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1、PrisonStudies1Manywhotodayhearmesomewhereinperson,orontelevision,orthosewhoreadsomethingI’vesaid,willthinkIwenttoschoolfarbeyondtheeighthgrade.Thisimpressionisdueentirelytomyprisonstudies.狱中学习 今天，许多在什么地方直接听我讲话的人，或在电视上听我讲话的人，或读过我写的东西的人，都会以为我上学远不止只读到8年
2、级。这一印象完全归之于我在监狱里的学习。2IthadreallybegunbackintheCharlestownPrison,whenBimbifirstmademefeelenvyofhisstockofknowledge.Bimbihadalwaystakenchargeofanyconversationhewasin,andIhadtriedtoemulatehim.ButeverybookIpickeduphadfewsentenceswhichdidn’tcontainanywherefrom
3、onetonearlyallofthewordsthatmightaswellhavebeeninChinese[2…thewordsthatmightaswellhavebeeninChinese:…itwouldhavemadenodifferenceiftheEnglishwordshadbeeninChinese,becauseIdidn’thavetheslightestknowledgeofeither.]2.WhenIjustskippedthosewords,ofcourse,Ireall
4、yendedupwithlittleideaofwhatthebooksaid.SoIhadcometotheNorfolkPrisonColonystillgoingthroughonlybook-readingmotions.Prettysoon,Iwouldhavequiteventhesemotions,unlessIhadreceivedthemotivationthatIdid. 其实这事要从查尔斯顿监狱说起，一开始宾比就让我对他的知识渊博羡慕不已。宾比总是主宰谈话话题，我总想效仿他
5、。可是，我随便打开一本书，几乎没有一个句子不是少则一两个字，多则差不多所有的字都不认识。我只好跳过这些字，结果自然是对书上说的几乎一无所知了。因此，我被解送到诺福克拘留所时，读书还只是为了摆摆样子而已。要不是我真的获得了学习动力，我恐怕没多久就会连读书的样子也懒得去摆了。3IsawthatthebestthingIcoulddowasgetholdofadictionary—tostudy,tolearnsomewords.IwasluckyenoughtoreasonalsothatIshouldtry
6、toimprovemypenmanship.Itwassad.Icouldn’tevenwriteinastraightline.ItwasbothideastogetherthatmovedmetorequestadictionaryalongwithsometabletsandpencilsfromtheNorfolkPrisonColonyschool. 我认识到，最要紧的是得到一本字典好认字学字。幸好我还认识到得好好练习写字。说来悲伤，我写字都不能写得齐整成行。这两个想法促使我向诺福克拘
7、留所学校要了字典，还有本子和笔。4Ispenttwodaysjustrifflinguncertainlythroughthedictionary’spages.I’dneverrealizedsomanywordsexisted!Ididn’tknowwhichwordsIneededtolearn.Finally,justtostartsomekindofaction,Ibegancopying. 整整两天，我把字典一页页翻了个遍，不知该怎么学。我压根儿没想过会有那么多字。我不知道自己需要学
8、哪些字。最后，总得有所行动吧，我便开始抄写。5Inmyslow,painstaking,raggedhandwriting,Icopiedintomytableteverythingprintedonthatfirstpage,downtothepunctuationmarks. 我写字又慢又费劲，而且歪歪斜斜，但我在本子上抄写下了第一页上包括标点在内的所有印刷符号。6Ibelieveittookmeaday.The
