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我叫布莱德科恩MynameisBradleyCohen.

但我小时候有很多绰号Butwhenlwasakid,peoplecalled

mebylotsofnames.

我弟弟杰夫叫我波波医生Mybrother,Jeff,calledmeDr.

Bobo.

我妈叫我宝贝Mymomcalledmehoney.

学校的同学呢Andthekidsatschool?

什么都有叫的神经病怪胎等等Well,theycalledme

everythingfromspaztofreak.

我没什么朋友Ididn'thavemanyfriendsactually.

但我有个同伴一直陪着我ButIdidhaveaconstant

companion.

印象中它没有不在我身边的时候Icanbarelyremembera

time,whenitwasn'tthere.

现在有时候不会对我带来麻烦Nowsometimes,itwasn'ta

problemforme.

有时候就会Othertimes,itwas.

丢掉什么丢掉书Dropwhat?Dropbooks?

住手Stopit.

你害怕吗布莱德怎么啦AreyouscaredBrad?What's

wrong?

少烦我Leavemealone.

打打打Fight!Fight!Fight!

这是干嘛Whatisgoingon!

来啊有种就来打住手Com'ton!Stop.

不准再打了住手回去上课Stopthatfightingright

now!Stop!Getbacktoclass!

少胡闹你完蛋了啦inbig

trouble,mister.

女孩掉进泥巴里弄脏了Thegirlfellinthemudandgot

dirty.

我和我多年的同伴有个共识OnethingmyConstant

Companionand,

那就是我们讨厌上学Iagreedonwasthatwehatedschool.

我等不及想毕业了Icouldn'twaituntilIgotout.

不用再写作业不用再看书Nomorehomework,no

morebooks,

不用再看老师的狰狞脸色nomoreteachers'dirtylooks.

我的同伴是在我岁时出现的MyCompanionfirstshowed

up,whenIwassix

但过了很多年它才有名字butitwasyearsbeforeithada

name.

现在精神科医生说我只是过动NowtheshrinkssaidIwas

justhyper

我会发出怪声和做怪动作Imadefunnynoisandacted,

来吸引我自己的注意weirdtodrawattentiontomylf.

这只是一个过渡期Itwasjustapha:

我长大以后就会恢复正常I'dgrowoutofitandbe

"normal"...

跟别人一样likeeverybodyel.

从小到大这个同伴一直跟着我Throughitall,my

constantcompanionstuckwithme.

现在我朋友只觉得Now,tomyfriends,

布莱德本来就是这样I'mjustregular,oleBrad.

我喜欢棒球爱听年代的老歌Theguywholikesbaball.

Andwholovescheesysmusic.

他们觉得这比我发出的怪声更怪Whichtheythinkismuch

weirder,thanthenoisImake.

警官好我有超速吗Afternoon,eeding?

超过速限哩Twelvemilesoverthelimit.

圣路易你是观光客,huh?Youatourist?

不是我住亚特兰大刚搬来这里No,IliveinAtlanta

now,Ijustmovedhere.

我刚才大概有点分心吧IguessIwasalittledistracted.

你有喝酒吗Son,youbeendrinking.?

没有我有妥瑞症候群,ourette

Syndrome.

放轻松请你在这里签名Takeiteasy,son.I'mgoingto

needyoutosignthis.

你要找怎样的工作ndofjobyoulookingfor?

教书Teaching.

我想当老师I'mgoingtobeateacher.

我经常看到这种表情Igetthatlookalot

但我从不放在心上butIneverletitgettome.

你有布莱德利大学的学士学位Ieyou'

BradleyUniversity

那是在伊利诺州吧that'sinIllinois,isn'tit?

是的Yes,ma'am!

毕业成绩优异推荐度很高Graduatedcumlaude,high

recommendations,

你的教学成果评估非常优异好极了yourstudent

teachingevalsareoutstanding,excellent.

你怎么会决定要教书Whatmadeyoudecidetogointo

teaching?

我就只想教书我觉得我是天生的老师料It'sallI'veever

ikeIwasborntoteach.

为什么选择亚特兰大WhychooAtlanta?

我是指你的家乡在密苏里ri'syourhome.

我想当勇士队的球迷所以I'mthinkingofbecominga

,ahh.

乔治亚州认可我的伊利诺州教学执照Georgiahonors

myIllinoisteachingcertificate.

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就爱上了亚特兰大PlusIfellinlovewithAtlanta

当我来这里当营队辅导员whenIworkeddownhereasa

campcounlor.

我现在就住这里Iliveherenow.

我爸和我继母也住这里SodoesmyDadandmyStepmom.

很高兴能得到家人的支持Well,it'snicetohavefamilyhere

usupport.

我们还是来谈谈大象吧Maybeweshouldtalkaboutthe

elephant.

大象Elephant?

这屋里的大象我的妥瑞症Intheroom:myTourette's.

不行基于美国残障法案ricanswith

DisabilitiesAct

我不能问你doesn'tallowmetoaskyou...

我知道但我想告诉你Iknow,butI'dliketotellyou

我也有告诉我教的学生justlikeItellthekidsinmy

class.

我跟他们解释这是大脑的问题See,Iexplaintothemthat

it'sabrainthing

让我发出奇怪的声音thatcausmetomakestrange

nois

就像打喷嚏一样控制不了they'relikesneezes,irrepressible.

你想打喷嚏就非打不可Whenyouhaveto,

非打不可youhaveto.

学生都怎么回应Howdotheyreact?

他们明白以后就接受了啊Oncetheyunderstand,they're

finewithit.

在课堂上从来不是问题It'snevercaudanyproblemsina

classroom.

我只想要一个机会AllIwantisachance.

让我面试Justgetmetheinterviews,

向他们证明我能胜任这个工作andletmeprovetothem

thatIcandothejob.

美国残障法案明文规定TheAmericanswithDisabilities

Actsays

我有权利得到这样的机会I'mentitledtoachance.

朗恩Ron!

结果怎样Hey,how'ditgo?

他们就说谁想要像狗叫的老师Oh,youknow:''Whowants

ateacherthatbarkslikeadog?

叫我去找别的工作Youshouldtryanotherlineofwork.''

真的假的Areyourious?

他们没看你的履历吗Didn'ttheylookatyourresume?

你是在开玩笑啦You'rekidding.

他们会安排我跟几位校长面试They'rettingup

interviewswithsomeprincipals.

太好了几时Fantastic!When?

我不知道要等他们的电话Oh,Idon'tknow.I'vegotta

waitfortheircalls.

换衣服我们去庆祝Getchangedwegottagocelebrate.

你不是有约会吗Haven'tyougotadate?

我问问她有没有朋友I'lleifshe'sgotafriend.

你也是时候该认识几个女生了It'sabouttimeyoustarted

meetingsomechicks.

我现在没心情交女朋友啦Ican'tfocusondatingrightnow.

有没有人说过你走火入魔了Hasanybodyevertellyou

you'reobssive?

只有我去看的每个精神科医生啦OnlyeveryshrinkIever

saw.

那你慢慢专心吧Well,havefunfocusing.

你爸又打来了OhyourDadcalledagain.

你有空还是回个电话给他吧Maybeyoushouldcallhim

back,youknow?

好待会儿见Allright.I'lleyoulater.

回电话给我爸ReturningDad'scall?

那我要作好准备才行I'dhavetoprepareforthat.

我爸妈在我小时候就离婚了See,MomandDadhad

divorcedwhenIwasalittlekidandmyrelationship

我和我爸的关系一直都withDadhadalwaysbeen

怎么说应该算是复杂吧umm,let'sjustsaycomplicated?

我磨光了他的耐性就像黑板上的钉子一样Imean,I

woreouthispatiencelikenailsonachalkboard.

更糟的是我弟弟杰夫也有点过动Itdidn'thelpthatmy

brotherJeffwasalsoalittlehyper.

爸爸说他在等着回亚特兰大的家Dadsaidhe'swaitingto

getbacktohishomeinAtlanta,

他想跟你说再见he'swaitingtosaygoodbye

再见Goodbye!

你会惹他生气啦You'regonnamakehimmad!

来我们比赛ComeonI'llraceyou!

想跟我比门儿都没有啦AgainstTheGreenDragon?You

gottabekidding

笨蛋Sucker!

你作弊Cheater!

抄捷径Shortcut!

你骑脚踏车耶Yougotabike.

再见了杰夫Seeyou,Jeff.

不公平啦Hey!That'snotfair!

来啊Aw,com'on!

杰夫Jeff!

你赢不了我啦You'renotgoingtobeatme!

看我就要赢了See,I'mgonnawin.

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不公平你骑脚踏车That'snotfair!Yougotabike!

不准你这样不你作弊Oh,noyou'renot!Oh,no!You

are!

你这家伙小声一点啦Heyguys!quietdown,youguys,

quietdown.

别让邻居发现了过来Wedohaveneighborsyouknow.

Comehere.

看吧我赢了See,Ididbeatyou.

冷静下来布莱德过来,

com'ere.

好了请你专心一点Com'onhoney,focus,wouldyou?

过来过来这里站好Com're!Standhere.

听着听我说请你专心好吗,

ht?

请你们帮我一个忙Ineedyouguystodomeafavor.

你们俩要多体谅妈妈好吗Iwantyoubothtomakelifea

littleeasierforyourmom,okay?

你们快把她搞疯了Youaredrivinghernuts.

听好住手布莱德Guys,listen!Hey,!

Brad!

要帮忙她做家务事Helpheroutaroundthehou

但首先不能再捣蛋了明白butmostofallletusstop

theobnoxiousbehavior,OK?

嗨听着我是认真的Hey,t!

别再胡闹OK?Quittheclowning.

你弟觉得好玩但我不觉得Yourbrothermaythinkits

funny,butIdon't.

我控制不了嘛Ican'thelpit.

不你可以的Yes,youcan.

只要自制一点就可以了There'snothingwrongwithyou

thatalittlelf-controlwouldn'tfix.

停下来Now,stopit.

诺曼什么事Norman?Yeah!

飞机可是不等人的哦They'renotgoingtoholdthatplane

foryou.

好好了抱一下Okay,hug.

爸爸再见Seeyou,Dad!

再见了小杰Bye-bye,J-man

爸我爱你Iloveyou,Dad.

我也爱你Loveyoutoo,kiddo.

听好了下次改住我家吧咋样Hey,listenupwe'llstayat

?

好我带你们去看勇士队的球赛OK!I'llgetticketstoa

Braves'game.

布莱德记住我们刚才讲的AndBrad,rememberwhatwe

talkedabout:

要自制一点好吗ht?

妈需要帮忙吗Needanyhelpwithanything,Mom?Well.

既然你提了就来帮忙吧nowthatyoumentionit.

离婚后我和杰夫帮忙妈妈创业Afterthedivorce,Jeffand

IhelpedMomwithhernewbusiness.

她四处在兜售精品高级服饰Sortofahighclasstraveling

boutique.

可能也不算是帮忙啦Well,maybehelpedisn'texactlythe

rightword.

艾伦这些衣服好漂亮Oh,Ellen,thethingsare

exquisite!

在圣路易找不到这种流行款式Youneverfindstyleslike

.

这是直接从加州来的比佛利山庄Well,itisdirectfrom

yHills.

大家都这样穿Thisiswhateveryoneiswearing.

你看这件孩子们孩子们?Boys!

躲猫猫Hideandek?

开始数Count.

一One.

艾伦我不想看两位数的衣服Now,Ellen,Idon'twantto

eanythingindouble-digits.

加州的东西都不贵Oh,honey,everythinginCaliforniaruns

small.

你试穿看看yiton.

布莱德请你冷静下来Brad,wouldyoupleacalm

down?

他像狗一样吠耶He'sbarkinglikeadog,forgoodness

sake!

看Nowlook.

别误会了Don'ttakethisthewrongway

恕我直言我当你是朋友才讲的youknowIwouldn'tsay

thistoyouifweweren'tfriends

你有没有考虑过找人驱魔buthaveyouconsideredan

exorcist?

我觉得你还是要面对现实Youknow,Ithinkyoumight

havetoface.

你的尺寸是12号thefactthatyou'reasize12.

如果你不好意思我帮你剪标Icancutthelabel,ifit

makesyoufeelbetter.

这是新医生听听他怎么说It'sanewdoctorlet'sjust

listentowhathehastosay.

我都知道他会说什么了Iknowwhathe'llhavetosay.

你因为离婚的事生你妈的气5吗布莱德Doyoufeelany

angertowardyourmother,becauofthedivorce,Brad?

没有啊.

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你因为爸爸不跟你住而气他吗Doyourentyourfather

becauhedoesn'tlivewithyouanymore?

不会啊No.

爸妈离婚你会自责吗Doyoublameyourlfforthedivorce,

Brad?

这发生在我很小的时候我甚至不记得了Ithappened

whenIwasalittlekid,Idon'tevenrememberit.

科恩太太布莱德无法接受父母离婚,Bradhas

someriousdenialissuesregardingthedivorce.

在家里要给他界定得很明确Whatheneedsathomeare

someclearboundaries.

