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‘Why did it happen to him？’I asked my mother．‘Why do the best people die？Jake Rosso．My father．’
“為什么這事讓他碰上了呢？”我問媽媽，“為什么總是最好的人死呢？杰克·羅索。我爸爸。”
‘I… I don't know， Carol，'my mother said．She was unhappy，too．
“我……我不知道，卡羅爾。”我媽媽說。她也不愉快。
At the time of the plane crash， I was a student at college．I enjoyed the college work and life very much， but after my father's death I stopped doing my work at the college．I began to go out with some new friends．They were different from my other friends，and my mother didn't like them．
飛機失事的時候，我正是個大學(xué)學(xué)生。我當時很喜歡大學(xué)的學(xué)習(xí)和生活，但我父親去世后我在大學(xué)不學(xué)習(xí)了。我開始和一些新結(jié)識的朋友出去玩。他們和我的其他朋友不一樣，而且我媽媽不喜歡他們。
‘ They're bad people，Carol，'she told me．‘They do dangerous things．’
“他們不是正經(jīng)人，卡羅爾。”她告訴我，“他們在干一些危險的事情。”
‘They're exciting，’I said．‘And I like them．’
“他們令人感到興奮。”我說，“而且我喜歡他們。”
I knew she was angry but I didn't care． But then I learned my new friends took drugs，and I began to take drugs，too．It was wrong and stupid，I know that now， but I was unhappy and angry．
我知道她生氣了，可我不在乎。后來我得知我新結(jié)識的朋友們在吸毒，我也開始吸毒了。我現(xiàn)在知道那樣做既錯又蠢，可那時候我心情郁悶。
The police came to the college to arrest some of the students．They didn't arrest me， but I had to leave the college．It was a bad time．
警察來到大學(xué)抓了一些學(xué)生。他們沒抓我，可我不得不離開那個大學(xué)。那段日子可真糟糕。
My mother was very unhappy with me．‘What am I going to do with you，Carol？ she said．
我媽媽對我很不高興。“我拿你可怎么辦呢，卡羅爾？”她說。
‘I'm sorry，’I told her．
“對不起，”我告訴她說。
‘We'll go back to England，'she said．‘You can find a college there．Perhaps you can be happier in England．’
“我們回英格蘭吧。”她說，“在那兒你可以找所大學(xué)上。在英格蘭也許你會高興些。”
‘All right，’I said．‘I want to forget what's happened．I want to forget what I've done and begin a new life， be a new person．’
“好吧。”我說，“我想把過去發(fā)生的事忘掉。我想把我所干的事忘掉，開始新生活，成為一個新人。”
A month later， we came back to England．We lived in London，in a hotel．It was strange，at first， with all the red buses and everybody speaking English．It was the beginning of the summer，three months before college began in the autumn．London was full of tourists．
一個月后，我們回到了英格蘭。我們住在倫敦，呆在一家飯店里。起初，一切都很新奇：公共汽車是紅色的，人人都說英語。時值初夏，離秋季開學(xué)還有三個月。倫敦到處都是觀光客。
We looked at all the famous buildings—Buckingham Palace，the Tower of London．And we went to restaurants and theatres in the evenings．It was interesting and exciting and I began to forget the bad times in Hong Kong．
我們參觀了所有著名的建筑物——白金漢宮、倫敦塔。而且晚上我們?nèi)ゲ宛^和劇院。這令人感興趣、令人激動，我開始忘掉在香港的那些令人難受的時光。
‘I'm pleased we came to London，’I told my mother．
“我真為我們來到了倫敦而高興，”我對媽媽說。
But after a few weeks，she said，‘You need to find a college，Carol．You must go on studying． And I need a job．’
但是過了幾周之后，她說：“你得找所大學(xué)上，卡羅爾。你必須繼續(xù)你的學(xué)業(yè)。我也需要個工作。”
That evening， we looked in the newspapers．
那天傍晚，我們翻看了一下報紙。
‘What about this？’I said．I showed my mother a job in the newspaper．
“這工作怎么樣？”我說。我給媽媽看了看報上登的一條招工的消息。
