from her palms would act as a steam iron.
她一而再再再再而三地把手放在尖锐的山脊下,希望从手掌中取出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出出
She also hoped no one would notice the subtle brown stain under the hem of her shirt, left over from spilling ketchup on her lap the last time she ate French fries.
她也希望没有人会注意到她上次吃炸薯条时在她腿上洒番茄酱后留下的细腻的棕色斑点。
She scolded herself for not buying at least one new outfit for the school year.
她责怪自己没有为学年购买至少一套新衣服.
Even the cuffs of her shirt were beginning to grow a bit threadbare where she nervously rubbed them between her fingers.
连她衬衫的袖口 也开始长出一丝不挂 她紧张地在手指间擦去
She trudged down the stairs to fix herself breakfast.
她从楼梯上爬下来 准备吃早餐
She was trying to balance two opposing feelings inside her—one was a nervousness that made her energetic and fidgety, and the other was a reluctance that made her slow and clumsy.
她试图平衡她内心的两种对立情绪——一种是紧张,使她精力充沛而虚无;另一种是犹豫,使她缓慢而笨拙.
Kent had already wolfed down his Frosted Flakes and dashed out to catch the bus, so Sarah didn’t have anyone to banter with.
肯特已经冲倒了被冰冻的花花,
Kent helped her calm down, even if he did mock her for being nervous.
肯特帮助她冷静下来,即使他确实嘲笑她紧张.
He’d been picking on her for a whole week.
他一整星期都在挑逗她。
“What if you’re eating lunch and someone makes you laugh and the milk comes out your nose?
“如果你正在吃午餐,
Huh?
是吗?
What about that?”
怎么样? “
he’d said the night before.
他在前一晚说过,
Sarah smiled a little at the memory—she knew he really cared about her and was only joking with her to make her laugh.
Sarah在回忆中笑了一下——她知道他真的关心她,只是和她开玩笑,让她笑.
He’d left his dirty bowl on the kitchen table, with three Frosted Flakes crusted on its rim.
他把脏碗放在厨房桌子上,
She rinsed the bowl, put it in the dishwasher, and tried to find something to eat.
她把碗洗了,放入洗碗机,想找点吃的.
Sarah had just moved to this new house in a new town.
Sarah刚搬到新城的新房子
She kept forgetting where the food and dishes were kept, and had to rummage through almost all the cupboards before spotting a Pop Tart.
她一直忘记食物和菜肴的存放地,不得不翻遍几乎所有的柜子,然后才发现一出"流行味".
She wanted to eat something better, something healthier, but the butterflies in her stomach were too active this morning.
她想吃点更好的 更健康的 但今天早上她肚子里的蝴蝶太活跃了
Being new is always difficult, she thought to herself.
成为新人总是很困难 她自己想的
Everyone always feels uncomfortable at first, but eventually everyone makes friends.
一开始每个人都觉得不舒服,但最终每个人都会交朋友.
She’d been reciting these things to herself for weeks: Since it was the beginning of the year, she probably wouldn’t be the only new one.
她对自己念这些东西数周: 她可能不会是唯一的新人。
It wasn’t as though she’d never been to school before.
她从未上过学,
The kids here were exactly like kids everywhere else.
这里的孩子就像其他任何地方的孩子一样
But still, each time anything reminded her of school, or even anything school-related, she felt the flutter in her tummy.
但是,每次有事情让她想起学校, 甚至任何与学校有关的东西, 她都觉得肚子里有股花.
Flutter when she bought her folders and pencils.
小蝶,她买了她的文件夹和铅笔。
Flutter when she saw a TV commercial that took place in a classroom.
当她看到一个电视广告 发生在一个教室。
Flutter as she retrieved her bag and made the last few adjustments to her hair and glasses before stepping out the door.
在她取回包后,小蝶在出门前对头发和眼镜做了最后几处调整.
Her new house was close to the school, so she walked.
她的新房子离学校很近 所以她就走了
Other people were walking, too—there were students everywhere, it seemed.
其他人也在走路,似乎到处都有学生。
Some ran, some walked in groups, some got dropped off by their parents.
有些跑来跑去,有些走来走去,有些被父母送走。
None of them paid any attention to her.
他们都没注意她
She tried to relax.
她试图放松。
“They don’t know that you’ll be at their school, so of course they won’t pay attention to you.
“他们不知道你会去他们的学校,
They just assume you’re going somewhere else.”
他们只是假设你要去别的地方。 “
But she still felt completely ignored when she walked inside the building.
但是她仍然觉得自己走进大楼时完全被忽视了.
She had visited the school a few weeks ago and knew where her classroom was, so she got there early.
她几周前去过学校 知道她的教室在哪 所以她很早就到了
She put her books on her desk and sat quietly, waiting anxiously for all the kids to come in and sit down around her.
她把书放在桌子上,静静地坐着,焦急地等待着所有的孩子进来并坐在她周围.
When they did, they barely looked at her.
当他们这样做, 他们几乎不看她。
After the bell rang, she took a big, deep breath and stood up.
钟声响起后,她大口深呼吸并站起.
“Hello,” she said, trying to hide the waver in her voice.
她说,“你好,”她想用她的声音来掩盖这种动摇。
“My name is Ms.
“我的名字是Ms.
Parker, and I’m going to be your teacher this year.”
Parker,我今年会成为你的老师。 “