PDF《My name is Moussa.》

t. 嗨,卢佩.你想去玩吗? 这就是我刚到纽约的情况. 我舅舅和舅妈很热情. 我原以为纽约的学校会跟墨西哥的学校一样. 但事实上不一样. FEMALE ENGLISH TEACHER 女英语老师 Your homework for tomorrow is to read pages

27 through 50. There will be a quiz. 你们明天的家庭作业是从第27页读到第50页. 之后会有一个小测验. STUDENTS 学生 Ohhh Come on! 噢,天呐! FEMALE ENGLISH TEACHER 女英语老师 Any questions? 有问题吗? DIEGO 狄也哥 I was lost in class. I couldn'

t understand the teacher. 我…我在课堂上不知所措. 我不能明白老师在讲什么. OMAR 奥马尔 I couldn'

t understand the teachers either. 我…也不知道老师在讲什么. DIEGO 狄也哥 And, I had problems at home. 而且,我家里遇到了困难. We Are New York: Stay In School

6 Juan Diego Carmen Lu LU 露Problems at home? Oh, yeah? 家里遇到困难?是吗? DIEGO 狄也哥 Well, yeah. One day, I came home, and ... 嗯,是的. 一天,我回到家,然后... CARMEN 卡门 The landlord called again. He wants to know when we'

re going to pay. The rent is a full month late. 房东又打电话过来了. 他问我们什么时候交房租. 房租已经迟交了整整一个月了. JUAN 璜So? What do we tell him? 那?我们该怎么跟他说呢? CARMEN 卡门 Well? What can we tell him? We tell him that we need another week to get the money. 哎,能跟他说什么呢?只能告诉他还要再等一个星期 才能交房租. JUAN 璜He raised the rent, but my salary did not go up. 他涨了房租,可我的工资并没涨. CARMEN 卡门 We have to pay. We don'

t have a choice. 但我们必须交.我们没有其他选择. JUAN 璜Iwill try to do more overtime. 我会尽量多加点班的. CARMEN 卡门 But honey, you already work so much. Maybe I can borrow from my sister. 但是,亲爱的,你已经加太多班了.我看能不能从妹 妹那里借点钱. We Are New York: Stay In School

7 Lupe Juan Diego Carmen Martin Yelena LUPE 卢佩 Diego! How was your game? Did you win? 狄也哥!比赛结果怎么样?你们赢了吗? CARMEN 卡门 Diego! Lupe! Lunch is ready. 狄也哥!卢佩!吃午饭了. JUAN 璜So, did you win? 那,你们赢了吗? DIEGO 狄也哥 Yes. 赢了. JUAN 璜[laughs, shoulder slap] That'

s my soccer star! Let'

s eat. [笑,拍肩膀]真是我们家的球星!吃饭吧. DIEGO 狄也哥 I'

m not so hungry, Uncle Juan. 我…我还不怎么饿,舅舅. JUAN 璜Achhh, come on! Eat, eat! 啊,吃吧,快吃!快吃! DIEGO 狄也哥 My family needed money. So I decided to drop out, and get a job. 我们家需要钱. 所以我决定退学,找份工作. YELENA 叶莲娜 Drop out? 退…学? DIEGO 狄也哥 You know, quit school? But, I didn'

t tell my aunt and uncle. 就是不上学了.但我没把这事告诉舅舅和舅妈. MARTIN 马丁 You didn'

t tell them? 你没告诉他们? We Are New York: Stay In School

8 Diego Co-Worker Omar Moussa DIEGO 狄也哥 They thought I was going to school every day. But really, I got a job. 他们以为我每天都去上学.但其实我是去工作. DIEGO 狄也哥 Do you like this job? 你喜欢这份工作吗? MALE COWORKER 男同事 This job? It pays the bills. Well ... this job, and my other job. And why aren'

t you in school? 这份工作?只够养家糊口. 噢...这份工作加上另一份工作才行. 你为什么不上学了? DIEGO 狄也哥 School will take forever. My family needs the money now. 学永远也上不完.我家里现在需要钱. MALE COWORKER 男同事 You need money? Learn English. Get your diploma. Then, you'