大学英语精读预备级课文翻译(9)

contract as a janitor’s assistant. Coleman Place had a job for me teaching fifth grade.

我仍然没有得到具体的答复。在我刚签完第18份担任清洁工的合同时，电话来了。科尔曼普莱斯小学给了我一份教5年级的工作。

Not long after I started, something happened that brought the past rushing back.

I had written a sentence full of grammatical errors on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and correct the mistakes.

就在我任教不久，发生了一件事，使过去一下子回到了眼前。我在黑板上写下一个满是语法错误的句子，然后让学生来修改错误。

One girl got?halfway?through, became confused and stopped. As the other children laughed, tears rolled down her cheeks.

一个女孩改到一半就糊涂了，她停下了笔。当其他孩子发笑时，泪水淌下她的双颊。

I gave her a hug and told her to get a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed the rest of the class with a firm look. “We’re all here to learn,”

I said.

我抱了她一下，让她喝点水。这时，我想起了库珀夫人。我以严厉的目光凝视着全班，说道：“我们全都是为了学习而来这儿的。”