要让他理解这种行为完全无法接受Heneedstounderstand

thatthisbehavioristotallyunacceptable.

这就是你的职责了科恩太太Andthat,,is

yourjob.

最难过的就是我让妈妈很辛苦Thehardestpartwas

knowinghowtoughImadethingsforMom.

我有在尽量帮忙她了ItriedasbestasIcouldforher.

记得让他按时吃药Makesurehekeepstakinghis

medication,OK?

至于我爸AndforDad?

三振Strikethree!

我打棒球Iplayedsports.

在球场上我是如鱼得水Ontheballfield,Ifitrightin.

我是说打棒球的每个人Imean,everybodymakes

都会发出怪声做一些奇怪的动作funnynoisandhas

strangeticsatababallgame.

波波加油Go,Bobo!

布莱德加油快Comeon,Brad!

非常感谢Thankyouverymuch.

好了要点什么nlgetyou?

听好了我有好消息要告诉你们Hey,

somethingprettyexcitingtotellyou.

别吃这么快你会打嗝Honey,don''re

gonnagetthehiccups.

他老是在打嗝He'salwaysgotthehiccups.

你才打嗝咧You'reahiccup!

听好了你别这么激动好吗Listen,hey!Wouldyoujust

relax?.

妈妈说你都没在吃药Momsaysyou'renottakingyour

meds.

你怎么会你怎么会冷静下来you

evergoingtocalmdown

你不按医生说的做ifyoudon'tdowhatthedoctortellsyou

todo?

吃药只会更严重啦Pillsjustmakeitwor.

是喔现在你才是医生吗'readoctornow,

too?

他是波波医生He'.

闭嘴Shutup!

好了我们吃东西吧Allright,guys,let'at,guys.

我有重要的消息要宣布听我说Ihaveaveryimportant

announcementtomake.

听我说好闹够了回车上走吧Guys?Guys!All

''.

我还是肚子饿啊I'mstillhungry

你知道我想怎样吗希望你有一天不要胡闹Youknow

whatwouldbenice?Onedaywithoutyouactingup.

一天就好了One.

爸等等我Waitup,Dad.

你要宣布什么事爸So,what'stheannouncement,Dad?

我有新对象了I'vebeeneingsomeone.

有新对象是什么意思Whatdoyoumeaneingsomebody?

她叫黛安她HernameisDiane,andshe.

布莱德请你别再这样Brad,plea!Stopdoingthat!

我没办法Ican't.

还没决定什么啦但Imean,nothings'happenedyet,but.

你们想不想要有个继母howwouldyouguysfeelabout

havingastepmom?

才不要咧Noway!

我们已经有个妈妈了We'vealreadygotaMom!

现在会有两个啊'regonnahavetwo.

我跟你妈说了她不介意Italkedtoyourmomaboutitand

she'd.

她说我叫你别再这样IsaidSTOPIt!STOPIt!

爸爸发脾气我不怪他See,Ireallycouldn'tblameDadfor

losingit.

我的怪动作把他搞疯了Myticsdrovehimnuts.

因为他也跟我的老师一样Becau,likemyteachers,

不知道我怎么会有奇怪的行为hehadnonameformy

strangebehavior.

只知道这是"无法容忍"的Except''insufferable''.

不知道为什么我的成绩还可以Now,somehowIdon't

knowhow,Imadeokaygrades.

但正常人要做一个小时的事But,whatwouldtakea

normalpersonanhour,

我需要两个小时tookmetwo.

甚至三个小时我喜欢学习,Iloved

learning,

但我讨厌念书butIhated,hatedreading.

我一专心那个长年的同伴就会捣蛋Tryingto

concentratebroughtouttheworstinmyConstant

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Companion.

布莱德请你过来Brad?Comeuphere,plea.

我知道你爱耍宝但我受够你了Iknowyouthinkyou're

theclassclown,butI'vehaditwithyou.

我就控制控制不了Ican'thelphelpit.

你每次都这样讲我不想再听什么借口了That'swhatyou

'twanttohearanymoreexcus.

同学们想念书Yourclassmatesaretryingtostudy.

你这样耍宝会妨碍他们.andyourclowningmakesit

impossible.

对不起I'msorry.

别跟我道歉你要跟他们道歉Don'tapologizetome.

Apologizetothem.

各位同学看这边请你们坐好Eyesuphere,everyone.

Situpstraight,plea.

布莱德有话要跟你们说Bradhassomethingtosaytoyou.

对不起我I'msorryl.

害你们没办法念书thatyoucan'tstudybecauofme.

还有呢And?

你要保证不再发出怪声了Youprominevertomakeany

moresillynoiveragain.

我保证不会再发出怪声PromiIwon'tmakeanymore

sillynoiveragain.

回去坐好大家继续看书ou,back

toyourbooks.

如此困难可能是给你的Asdifficultasthismaybeforyou,

科恩太太你也许很难接受,Iassureyou,

但老师们都无计可施了theteachersareattheirwitnd.

这我知道啦Iunderstandthat,ofcour.

雪伦我不接任何电话Sharon,wouldyouholdallmy

calls?

但我们只能butallwe.

这是最后一次机会了真的是最后一次Now,thishasgot

ylastchance.

布莱德我找你妈妈来Brad,look,Intforyourmother

因为你在学校的状况很失控becauthingshavejustgotten

outofcontrolhere.

今天她要带你回家Now,she'sgoingtotakeyouhome

today.

你可以再来上学Youcancomeback.

我控制不了Can'thelpit.

对不起你说什么Sorry,whatdidyousay?

他说他控制不了Hesaidhecan'thelpit.

最好是啦Right.

如果他说的是实话呢Whatifhe'stellingthetruth?

你儿子很聪明科恩太太You'vegotabrightboy,Mrs.

Cohen,

但你再替他找借口butmakingexcusforhim.

替他找借口是帮不了他的Makingexcusisnotgoingto

help.

他要趁这段时间问自己Now,heneedstouthistimeto

askhimlf.

布莱德我们走吧Brad!Com''sgo.

问他为何要自毁前程.thisquestion:"WhyamIsabotaging

mylf?"

就算被退学也无所谓我讨厌那所学校Idon'tcareifthey

hatschool.

不管哪一所学校都一样啦Well,it'sthatschooloranother

school.

我讨厌所有的学校我们干嘛来这里Ihateallschools.

Whyarewegoinghere?

来找答案啊Tofindsomeanswers.

我不能进图书馆Ican'tgointhelibrary

他们会把我赶出来求求你they',

Mom.

好吧你过来坐这儿Allright,com'rhere.

也许是我们走错方向了Well,maybewe'rejustgoingdown

thewrongtrack.

谁Who?

大家都一样Allofus.

放开我Getoffme!

吉娃娃WetWillie!

极刑不要极刑啦Ohno,wetWillie!

我知道你很忙诺曼Iknowyou'rebusy,Norman,

我不会占用你太多的时间Iwon'ttakeupmuchofyour

time

只是想告诉你butIreallythinkyoushouldhearthis

你们小声一点我在跟爸爸讲话Boys,keepitdown,I'm

tryingtotalktoyourDad!

我要跟他讲话Iwannatalktohim!

等一下小声Inaminute!Keepitdown!

听着那些老师和那个医生w,tho

teachersandthatdoctor,

他们只觉得是父母不尽责tothemit'sallaboutbad

parentingwhich,ofcour,

也就是我因为我是单亲comesdowntomebecauI'm

theonlyonewhohere

我不是在怪你诺曼No.I'mnotblamingyou,Norman.

其实我是不想再自责了Infact,I'mgoingtostopblaming

mylf.

我跟一位朋友聊过Iwastalkingtoafriend

她认为是医生的诊断错误andshethinkthedoctorsare

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missingsomething.

我去图书馆借了一堆医学书Igotthisstackofmedical

booksfromthelibrary.

妈小心我做了一点Mom,watchout!And,I'vebeen

doingalittle.

研究rearch.

别再说他欠管教了诺曼Stopsayinghejustneedsmore

discipline,Norman!

我不管做什么都NothingIdohelps

他控制不了自己我也无计可施Heisoutofcontroland

I'mattheendofmyrope

我可以跟爸爸讲话吗CanItalktoDad?

能不能等我一下Canyoujustwaitaminute,honey?

妈MOM!

好吧讲完再叫我听ehimbacktome

whenyou'redone.

怎么了杰夫Whatisit,Jeffrey?

爸爸Hey,Dad.

对那场比赛很精彩Yeah,itwasagreatgame

我两次安打和一次四坏球Igottwobahitsandawalk.

对不起妈我给你添了麻烦SorryIcauyousomuch

trouble,Mom.

我找到这本书你念念看Iwantyoutoreadsomethingin

thisbookIfound.

这本医学书也许能解释It'samedicalbookthat

你为何一直发出怪声mightexplainwhyyoumakealltho

nois.

我讨厌念书Ihatereading,Mom

念出来Read.

妥瑞症候群"TouretteSyndrome."

布莱德不就是这样吗That,that'sBrad,isn'tit?

发出怪声和抽动Thenoisandthetwitches.

我还要进一步检查但也许你是对的I'llstillneedtodo

moretestsbut,umm,youcouldberight.

我们的方向可能错了Wemayhavebeenheadeddownthe

wrongroad,here.

我从来没遇过妥瑞症的病例I'veneveractuallyenaca

ofTourette'sbefore.

我多年的同伴终于有了名字SoatlastmyConstant

Companionhadaname.

书上写说无药可医Thissaysthere'snocure.

但也许现在有了这本书很旧Butthatmayhavechanged.

Thisisanoldbook

现在还是没有科恩太太我很抱歉Thathasn'tchanged,

.I'mverysorry.

对啦但医学界还在研究对吧Yeah,butthey'restill

lookingforacure,right?

我是说总有一天他们会找到的Imean,theywillfind

one,won'tthey?

总有一天会找到find.

没事了妈我们不会怎样的It'sOK,'llget

throughthis,allright.

过来Oh,comehere.

所以这是有原因的爸SEE?There'sareason,Dad.

我不是故意在捣蛋Joop,joop,I'mnotbeingweirdon

purpo.

布莱德我Listen,uh,Brad.l,um.

好了我要说的话都说完了再见,it'sallI

.

我爸终于相信我了但他对我没信心Finally,mydad

everbelievedinme.

不相信我会成功不相信我能教书ThatIwouldsucceed.

ThatIcouldteach.

喂我是布莱德Hello,thisisBrad.

有狗对我有养狗Adog?Ahh,,ma'am,that's

mydog.

好的好早上点我可以Ahh,,Icanbethere

am.

我的第一次面试Myveryfirstinterview.

太好了我没问题好谢谢你undsgreat.

ou.

我尽量不要反应过度我克制了身体的抽动Itriednotto

nmytics.

好耶太好了YES!Waffle,yes!

第一通电话之后我又接到两通Afterthatfirstcall,I

gottwomore:

和三位校长的三次面试机会threeinterviewswiththree

principals.

不用说也知道Needlesstosay,

我这多年的同伴真的是满腔热诚myConstantCompanion

wasmorethanalittleenthusiastic.

你只拿到学士学位Well,Ieyouonlyyourbachelor's

degree.

有打算修硕士吗AreyouplanningtogetyourMaster's?

有的一有机会就去Yes,!AssoonasIcan.

这不是必备要件啦Well,wedon'trequireitforentrylevel.

-但如果你是认真的-我很认真-butifyou'rerious

about.-I'mveryrious.

我想把教书当终身职Iwanttomaketeachingmylife.

我发出这些怪声是因为我有妥瑞症候群I,ahh,Imake

thenoisbecauIhaveTouretteSyndrome.

我想跟你聊这件事I'dliketotellyouaboutit.

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这是神经失调我的大脑It'saNeurologicaldisorder

wheremybrain

传送混乱的讯息给我的身体ndsmixedsignalstomy

body.

就像打喷嚏一样无法控制It''s

irrepressible.

过一两个礼拜我再回覆你.acoupleofweeks,andI'll

giveyouacall.

好好谢谢你OK!ouverymuch.

谢谢你保重re.

一好球one.

但我妈说过不要轻言放弃But,likeMomalwayssaid,

don'tevergiveup.

我小时候我妈从来没停止研究WhenIwaslittle,Mom

neverstoppedrearchingbecau,

因为虽然我无药可医whiletherewasnocure,

但也许有办法过正常生活theremightbewaystolivea

normallife.

妈这是教堂It'sachurch,Mom!

宝贝不是要你去上圣经课啦Honey,you'renotgoingto

havetogetaBiblelesson.

这只是个互助团体Thisisjustasupportgroup.

我非去不可吗DoIhaveto?

你要多和其他妥瑞症患者接触Youneedtoconnectwith

otherpeoplewhohaveTourette's.

看看他们是怎么过日子的好不好Findouthowtheylive

?

我们去试试看Let'sdoit.

我不要进去I'mnotgoinginthere

宝贝Honey.

我从来没看过妥瑞症患者I'dneverenanyonewith

Tourette'sbefore.

