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My Riveting Lecture
我的吸引人的課程
While putting myself through college, I worked several summers as the rifle-range instructor at a Boy Scout camp.
在完成大學(xué)學(xué)業(yè)的時(shí)候，我曾在一個(gè)童子軍夏令營(yíng)當(dāng)過(guò)幾個(gè)暑假的步槍靶場(chǎng)指導(dǎo)員。
Since these were true rifles, seriousness and safety were the rule.
因?yàn)檫@些是真的步槍，所以嚴(yán)肅和安全就是規(guī)則。
On the first day of camp, after giving a stern-faced 20-minute lecture on correct shoot-ing procedure,
在夏令營(yíng)的第一天，在上完20分鐘的關(guān)于正確射擊程序的嚴(yán)肅課程之后，
I turned to my campers with a smug sense of a job well done and asked whether there were any questions.
我?guī)е环N工作做得很棒的自鳴得意的感覺轉(zhuǎn)向我的露營(yíng)者們，問(wèn)他們還有沒有什么問(wèn)題。
At the ready to impart more knowledge, I called on the Scout in back with the raised hand.
懷著傳授更多知識(shí)的心情，我叫了一個(gè)后面舉手的童子軍的名字。
His question? "Are those the same shoes you wore last year?"
他問(wèn)的問(wèn)題？“你腳上穿的還是去年的鞋嗎？”
Thank You for Your Service
謝謝你的服務(wù)
A group of uniformed servicemen was exiting a restaurant as I entered with a group of teacher friends wearing our school shirts.
在一群穿制服的軍人從一家餐館出來(lái)時(shí)，我和一群穿著我們學(xué)校的T恤的老師朋友走了進(jìn)去。
I thanked them for serving our country, and as they walked away, I heard one say,
我感謝了他們?yōu)閲?guó)家服役，他們走開的時(shí)候，我聽見一個(gè)人說(shuō)，
"They're the ones who work in a war zone full of runny noses, stacks of papers, and 1,000 questions a day.
“他們是那些在戰(zhàn)區(qū)工作的人，那里到處是流鼻涕的人，他們要處理成堆的文件，每天要解答1000個(gè)問(wèn)題。
I prefer my job!" Coming from a military family, I was both humbled and amused by our mutual admiration.
我還是喜歡我的工作！”我們對(duì)彼此的欽佩使出身軍人家庭的我既受寵若驚又覺得有趣。
