卡片上写着一行英文:“What's your dream? What do you want to be in the future?”(你的梦想是什么?你将来想成为什么样的人?)
“谁先来?”陈雨薇用英语问道,她的发音很标准,听起来是小学英语底子就不错的类型。
“我先吧。”罗海伦开口了。她的英语发音比语文课上的朗诵更让人惊艳——不是那种刻意模仿外国人的夸张腔调,而是很自然很流畅的发音,每一个单词都咬得清清楚楚,连读的部分处理得恰到好处。“I want to be a doctor in the future. Because I want to help people who are suffering from illness. My mother passed away when I was seven, so I know what it feels like to lose someone you love.”(我将来想当一名医生。因为我想帮助那些被疾病折磨的人。我妈妈在我七岁的时候去世了,所以我知道失去你爱的人是什么感觉。)
“My dream…” 他停顿了一下,手指在桌面上无意识地画着圈,“I want to build a big house. For my mother. Our house now is very small and old. The roof leaks when it rains. My mother always puts a bucket under the leak and says it’s okay. But I know it's not okay. So I want to build a big house. A house that doesn't leak. And my father can come back and live with us. Then we can be together, all three of us.”(我的梦想……我想盖一栋大房子。给我妈妈。我们现在住的房子又小又旧,下雨的时候屋顶会漏水。我妈妈总是放一个桶在漏水的地方,说没关系。但我知道不是真的没关系。所以我想盖一栋大房子。一栋不漏水的房子。然后我爸可以回来跟我们一起住。这样我们三个人就能在一起了。)
周胖子不知道什么时候凑了过来,手里拿着一包辣条,嘴里嚼得嘎嘣嘎嘣响。“你咋了?怎么站在这儿发呆?”他顺着杨晓东的视线看了一眼门口,什么都没看到,“是不是英语角把你搞傻了?我跟你说,我跟我那组人对话的时候,把‘I like apples’说成了‘I like nipples’,我都想找个地缝钻进去了。”