有人是眨眼睛和鼻子抽动Therewereeyeblinkersandno

twitchers.

有人是踏脚和颈部抽动有人会大叫和咳嗽Foot

themyelpedand

coughed.

我在别人眼里就是这样吗IsthiswhatIlookedliketoother

people?

走吧波波Comeon,Bobo.

我们是来学习的开始学习吧We''s

startlearning.

美国残障法案给我们权利TheAmericanswith

DisabilitiesActgivesus

做想做的事或去想去的地方therighttodoanythingorgo

anyplacethatwewantto.

但你去看电影试试看Buttrygoingtoamovie.

或是去音乐会或餐厅Oraconcertorarestaurant.

别人大吼着要你闭嘴Thatlawdoesn'tmeananything

这时候法律根本没意义whenpeopleareyellingatyouto

shutup.

我一回到家爸妈就关窗户拉上百叶窗Icomehome

andmyparentsclothewindowsandblinds

因为他们不想让邻居看到我的症状becautheydon't

wanttheneighborstoemetic.

根本没人尝试着要被人接受Noonewaventryingtobe

accepted.

大人都没工作小孩都待在家Theauditswereoutofwork.

Thekidsstayedathome.

有件事我可以确定Iknewonething.

我不想跟他们一样Ididn'twanttobelikethem.

就连他球队的教练都不接受他Eventhecoachesonhis

teamwouldn'taccepthim.

我受够了Oh,I'dhadit.

你们也是在家自学吧Ofcour,you'rehome-schooling,

too?

没有布莱德跟别的小孩一样上学esto

schoollikeanyotherkid.

这些小孩跟别的小孩不一样Thekidsarenotlikeany

otherkids

上学对他们来说是浪费时间school'sawasteoftimefor

them.

他三年级我就让他休学了Itookhimoutatthethird

grade

免得我失去了理智justtosavemysanity.

听我的劝Youwantmyadvice.

你也照做吧.you'lldothesame.

好谢谢你.

波波我们走Let'sgo,Bobo.

这是互助团体耶哪里互助了It'ssuppodtobeasupport

group!Where'sthesupport?

难道要一辈子躲在家里吗Suppodtojusthideawayfor

therestofyourlife?

对不起我不该带你来这里还是算了吧I'mreallyso

sorrythatIbroughtyouthere,honey,let'sjustforgetthis

妈我不想算了Idon'twanttoforgetthis,Mom.

那些人向妥瑞症妥协ThopeopleletTourette'swin.

但我是绝对不会放弃的I'mnevergonnadothat.

很难想像我才岁It'sdifficulttoimaginethatattheageof

twelve

就领悟了人生的哲学Iwouldfindagenuinephilosophyto

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但这就是我决定性的一刻fining

moment.

永远都要正面迎战对手Toalwaysfacemyadversityhead

on.

我下次去面试决定更坦白一点WhenIwenttomynext

interview,Idecidedtobeevenmoreupfront.

先把我有妥瑞症的事讲清楚GettheTourette'sstuffoutof

thewayfirst

再把我的教学理念告诉对方andthendazzle'emwithmy

approachtoteaching.

从你的资料看来做得很成功youemtohavebeenvery

successful

虽然有妥瑞症.inspiteofyourTourette's.

我很努力地想当个好老师I'veworkedveryhardtobecome

thebestteacherIcanbe

谢谢你抽空过来我再通知你Thankyouforcomingin.

I'llletyouknow.

谢谢Thanks.

坦白也没用啦Somuchforbeingupfront.

我第三次面试Formythirdinterview,

我决定要完全不提我的妥瑞症Idecidedtodiscussing

aboutmyTourette'satall.

我每个礼拜都会寄进度报告给每位学生的家长Eachweek

Iliketondhomeaprogressreporttomystudents'parents.

我希望学生在学习过程中要多发表意见Um,Iliketogive

mystudentsavoiceintheirlearningtobehands-on.

在课堂上要实作和互动andinteractiveintheclassroom.

同时也要让家长密切参与butalsotokeeptheparents

clolyinvolved!

朗恩不提我的妥瑞症是一大失策Ron,itwasahuge

mistakenotmentioningmyTourette's.

这就表示我想掩饰Itwas,youknow,Iwastryingtohideit

没希望了啦Fatchance.

好吧这是负面想法Okay,that'sthenegative

不你别再给自己压力了ativeisyou've

gottastopstressingout.

你都压得我喘不过气了You'restressingmeout.

但正面的态度是Butthepositiveisthat,hey,

别人好像不太在意嘛theothersdidn'temtohavea

problemwithit,right?

我还是要等电话Ijust,Igottawaitforacall.

正面的态度是你要跟我出去Thepositiveisyou'recoming

outwithme.

我的新女友有个室友Mynewgirlfriendshehasaroommate

你能不能别再帮我牵线Willyoustoptryingtotmeup?

等我准备好了就会去约会啦WhenIamreadytodate,Iwill

date.

拜托你的事她都听说了Comeon,sheheardallabout

you

她还是想认识你shestillwantstomeetyou.

多谢你的鸡婆我想放松一下,

?

看勇士队比赛IwanttowatchtheBraves.

大家都想看勇士队比赛去换衣服啦Weallwanttowatch

nged.

朗恩跟我说你正在积极找工作So,Rontellsmethatyou're

onabigjobhunt.

进展得怎样How'sitgoing?

还不错Ahh,prettygood.

只是还没人录用我啦Exceptnoone'shiredmeyet.

他们大概是在抢着要我去吧Iguessthey'realltoobusy

fightingtogetme.

你也会这样Youdothis?

给我留下了深刻的印象I'mimpresdbythis.

-本来就是-没想到你也会这样-Youshouldbe.-Iwasnot

expectingthis.

了不起That'samazing.

但我很厉害ButI'mprettygood.

你是啊Youare.

你真的是运动迷Soyouarereallyasportsfan?

对超迷的足球垒球网球Ah,,

.

对我大学时代很常运动Yep,Iplayedalotincollege,

但还不到职业水准啦butI'mnotgoodenoughforthepros.

我也是但我想跟他一样棒IhearthatbecauIwishI

wasgoodenoughtobehim.

跟谁Who?

他Him.

你想当吉祥物Oh,youwanttobeamascot?

-他叫荷马-荷马-HisnameisHomer.-Homer.

这是我毕生的抱负Andit'salifelongambition.

好吧ht.

-别转过去看-好-Don'tlooknow.-OK.

现在别看我们后面有个人Don'tlooknow,butthere'sthis

guybehindus

不知道他哪根筋不对他一直盯着你看andIdon'tknow

sstaring.

我经常看到那种表情llygetthatlookalot.

那是羡慕的眼神It'salookofenvy.

他在想要怎么跟我一样发出这么酷的声音He'sthinking,

"Howcanlmakecoolnoislikethatguy?"

你还满乐观面对你的Youhavesuchagreatattitudeabout

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your.

荷马再见再见再见了朗恩ByeHomer!,

Ron!

再见Bye.

荷马再见勇士队加油Bye,Homer!Go,Braves!

进展得不错嘛你有再约她出来吗Sothatmusthavegone

well,huh?Didyouaskheroutagain?

有我约了但我有第二次约会症候群Yeah,,

it'sconddatesyndrome.

我人很好她也很风趣只是Youknow,I'magreatguy,

shehadalotoffun,but,umm.

你那些症状酷到她难以招架Yourticsarejusttoocoolfor

her?

不是啦她说是因为我室友口臭Actually,no,shesays

becaumyroommate'sbreathsmellssobad.

什么意思Whatdoyoumean?

你明知故问YouknowwhatImean.

我是布莱德嗨爸,hey,Dad.

没有朗恩有跟我说你打给我Yeah,no,Ron,Rontoldme

youcalled.

只是我最近都忙着Ijust,ahh,youknow,I'vebeenso

busythat,ah.

我还没吃午饭'thadlunchyet.

好没问题你想约在哪儿Allright,thatsoundsgreat.

Wheredoyouwanttomeet?

在爸爸工作的地方吃午饭LunchatDad'swork.

这样他就不必担心我发出怪声了Hewouldn'thaveto

worryaboutmynoisthere.

还要再加悬桁再跟我说好吗Letmeknowifyouneed

anymoreofthotruss,OK?

好Allright.

嗨Hey.

嗨爸爸你找到这里了Hey,foundyour

way.

对啊Yeah.

去我办公室外面吃午饭吧Let'sgrablunchoutsidemy

office.

那里比较隐私一点Bealittlemoreprivate.

好Allright.

黛安在问你几时会来我们家Diane'swonderingwhen

you'regonnacomeby.

你大概在忙着找工作吧有进展吗Iguessyou'vebeen

k?

还在面试Stillinterviewing.

面试得如何How'sthatgoing?

他们有没有介意你的Aretheygivingyouanytrouble

withyour,uh.?

你可以说出来妥瑞症Youcansaytheword,Dad:

Tourette's.

有些人介意有些人不会them

aren't.

你的钱还够用吧How'syourmoneyholdingout?

我不是来找你要钱的I'mnotaskingyouformoney.

我知道你从来不跟我要东西erask

meforanything.

对No.

但你缺钱随时可以来我这边工作Butifyoueverdoget

short,youknowyougottajobwithmehere.

爸我要教书I'mgoingtoteach,Dad.

好吗OK?

我不能让任何事妨碍我做到Ican'tletanythinggetinthe

wayofthat.

好吧我只是觉得多点选择也没什么不好OK.I'mjut

sayingthere'snothingwrong.

免得有些事屡试不成啦.withkeepingyouroptionsopenin

cathingsdon'tworkout.

除了教书以外还有很多工作Youknow,thereareother

thingsbesidesteaching.

不适合我Notforme.

我爸永远不懂我的乐观Dadcouldneverunderstandmy

optimism.

就好像我中学毕业时LikewhenIgraduatedtomiddle

school.

很希望事情能改观Iwasreallyhopefulthatthingswouldbe

different.

怎么了布莱德一个人吃饭What'sthematterBrad?Eat

alone?

重新开始换新的学校交新的朋友Makeafreshstart.

ends.

结果一样Sameresult.

今天我们要教的是分数Today,we'regoingtobetalking

aboutfractions.

分数是你的好朋友Fractionsareyourfriend.

日常生活中经常用到分数Ufractionsineverydaylife.

你只是不了解它Youjustdon'trealizeit.

比如你妈妈烤了一个派Forexample,sayyourmother

bakesapie.

她把派切成几份Shecutsthatpie.

科恩你去校长室Cohen!Justgototheprincipal'soffice.

这不是跟校长自我介绍的好方法Notthebestwayto

introducemylftotheprincipal.

布莱德你把学校当成什么Whatdoyouthinkaschool's

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for,Brad?

抱歉我一直打断课程I'msorryIkeepdisruptingtheclass

你没回答我的问题学校是干嘛的You'renotanswering

'saschoolfor?

要教育学生不是吗Toeducate,isn'tit?

要用知识来打败无知Touknowledgetowipeout

ignorance?

学校的交响乐团今天下午有音乐会Theschoolorchestra's

havingaconcertthisafternoon.

你要不要去Youplanningongoing?

我不去我这样会打扰演出No,willruinthe

music.

我希望你去Iwantyoutobethere.

各位同学请回座Everybodyjustkeepyouratsfora

minute,plea.

谢谢音乐会好听吗enjoythe

concert?

表现得很好Greatjob.

安静的时候有没有听到怪声Didyouhearanynois

duringthequietparts?

有YES!

对我也有听到.

还满讨厌的对吧They'reprettyannoying,aren'tthey?

发出那些怪声的人是布莱德科恩Thepersonmaking

thonoisisBradCohen.

布莱德你上台Comeonuphere,Brad.

你喜欢发出怪声惹人讨厌吗Doyoulikemakingnoisand

upttingpeople,Brad?

不喜欢No,sir.

那你干嘛要这样Thenwhydoyoudoit?

因为我有妥瑞症候群BecauIhaveTouretteSyndrome.

那是什么What'sthat?

我大脑有问题所以会发出怪声It'sathinginmybrain

thatcausmetomakeweirdnois.

但你想控制就能控制对吧Butyoucouldcontrolitifyou

wantedto,right?

不对这是一种病No,'sasickness.

怎么没接受治疗Well,whycan'tyoujustgetcured?

没有药可以医Thereisn'tanycure.

你们不喜欢听到怪声我也不喜欢发出怪声Idon'tlike

makingnoisanymorethanyoulikehearingthem.

我压力大的时候会更严重They'reevenworwhenIget

stresd,

比如你们无法接受我不能控制whenyoudon'tacceptthatI

can'tstopthem.

但大家都接受我我就不会那么严重了ButwhenIfeel

accepted,thenthey'renotsobad.

我们能怎么做Whatcanwedo

我指的是学校里的每一个人andImeaneveryoneinthis

school

我们能怎么帮你布莱德Whatcanwedotohelpyou,

Brad?

我只希望大家别用异样眼光看我Ijustwanttobetreated

likeeverybodyel.

