最美的人们12-拯救大卫

[00:01.48]David
[00:03.45]Years ago, when I was working as a psychologist¹ at a children's institution in England,
[00:10.88]an adolescent² boy showed up in the waiting room. It was David.
[00:15.69]David wore a black raincoat that was buttoned all the way up to his neck.
[00:19.95]His face was pale, and he stared at his feet while wringing³ his hands nervously⁴.
[00:25.53]He had lost his father as an infant⁵,
[00:28.06]and had lived together with his mother and grandfather since.
[00:31.66]But when David turned 13,
[00:33.20]his grandfather died and his mother was killed in a car accident.
[00:37.79]He was very depressed⁶, refusing to talk to others.
[00:41.39]The first two times we met, David didn't say a word.
[00:44.89]He sat in the chair and only looked up at the children’s drawings on the wall.
[00:49.36]As he was about to leave after the second visit, I put my hand on his shoulder.
[00:54.53]He didn't shrink⁷ back, but he didn’t look at me either.
[00:58.24]“Come back next week,” I hesitated⁸ a bit.
[01:02.50]Then I said, “I know it hurts.”
[01:04.92]He came, and I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded.
[01:09.71]After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon
[01:12.90]—in complete silence and without making any eye contact.
[01:16.72]It's not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit that I made sure David won once or twice.
[01:23.17]It seemed as if he enjoyed my company.
[01:25.90]But why did he never look at me?
[01:28.54]“Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with,” I thought.
[01:32.36]“Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.”
[01:35.10]I kept wondering and playing with him, until some months later, suddenly, he looked up at me.
[01:41.03]“It’s your turn,” he said.
[01:43.43]After that day, David started talking.
[01:45.93]He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club.
[01:49.62]He wrote to me a few times; letters about how he would try to get into university.
[01:54.57]After some time, the letters stopped. Now he had really started to live his own life.
[01:59.93]Maybe I gave David something. At least I learned⁹ a lot from him.
[02:04.05]I learned how time makes it possible to overcome what seems to be an insuperable pain.
[02:09.64]I learned to be there for people who need me.
[02:12.58]And David showed me how one
[02:14.21]—without any words—can reach out to another person.
[02:17.94]All it takes is a hug,
[02:20.11]a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, a sympathetic¹⁰ nature
[02:24.15]—and an ear that listens.

1 psychologist   

n.心理学家；心理学研究者

参考例句：

• Dr.Sinclair is a child psychologist.辛克莱博士是一位儿童心理学专家。
• Psychologist is expert who studies at psychology.心理学家是研究心理学的专家。

2 adolescent   

adj.青春期的，青年的；n.青少年

参考例句：

• The adolescent life is most important.青春期的生活是非常重要的。
• The adolescent period is one's best time.青少年时期是一个人最美好的一段时光。

3 wringing   

淋湿的，湿透的

参考例句：

• He was wringing wet after working in the field in the hot sun. 烈日下在田里干活使他汗流满面。
• He is wringing out the water from his swimming trunks. 他正在把游泳裤中的水绞出来。

4 nervously   

adv.神情激动地，不安地

参考例句：

• He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
• He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。

5 infant   

n.婴儿，幼儿；adj.婴儿的；幼稚的，初期的

参考例句：

• Tourism was then still in its infant stage.旅游业当时还处在初创阶段。
• I also need an infant's food for my baby.我要买些婴儿食品给我的孩子。

6 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

7 shrink   

n.收缩，萎缩；vi.收缩，退缩，萎缩；vt.使收缩

参考例句：

• Washing wool in hot water will shrink it.在热水中洗毛织品会使其缩水。
• This cloth won't shrink when it's washed.这种布下水不缩。

8 hesitated   

v.犹豫( hesitate的过去式和过去分词 )；吞吞吐吐；顾虑；停顿

参考例句：

• She hesitated before replying. 她犹豫了一下才回答。
• I hesitated a millisecond too long. 我几乎没犹豫。

9 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。

10 sympathetic   

adj.有同情心的；表示好感或赞同的

参考例句：

• He is a sympathetic person.他是一个有同情心的人。
• They were quite sympathetic to our proposals.他们很赞同我们的建议。