摘要：Hi你好my name is Alicia我叫艾丽西娅the story I'm about to tell you was such an emotional Rola coaster for me我要告诉你的故事对我来说就像是一场情绪化的过山车there

Hi

你好

my name is Alicia

我叫艾丽西娅

the story I'm about to tell you was such an emotional Rola coaster for me

我要告诉你的故事对我来说就像是一场情绪化的过山车

there was a betrayal

有人背叛了我

there was a feud and there were plenty of surprises anyway

有过一段世仇，也有过很多惊喜

this story started when a new girl came to her high school

这个故事是从一个新女孩来到她的高中开始的

her name was Sarah and she moved from another state with her mom

她的名字叫莎拉，她从另一个州搬来和妈妈一起住

at school

在学校

she was always sad

她总是很伤心

tired and too shy to talk to any one

又累又害羞不敢和任何人说话

later

以后再说

I learned that her father had gone to prison and that they were not doing very well

我听说她父亲进了监狱，他们的情况不太好

Sarah tried to help her Mamma with several jobs her mom had

莎拉试图帮助她妈妈做她妈妈的几份工作

and she was under a lot of pressure mentally

她的精神压力很大

so seeing that she was having a hard time communicating

所以看到她很难沟通

I decided to take the first step

我决定迈出第一步

I sat down with her at lunch and it turned out that she was really

我和她共进午餐结果发现她真的

really nice

很不错

we liked the same bands

我们喜欢同样的乐队

the same movies and generally had similar views on life

同样的电影一般都有类似的人生观

pretty soon Sara became my best friend

很快莎拉就成了我最好的朋友

she would come over for

她会过来

Sleepovers

Sleepovers

which only happened at my place since she was embarrassed of where she lived with her mom

因为她对和她妈妈一起住的地方感到很尴尬

so one day a competition was announced at our school

所以有一天我们学校宣布了一项比赛

Without getting into too much detail

不需要太多的细节

it was a competition involving ecological projects for our state or even the whole country

这是一场涉及国家乃至全国生态工程的竞赛

I promised not to bore you with what the projects were about

我答应过你不会用项目的内容来烦你

but the key thing was that the person

但关键是这个人

who had the best project at school was supposed to go to New York City to present it at a conference

谁在学校有最好的项目，谁就应该去纽约出席一个会议

And that's when I knew I had to win

就在那时我知道我必须赢

A lot of you might not understand this

你们中的很多人可能不明白

but going to New York City was always a dream of mine

但是去纽约一直是我的梦想

since I was a kid

从我还是个孩子开始

I watched movie's Sy C

我看了一部电影

heard songs about it

听过关于它的歌

and I fell in love with the city

我爱上了这个城市

even though I had literally never been there

即使我从来没去过那里

we live in Montana

我们住在蒙大拿

which is pretty far away

很远的地方

and my parents prefer to spend vacations camping

我父母更喜欢度假露营

but the most important thing is that they are raising me this way

但最重要的是他们这样教育我

if I want something

如果我想要什么

I need to work hard and earn it myself

我需要努力工作，自己去争取

And this competition was a perfect opportunity

这场比赛是一个绝好的机会

so I started working on my project and there was not much else in my life that I paid attention to

所以我开始做我的项目，在我的生活中没有其他什么值得我关注的

for a while I studied tons of literature

有一段时间我学习了大量的文学作品

some of it was really complicated

其中有些真的很复杂

probable stuff

很有可能

I did not get much sleep and I was worried that I was getting too distracted

我睡得不多，我担心我太分心了

so after a couple of weeks I started to feel exhausted

所以几个星期后我开始感到疲惫

and that was when Sara invited me for a sleep over

就在那时莎拉邀请我过来过夜

I mean

我是说

this was the first time she ever mentioned going over to her place

这是她第一次提到要去她家

so I agreed

所以我同意了

I needed a day off anyway

不管怎样，我需要休息一天

and I got to say

我不得不说

Sarah knew really well how important this project was for me and how crazy I got about it

莎拉很清楚这个项目对我来说有多重要，我对此有多疯狂

so their apartment turned out to be tiny but cosy and there was nothing to be embarrassed about