说得好回去坐吧own.

说几句话教育一下Afewwordsalittleeducation

就像开启了通往全新世界的大门anditwaslikeopeninga

doortoabrandnewworld.

我知道将来不管怎么做Nowsomeday,someway,I

knew,

无论我有没有妥瑞症Tourette'sornoTourette's,

我都要当一个老师Iwasgoingtobeateacher.

我别无选择只能证明妥瑞症Ihadnochoicebuttoprove

thatTourette'swould

永远不会打倒我nevergetthebestofme.

如果我放弃了就等于是认同lfIquit,Iwouldbeagreeing

witheveryone

跟我说我想得太天真的那些人whoevertoldmeIwas

barkingupthewrongtree.

抱歉空调坏了早就应该修好啦Sorryabouttheair

edtoalreadybefixedbynow.

没关系That'sallright.

你的履历还不错Well,umm,yourresumelooksokay.

我们五年级也有个缺Andwedohaveanopeninginfifth

grade.

好OK.

但我要告诉你在这里教书可不轻松ButIdohavetotell

you:thisisatoughplacetowork.

有几个头痛人物We'vegotsomereallyhardcas.

我视之为挑战Well,Itakethatasachallenge.

我不认为有哪个小孩是没救的Idon'tbelievethatanykid

ishopeless.

他们都想学习你永远不能放弃Youknow,theyallwant

tolearnyoucan'tevergiveup.

只需要Letmejust.

只是要找对方法教导他们Youjustgottafindtherightway

toteachthem.

你喉咙有痰吗Ahh,yougotsomethingstuckinyourthroat?

要不要喝杯水Wouldyoulikeadrink?

我有妥瑞症我想解释一下IhaveTouretteSyndrome.

I'dliketotellyouaboutit.

它是一种神经上的妥瑞症It'te's?

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是不是会骂脏话Isn'tthatwhereyouyelloutobscenities?

那是秽语症这症状很罕见That'scoprolalia,It's,ahh,it's

araresymptom

只有少部分的妥瑞症患者会有thatasmallpercentageof

peoplewithTourette'shave.

-我就没有-好吧-Idon'thavethat.-OK,listen.

他们没说你是身心障碍Theydidnottellmethatyouwere

goingtobehandicapped.

你要怎么教一群调皮的学生Howdoyouexpecttohandlea

bunchofwildstudents

有这方面的残障withahandicaplikethat?

就教育他们啊atingthem.

让他们知道这是不必避讳的Bylettingthemknowit'sokay

totalkaboutit.

-可以问问题-这些学生会嘲笑你-It'sokaytoask

questions.-Thestudentswouldlaughatyou.

等他们明白ntheyunderstand

-这只是-好吧我有看过-it'.I

haveenteachers

有残障的老师withdisabilitiesbefore.

但从来没遇过你这方面的.butneverwithwhatyou'vegot.

我只是不明白你要怎么教学生Ijustdon'tehowyou

couldeverteachaclass.

我可以教书你看我的履历Icanteach!Lookatmy

resume.

仔细看Lookatit!Ok?

我在教学上非常成功Iwasverysuccessfulasastudent

teacher

我的妥瑞症从来就不是问题myTourette'sneverpoda

problem!

我可以教书Icanteach!

好吧反正我需要五年级的老师line:Ineed

somebodynowforfifthgrade.

你想在这里教书Youwanttoteachhere,

在课堂上就不能发出怪声you'regonnahavetorefrainfrom

makingthenoisinclass.

好谢谢你给我面试的机会Youknowwhat?Thankyou

verymuchfortheinterview.

你想要这份工作吗But,don'tyouwantthejob?

对我是很想要Yes,treallybad.

但我说什么也不替一个不关心学生的人工作ButIwould

never,everworkforamanwhodoesn'tcareabouthis

students.

所以我要把我的资料带走So,I'lltakemyportfolioand,

ahh,

不再浪费你宝贵的时间andtakenomoreofyourtime.

你老板人还真好啊Yougotagreatboss.

那是我最烂的一次面试经验Well,itwastheworst

interviewI'veeverhad.

他只看到我妥瑞症的那一面Allhecouldewhenhe

lookedatmewasmyTourette's.

他们都只看到这一面That'sallanyoftheme.

宝贝他们没看到你是个好老师Well,honey,iftheycan't

ewhatagreatteacheryou'dbe

那是他们的损失不是你的错thatistheirfailure,not

yours.

看起来是我的错Well,itsureemslikemyfailure.

你要这么说我也没办法啦Well,w

what?

不然你干脆放弃回家给我养Whydon'tyoujustthrowin

thetowelandcomehome,huh?

我会给你买了一张票I'llbuyyouaticket.

我又没这样讲I'mnotsayingthat

是吗你就是这个意思啊Really?Thatsoundslikewhat

you'resaying.

我听起来就是你被妥瑞症打倒了Itsoundslikeyou're

lettingTourette'swin.

我没让妥瑞症打倒我IamnotlettingTourette'swin!

-真的吗-对-Really?-Yes,really!

我永远不会放弃我只是Look,I'mnevergoingtogive

up,Ijust.

我要找对学校才行Ihavetofindtherightschool.

你会的波波Youwill,l.

我的结论是此事无关妥瑞症So,Idecideditwasn't

Tourette's.

我只是要找对学校Ijusthadn'tfoundtherightschoolyet.

我会继续找不找到好校长是不会放弃的I'dkeepbarking,

andIwasn'tquittinguntilIfoundthatprincipal.

我在地图上标示了每一间Imadeamapofeveryschool

我还没面试过的学校whereIhadn'tinterviewed.

如果校长不在我就把履历给秘书或管理员lfthe

Principalwasn'tin,I'dgivemyresumetoacretaryora

janitor,

请他们等校长回来再拿给他看andaskthemtodropitoff

whentheprincipalreturned.

我不在乎我需要一份工作Ididn'dajob.

我没找到工作就不轻言罢休Iwasn'tgoingtostopuntilI

hadone.

你从基层做起You'llbestartingatthebottom,

但这样很正常我也是白手起家butthat'snobigdeal,

that'swhereIstarted.

你上班时间是点到点Andyou'reworkingto.

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我说过这是兼差性质Itoldyouthisisonlyparttime.

我早上要面试不能来上班Ineedtokeepmorningsopen

forinterviews.

学校不是早就开学了吗Ithoughtthatschoolhadalready

started.

有些学校还没No,notallofthem.

再看情况吧Well,we'llewhathappens.

这是你的工具至少暂时的啦Hereareyourtoolsofthe

tradeatleastforthetimebeing.

我说过了要从基层做起LikeIsaid,atthebottom.

但这里的每份工作都很重要天晓得Buteveryjobis

importanthere,andwhoknows

也许你做一做会爱上只要你投入时间maybeyou'll

ouputyourtimein.

我刚才讲的你没听见吗Didn'tyouhearwhatIjustsaid?

我只在这里上班到我找到教职I'monlyworkinghereuntil

Igetateachingjob

那些东西都要搬去垃圾堆Allthatstuffhastogointhe

dumpster.

聘任教师的季节快结束了Thehiringasonwanding.

我的面试机会没了学校已经开学Myinterviewshad

hadstarted.

我没时间也没钱没有希望Iwasrunningoutoftime

e.

黛安Diane.

我不指望你会来找我了所以我直接来找你Igaveupon

youevercomingtome,soIjustcametoyou.

你在忙吗Youbusy?

是我的继母黛安她想用贝果来拉拢我Itwasmy

stepmom,tobuildbridgeswithbagels.

你爸是凭双手打造他的事业YourDadbuilthisbusiness

withhisowntwohands

他希望你能参与你不能怪他youcan'tblamehimfor

wantingyoutobeapartofit.

他只是在尽爸爸的本份He'sjustbeingadad.

他希望你融入他的人生Hewantsyouinhislife.

你喜欢亚特兰大吗有没有认识好女孩Sohowdoyou

likeAtlanta?Youmeetanynicegirls?

我讲话都讲不到重点对吧I'mjustsayingalltheright

things,huh?

我再帮你倒一杯Letmegetyouarefill

布莱德,

你爸很爱你yourdadlovesyou.

非常爱你.somuch.

他只是不想看到你受伤Hejustdoesn'twanttoeyouget

hurt

最让我受伤的是他从来就不接受真正的我Theonly

thingthathurtsisthefactthathehasneveracceptedwhoI

am.

他脑海里有个完美儿子的形象See,he'sgotthisideaofa

perfectson,

他很正常做的都是正常的事whois"normal"anddoes

"normal"things.

我永远也不可能正常Well,I'mnevergonnabe"normal"

也许那不是他本意Well,maybethat'snothisidea,Brad.

也许是你的想法你说得对你是不正常Maybethat's

'reright,youarenotnormal.

你有教学的天分Youhavethisgifttoteach,

这不是克服了妥瑞症的障碍andit'snotinspiteofyour

Tourette's,

而是因为妥瑞症it'sbecauofit.

我要先走了Ihavetogo.

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嗨我是布莱德Hello,thisisBrad.

嗯是的Ahh,yes.

对我养了牧羊犬That'sasheepdog.

对布莱德布莱德科恩Yep,hen.

十点我没问题Teno'clockisisperfectforme.

好好极了,great.

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举手举手ourhand!

你们要先举手来Yougottaraiyourhand!Comeon.

你是布莱德科恩吧YoumustbeBradCohen.

嗨Hi.

我是吉姆欧贝本校的校长I'mJimOvbeyI'mthe

.

希乐莉史崔卡副校长HilarieStraka,AssistantPrincipal.

嗨Hi.

进办公室聊布莱德Comeonintheoffice,Brad.

听说你大老远从停车场过来Weheardyoucomingallthe

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听说你每间学校都跑遍了Hearyou'vebeenmakingthe

rounds.

目前为止是间这是我的履历表Twenty-fiveschoolsso

,uh,here's,here'smyresume.

给我吧.

我们待会儿再看布莱德Wecanlookatthatinaminute,

Brad.

先进来谈谈你为什么想当老师Justcomeonin,tellus

whyyouwanttobeateacher.

好OK.

这是我毕生最大的愿望Well,it's,uh,oh,it's,it'sallIever

wantedtobe.

从我还在念书到现在EversinceIwasinschool.

一定有什么好老师激励了你Youmusthavehadsome

prettyinspiringteachers.

是有校长激励了我麦尔先生Ah,inspiring

但我的老师们他们butmyteachers,theyreallyonly

给我的启发都只是让我别像他们一样inspiredmetobethe

kindofteacherstheyneverwere.

那你要当怎样的老师Whatkindofteacheristhat?

就算学生与众不同也要给他学习的机会Onewhomakes

itpossibleforakidtolearnevenifhe'sdifferent.

我最好的老师应该算是妥瑞症吧Inaway,the,thebest

teacherIeverhadwasmyTourette's.

布莱德你可以不必谈这个You,youdon'thavetotalk

aboutthat,Brad.

没关系啦我早就下定决心要直言不讳了No,it'sOK.I

makeapointofbeingopenaboutit.

我从来不给学生们设限It's,ah,neveroff-limitstomy

students.

他们随时可以问我任何问题Theycanaskmeanythingthey

wantaboutitatanytime.

有些问题想必很有趣吧Youmustgetsomepretty

interestingquestions.

对有时候会牵涉到隐私Oh,mesitgets

reallypersonal.

希望这个问题对你不会太隐私Ihopethisquestionisn'ttoo

personal,Brad.

你睡觉时会不会发出怪声Doyoumakethonoisin

yoursleep?

我不知道我睡着了啊Idon'tknow.I'masleep.

不是啦我睡觉时不会发出怪声,Idon'tticinmy

sleep.

我放松时就不会发出怪声了比如现在WhenI'mrelaxed,

stnow.

好吧我想多了解你的教学理念ohear

moreaboutyourteachingphilosophy.

好我很乐意分享我的教学理念Yeah.I'dlovetotellyou

aboutmyteachingphilosophy.

我们聊了将近两个小时Wetalkedfornearlytwohours,

这是我最棒的一次面试经验itwasthebestinterviewI'd

everhad

布莱德很高兴认识你Well,Brad,itwasapleasureto

meetyou.

我也是You,,too.

我们还要再面试几位老师We'vestillgotafewmore

teacherstointerview.

一旦决定好就会通知你Butwe'llletyouknowwhenwe've

madeadecision.

好太好了Ok,great.

谢谢谢谢两位ou.

我这多年的同伴还是一样Still,myConstantCompanion,as

always,

警告我不要抱太大的失望warnedmenottogetmyhopes

up.

但希望是很难戒掉的习惯Buthopeisahardhabittobreak.

我最后一次被找去Iwascalledonelasttimetoandasked

comein

和二年级的教职员面谈andmeetwiththecondgrade

staff.

你有教过二年级Oh,so,youstudent-taughtcondgrade?

我超爱二年级那些小孩都像海绵一样Oh,Ilovecond

grade!Thekidsarestillsoopen-minded.

