摘要：有个女孩特别喜欢我，在我们在一起讨论的任何话题上，她都试图和我坐在一起

Hey

嘿

I'm Adam

我叫亚当

I'm 23 years old and I'm still trying to finish high school

我今年23岁，还在努力完成高中学业

my family has always been caring and loving

我的家人一直都很有爱心

but we barely made enough money for a comfortable living

但我们挣的钱只够维持舒适的生活

my dad worked several jobs just to keep us afloat and my mum worked a lot too

我爸爸做了几份工作来维持我们的生活，我妈妈也做了很多工作

I didn't even have enough time to think about my grades or school

我甚至没有足够的时间来考虑我的成绩和学校

I decided to find some unofficial work

我决定找一些非正式的工作

I still went to school

我还是去上学了

and afterwards I would work small jobs like loading crates or

然后我会做一些小的工作，比如装货箱或者

helping my mum with her Janitorial work

帮我妈妈做家务

I tried a lot of different jobs during this time

在这段时间里我尝试了很多不同的工作

all the while

一直都是

my teachers would get angry at me for being so far behind with my grades and assignments

我的老师会因为我的成绩和作业远远落后而生我的气

so I decided to not bother with them any more and to just drop out of school

所以我决定不再为他们费心，直接退学

I had enough money to help my family and I even had a little left over for myself

我有足够的钱来帮助我的家人，我甚至还有一点余钱留给我自己

As soon as I turned 18

当我18岁的时候

I found a job at a meadow factory

我在一家牧场找到了一份工作

and since I've already had two years of work experience under my belt

既然我已经有两年的工作经验了

I learned the job fast

我学得很快

I worked hard and didn't talk much

我工作努力，话不多

a perfect worker

完美的工人

soon I got so useful that my boss let me Browse through my phone while there was nothing to do

很快我变得很有用，老板让我在无事可做的时候浏览我的电话

it was a big privilege

这是一项很大的特权

during my free time I'Ng out with my friends

空闲时间我和朋友出去玩

many of whom were musicians

他们中的许多人是音乐家

so all at the time it was at concerts and well

所以所有的时间都是在音乐会上

Quars

夸尔斯

my only passion was soccer

我唯一的爱好是足球

I would watch every game and championship very closely

我会密切关注每一场比赛和冠军

and that was my escape from my life's troubles

这就是我逃离生活烦恼的方法

sadly

很遗憾

my father passed away

我父亲去世了

we read the hospital

我们读了医院的报告

me

我

my mom and my Siblings

我妈妈和我的兄弟姐妹

we were all crying and trying to make sense of everything

我们都在哭，想弄明白所有的事情

I promised to bring in as much money as I could

我答应尽可能多带些钱进来

but my mum suddenly stopped me and said

但我妈妈突然拦住我说

Adam

亚当

don't ruin your life

别毁了你的生活

this is not what your father would wanted for

这不是你父亲想要的

you go back to school

你回学校去

I'm begging you

我求你了

I

一

Didn't want to

我不想这么做

but I realized that my mum was right

但我意识到我妈妈是对的

so I returned to school

所以我回到了学校

producing my hours at the factory instead of quitting altogether

在工厂工作而不是辞职

my first day at school was weird

我上学的第一天很奇怪

the teacher introduced me in front of the entire class

老师在全班同学面前介绍了我

and everyone was just staring at me like

I was an alien

所有人都像看外星人一样看着我

she asked me to tell everyone a little bit about myself and I said

她让我告诉大家一些关于我的事情，我说

Hi

你好

I

一

Madam and I'm old

夫人和我都老了

some people giggled

一些人咯咯地笑

but most of them were just staring weird it out

但大多数人都只是奇怪地盯着看

during my first days

在我出生的第一天

nobody would talk to me and I was okay with that

没人愿意和我说话，我也没意见

I would just stare at the window during breaks

我只会在休息的时候盯着窗户

one day Agrippa and girls came up to me and started asking me why I was going to school at my edge

一天，阿格里帕和几个女孩走过来，问我为什么要去边缘的学校

I answered with Cheesy jokes like Oh

我用像噢这样的奇思笑话来回答

I just forgot about school one day and then was like

有一天我忘了学校的事然后就

Oh

哦

Yeah

是的

school

学校

I should go there

我应该去那里

people giggled and started asking a lot of questions about my jobs and stuff

人们咯咯地笑着，开始问我很多关于工作之类的问题

I guess I got kind of popular

我想我有点受欢迎了

too popular

too popular

one girl in particular liked me and tried to sit with me during any subject we had together

