英语小达人 57 Just Average

 　　Just Average

　　普普通通

　　In my third year of school, something happened and my attitude about working hard changed. I'm not sure what it was, but something encouraged me to study a little harder for this one particular test we were going to have at school.

　　我在三年级时发生了一件事，改变了我对努力认真的态度，我不确定是什么事，不过那件事鼓励我对学校即将展开的小考，再多用功点。

　　In my whole life, I was always just an average student. My parents seemed to think I could do better and reminded me of this all the time. In many ways, their nagging¹ made it so I didn't want to study or work hard. Of course this caused problems when it came to getting grades back.

　　我从小到大一直都是个普通的学生，我父母似乎认为我可以做得更好，因此经常提醒我这点，他们大事小事都要唠叨，使得我更不想要用功念书，当然啰，每次拿成绩单回家，免不了又会有问题。

　　Well, like I said there was this one test. Four days I prepared for it! On the day of the test I remember feeling very confident and found the tast fairly² easy to write.

　　不过这次小考，我花了四天准备！考试当天，我记得感觉非常有自信，而且发现考试很简单。

　　The following day we got our test scores back. I had the top grade! Needless³ to say, my parents were very happy with me. More important though, I realized that I could be more than just average. A lesson I learned⁴ by proving to myself, not because someone else told me.

　　隔天我拿到考试分数，我考满分！不用说我父母也很满意我的表现，不过重要的是，我了解到我可以不只是普普通通，并没有人告诉我这一点，而是我向自己证明了这一点。

1 nagging   

adj.唠叨的，挑剔的；使人不得安宁的v.不断地挑剔或批评（某人）( nag的现在分词 )；不断地烦扰或伤害（某人）；无休止地抱怨；不断指责

参考例句：

• Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了—我会尽快做的。
• I've got a nagging pain in my lower back. 我后背下方老是疼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 fairly   

adv.公正地，正当地；相当；完全，简直

参考例句：

• I think I was quite fairly treated by the police.我认为警察对我非常公正。
• It fairly destroyed the machine.它将那部机器完全毁了。

3 needless   

adj.不必，无须，不必要的，无用的

参考例句：

• Needless to say,I agree.无须说，我是同意的。
• It is needless to add that you are in want of a second.你需要一个助手，那是不必说的。

4 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。