不管教他们什么都可以吸收They'reopentoeverything.

对但还是要维持一点纪律吧Yes,butyoudomanageto

maintainalittlediscipline,right?

不能让他们什么都吸收啊Whilethey'rebeingsoopen?

对我会让他们知道分寸的Idoletthemknowwhatthe

.

布莱德你觉得你要教的最重要的是什么So,

doyouthinkisthemostimportantthingyouhavetoteach?

嗯除了识字的重要性和数学的价值以外,well.

Besidestheimportanceofreadingandthevalueofmath.

要教他们做自己thatit'sokaytobeyourlf.

着色涂到线外面也没关系It'sokaytocoloroutsidethe

lines

反正你就是这样的人ifthat'swhoyouare.

那就可以忽略界线吗Soit'sokaytoignoretheboundaries?

不是我没有No,andIdidn't.

对不起学生要怎么学习I'msorrybuthowcanyouexpect

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当你你一直这样做whenyou'redoingthatallthetime?

拜托布兰妲,Brenda

没关系啦这个问题很好No,no,''savalid

question.

我想回答Iwanttoanswerit.

学生在了解我之前Beforetheyknowme,

有时候会觉得我很怪甚至可怕kidssometimesdothink

I'mjustweird,evenscary.

但等我跟他们解释了妥瑞症But,onceIeducatethemabout

myTourette's

他们就知道科恩老师是普通人

isarealperson

只是碰巧会发出一些怪声whojusthappenstomakefunny

nois,

然后他们就认同我是个好老师well,thentheyacceptmeas

agoodteacher.

就像他们接受你们在座各位一样Justliketheyacceptallof

you.

也许我们该向二年级的学生多学学Well,maybeweshould

alltrytobemorelikecond-graders.

还有谁有问题要问科恩先生Doesanyonehaveanyother

?

布莱德谢谢你抽空过来Bradthanksforcomingin.

校方会跟你联络请你耐心等Theschoolwillbeintouch

withyou,sojustbepatient.

感觉最后一次机会也搞砸了It'shardtobepatient

要耐心等真的很难whenyoufeelasthoughyou'veblown

yourlastchance.

而且耐心从来就不是我多年同伴的强项Andpatience

neverwasmyConstantCompanion'sstrongsuit

那所学校应该没跟你联络吧I'mguessingyouneverheard

fromthatschool.

还没有他们还在面试No,'restill

interviewing.

我不担心I'mnotworried.

好吧Okay.

这是什么意思Isthatsuppodtomean?

我只是说"好吧"Ijustsaid"okay".

我懂你的意思Iknowwhatyoumean

你觉得还有别的选择人家就不会选中我youdon'tthink

anybodywouldhiremeiftheyhadachoice.

你是怎样会读心术吗Whatareyou,amind-readernow?

爸今天是我最后一天上班Youknowwhat,Dad?Thisis

gonnabemylastdayhere?

你怎么不等找到工作再说Well,whydon'tyouwaitande

ifyougotthejobfirst?

我一定会找到工作的I'mgonnagetthejob,Dad.

只是我要保持专注Ijusthavetostayfocud.

你难道不能同时专注和实际吗Whycan'tyoustay

focudandrealisticatthesametime?

这样有什么不好What'swrongwiththat?

拿去吧Here.

你没事吧Whoa!Areyouallright,man?

你这样会受伤啦You'llknockyourlfoutdoingthat!

如果你开车时这样怎么办Whatifthathappenswhileyou're

driving?

我没事I'mfine.

对啦我不知道你应该换个医生看看Uh,yeah,Idon't

htaeanotherdoctor.

我这辈子都在看医生根本没用I'veendoctorsmy

wholelife,?Theydon'thelp.

你不觉得要找个人看看吗Well,don'tyouthinkyouneedto

esomebody?

我真的不需要Ireallydon't!

你就So,just.

这就是我ThereIwas.

我又在等电话响了Waitingforthephonetoringagain.

我想说服自己有好事会发生Itriedtoconvincemylf

somethinggoodwouldhappen.

是我弟弟我没想到他会来ctly

whatIhadinmind.

-你好啊波波-杰夫-Howareyoudoing,Bobo?-Jeff,

你怎么会来what,whatareyoudoinghere?

怎么没事先告诉我Whydidn'tyoutellmeyouwere

coming?

你身上穿的是短裤耶Youknowyou'reinyourboxers,

right?

是老妈叫你来查我的勤吗Did,ah,Momndyoutocheck

uponme?

干嘛你需要别人查勤Why?Youneedcheckingupon?

不是啦就No,but.

我的东西要放哪儿WheredoIputmystuff?.

很好你睡沙发That'thecouch.

这高尔夫球杆不错新的吗Whoa!Niceclubs,arethe

new?

都是老爸的他借我用'reDad's,heletmeborrow

them.

我想找你去打打高尔夫球ThoughtmaybeyouandIcould,

ah,playalittlegolf.

他让我们去他那个俱乐部打Hegotusatee-timeathis

club.

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ironfromhere,littlebro?

对了谢谢你带我来打球Hey,bytheway,thanksforthe

round.

要谢就谢老爸吧等一下,wait,forgot.

我忘了你们不讲话.youguysaren'tspeaking.

我现在不想提到老爸Idon'twanttotalkaboutDadright

now.

你这样讲只是想激我啦You'rejustsayingthattorattleme

becauyouknow

我一定会赢你I'mgoingtobeatyou.

我是认真的你跟爸该和好了啦I'mrious,Brad,you

andDadgottastartgettingalong.

我们处得很好啊Wegetalongfine

只要保持够远的距离就好了aslongaswekeepitlong

distance.

所以你才搬来这里吗Isthatwhyyoumoveddownhere?

为了保持够远的距离Tokeepitlongdistance?

你没什么好向他证明的吧Imean,it'snotlikeyouhave

anythingtoprovetohimright?

现在怎样你改当心理医生了杰夫医生Whatareyounow,

Jeff,ashrink?,huh?

不好意思I'msorry,sir?

请你别再发出那种怪声I'mgoingtohavetoaskyoutostop

makingthonois.

老兄Look,pal.

他不是故意的他有He'snotdoingitonpurpo,he's

got

没关系我自己来就好了No,no,ndleit,Jeff.

知道了Igotit.

这样对其他要打球的人不公平Look,it'sjustnotfairtothe

othergolfers.

我懂只是我不能不发出怪声No,Iunderstand,that,umm,

Ican'thelpmakingthenois

因为我有妥瑞症becauIhaveTouretteSyndrome.

这是一种神经性疾病我来解释给你听It'saneurological

disorderI'dliketotellyouaboutit.

我要请你离开这个球场You'regonnahavetoleavethe

cour.

我要替其他会员着想Igottathinkoftheothermembers.

乔别为难他了他很好啦Hey,heguyalone.

He'sfine.

我们两个打球约好的朋友没来Hey,'rea

twosomeandourbuddiesdon'tappeartobeshowing.

要不要跟我们一起Wouldyouliketojoinus?

如果你不走我就要叫警卫了lfyoudon'tleave,I'mgoing

tohavetocallcurity.

好啦OK,.

好谢谢明年再看看吧,ext

year,allright?

杰夫我们走走了啦谢谢Jeff,,

.

好了啦杰夫这种场面你又不是没见过Comeon,Jeff,

it'snotlikeyouhaven'tenitbefore.

大家都这么无知Howcanyoustandlivinginaworld

你怎么受得了生活在这种世界whereeverybody'sso

ignorant?

又不是每个人都这样Everybody'snot.

你也看到刚才那两个打球的人Yousawthogolfersback

there.

他们还帮我讲话Theywenttobatforme.

我的人生中到处都有那样的人Mylifeisfullofpeoplelike

that.

我就很少遇到好人了That'snotalwaysbeenmyexperience.

那是因为你老是为了挺我而打架Well,that'sbecau

you'realwaysgettingintofightsstickingupforme.

你和妈都是你们老是在维护我've

alwaysbeenthereformeandmytics.

你知道吗我开始觉得你很烦了Youknowwhat?You're

beginningto"tick"meoff.

比赛看谁先到车上raceyoutothecar.

-什么-笨蛋-Oh,yeah?What!-Hey!HEY!Sucker!

杰夫的来访让我暂时忘却烦恼你作弊Jeff'svisitdid

givemeabreakfrommyworries.

在他走后我就接到学校的来电And,rightafterheleft,I

gotacallfromtheschool.

校长要我去见他Theprincipalwantedtoemeinhis

office.

跟小时候一样Justlikeoldtimes.

满吵的吧Prettynoisy,huh?

但小朋友们都能接受不是吗Andyetsomehowthekids

manage,don'tthey?

是啊他们都能接受Yes,.

我和希乐莉跟老师们讨论过你HilarieandIdiscusdyou

withtheteachers.

聊到我们有多骄傲能教学生And,wetalkedabouthow

proudweareofteachingourkids

永远不让任何事妨碍他们的人生toneverletanythinghold

thembackinlife.

希乐莉说如果要教学生And,Hilariesaidthatifwe're

gonnatalkthetalk,

我们就得以身作则weneedtowalkthewalk.

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classroom.

欢迎你Welcome.

二年级人很多所以要多开一班Secondgradeis

overcrowdedsowe'vehadtocreateanewclass.

你的学生都是从别班调来的Yourkidsarebeingtakenout

ofotherrooms

有几个还搞不清楚状况sosomeofthemmightbealittle

confud.

他们已进来这间学校三个礼拜了They'vealreadybeenin

schoolforthreeweeks.

你的学生名单在那里There'syourstudentroster.

礼拜一就开始上课ThefunstartsMonday,Brad.

有什么需要尽管告诉我Letmeknowifthere'sanythingyou

need.

我什么都需要Ineedeverything.

我低头看着那份学生名单IlookeddownatthatrosterlikeI

wasannouncing

就好像在宣布明星棒球队的先发球员名单thestarting

line-upforanallstarbaballgame.

希乐莉这是谢谢你Hilarie,thisis,thankyou.

我们想说你可能会需要这些Hey!Wethoughtyoumight

needthe.

各位都搬进来吧Hey,everybody,bringthemin.

先随便放放好再来整理Justputthemdownanywhere.

We'llgetthemarranged.

给我我来帮忙谢谢Here,letmehelpyouwiththat.

Thankyou!

欢迎光临山景小学WelcometoMountainView.

对妈这真是太好了但我Yeah,Mom,it's

phenomenal,but,youknow,

好不容易才有这一天it'stakenmesolongtogethereIstill

havetoremindmylf

我还得提醒自己一切才刚开始thatI'mjustatthe

beginning.

宝贝这是个天大的好消息太好了Honey,thatis,thatis

wonderfulnews!That'swonderful.

嗯妈妈Yes,yes,Mom.

这非常好但是你知道Itisabsolutelywonderful,but,

youknow,

他们只跟我签约一年they'veonlygivenmeacontractfora

?

我还是要证明他们没看错人Istillhavetoprovetothem

thattheymadetherightchoice

宝贝你先享受这一刻吧Honey,listen,justtakeamoment

toenjoythis.

天哪我.

你有没有跟你爸讲他一定会很骄傲的Didyoucallyour

father?Heisgonnabesoproudofyou.

我会告诉他啦但现在Iwill,,youknow,right

now,

我要在两天之内准备好两个礼拜要做完的事Iliterally

haveabouttwoweeksofpreparationtodoinabouttwodays.

既然我找到工作了And,ah,youknow,nowthatIhavethe

job,

我就要认真开始进修硕士学位Igottareallyriouslystart

workingongettingmyMaster'sdegree.

好啦一次做一件事OK,onethingatatime,allright?

学校里有没有漂亮的女老师reanycute

teachersatthatschool?

妈Mom!

怎样我只是希望你快乐啊What?Iwantyoutobehappy.

好啦OK,allright,yes.

放心吧我也有在想先这样了再见Don'tworryI'm

workingonthat,e.

婚友联谊网

你是布莱德吧YoumustbeBrad.

你是南西吧YoumustbeNancy.

嗨我是布莱德Hi,I'mBrad.

我知道Iknow.

对啦我只是有点紧张I'malittle

nervous.

请坐Plea.

这是我第一次网络交友Thisismyfirsttimecomputer

dating.

-所以-对-So.-Oh,yeah.

对我也是我妈觉得很危险hinksit's

dangerous.

是啊谁知道你会遇到什么怪人Well,yeah,Imean,you

neverknowwhatkindofweirdoyoumightmeet.

但你看起来满正常的.

是喔那就好Good,I'mglad.

其实你比正常更好啦Actually,lookmuchbetterthan

normal.

谢谢你Thankyou.

我们要把自己的事告诉对方吧So,ahh,Iguesswe'rejust

suppodtotelleachotherourlifestories.

好啊Umm,,do.

那我能不能先喝杯咖啡.youthinkIcouldgeta,getacupof

coffeefirst?

-要喝咖啡-对-Cupofcoffee.-Yeah.

好没问题马上来!up.

谢谢Thanks.

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你要不要吃个杯子蛋糕ant,like,amuffin?

