为你读英语美文·第242期：奇迹男孩 

主播：永清，Robert(10岁)

坐标：北京，旧金山, 微信首播

《奇迹男孩》节选

作者：R.J. 帕拉西奥，译者：雷淑容，易承楠

I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-oldkid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. Iplay ball.

我知道自己不是一个普通的十岁小孩。我的意思是，没错，我也做普普通通的事情。我吃冰淇淋。我骑自行车。我打球。

Things like that make me ordinary, I guess.And I feel ordinary, inside. But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinarykids run away crying. I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.

我想，这些东西让我看起来很普通。而且在内心深处，我也觉得自己普普通通。不过我知道，一个普通的孩子不会在操场上吓得别的普通孩子失声尖叫，四散逃开。我知道，一个普通的孩子无论去哪里，都不会被人一路盯着看。

If I could have one wish, I would wish thatI had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I couldwalk down the street without people seeing me and then looking away in astrange way.

如果我可以许一个愿望，我希望自己有一张压根没人注意的普普通通的脸。我希望在街上溜达的时候人们对我视而不见，不要用异样的眼光看我。

I'm used to people's response now. I knowhow to pretend I don't see the faces people make. Mom and Dad are also used tothat kind of thing.

不过，现在我已经习惯了自己的样子。我知道怎么假装没看见人们的表情。妈妈和爸爸都很擅长这样做。

However, Kate, my sister, can't stand it.She can get really angry when people do something rude. 但是，凯特，我的姐姐不会那样做。当人们失礼的时候，她会非常恼火。

For example, one time in the playgroundsome older kids made some noises when they saw me. Kate heard the noises andjust started shouting at the kids.

比如说吧，有一次在操场上，一些大孩子看到我以后就开始吵吵嚷嚷。凯特听见了，她开始朝他们大喊大叫起来。

Kate doesn't think I am ordinary. She saysshe does, but if I were ordinary, she wouldn't feel like she needs to protectme as much. And Mom and Dad don't think I am ordinary, either.

凯特并没有把我看作普通人，尽管她说她有，可是如果我是普通人，她就没必要处处保护我了。妈妈和爸爸也不把我看为普通人。他们认为我非同凡响。

I think the only person in the world thatrealizes how ordinary I am is me.

我想这个世界上只有我自己知道我有多普通。

My name is August, by the way. I was bornwith a facial deformity .I only want to be treated as an ordinary kid. I won'tdescribe what I look like. It's probably worse than what you can imagine.

对了，我的名字叫奥古斯特。我天生脸部畸形。我只想被当做普通孩子对待。我就不描述自己长什么样了。可能比你想象的更糟糕。

备注：

主人公的全名是August Pullman，小名Auggie

原文摘自网络，较原著小说稍有变动，姐姐名字应为，Olivia Pullman，小名Via

▎主播介绍

永清：born in 云南，毕业于西安外国语大学

Robert

出生长大在美国旧金山湾区的华裔孩子，今年10岁。爱好读书，唱歌，表演，朗读，主持，篮球，滑雪。

录制：永清，Robert，制作：永清

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