雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第2章:下一個星期(5)

The new boy's first week at a Public School is probably the most wretched he will ever pass in his life. It is not that he is bullied … it is merely that he is utterly lonely, is in constant fear of making mistakes, and so makes for himself troubles that do not exist.

新來的男孩，在公學度過的第一週，恐怕是他一生中，度過的最悲慘的日子。不僅要面對各種各樣的欺侮，還要面對自己內心的孤獨，對犯錯誤的恐懼，以及對一些其實並不存在的困難的恐懼。

When his hero wrote home at the end of his second day, 'it did not need a very clever mother to read between the lines and see her son was hopelessly miserable.' It was worse for Alan, for he could not even merge inconspicuously while all his belongings were stuck at Southampton by the strike. At the end of his first week:

當故事的主人公第二天晚上給家裏寫信時，沃這樣描述：「哪怕這母親是個傻子，也能從字裏行間看出，她的兒子正處於黑暗而無垠的悲慘境地中。」對艾倫來説，情況甚至比這還要糟，他不僅不知道怎樣融入新環境，而且因為罷工，他的行李還一直被困在南安普頓。一週後，他寫信説：

Its an awful nuisance here without any of my clothes or anything. … It's rather hard getting settled down. Do write soon. There was no work on Wednesday except for 'Hall' or prep. And then its a business finding my classrooms what books to get but I will be more or less settled after a week or so …

這邊沒有任何衣服或其它東西簡直煩死我了……很難在這邊安頓下來。快回信。星期三什麼事也沒有就是在宿舍寫作業找教室訂教材一週後差不多會好一些……

But a week later Alan was not much better off:

一週後，艾倫確實好了些：