雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第11章:聰明的班級(1)

11 The Clever Class

11 聰明的班級

IT WAS SCHOOL that kept me going in those dark days.

在那些失去光明的日子裏，上學是讓我堅持下去的動力。

When I was in the street it felt as though every man I passed might be a talib.

走在大街上，我有一種任何一個從我身旁經過的人都可能是一名塔利班的感覺。

We hid our school bags and our books in our shawls.

我們把書包和課本藏在圍巾裏。

My father always said that the most beautiful thing in a village in the morning is the sight of a child in a school uniform, but now we were afraid to wear them.

父親常說，在小村晨光中，最美麗的事物就是孩童穿着學校制服的身影，但現在我們都很害怕穿上它。

We had moved up to high school.

我們升入高中。

Madam Maryam said no one wanted to teach our class as we asked so many questions.

瑪麗安女士說沒有老師想在我們這班授課，因爲我們太喜歡問問題了。

We liked to be known as the clever girls.

我們希望別人覺得我們是聰明的女孩。

When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies.

假日或婚禮彩繪雙手時，我們畫的是微積分算式和化學方程式，而非花花蝶蝶。

My rivalry with Malka-e-Noor continued.

我和瑪麗克•努爾之間的競爭猶在。

But after the shock of being beaten by her when she first joined our school, I worked hard and had managed to regain my position on the school honours board for first in class.

自從那次她剛轉學到我們學校便打敗我之後，我變得加倍努力，併成功再拔頭籌，成爲班級榮譽榜上的第一名。

She usually came second and Moniba third.

她則通常是第二名，莫妮巴是第三名。