雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第11章:聰明的班級(21)

My father used to say the people of Swat and the teachers would continue to educate our children until the last room, the last teacher and the last student was alive.

父親以前總說，只要還有一間教室、一名老師和一個學生存在，斯瓦特的人們和老師們就不會放棄他們對孩子的教育。

My parents never once suggested I should withdraw from school, ever.

我的父母從未想過讓我放棄學業。

Though we loved school, we hadn’t realised how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us.

雖然我們都喜歡上學，但直到塔利班試圖阻止我們，我們才真正瞭解到教育的重要性。

Going to school, reading and doing our homework wasn’t just a way of passing time, it was our future.

到學校上課、閱讀和寫作業並不僅僅是爲了度過光陰，我們的未來與之息息相關。

That winter it snowed and we built snow bears but without much joy.

那年的冬天下了雪，我們堆了好多雪熊，卻沒有了往昔的快樂。

In winter the Taliban used to disappear into the mountains, but we knew they would be back and had no idea what was coming next.

在冬天，塔利班通常會沒入山林，但我們知道他們會再回來，卻不知道接下來等待着我們的，會是什麼？

We believed school would start again.

我們相信學校會重新開始授課。

The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.

塔利班可以拿走我們的鉛筆、書本，但他們沒辦法讓我們的腦袋停止思考。