因此，他们的公寓很小，但很舒适，没有什么可尴尬的

really

真的

she had her own room and that was where we hung out

她有自己的房间，那是我们一起玩的地方

Sara went to the kitchen to get us some snacks and I looked around her room

莎拉去厨房给我们买些零食，我在她房间里四处看了看

at first I didn' pay much attention to a pile of papers on her table

一开始我没怎么注意她桌上的一堆文件

they were none of my business anyway

反正也不关我的事

but Sara was away for so long that I looked at them again and I was shocked

但萨拉离开了这么久，我再次看着他们，我感到震惊

it was so obvious that she was working on a project for the same contest

很明显她在为同一个比赛做一个项目

When Sarah came back

当莎拉回来的时候

she realized I had seen the papers and tried to explain

她意识到我看过报纸并试图解释

I did not want to listen

我不想听你的

I just stood up and left

我就站起来走了

As I was walking all the way back home

当我一路走回家的时候

I was furious

我当时很生气

I was not mad at her for taking part in the contest

我对她参加比赛并不生气

of course

当然了

not

不是

I am all for fair competition

我完全赞成公平竞争

I was mad because she didn't tell me that was shady

我生气是因为她没告诉我那很可疑

I mean

我是说

I told her every single detail about my project

我告诉了她我项目的所有细节

she could easily be stealing my ideas

她很容易就偷了我的创意

I have a bit in bears to say this right now

我现在有点熊类的东西要说

but at the moment for me this meant war

但对我来说这意味着战争

my project was almost ready

我的项目差不多准备好了

but I started improving it literally

但我确实开始改进了

night and day

日日夜夜

Sara tried to talk to me several times

莎拉好几次试图和我说话

but I just ignored her

但我没理她

and the worst part was that when I looked at Sarah's papers that night

最糟糕的是那天晚上我看了莎拉的报纸

I saw a pretty good point that I could use in my own work

我看到了一个很好的观点，我可以用在我自己的工作

I hesitated

我犹豫了

I knew I was wrong

我知道我错了

but the stakes were too high and I was getting a little crazy long story short

但风险太高了，我就长话短说了

the contest week was close

比赛周快结束了

There was a whole panel of 15 people that were Tasked with raiding the projects

有一个由15人组成的小组被要求对项目进行突击检查

some of them were teachers

他们中有些人是老师

some were local ecological experts

其中一些是当地的生态专家

some were people from city Council

其中一些是市议会的人

and there were even several students

甚至还有几个学生

for the next five days they were supposed to see the presentations and choose a winner

在接下来的五天里，他们应该观看演讲并选出一位获胜者

my presentation was perfect

我的演讲很完美

of course

当然了

but the hardest part was waiting

但最困难的是等待

this was like the longest week of my life

这是我一生中最长的一周

the only thing that saved me was the fact that a girl I knew was on the panel

唯一救了我的是我认识的一个女孩在陪审团里

and after I kept bugging her for two days straight

在我连续骚扰她两天后

she told me what everyone thought of my work

她告诉我大家对我的工作的看法

every single member thought my project was by far the best

每个成员都认为我的项目是最棒的

I was overwhelmed

我有点不知所措

I was hyper focused on getting that prize at the ceremony

我在典礼上全神贯注地领奖

and then I could start Pecking my stuff from New York City

然后我就可以开始从纽约偷东西了

But I had no idea what would happen on the ceremony

但我不知道仪式上会发生什么

day

日

So I got all dressed up

所以我打扮好了

ready for my moment of glory

准备好迎接我的荣耀时刻

but just before the ceremony

但就在仪式之前

what have

什么

my classmates came up to me and asked if I had seen Sarah

我的同学走过来问我是否见过莎拉

I said I had not

我说了我没有

and that was when I heard the story

就在那时我听到了这个故事

I have already told you that her father

我已经告诉过你她的父亲

was in jail and the truth was that he was serving time on Reicher's Island

在监狱里，事实是他在赖克岛上服刑

which is a prison

是个监狱

your right in New York City

你在纽约的权利

and that was why she was doing the project in the first place

这就是她为什么要做这个项目的原因

she has not seen her dad for two years already and she and her mom could not afford to go see him

她已经有两年没见到她爸爸了，她和她妈妈都不能去看他

during the ceremony

在仪式上

I learned that with me getting the first place

我学到了如何获得第一名

Sarah came in second

莎拉得了第二名

and maybe if I had had a chance to make a speech

如果我有机会做个演讲

it would have been like a movie scene where I give the prize a herd

就像电影里的场景一样我会给奖品一群

everyone cries

所有人都哭了

but there were no speeches

但没有发表任何讲话

Sara didn't even stop to the ceremony

萨拉甚至没有停下来参加典礼

I didn't feel any joy any more

我再也感觉不到快乐了

I felt bad for Sara

I felt bad for Sara

so the next day I went over to her place

所以第二天我去了她家

we talked and I learned that during this whole time she was just too afraid to tell me

我们聊了一会儿，我发现在这段时间里，她就是不敢告诉我

but she also missed her dad so much

但她也很想念她的父亲

I was

我是

heartbroken

伤心欲绝

It was not easy for me and it actually took a while for me to make this decision

这对我来说并不容易，实际上我花了一段时间才做出这个决定

but a week later I refused to go and Sarah as the runner up got to go to New York

但一周后，我拒绝去了，而第二名的莎拉也去了纽约

Sarah said that she did not want me to give up this opportunity but I saw that deep inside

莎拉说她不想让我放弃这个机会，但我看到了她内心深处的想法

she was very happy and grateful

她非常高兴和感激

I cried for the whole night to be honest

我哭了一整晚才说实话

but I never regretted my decision

但我从不后悔我的决定

after all

毕竟

Sarah is my best friend and I almost let this contest stand between us

莎拉是我最好的朋友，我差点让这场比赛成为我们之间的障碍

and after this our friendship got even stronger

从那以后我们的友谊更深了

来源：播得英语