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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年级。这一印象
2、完全归之于我在监狱里的学习。2IthadreallybegunbackintheCharlestownPrison,whenBimbifirstmademefeelenvyofhisstockofknowledge.Bimbihadalwaystakenchargeofanyconversationhewasin,andIhadtriedtoemulatehim.ButeverybookIpickeduphadfewsentenceswhichdidn’tcontainanywherefromonetonearlya
3、llofthewordsthatmightaswellhavebeeninChinese[2…thewordsthatmightaswellhavebeeninChinese:…itwouldhavemadenodifferenceiftheEnglishwordshadbeeninChinese,becauseIdidn’thavetheslightestknowledgeofeither.]2.WhenIjustskippedthosewords,ofcourse,Ireallyendedupwithlittle
4、ideaofwhatthebooksaid.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。可是,我随便打开一本书,几乎没有一个句子不是少
5、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.IwasluckyenoughtoreasonalsothatIshouldtrytoimprovemypenmanship.Itwassad
6、.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留所学校要了字典,还有本子和笔。4Ispenttwodaysjustri
7、fflinguncertainlythroughthedictionary’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哪些字。最后,总得有所行动吧,我便开始抄写。5Inmyslow,painstakin
8、g,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