Chapter 9: The Surprise of Translation

十多天在平静中过去了.楚天在林玉婷的老房子里安顿下来.林玉婷甚至花了一些钱,把这个地方装修得漂亮起来.她特别创造了一个安静的阅读角落.自从那天深夜她受到惊吓后,她就不再去茶馆了.相反,她来到了楚天的地方,帮助他学习.对于高考的所有科目,楚天都认真地请林玉婷教他.林玉婷在学校的成绩高于平均水平,绝对有能力进入普通的本科课程.因此,辅导楚天对她来说还是挺容易的.

楚天的生活变得非常有规律.他上学,睡觉,吃饭,学习成绩濒临突破.他的改变,让班上的同学们再也不敢像以前那样欺负他了.他们不再称他为"好人——一无是处".就连张婉江和林美梅也变得更加矜持.虽然他们仍然对楚天怀恨在心,但他们不敢做出什么极端的事情.只有班主任张老师还是和以前一样,不断称楚天为"好——无——无".虽然他从老派老师那里得知了楚天在语文课上为班级带来了荣誉,但张老师还是看不起他.他觉得自己太了解楚天了.除了自卑和孤僻之外,这个可怜的学生没有什么可展示的.张老师曾经尝试过辅导楚天一段时间,但非但没有提高,楚天的英语成绩在一次大考中下降到 21 分,创下了天都中学的最低英语成绩记录.这让张老师在其他老师面前丢了面子.从那以后,他就放弃了楚天,对他恨之入骨.他觉得,如果不是每天叫楚天一个"好——没——一无是处",他就无法发泄怒火.在张老师眼里,楚天能熟练地造诗,不过是运气好.再说了,就算他擅长诗歌,对高考也帮不上什么忙.英语成绩 21 分的人能有什么未来?

一天下午,在最后两节英语课上,张老师在快结束时有点累了.因此,他向每个学生分发了一份小型翻译试卷,用于课堂翻译.然后,他把几个学生叫到黑板前,写下一些难题的答案.不知怎的,张老师拜访了张婉江,林美梅和楚天.楚天就像中了彩票一样惊讶.他困惑地走向黑板.他实在想不通张老师为什么会选他.只有张老师心里知道,没有一片绿叶,那朵红花怎么能脱颖而出呢?如果张婉江和林美梅是红花,那么楚天绝对是一片完美的绿叶,或者更确切地说,是一片烂叶.

张老师让他们从左到右排成一排,然后对他们说:"张万江,你把问题 1,3,6 你翻译.林美梅,你翻译问题 2,4 和 5.楚天,你刚翻译最后一个问题就好了.反正这就是你能应付的了.

张婉江和林美梅微微一笑.他们心想:"楚天这次肯定是要出丑了.仅仅因为他懂几首诗并不意味着他可以炫耀.如果他这么能干,为什么他的英语只得了 21 分?

张万江和林美梅毫不犹豫地开始将试卷上的汉语写成黑板上的英文.跳舞的粉笔显示了他们的熟练程度.

这时,楚天有些困惑.最后一个问题似乎很奇怪.这么长的翻译题,高考会出现吗?

楚天苦笑.这个翻译真的很长,而且相当具有挑战性.然而,他拿起粉笔,根据过去几天的英语学习情况开始在黑板上写字.当楚天写下"看——你的——思念,它们——变成——文字"时,学生们忍不住笑了起来.楚天在翻译什么?如果他做不到,他就应该下来,不要再让自己难堪了.

这时,张婉江和林美梅已经翻译完毕,正走回自己的座位上.他们回头看了一眼还在平台上挣扎的楚天,又轻蔑地冷笑一声.

张老师对张万江和林美梅的翻译满意地点了点头.然后,见楚天还在写,他就生气了."楚天,你在翻译什么?如果你做不到,赶紧下来.不要浪费大家的时间.我知道你不能从一开始就这样做.我只是给了你一个练习的机会.

楚天没有理会张老师,把剩下的写完了:"看——你的——思绪,它们——变成——话;观察 - 你的 - 词语,它们 - 成为 - 动作;观察 - 你的 - 行动,他们 - 成为 - 习惯;观察 - 你的 - 习惯,他们 - 成为 - 你的 - 性格;看着 - 你的 - 角色,它 - 变成 - 你的 - 命运.

After writing, Chu Tian let out a sigh of relief, threw the chalk on the table, and was about to return to his seat. Teacher Zhang stopped him. "Chu Tian, what are you scribbling? Such a short sentence, but you wrote so much." Then he said to the class, "Everyone, tell me how to translate the last question, 'The teacher's words are deeply engraved in my memory.' Teach our classmate Chu Tian."

Some students answered in unison, "Teacher's - words - impress - upon - my - memory - deeply." Among them, Zhang Wanjiang and Lin Meimei's voices were the most excited.

Teacher Zhang looked at Chu Tian with contempt. "Look, so many students can answer it easily. I guess you're the only one in the class who doesn't know."

Chu Tian sighed. "Teacher, this sentence isn't on the last part of my test paper. There's only this long passage." As he spoke, he showed the test paper to the teacher.

Teacher Zhang and the students in the front clearly saw that the part where the last question should be printed on Chu Tian's test paper was blank. It was probably a printing error by the school. But Teacher Zhang's expression remained unchanged. "Fine, even if you didn't have the last question printed, then what are those words you wrote on the blackboard?"

Chu Tian said calmly, "It's the passage at the bottom. I thought it was the last question."

Teacher Zhang and the whole class couldn't help but look at the bottom of the test paper. There was a passage: "小心你的语言,因为它会变成你的思想;小心你的思想,因为它会变成你的行动;小心你的行动,因为它会变成你的习惯;小心你的习惯,因为它会变成你的性格;小心你的性格,因为它会变成你的命运."

Teacher Zhang and the students knew that these photocopied test papers were only for general practice, so the school would reuse some defective white papers to save resources. Thus, everyone quickly realized that this wasn't a translation question. By some strange coincidence, due to the missing question, Chu Tian had translated this passage.

Teacher Zhang looked at the passage and then at Chu Tian's translation on the blackboard. He was secretly shocked. For a high - school student's level, the translation was quite good. Although this passage was simple in meaning, it involved many words, so the difficulty was rather high. The students in the class were even more surprised. Whether Chu Tian's translation was correct or not, many of the words on it they had never seen before. Seeing that Teacher Zhang stopped mocking Chu Tian, they guessed that Chu Tian's translation was probably quite good. They looked at Chu Tian with new respect.

Zhang Wanjiang and Lin Meimei's faces turned ugly. They knew that Chu Tian's translation was already very good, and they definitely couldn't have translated it. This time, not only did Chu Tian not make a fool of himself, but he also stole the spotlight again.

After being stunned for a moment, Teacher Zhang felt a bit unsteady on his feet. He waved his hand, telling Chu Tian to go back to his seat without saying anything. Chu Tian's excellent performance didn't bring him much joy. Instead, he was a bit annoyed. He had intended to use Chu Tian as a contrast to highlight the others, but ended up being outdone himself. And he couldn't simply deny the correctness of Chu Tian's translation because the students in the class weren't stupid. They could easily see Chu Tian's level.

Chu Tian returned to his seat. Jiang Xiaopang seemed even happier than Chu Tian. He gave a thumbs - up and said, "Dude, you really did us proud. I'm becoming more and more admiring of you."

After class, Chu Tian clearly felt that everyone's attitude towards him had changed significantly. They were much more polite, and the obvious contempt in their eyes was gone.

As soon as he stepped out of the school gate, Chu Tian felt a sense of murderous intent approaching.