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[轉貼] 老丹的英文課 - Part2
老丹的英文課 - Part2
本文章最後由 blackblackchen 於 2009-6-23 10:15 編輯
騎腳踏車上山，每次得花約六小時翻山越嶺
Going over mountains by his bike with six-hour long trip.
這堂英文課專為全校五十三名從幼稚園到六年級的孩子而開，沒有漂亮的招牌，沒有冷氣教室，也不可能有專車接送；但這堂課，比這一切都還要昂貴特別得多。因為這是一堂，用雙腳的力氣騎腳踏車，翻山越嶺來回一百二十公里的英文課。
The English courses were aimed for all fifty-three students who were at the age from kindergarten to sixth grade. No fashion advertisement, no air-conditioners, even no shuttle bus, this course was worthier and more meaningful than other classes. It was an unparalleled English course with riding a 120-kilo-meter round trip by Daniel’s own feet.
三年前，丹尼爾一位在石磊國小教書的朋友，告訴他：「石磊國小招不到英文老師。」這句話聽在他的耳裡，產生奇妙的吸引力。在別人的需要上，他看到自己的責任。那時，他來台灣才一年，剛進交大電信工程研究所，是個靠獎學金過日子的窮學生，一無所有，但至少他這一口道地的英文，總是有點用處。
Three years ago, one of Daniel friends told him that no teacher was willing to come to Slay teaching English. Such plights occurred to his curiosity. He deemed that devoting himself in fulfilling what others need was his responsibility. He, then, came to Taiwan for just one year and attended to graduate institute of telecommunication engineering in Chiao Tung University. He got nothing, and scholarship was his only finical resource, but he spoke smooth English with local tone. That was helpful to do something.
他自告奮勇，來這個偏遠的泰雅族部落教英文，而且一教就三年。丹尼爾說：「我從來沒有算過，這三年來，總共騎了多少公里。」他惟一念念不忘的是：絕對不能缺課。石磊國小校長廖經華回想，丹尼爾惟一一次沒準時到學校，就是因為腳踏車在半路壞了，老師開車去接他，全校英文課還被迫延到隔天。
He volunteered to come Atayal community to teach English, and it lasted for three years long. Daniel expressed that he never counted how long he totally rode within three years. The one thing which he always kept in his mind was that he could never absent from classes. The principle of Slay school recalled and told us that Daniel was late for classes because of breakdown with his bike, and then one of teachers picks him up soon. That was the only one absentation. In that day, all English courses were postponed to the following day.
來台灣前，丹尼爾在美國做了將近十年的無線網路科技的工程師。以他的學歷、資歷，他大可穩穩當當做坐領高薪的科技新貴。然而，他選了一條別人不走的路。
Almost for ten years, Daniel had been an expert engineer on wireless network technology before coming Taiwan. With his excellent background and practiced experiences, he, undoubtedly, could be a high tech millionaire getting high salary; however, he gave up and made a decision different from other engineers.
在市區平地，丹尼爾騎車的速度相當快。時間還早，路燈打著孤寂的光，流星般劃過他橄欖球形的頭盔。半個小時之後，他便到了竹東，停了一會兒，在路邊吃兩個御飯糰，當今天的第一頓早餐，為接下來的山路補充能量。過了內灣轉向尖石大橋，道路陡升，越進山區，路燈越少，天空就越發明亮，滿天的星星，像針扎似的一點一點在黑幕上透著亮。
Daniel rode fast on the flat in the downtown. It was early, and streetlamps sparked in the lonely darkness, and the surface of Daniel’s oval-shaped helmet reflected streetlights just like shooting stars lighting the dark night one by another. Half of an hour, he arrived at Chu Ton, and taking a rest for two rice balls which were his breakfast, and then he recruited energy to counter the following mountainside. After passing Nan Wan toward Jainshih Bridge, it was getting high and steep. Streetlamps were decreasing one by one as moving forward, and the sky was gradually getting brightening. Stars were sparkling like many small shiny points hanging on the dark night.
一彎弦月像忠貞的守衛，他關掉車燈，黑暗裡眼前浮現一條白白的、蜿蜒的山路。間歇的呼吸、交雜鉸鏈和齒輪囓咬的聲音，丹尼爾，在月光下急急趕路。這是一條人跡罕至的山路。別說是深夜，就連白天，也少有人行，斷頭路還掛個公告「因縣府經費有限，本路只能修築至此…」只有丹尼爾懂得如何在暗地裡辨識它們。
While Daniel turned off the bike lamp, the crescent was like a loyal security guard lightening up the winding mountainside in the darkness to protect him away from danger. Accompanying with constantly breathing and grinds of chains and gear wheels, he was in a hurry on his ride under the moonlight. This mountainside was unfrequented all day long. In the end of the asphalt road, the county of government declared with a signal showing several words as this road ends up here due to short of governmental budgets.
山路上的流浪狗，也認得丹尼爾。每回上山，他在早餐外，總會另外準備七、八顆茶葉蛋餵狗，這些狗原本又叫又咬的，後來吃了美食便「一試成主顧」般，遠遠看到他，就搖著尾巴追隨他。他對無人憐愛的野狗，尚且如此，那對這群窩居在山上的泰雅孩子，他的熱情就更熾烈了。
On the way to Slay, he also prepared several tea eggs to feed stray dogs. In the beginning, stray dogs would bite or bark at him.However, since having delicious eggs they always shook tails to show friendship towards him every time as they noticed the sight of him coming from far distance. He was so kind to stray dogs that he showed much stronger passion for Atayal students who lived in the remote mountain.
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