我在节食I'monadiet.

但我好想吃杯子蛋糕ButIwouldloveamuffin.

我室友快把我搞疯了Myroommateisdrivingme

absolutelycrazy.

她从来不整理床铺Shenevermakesherbed

衣服到处丢she'sgotclotheverywhere

她从早到晚都在大声听音乐she's,like,alwaysblastingher

music.

但我每次听我的音乐.,ofcour,

wheneverIwanttolistentomymusic,

她就叫我转小声一点she'sall,like,"youneedtokeepit

down".

你都听怎样的音乐Sowhatkindofmusicdoyoulistento?

-就-说啊-Well,umm,-Yeah?

大部分都是老歌啦尤其是史汀Mostlyoldiesstuff.

EspeciallySting

我超爱史汀的Oh,IloveSting!

玛丹娜邦乔飞Madonna,BonJovi,youknow

米利瓦尼利MilliVanilli.?

我好喜欢米利瓦尼利IloveMilliVanilli!

真的假的Really?

等一下你也喜欢?

全世界大概只有我们两个人We'vegottabetheonlytwo

peopleonearth

喜欢米利瓦尼利吧thatloveMilliVanilli.

不会吧Youdonot.

真的Yeah!

我今天好开心谢谢你Well,Ihadareallynicetime.

Thankyou.

我不应该吃那个杯子蛋糕啦Ishouldn'thavehadthat

muffinbut.

但我很高兴能认识你Ireallyenjoyedmeetingyou.

我也是Yeah,metoo.

好了谢谢你布莱德,thanksagain,Brad.

你这个猪头你自己说她很完美Ican'tbelieveyou!You

saidshewasperfect

她是很完美啊我只是不想毁了这一切Shewasperfect.I

justdidn'twanttoruinit.

再约她出去会毁了一切Oh,byaskingtoeheragain?

对啦第二次约会症候群Oh,right:conddatesyndrome.

那你打算就这样过一生Soisthatgonnabeyourlife?

第一次约会就结束Nothingbutfirstandonlydates?

那你怎么可能有进一步的发展Howdoyoueverexpectto

havearelationship?

也许就不要有啊MaybeIdon't.

请进进来吧请进in.

怪咖Weirdo!

你们的老师有警告过Didyourteacherswarnyouthat

科恩老师会发出怪声吗akesfunnynois?

有Yeeesss.

她说你有妥妥.

妥瑞症TouretteSyndrome.

好想知道什么就问吧ngyouwanttoknow

aboutit,Iwantyoutoask.

请问Yes.

会不会传染Isitcatching.?

不会绝对不会telynot.

这是天生的像我一样Youhavetobebornwithit,likeI

was.

会不会痛Doesithurt?

有时候比如颈部抽搐就会痛Well,sometimes,likewhen

myneckjerks.

但发出怪声不会痛啦Butthenoisdonothurtatall.

问得很好继续问Thearegreatquestions,keep'em

coming.

关于妥瑞症的事都可以问我And,it'sokaytoaskme

anythingaboutTourette's

请说yes?

你可以去看电影吗Canyougotomovies?

我可以去看电影Yes,Icangotomovies,

但有时候会被赶出来让我觉得很难过butsometimesI

getkickedoutandthatmakesmesad.

那只兔子叫什么名字What'sthebunny'sname?

威威威化Waffle

威威威化WaWaWaffle!

它叫威化啦HisnameisjustWaffle!

好了Allright,guys.

还有关于妥瑞症的疑问吗Anymorequestionsabout

Tourette's?

有没有Anyone?

科恩老师你能不能好起来Aretheyevergonnamakeyou

well,?

目前是没有药可以治好妥瑞症owthere'sno

medicinethatcancureTourette's.

但没关系But,it'sokay.

因为我学会了接受CuzI'velearnedtoacceptit

我不会让它毁了我的一生andIdon'tletitrunmylife.

你有什么不能做的吗比如不能吃东西Whatcan'tyoudo?

noteat?

我可以吃东西而且我很会吃哦,Ieatalot.

其实别人能做的事我都能做Infact,Icandoanything

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anybodyelcandoexcept

科恩老师只有一件事不能做thereisonethingthatMr.

Cohencanneverdo.

什么What?

是什么Whatisit?

告诉我们嘛Tellus

科恩老师永远不能玩anneverplay

捉迷藏hideandgoek.

为什么你不能玩捉迷藏Whycan'tyouplayhideandek?

因为会被人听到啦笨蛋Cauthey'dhearhim,stupid.

答对了但用这样的字眼是不对的Well,that'stheright

answerbutit'sthewrongwords

因为在科恩老师班上不能骂人becautherewon'tbeany

'sclass,

你好请问你要去哪儿Excume?Whereareyougoing?

上厕所Bathroom.

你叫什么名字Andwhat'syourname?

汤玛斯Thomas.

好汤玛斯如果你要离开座位,Thomas,ifyou

wanttoleaveyourat,

就要先征求我的同意youhavetoaskforpermission.

怪咖Weirdo.

科恩老师再见Bye,.

盖伦再见Bye,Gaylon.

科恩老师再见Goodbye,.

再见海瑟明天见ByeHeather,I'lleyoutomorrow.

我好喜欢上你的课科恩老师Ireallylikeyourclass,Mr.

Cohen!

谢谢你亚曼妲莱特先生你好吗Oh,well,thankyou,

Amanda!?

我很好I'mfine.

四眼田鸡Foureyes!

四眼田鸡Foureyes!

口香糖给我不要过来Gimmegum!Leavemealone!

好了你抓住他汤玛斯OK,takehim,Thomas.

伊莱汤玛斯你们谁想帮我Eli!Thomas!Whichoneof

youguysthinksthatyoucanhelpme?Huh?

我要我要Ican,Ican!

好这样吧Allright,'sthedeal.

我这个球要放回篮子里Ineedtogetthisballandputit

backinthatbin.

你们来猜拳决定Whydon'tyouguysshootforit?

剪刀石头布Rock,paper,scissor,shoot!

好伊莱你今天赢了Whoa!Allright,today.

Boom!

哎哟Ah,man!

没关系啦汤玛斯你去帮他It'sOK,Thomas,youcan

helphim.

抱歉我把汤玛斯丢给了你SorryIstuckyouwith

Thomas,

但他实在闹得我不能上课buthewasmakingmyclass

impossible.

他有一大堆问题:He'sgotawholealphabetofproblems:

注意力缺陷症过动症ADD,ADHD,OCD.

听我的劝把他转去特教班吧Youwantmyadvice,you'll

passhimontoSpecialEd.

不行No.

我不能这么做Ican't,ah,Ican'tdothat.

等他妨碍你几堂课你就知道了youfeelafter

he'strashedafewclass.

没事的啦我只需要适应一下I'eedto

getttled.

我等不及明天了Ican'twaitfortomorrow.

好吧OK.

你比我的喇叭还要吵啦Youmakemorenoithanmyair

horn.

你好像是有妥瑞症吧Soundslikeyougothealthycaof

Tourette's.

开玩笑的啦我有个同事也有妥瑞症Iwasjustkidding

withyou,son.I'vegotadispatcherbuddywithTS.

你有要搬东西就找梅心吧Youeverneedanycross-country

hauling,justcallforMaxine.

你有名片吗Hey,aveacard?

我不是认真的啦Iwasn'tbeingrious,son.

除非你是从事运输业Unlessyou'reintheshipping

business.

不是我是二年级的老师Nah,Iteachcondgrade.

梅心的红卡车

-这是我的名片-好-Here'sthecard.-Allright.

梅心给了我一个地理课的好主意Maxinegavemeagreat

ideaforageographylesson.

谢谢你梅心Thankyousomuch,Maxine.

不客气You'rewelcome.

小心开车Safetrucking.

我发现自己一直都在专心教书Ifoundmylffocusingon

teachingallthetime.

几乎啦Well,almost.

你知不知道我刚才发现什么YouknowwhatIjustrealized?

什么What?

所有的鸭子都有妥瑞症AllduckshaveTourette's.

为什么Whyisthat?

我不知道我跟它们是同类Idon''rebirdsofa

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feather.

你一点也不介意吧So,itreallydoesn'tbotheryou,doesit?

什么What?

你明知故问Youknowwhat.

我的妥瑞症啊我发出的怪声MyTourette'es.

跟别的男人比起来就没什么啦NotwhenIcomparethemto

thenoisotherguysmake.

就是吹牛讲话超大声Youknow,like,braggers,

loud-talkers,

自我中心一堆自大的白痴egocentric,humor-challenged

idiots.

真的不会你的怪声我毫不介意Seriously,is

don'tbothermeatall.

只要你一直逗我笑就好了Aslongasyoukeepme

laughing.

别这样讲你知道我压力大会怎样Well,don'tsaythat.

YouknowhowIgetunderpressure.

对不起Oh,I'msorry.

我爸早就知道我会嫁给逗我笑的人MyDadhasalways

saidIwasgoingtomarrysomebodywhomademelaugh.

我这样讲没什么特别的用意Notthatthathasanythingto

dowithanything.

讲话嘛Saysomething.

呱Quack.

别笑我呱得很认真'sarious

quack.

我有吓到你喔Igotyouthough.

科恩老师!

嗨Hey!

我妈要我问你可不可以MyMomsaidtoaskifit'sokay.

什么可不可以海瑟Iswhatokay,Heather?

这个可不可以给威化吃lfIgivethistoWaffle.

告诉你妈妈我说可以YoutellyourMomthatIsaidthat's

?

他说可以吗DidhesayitwasOK?

可以Yeah.

感觉怎样FeelOK?

嗯Um-Hmm.

是喔我爱你Yeah?Iloveyou.

我也爱你Iloveyou,too.

你今天要乖哦好吗Youhaveagoodday,OK?

好OK!

我放学再来接你I'lleyourightafterschool.

好再见-bye.

亚曼妲你还好吧Amanda?Iverythingallright?

我想上你的课科恩老师Iwannabeinyourclass,Mr.

Cohen.

你就在我班上啊亚曼妲Youareinmyclass,Amanda.

没了他叫学校把我转到别班themtakeme

out

我放学后再来接你Seeyouafterschool,?

不公平It'snotfair!

没事吧我是亚曼妲的老师科恩IverythingOK?I'm

Amanda'steacher,.

-我们昨天见过-不不不-,no,

no,no.

没事没什么问题啦There'snothingwrong.

我只是要为我女儿着想Ijusthavetodowhat'srightformy

daughter.

走吧亚曼妲Comeon,Amanda.

走了啦Comeon.

他担心亚曼妲不能专心He'sconcernedaboutAmanda's

abilitytoconcentrate.

他觉得你是她学习上的阻碍Hejustthoughtthatyou'd

makeitalittleharderforher.

他不能给我一次机会吗Can'thejustgivemeachance?

学期才刚开始We'veonlyjuststarted.

我有讲了Ipointedthatout.

然后呢And?

他说他很同情Hesaidhewassympathetic

但他说亚曼妲需要正常的老师butthatAmandaneedsashe

putita"normalteacher."

布莱德你别放在心上Don'ttakeittoheart,Brad.

家长是老师最难解的课题Parentsarethehardestpartof

thejob.

好有谁知道梅心和她的大红卡车Allright,whocantell

methenamesofthecapitalsMaxine

要经过哪几州的首府有谁知道andherbigredtruckhave

pasdthrough?Anybody?

不好意思天哪Oh,allthehands!

me.

我该选谁Ah,choo?

我不知道耶Idon'tknow.

海瑟Heather.

亚特兰大纳许维尔春田

field?

答对了很多人都以为是芝加哥That'sgreat!Becaua

lotofpeoplethinkit'sChicago.

春田是在这儿吧And,ah,thisisSpringfield,right?

不对Noooo.

那是印地安纳波利斯That'sIndianapolis.

答对了Oh,that'sright!

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我在想什么啊这才是春田So,whatamIthinking?This

isSpringfield.

不对NO!

那是哥伦布春田在这里科恩老师That'sColumbus!

Springfield'soverthere,.

在哪里伊莱是在这里吗Whereisit,Eli?Isitoverhere?

不是Nooo!

春田在哪里WhereisSpringfield?

我不知道你们要指给我看Idon'shaveto

pointitouttome.

指给我看tout.

我看不到啊Idon'teitthere.

我看到了Ahh!Ieit!

你们是说这才是春田吧You'retellingmethatthisis

?

对YES!

我没同意你离开座位汤玛斯Youdon'thavepermission

toleaveyourat,Thomas.

对科恩老师的后脑勺有长眼睛That'

hayesinthebackofhishead.

请你回去坐好下次要先问我Gobackandsitdown,

ttime,ask.

但我要削铅笔啊ButIneedtosharpenmypencil.

回来坐好汤玛斯Now,Thomas.

好了Allright,now.

梅心和她的大红卡车礼拜二要去哪里Where'sMaxineand

herbugredtruckgoingtobeonTuesday?

我我ME!ME!

明天一大早再见了大卫Seeyoubrightearlytomorrow,

David.

