【赫临译笔】助人要考虑受助者的感受 - 心云驛站

我十岁的女儿爱玛昨天回家，谈到了班里一个叫Jake的男生。他长得很胖，总是受到嘲笑。一连几天，爱玛回家都很不高兴，因为总有人找Jake的茬。爱玛还提到Jake家里很穷，买不起学习用品。他总是和别人借纸，这就更让人瞧不起他。

一天晚上，爱玛回家非常伤心。我们坐下来仔细地讨论这个问题。我建议爱玛和Jake谈谈，看看他需要什么学习用品。Jake写下了他的需求：一些纸张，几支铅笔，几支钢笔还有一个转笔刀。爱玛说自己会帮忙，Jake很感激。

那天傍晚，我和爱玛去商店为Jake买好一切。回到家，我们把这些学习用品装进了一个崭新的灰色背包。第二天，我带上背包，找到校长，请他以合适的方式把包送给Jake，不要使他感到不舒服。

那天晚上，爱玛回来，脸上挂着灿烂的微笑。她说校长把Jake叫到办公室，把包给了他。Jake回到教室，定定地看着爱玛，然后，感谢她给予的一切。他喜爱他收到的每一样东西。爱玛说，看着Jake取出铅笔盒，整理铅笔、钢笔时的那副开心相，自己很高兴。

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My ten-year-old daughter Emma got home yesterday and spoke of a boy called Jake in her class. Being quite overweighed, Jake is often laughed at by other kids. For several nights this week, Emma came home upset about the fact that Jake gets picked on so much. She also mentioned that Jake had no school supplies as his family could not afford him. He was always asking to borrow paper, which just gave kids even more reasons to laugh at him.

One night, Emma was extremely upset about this situation. We sat together that evening and discussed it in detail. I suggested that Emma should talk to Jake and find out what supplies he needed. Jake wrote down paper, pens, pencils and a pencil-sharpener. Emma told him she would help and he was thankful.

That evening, Emma and I went to the store and bought everything for Jake. When we got home, we put all the supplies into a brand new grey backpack. The next day, I brought the bag to the school principal and asked him to gave the bag to Jake in a proper way so that he did not have to feel embarrassed.

That night Emma got home with a big smile on her face. The principal had called Jake to his office and gave him the bag. As Jake walked into the classroom, he looked at Emma and later thanked her very much for all the stuff. He loved all the stuff he received. Emma said it was nice to see him take out his new pencil-box and start arranging his pencils and pens. He seemed very happy.

丛中笑发表于 2013-6-30 20:04
荷叶好！“Jake写下了他的需求：一些纸张，几支钢笔，几支钢笔还有一个转笔刀。”这里是否多出“几支钢笔” ...

ヮ成熟、羙° 发表于 2013-6-30 21:20
谢老师提醒，是几支铅笔，写错了。