唯一害怕的事

李明娟

No one believes2 me about what happened in the swimming pool. Im not surprised because its hard to believe. There was a shark3 in the pool with me. How else did I get these bite marks4 on my right leg？ Like I said， they dont believe me and Im not surprised， but Im not going in a pool ever again. I never go to swim in the sea anyway. I dont know why people like swimming in the sea.

沒有人相信我在游泳池里發(fā)生了什么。我并不感到驚訝，因?yàn)槟呛茈y讓人相信。我在游泳池里遇到了一條鯊魚。不然我右腿上怎么有這些咬痕？就像我說的，他們不相信我，我并不感到驚訝，但是我再也不會(huì)去泳池了，反正我也從不去海里游泳。我不知道為什么人們喜歡在海里游泳。

Mum and Dad feel bad for me because Ive watched all those old Jaws films. Ive imagined5 a shark attack6 a million times. I imagined the way the teeth feel and the way the sharks eyes look close up. Ive seen great whites on YouTube， but I wasnt prepared7. I was swimming on my back when I felt it. I put my head up and I saw it coming. Its eyes were cold. And its teeth were like great big kitchen knives8.

媽媽和爸爸為我感到很難過，因?yàn)槲铱赐炅怂羞@些《大白鯊》的老電影。我想象過無數(shù)次鯊魚襲擊的場景。我想象過鯊魚牙齒的感覺和鯊魚的眼睛逼視的樣子。我在視頻網(wǎng)站上看到了大白鯊，但我還沒有做好準(zhǔn)備。我仰泳的時(shí)候感覺到它了，我抬起頭，看到它游過來了。它的眼睛很冷漠，牙齒就像大號(hào)的菜刀。

The doctors asked me， “Do you dream about sharks？”

醫(yī)生問我：“你夢到了鯊魚嗎？”

“Yes，” I said. “My bedroom floor turns into water and the shark is swimming in circles9 around my bed.”

“是的。”我說，“我的臥室地板變成了海，鯊魚在我的床周圍游來游去。”

They didnt know all the things I know about sharks. They didnt know most shark attacks happen in water thats only about two metres deep. Most people dont know that. They wrote that down in their notes. But I dont think thats important， because the pool wasnt big or deep like the sea. Of course a shark in a swimming pool will attack in two metres of water！Anyway， they were also really interested in the pictures on my phone of people after they were attacked by sharks. Ive got a lot of pictures， so they looked at them by my phone.

他們不知道我對(duì)鯊魚的了解。他們不知道大多數(shù)鯊魚的襲擊都發(fā)生在僅兩米深的水中，大多數(shù)人都不知道。他們?cè)诠P記中記了下來。但我認(rèn)為這并不重要，因?yàn)橛境夭幌翊蠛Ｄ菢哟蠡蛏睢．?dāng)然，游泳池里的鯊魚會(huì)在兩米深的水中發(fā)動(dòng)襲擊！無論如何，當(dāng)他們被鯊魚襲擊后，他們也對(duì)我手機(jī)里的圖片非常感興趣。我有很多照片，所以他們從我的手機(jī)里看那些照片。

It was kind of stupid because they didnt ask me the most important question. How did the shark get into the pool？

這有點(diǎn)愚蠢，因?yàn)樗麄儧]有問我最重要的問題——鯊魚是如何進(jìn)入游泳池的？

They asked me， “Are you having any problems at school？”

他們問我：“你在學(xué)校有什么問題嗎？”

“I am now，” I said. “Or， I will be when I go back to school and everyones talking about me.”

“我現(xiàn)在就有。”我說，“或者是說當(dāng)我回到學(xué)校后，每個(gè)人都在談?wù)撐視r(shí)，我會(huì)有問題。”

Why didnt they ask me how that shark got into the pool？ I think I know. Its the fear that did it， Im sure. My teacher says the only thing to fear is fear itself. I always thought that meant10 “Dont be afraid， because bad things are never as bad as you think they will be”. But now I know it means “Fear makes bad things happen”.

他們?yōu)槭裁床粏栁夷菞l鯊魚是怎么進(jìn)入游泳池的呢？我想我知道。我敢肯定，是恐懼造成的。我的老師說，唯一可恐懼的是恐懼本身。我一直認(rèn)為那是說“別害怕，因?yàn)閴氖掠肋h(yuǎn)不會(huì)像你想的那樣糟糕”。但是現(xiàn)在我知道那意味著“恐懼導(dǎo)致壞事發(fā)生”。

（英語原文選自：learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org）