好了记得要走路哦ertowalk.

我很喜欢你的帽子科恩老师Ireallylikeyourhat,Mr.

Cohen.

谢谢你海瑟我喜欢你的发型Well,thankyou,Heather.

Ilikeyourhair.

我头发很短是因为我吃的药啦It'sjustshort'cauofthe

medicine.

再见Bye.

宝贝Hey,honey!

妈妈Hi,Mom.

你可以等我一下吗Canyouwaitrighthereforjusta

minute?

-好啊-好-Sure.-OK.

嗨我早就想找你谈海瑟的事了Hey,umm.I'vebeen

meaningtocomeandspeaktoyouaboutHeather.

我想我大概知道IthinkIknow.

对我们刚开始不想告诉别人Yeah,just

reluctanttotellanybodyatfirst.

当然别人迟早会看到化疗的影响Ofcouritwasonlya

matteroftimebeforethechemobecameobvious,so.

她会好起来吗Isshe,ah,goingtobeokay.?

海瑟很喜欢上你的课rjustlovesyourclass.

她每天都等不及要来上学Shecan'twaittogettoschool

everyday.

如果你能帮我保密更久一点我会很感激你And,umm,

I'dbegratefulifyoukeptourcretalittlelonger.

我只是不希望她被排挤Ijustdon'twanthertobesingled

out.

好Yeah.

谢谢你好了宝贝女儿我们走吧ht,

'sgo.

再见Bye!

要不要去吃冰淇淋ream?

好啊Yeah!

好OK.

你觉得怎样youthink?Whatdoyouthink?

不要那顶我已经有了Ialreadyhavethatone.

但你戴起来很好看Looksgreatonyou,though.

怎么了Hey,what'swrong?

没事我只是专心在想学校的事Oh,nothing,I'mjust

focusingonschoolstuff.

能不能专心在我身上一下Canyoufocusonmefora

minute?

对不起Sorry.

嘿你试戴这顶Hey,hey,hey!Trythisoneon!

会让你心情变好It'llmakeyoufeelbetter.

-好-不错-Yeah.-.

-可以吗-很好-Yeah?-Yes!

-真的假的-天哪你戴起来很好看-Really?-Ohmy

goodness,thissuitsyou.

远超出你的想像啦Morethanyouknow.

我决定要去修硕士学位了I've,ah,decidedit'stimetogo

formymaster'sdegree.

哇Wow.

意思是你要搬走了吗Wow,doesthat,doesthatmeanyou'll

begoingaway?

没有我念本地的学校No.I'dgolocally.

我要先通过研究所的入学考试啦Anyhow,Ihavetopass

theentrancetesttograduateschoolfirst,so.

等一下像学力测验那样吗Oh,'tthatlikethe

SATs?

你要和很多人在一个大房间里考试Doyouhavetotake

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thatinabigroomwithalotofpeople?

对他们说我可以自己一个房间idIcould

havearoomalltomylf.

那就好Ah,good.

妥瑞症患者是有特权的Tourette'sdoeshaveitsprivileges.

我搬走你会难过吗WoulditbotheryouifIdidgoaway.?

当然会别开玩笑了出去啦

kiddingme?

不信你说的Getoutofhere.

过来我有东西要给你看Comehere,Iwanttoshowyou

something.

神经病Crazy.

下一位Next!

嗨布莱德科恩Hey,ah,chchchch,BradCohen.

布莱德科恩BradCohen.

找到了科恩先生Hereyouare,.

好了请你带着这份资料进去Allright,Ineedyoutake

thispacket,andIneedyoutogorightinthere.

我应该要有特殊的考场Oh,I'msuppodtohavespecial

accommodations

这我不知道耶Idon'thaveanynotationofthat.

今天大家都在同一个考场测验Imean,everybodytests

underthesameconditionstoday.

好吧我有打电话问过OK,yeah,butIcalledandtheysaid

他们说Theysaid

他们说我可以有单独的空间TheysaidthatIcouldhavea,

ah,spacetomylf

这样吧你去问问负责人Youknowwhat?Ineedyouto

talktotheadministratoraboutthat.

他的办公室在那边Hisofficeisrightoverthere.

我不能破例Ican'tmakeanexception.

我们没遇过这种事.we'renottupthatway

他们同意给我特殊的个人考场TheypromidandIhave

therighttospecialtestingaccommodations

你身障我很同情但我帮不上忙Listen,I'msorryabout

yourdisabilitybutthereisn'tanythingIcando.

如果你想考试就马上进去lfyouwanttotakethetest,

youneedtogointherenow

你看看我有我在那里面Lookatme!Howcould

anybodypossiblyconcentrate

谁还能专心考试ifI'minthatroom?

测验现在就要开始了Listen,Ihavetostarttheexam,now.

你要我打电话给你的医生吗Doyouneedmetocallyoua

doctor.?

还是你能请谁来帮忙Isn'tthereanyoneyoucancallfor

help?

布莱德冷静点我听不懂Brad,calmdown,Ican't

understandyou.

他们说你可以单独考试Well,theysaidyoucouldtakeit

alone?

好没问题我马上过去lem.I'llbe

rightthere.

出了什么事吗Hassomethinghappened?

你可以考试了有单独的考场

you'llhavearoomtoyourlf.

你跟他们说了什么Whatdidyousaytothem?

关键字:我要告他们Themagicword:lawsuit.

我该去上班了I'vegottagettowork.

爸Hey,Dad.

什么事Yeah?

谢谢你Thanks.

祝你考试顺利Goodluckonthetest.

结果我需要的不只是爸爸的祝福Asitturnedout,Ineeded

morethanjustDad'dtime.

时间有限我的妥瑞症不配合Withtheclock,andmy

Tourette's,tickingaway.

我来不及把考题全部写完Ifailedtogetallthewaythrough

thetest.

很好汤玛斯我以你为傲Goodjob,Iam

soproudofyou.

谢谢你科恩老师Thankyou,.

你的火鸡好漂亮海瑟Wow!Lookatthatturkey,Heather.

谢谢老师Thankyou.

你今年感恩节会过得很热闹吗gonnahavea

bigThanksgivingthisyear?

会啊妈妈说爷爷奶奶都要来sallmy

grandparentsaregonnacome.

好特别哦Well,thatsoundsspecial.

只是他们会哭'Ceptwhentheycry.

他们都偷哭但我每次都有看到TheytrytohideitbutI

alwaysethem.

我可以摸威化吗CanIpetWaffle?

你当然可以摸威化YoubetyoucanpetWaffle.

科恩老师你要过感恩节吗Areyougonnahaveagood

Thanksgiving,?

要啊我和威化要去Yes,afflearegoingto

takealittletrip

圣路易看我妈.

我知道圣路易在哪儿Iknowwherethatis!

是喔太好了海瑟Well,thatissuper,Heather.

就是在那里That'xactlywhereitis.

请你帮我一个忙好吗Now,domeafavor,willyou?

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我要请你照顾我的好朋友威化AndI'mgoingtotrustyou

ht?

好啊Sure.

我马上就回来AndIwillberightback.

嗨亚曼妲你不用上课吗Hi,n'tyouja

beinyourclass?

好了走吧我陪你走回教室,I'llwalk

youtoyourroom.

为什么我不能在你班上Whycan'tIbeinyourclass,Mr.

Cohen?

你爸爸都是为了你好Well,therhadtodowhat

wasbestforyou,Amanda.

而且你有个很好的老师Andyouknowwhat?You'vegota

greatteacher.

好吧再见了科恩老师later,.

被抓到了Busted.

汤玛斯那些字你从哪儿学来的Wheredidyoulearn

thowords,Thomas?

没我的同意你不能离开教室Youknowyou'renot

suppodtoleavetheclasswithoutasking.

你要把门擦干净Well,you'regoingtocleanthatup.

然后我要处罚你不能下课Andthen,ah,you'reondetention:

norecess.

但你的拼字真是一级棒Butyoudogetan"A"forspelling.

你不翻开书就不能念了啊Youcan'treaditifyoudon'topen

it,Thomas.

我讨厌念书Ihatereading.

我也是Sodol.

真的假的Youdo?

真的要我念书是很困难的g'sreallyhardfor

me.

对你来说才不难你是老师It''rea

teacher.

要不要打赌我们来玩个游戏Youwannabet?Let'splaya

game.

假装你是科恩老师要念书ryingto

read

而我是妥瑞症候群AndI'?

你念这一页Readthispage.

很久以前"Onceuponatime"

继续念Keepreading.

很久以前有一个好痒哦".uponatime,therewasa"That

itches.

会痒吗好了继续念Doesititchalittlebit?Allright.

Keepreading.

有一个".therewasa."

汤玛斯Hey,Thomas!

好了很难吧'shard,isn'tit?

这样很难专心It'shardtoconcentrate.

念书对我来说就是这么困难That'showhardreadingisfor

me.

对你来说没那么难吧It'snotthathardforyou,isit?

对对我来说很简单'asyforme.

可是你讨厌书要怎么当老师youbeateacher

ifyouhatebooks?

讨厌书我不讨厌书啊Hatebooks?Idon'thatebooks.

世界上的所有知识都在书里Everythingintheworldisin

books.

只是我要多费点心力才能学到Ijusthavetoworkextra

hardtogetitout.

我不会放弃你的I'mnotgoingtogiveuponyou,buddy.

OK?

我也不会让你放弃自己AndI'mnotgoingtoletyougive

uponyourlf.

继续念从这里开始ere.

很久以前有个"Onceuponatimetherewasa"

魔魔Mag-magi.

魔法师Magician.

有个魔法师他遇到一个小男孩"Amagicianwhometa

smallboy.

这个小男孩想把一把长剑从石头里拔出来Asmallboy

whowastryingtopullabigswordoutofabigrock.

好奇怪Weird.

石头里怎么会有剑Whywouldaswordbeinarock?

我不知道但你再念下去就会知道了Well,Idon'tknow,

butifyou,ah,keepreading,youmightjustfindout.

魔法师跟小男孩说"Themagiciantoldthesmallboythat

把剑从石头里拔出来的人whoevercouldpulltheswordout

of

就会成为真正的国王therockwouldbethetrueking."

好酷哦Cool.

继续念啊后来呢ppensnext?

圣路易再过个出口诺伍广场

怎么了'swrong?

我好紧张Oh,I'msonervous.

有什么好紧张的你只是要去见我妈啊What'stheretobe

nervousabout?You'rejustgonnameetmymom.

谢谢你哦你还真会安慰人's,that's

helpful.

还有杰夫还有我的舅舅阿姨们unts

anduncles.

还有我这辈子最爱的每个亲人andanybodyI'veever

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tirelife.

你要作好准备场面会很大big.

我准备好了干嘛要我准备I'haveto

preparemylf?.

对你要作好准备That'eyourlf.

你来了啊Oh,you'rehere!

嗨我终于见到南西了Oh,hi!Ican'tbelieveI'mfinally

meetingNancy.

你比我想像中更漂亮Oh!You'reevenprettierthanIthought

布莱德经常提到你科恩太太Bradhastoldmesomuch

aboutyou,

叫我艾伦Oh,Ellen.

他都没什么提到你啦Well,that'smorethanhetellsme

aboutyou

什么我经常跟你提到南西啊Wha-what!What?Itellyouall

aboutNancy.

你都没告诉我实话啦Oh,younevertellmetherealstuff.

-走吧南西-波波拿行李-Comeon,Nancy-Bobo,get

thebags,honey.

对波波快去拿Yes,hat.

你累不累So,areyouexhausted?

不会啊No.

很好因为我们约了Oh,ewe'vegota

pedicure

一个小时以后要修指甲appointmentinanhour.

-她是南西-嗨-ThisisNancy.-Hi.

-我讲的就是她-幸会-WhoIwastellingyouabout.-So,

nicetomeetyou.

不行等一下过来见见珍娜And,no,wait,,

comeandmeetJanet.

-好啊嗨南西-还有一个人-!Nancy.-And

oneotherperson.

妈妈有点过头了Mom'sgoingalittleoverboard

她想给南西回家的感觉makingNancyfeellikefamily.

有可能吗她会变成家人吗Isthatapossibility?Herbeing

family?

我不知道你也知道的Idon',youknow,

我就不IknowbutIdon't,Idon't,Idon't,Idon't.

好你是认真的她见过老爸了吗Oh,'s,it's

metDad?

没有还没有No!No,no,no,no.

你还在等什么Well,whatareyouwaitingfor?

少管闲事啦f,will'ya?

结果他跌倒了.Heendedupfallingflat

头去撞到人行道andthenhehithisheadstraightagainstthe

curb.

还脑震荡Gavehimlfaconcussion.

失陪一下厨房需要南西Well,You'llexcume,Nancy's

neededinthekitchen.

我要借用她一下I'mjustgoingtostealherforonecond.

厨房需要我Neededinthekitchen.

好OK.

你来救我吗我不需要你救啦Areyourescuingme?

BecauIdon'tneedrescuing

我需要Ido.

出了什么事What'sgoingon?

