英语小达人 44 Overcoming Dyslexia

 　　Overcoming Dyslexia

　　克服失读症

　　My whole life I have had to deal with dyslexia. Dyslexia is when you look at letters and numbers, and they get all mixed up. You may read a word thinking it says one thing but, in fact, it says something different all together. Obviously¹, this made reading and writing very difficult.

　　我一生都在克服失读症，失读症的症状是当你读文字或数字时，它们全部混在一起，你可能会以为你读的这个字是这个意思，但放到句子里却是不同的意思，这使得读写变得非常困难。

　　Before someone recognized my problem, I suffered greatly in school. Kids would tease² me when I read out loud, and teachers would tell me I wasn’t trying hard enough. I became shy and didn’t want to read out loud or even quietly, I hated reading.

　　在别人发现我有这个问题之前，我在学校过了一段苦日子，当我大声朗诵时，其他孩子会嘲笑我，而老师也嫌我不够努力，我变得很内向，不想大声朗读，甚至小声也不敢，我讨厌阅读。

　　In grade four, I had a wonderful teacher who realized I had a problem. Right away, I was put into special classes. Over time, I learned³ to like reading. In fact, I came to love it.

　　四年级时，我遇到了一个很好的老师，他知道我有这方面的问题，马上把我调到特殊班级，在这段期间，我学习喜欢阅读，事实上我渐渐爱上阅读！

　　Now, at the age of thirty, I am a published author and a public speaker. So, it goes to show that if you put your mind to something, you can overcome anything!

　　现在我已经三十岁，我是个作家并且公开演说，因此这证明如果你决心下工夫，你一定能克服任何困难。

1 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

2 tease   

vt.戏弄，取笑，挑逗，撩拨；n.戏弄人者

参考例句：

• The other boys tease him because he is fat.因为他很胖，所以其他男生都取笑他。
• His friends used to tease him about his tatty clothes.他的朋友过去常常笑话他破旧的衣服。

3 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。