有个女孩特别喜欢我，在我们在一起讨论的任何话题上，她都试图和我坐在一起

or in the cafeteria

或者在自助餐厅

she was asking a lot about me and I answered with my usual Cheesy jokes

她问了我很多关于我的事，我照例说了些Cheesy的笑话

and she'd laugh way too hard at them

她对他们笑得太厉害了

I didn't want any problems

我不想惹麻烦

so I tried to sit away from her and limit her Chats without hurting her feelings

所以我试着离她远一点，在不伤害她感情的情况下限制她的聊天

but every time I sat away

但每次我坐在一边

she would find me and sit right next to me like a Yo

她会找到我，然后像个孩子一样坐在我旁边

Yo

哟

work sent me a little curve ball too and my usual late shift

工作也给了我一个小曲线球和我通常的晚班

my boss came to me

我老板来找我

patted me on the shoulder and said

拍拍我的肩膀说

Adam

亚当

how about a raise

加薪怎么样

I said

我说

Yeah

是的

that would be nice and he told me how much I could earn and then he ended with

那太好了，他告诉我我能挣多少钱，然后他就结束了

of course he'd have to return to work full time

他当然得回去全职工作了

I said I couldn't do that because I had school

我说我不能这么做因为我有学校

His smile immediately changed to a frown

他的微笑立刻变成了皱眉

okay

好吧

then you can't use your phone during your shift any more

你就不能在当班的时候用手机了

Oh

哦

my grades at school weren't great because I had to balance it with work

我在学校的成绩并不好，因为我不得不在学业和工作之间取得平衡

so I was failing everywhere at school and at my work

所以我在学校和工作中处处不及格

I was waking up going to school

我在上学的路上醒来

then to work right afterwards

然后马上开始工作

and I only slept for like three to five hours every day

我每天只睡三到五个小时

even on the weekends

即使在周末

I couldn't pay attention in school or at work

无论是在学校还是在工作中，我都无法集中注意力

teachers were understanding about my situation

老师们理解我的处境

but they also noticed how much this girl was clinging to me

但他们也注意到了这个女孩有多依赖我

and they were suspiciously looking at us every time we sat together

每次我们坐在一起他们都怀疑地看着我们

also

另外

every time I saw my boss at work

每次我看到老板在工作

he would say something like you're getting slower at him

他就会说你对他越来越慢了

you should be grateful that I'm still letting your work here

你应该庆幸我还让你在这里工作

after the 100th time of him saying something like that

在他说了100次类似的话之后

I stood up and said

我站起来说

Okay by then

好吧，到时候再说

as I was walking away

就在我离开的时候

he followed me in saying

他跟着我说

come on

别这样

Adam

亚当

you know you won't find anything better

你知道你找不到更好的了

he should be grateful for what you have at this point

他应该对你现在所拥有的心存感激

I snapped and shouted at him with some not very nice words

我厉声斥责了他几句不太友好的话

but his words stuck with me

但他的话一直萦绕着我

like how he said

就像他说的那样

你知道你找不到更好的了

I took it too close to heart and stopped going to school too

我太把它放在心上了，也不去上学了

instead

相反

I was spending a lot of time alone and I'm shameful to say that most of this time was at bars

我花了很多时间独处，我很惭愧地说，大部分时间都是在酒吧

my friends started trying to get hold of me because at 1 point I disappeared for an entire week

我的朋友开始试图联系我，因为我一度失踪了整整一个星期

one day they came to one of the bars I frequented

一天，他们来到我常去的一家酒吧

I guess I was pretty predictable

我想我是很容易预测的

it was the best bar for watching soccer

那是看足球最好的酒吧

they started asking what I was doing and why I wasn't answering my phone

他们开始问我在做什么为什么我不接电话

I told them everything

我什么都告诉他们了

I said that I didn't see any future for myself

我说我看不到自己的未来

they showed me the screen and said

他们给我看了屏幕说

how about that

不如这样吧

I said

我说

what do you mean

你什么意思

they said that I know soccer better than any one else

他们说我比任何人都懂足球

and maybe I could make a career out of it somehow

或许我可以以此来发展自己的事业

I thought about it and remembered that I wanted to be a sport castor for my entire life

我想了想，想起了我的整个人生都想成为一名运动健将

it was then that I decided that I wanted to finish school

就在那时我决定我要完成学业

and study journalism and I wanted to specialize in sports

学习新闻，我想专攻体育

I talked about this with my mum and she was so happy to hear that I finally saw a path in my life

我和我妈妈谈了这件事，她很高兴听到我终于看到了人生的一条路

and that dad would be really proud of me

他一定会为我感到骄傲的

the only thing he wanted for me was to be happy and to not have a life like he did

他唯一想让我做的就是快乐，而不是像他那样的生活

when I returned to school

当我回到学校

I teach her to mad at me and I was called to the principal's office

我教她生我的气，然后我被叫到校长办公室

she asked me to just not disappear like that again

她让我不要再像那样消失了

I told her everything

我什么都告诉她了

about work and my sleep cycle and even about that girl that was making it difficult for me

关于工作和我的睡眠周期，甚至关于那个让我很困难的女孩

She listened

她听着

I was very understanding

我非常理解

she said that I could work as a janitor at her school

她说我可以做她学校的看门人

after study hours and that everybody would help me with it

学习几个小时后，每个人都会帮我的

but I had to show up and actually study

但我必须出现学习

I agreed it wasn't easy

我也觉得不容易

but I studied hard and cleaned the school

但我努力学习，打扫了学校

afterwards

后来

I got much more sleep and kept okay grades

我睡了更多的觉，成绩也很好

I kept doing it for two years with mixed results

我坚持做了两年，结果喜忧参半

but I never missed a day of school

但我从没旷课过

even when I was sick

即使在我生病的时候

and I

我

I'm almost finished with school now

我差不多要完成学业了

I can't believe it

我不敢相信

everyone's so supportive of me and I'd want to help me find a good college

每个人都很支持我，我想帮我找到一所好大学

my message to you is to keep believing that everything will be all right

我要告诉你的是要继续相信一切都会好的

even if it's really bad at the moment

即使现在真的很糟糕

don't give up in your life

不要放弃你的生活

来源：播得英语