你修指甲好玩吗Howwasyourpedicure?

如果你想知道lfyou'rewondering

我跟你妈聊什么我们聊的是你啦whatdidyourMom

andItalkedabout,wetalkedaboutyou.

还有我们Andus.

怎么了吗Issomethingwrong?

我只是在想Iwasjustwondering,

应不应该告诉你ifItoldyou,

我爱你Iloveyou.

我好害怕Imean,itjust,?

我从来没想过这件事Ineverthoughtaboutitbefore.

我从来就不敢去想Ineverdaredthinkaboutit.

布莱德Look,Brad.

她知道你会发出怪声她不介意Sheunderstandsabout

yournois,shedoesn'tcare.

你让她快乐Youknow,youmakeherhappy,Brad

这是她告诉我的你逗她笑shetoldmethat,

makeherlaugh.

如果有一天她不笑了怎么办Well,whatifonedayshestops

laughing?

如果有一天她不想再跟我这种Whatifonedayshegets

fedupoflivingwithsomeonewho

我只是我不想伤害她妈Ijust,Idon'twanttohurther,

Mom.

也许你是不想受伤吧Maybeyoudon'twanttogethurt.

都有啦Both.

只有一件事会伤害你们Theonlythingthatcanhurteither

ofyou:

那就是你让妥瑞症把她赶走isifyouletTourette'sdriveher

awayfromyou.

不要被它打败lfyouletitwin.

海瑟的妈妈打电话来Heather'smotherhadcalledtosay

说海瑟没办法再上学了Heatherwasnolongerableto

attendschool.

全班同学都在想办法替她打气So,theclassallpitchedinto

cheerherup

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你看看这张桌子Oh,thistable.

看起来很棒嘛Itlooksverygood.

这个看起来也很棒Ah,thislooksgreatoverhere.

我爱海瑟

海瑟

过了几个礼拜我们大家害怕的消息来了Thenewswe'd

allbeendreadingcameafewweekslater.

嗨Hey.

嗨科恩老师Hi,.

你好亨利What'sup,Henry.

嗨Hi.

-嗨伊莱-嗨科恩老师-Hey,Eli.-Hi,.

嗨科恩老师Hey,.

你好盖伦What'sup,Gaylon?

这是我爷爷奶奶詹姆斯和雪莉Thearemy

grandparents,JamesandShirley.

仪式就要开始了Sir,they'reabouttostartthervice.

你先进去吧Yougoahead.

科恩老师你不进来吗?Aren'tyoucomingin?

很抱歉我很想进去I'htIcouldbutI.

但我会干扰仪式的进行IthinkI'dbetoodisruptive.

你改变了海瑟的一生Youmadesuchahugedifferencein

Heather'slife.

你是她最喜欢的老师Youwereherfavoriteteacher.

请你务必送她最后一程Plea,don'tleavewithoutsaying

goodbyetoher.

复活节快乐

乔治亚州

好了汤玛斯你那组叫什么Okay,your

team'sword?

怪咖Weird!

怪咖不是汤玛斯那一组的人ynoton

Thomas'steam

有谁知道"怪咖"是什么意思knowwhatthatwordmeans?

奇怪Strange.

诡异Creepy.

恐怖Scary.

很好Verygood.

谁会用"奇怪"造句Whocanuthewordweirdina

ntence?

我我Me,oh,me!

,,,.

绑辫子的女生Thegirlinpigtails.

盖伦!Gaylon!

我喜欢奇怪的电影抱歉科恩老师"Ilikeweirdmovies.

"Sorry,.

我知道你不能去看电影Iknowyoucan'tgotothem

因为你会被戏院赶出来becauyougetthrownoutofthe

movietheater.

没关系盖伦Well,that'sOK,Gaylon.

因为我可以租片子回家看eIcanrent

movies.

而且我喜欢奇怪的电影AndIalsolikeweirdmovies.

所以"奇怪"是个好字Soweirdisagoodword,right?

但如果有人跟你说:"喂你"Butwhatifsomeonecomesup

toyouandtheysay,"Hey,you!"

就是你我在跟你讲话你好奇怪Yeah,you.I'mtalking

'reweird.

这样还是个好字吗Isitstillagoodword?

不是Noooo.

那是什么声音What,what'sthat?

好了大家都回座位上坐好OK,everyone,stayinyour

at.

是梅心和大红卡车It'sMaxineandbigRed.

科恩老师我们可以去看吗,can'twegoe

them?

好但大家都要小声一点Okay,voices.

到门口排好队不准用跑的Everyonelineupbythedoor

andnorunning.

没问题好啊伊莱上去啊y.

Eli,getinthere,man.

没关系但你要小心Allright,butbecareful.

你觉得怎样满酷的吧So,whatdoyouthinkofit?Pretty

cool,huh?

伊莱我不是说了吗好了不准按喇叭Eli!WhatdidI

tellyou?Allright,nopullingthehorn.

否则就全部都下来Orelyouguysarecomingdown.

对不起梅心Sorry,Maxine.

没关系啦That'sallright.

小孩就是小孩Kidswillbekids.

对永远是这样Yes,,theywill.

他们相处得还好吧Theystillgettingalong?

看起来是不错Well,itlookslikeit.

给他们一点时间Give'emtime.

我喜欢南西IlikeNancy.

她让我想起我当年刚认识的你妈Sheremindsmeofyour

Momwhenwefirstmet.

她们长得一点也不像Theydon'tlookanythingalike.

我指的不是长相而是I'mnottalkingaboutlooksI'm

talkingaboutthat.

那种活力很难形容啦spark,thatspirit,that,ah,"jenesais

quoi."

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学校还好吗Howarethingsatschool?

你知道的Oh,youknow.

书太多书柜不够放Wegotmorebooksthanbookcas,

屋顶漏水预算删减roofleaks,budgetcutbacks.

有点担心他们明年不会续聘我Littleworriedtheymight

notaskmebacknextyear.

有很多老师比我经验更丰富There'splentyofteacherswith

alotmoreexperiencethanme.

不管怎样我都以你为傲I'mproudofyouregardless.

我感觉不到Doesn'tfeelthatway.

我为什么觉得我还是让你丢脸WhydoIfeellikeyou're

stillembarrasdbyme?

没关系爸你大可承认Andit'sokay,Dad,youcan

admitit.

你又想吵架了吗You'renottryingtostartsomething.?

不是,no.

但我们终于讲话了这样很好那就来聊吧But,you

know,we'refinallytalking,andit'sgood,solet'stalk.

我一直让你觉得丢脸I'vealwaysbeenanembarrassmentto

you.

对不对你以前来看我Ihave,haven'tl?Evenwhenyouud

tocomevisitme,

别人盯着我看你还是介意youudtosquirmwhenall

thoeyeballswouldclickmyway.

你从来就无法接受You'veneverbeenabletoacceptit.

你说得对You'reright.

有时候跟你在一起很难受Itistoughbeingwithyou

sometimes

我最讨厌跟你去餐厅大家都用那种眼神看你Ihateit

whenwegotorestaurantsandpeoplegiveyoutholooks.

有时候我Sometimes,Ijust.

我觉得好无助Ijustfeelsohelpless.

我这辈子都在帮别人修东西Youknow,I'vealwaysbeena

guywhocouldfixthings.

但有样东西我一直修不好.buttheonethingIcouldnever

fixwastheonething

那就是伤你最深的东西thatwashurtingyoumost.

不需要修啦Itdoesn'tneedfixing.

没人修得好Nobodycanfixit.

我知道我知道.

但也许是我的错Butmaybeit'smyfault.

也许是我遗传给你的MaybeIgaveittoyou.

这些肉应该熟了Ithinkthebabiesaredone.

快点Comeon,guys.

媒体中心再过两分钟就要关了Weonlyhavetwo

minutesbeforethemediacenterclos.

后面的跟上来靠旁边走Hurryup,the

side,guys.

靠旁边走我不是讲了吗dItell

you?

后面的快一点跟上来Guysintheback,comeon,hurry

up.

爸Dad?

你怎么会来这里Whatareyou,ah,whatareyoudoinghere?

你不是说学校缺书柜吗Yousaidyouneededbookcas,

didn'tyou?

你爸要帮我们的图书馆钉书柜YourFather'sbuiltusnew

bookshelvesforthelibrary.

流程跑起来有点慢啦Thingsarealittleslowattheoffice.

这边请Thisway,gentlemen.

我有样东西要给你Oh,andIgotyousomethingforyour

collection.

科恩老师你快戴啊Putiton,.

硬帽子戴在顽固的脑袋上面Ahardhatforanextremely

hardhead.

各位同学他是我爸爸Hey,class,that'smydad.

嗨科恩先生Hi,!

嗨Hi!

过来Comeon.

来啊Comeon!

希乐莉没说是为了什么事And,andHilariedidn'tsaywhat

thiswasabout?

我不知道Noidea.

我们正好下课她说要来你的教室找你Wewereatrecess

andshesaidsheneedstoeyouinyourclassroom.

可能是和明年的事有关吧Ithinkitmighthavetodowith

nextyear.

他来了Hereheis.

布莱德Brad.

请你过来一下好吗Wouldyoucomeoverhereamoment,

plea?

希乐莉有事要宣布Hilarie'sgotanannouncementtomake.

有些人可能注意到Someofyoumayhavenoticed

最近几个礼拜有个人一直在学校里旁观anobrver

hangingaroundschoolthelastfewweeks.

他是来评估我们的一位老师Well,hewasheretoasssone

ofourteachers.

科恩老师.

我要宣布我们的科恩老师AndI'mheretoannouncethat

ourveryownBradCohenhasbeenchon

在乔治亚州的教育界新血中脱颖而出fromamongstall

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获选为本年度的最佳教师GeorgiatobeSallieMae'sFirst

YearTeacheroftheYear.

我看着我的学生们我觉得自己也像个小孩AsIlooked

atmystudents,Ifeltlikeakidinside.

因为小孩看待人生的观点Becauchildrenlookatlife

differently

和多数的成年人不一样thanmostaudits.

他们看着这个世界会说我要做Theyetheworldand

say,Iwill.

不是我做不到我也一样NotIcan'idl.

这件衬衫太紧了标签刺得我的背好痛Thisshirt'stoo

el'sdigginginmyback.

标签我剪掉了真搞不懂你有什么好紧张的Icutoutthe

'tknowwhatyou'resonervousabout.

你每天都在面对群众啊You'reinfrontofacrowdevery

day.

这些人可不是二年级的小孩Well,thearen't

cond-graders.

现在Now.

天哪真希望我可以隐形Oh,man,IwishIwasinvisible.

这你就永远不必担心了Well,thatissomethingyou'llnever

havetoworryabout.

别乱动别乱动Holdstill,holdstill!

我爱你Iloveyou.

科恩老师加油Go,!

加油波波你一定可以的Comeon,Bobo,youcanget

throughthis

放心吧他绝对没问题Don''sgoingtoget

throughit.

你们刚才听到的怪声Thenoiyoujustheardisthe

TouretteSyndrome

就是我从岁就得的妥瑞症I'vebeenlivingwithsinceIwas

sixyearsold.

我今天站在这里I'mstandingupheretoday

是因为有很多人的爱与支持becautheloveandsupport

ofalotofpeopleputmeuphere

我的家人Myfamily,

我学校的大家庭我的学生和所有好朋友myschool

family,mystudents,andallmyfriends.

这个奖要归功给他们Iowethisawardtoallofthem.

但我也要感谢我这辈子ButIalsooweittothetoughest,

最难搞也最执着的老师and,andmostdedicatedteacherI

everhad:

我多年的同伴也就是妥瑞症myConstantCompanion.

MyTourette's.

有些人可能会觉得奇怪怎么会感谢一种残疾Now,some

ofyoumaythinkthat'sprettyweirdtothankadisability.

还称之为好老师andcallingitagreatteacher?

好奇怪哦That'sreallyweird.

我从残疾中会学到什么呢Imean,whatcouldIpossibly

learnfromadisability?

盖伦请说Yes,Gaylon.

你学会了坚持到底Youlearnedtokeepgoing.

伊莱Eli?

你学会了不让残疾阻止你Youlearnedtonotletitstopyou.

汤玛斯请说Yes,Thomas.

你学会了不被残疾打倒Youlearnedtonotletitwin!

答对了That'sright.

去适应我的妥瑞症CopingwithmyTourette'shastaughtme

让我学到全世界最宝贵的教训themostvaluablelesson

thatanyonecouldeverlearn:

那就是千万别让任何事Andthatistoneverletanything

阻止你去追逐梦想stopyoufromchasingyourdream

阻止你工作或玩耍或是谈恋爱fromworkingorplayingor

fallinginlove.

没错That'sright.

去适应我的妥瑞症让我学到CopingwithmyTourette's

hastaughtme

这个最宝贵的教训themostvaluablelesson.

汤玛斯请说Yes,Thomas.

你礼拜一上课能不能带奖牌Canyoubringthataward

去讲故事给我们听toshowandtellonMonday?

没问题Youbet.