Margaret Goff Clark是专门写青少年文学的女性作家。这篇文章描写了矮子Carlos对于女主角从自卑到自信的改造。

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 Mr. McCarthy

Carlos

Karen Forbes

Carlos Herrera

 

主持&翻译：beryldemon

 

"Take that seat," Mr. McCarthy told Carlos, pointing to the only empty one, in the back of the room. Carlos grinned. "But I need a couple of dictionaries." Again the class laughed, but now they were laughing with Carlos, not at him. He had been here only 10 minutes and he already had them on his side. The bell rang for classes. As I stood up to go I saw Carlos coming toward me. "I'm sorry I embarrassed you," he said. I looked straight ahead over the top of his black hair. "That's all right." "I ought to know better." He was still blocking my way. "What`s your name?" "Karen Forbes." "You probably heard me say, I'm Carlos Herrera." He held out his hand. Unwillingly, I shook hands with him. He looked up at me seriously with his brown eyes. "I don't see why you are so touchy." I brushed by him and said sharply, "you wouldn't understand."
“坐那个位置吧，”麦凯西老师一边和卡洛斯说，一边指向全班唯一的位置，那个位于教室后方的位置。 卡洛斯笑了笑说“：我想我需要两本厚厚的字典。” 这句话惹得全班同学再次齐声大笑起来，但现在他们是和卡洛斯一起笑，而不是笑卡洛斯。他在这儿呆了短短的十分钟，却赢得了所有同学的心。 下课的铃声响了。当我正要起身离开，我见卡洛斯正朝我走过来。 “今天我让你那么尴尬，真对不起。” 我直视前方只见到他头顶的黑头发。“不要紧”我说道。 “我需要了解得更多。”他仍然挡住我的路。“你叫什么名字？” “凯文.福布斯。” “或许你刚刚听到我介绍了，我叫卡洛斯.哈奈尔。“他向我伸出手来。 很不情愿地，我和他握了手。他抬头用他那双深棕色的眼睛认真地看着我然后说：“我不明白为什么你这么敏感。” 我插身越过他，接着尖锐地说道：“你不会明白的。” 翻译：beryldemon（水平有限，仅供参考） PS 望手下留情，勿随意点击挑错反馈。 欢迎站内。谢谢理解。