加载中…《MISS EVANS》 ——Titanic——学生时代的记忆
(2012-04-14 20:24:33)
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中国《泰坦尼克号》英语课本只字不提冰海沉船杂谈 |
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对于70末、80初出生的一代中国人来说，与泰坦尼克号的初识或许并不是父兄们看过的《冰海沉船》，也甚至，有些人至今都不记得自己是如何走进泰坦尼克号的世界的。一切的文字，似乎都不如下面的图片来得更为直接，也许当你看到这些久违、但绝对难以磨灭的学生时代的历史遗存时，才能让你彻底的开启尘封的记忆。
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《Miss Evans》课文正文
这是前几年为广大80后所津津乐道的“李雷和韩梅梅”版之前，使用最为普及的一套英语课本。在这套课本的第四册，也就是初二下学期中，有一篇课文，名叫《Miss
Evans》，文章记述的正是这桩世纪大海难，只不过文章的主线是说一位叫伊文思（Evans）的小姐在最后关头，把自己的位置留给了一位带孩子的母亲，自己葬身大海的感人故事。限于当年中国的外语教学环境及英文普及程度，很多中学的英语老师都要求学生全文背诵每一篇英语课文，因此，时至今日，很多30岁以上的“大龄学生”依然记得这篇文章的很多细节，有的甚至仍能大段的背诵。
对于差不多20年前的这段学英语时光，不少人至今历历在目：“老师带着我们声情并茂的朗读着‘Iceberg, iceberg
ahead!（冰山，前面有冰山！）’”“当老师讲到‘first
trip意思就是处女航’时，一些男生用课本遮着脸，挤眉弄眼的坏笑……”
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课本第四册封面及目录页彩图（图中出现了TITANIC）
有意思的是，这篇文章虽然把整起海难的过程记述的相当具体，而几个关键词“1912年4月”“从英国到美国”“1500多人丧生”也均有提及，但全文通篇却只字不提“泰坦尼克号”，更为遗憾的是，大多数英语老师也只是照本宣科，像语文老师那样详细介绍课文背景知识的寥寥无几。以至于数年之后，当已经上大学、甚至走上工作岗位的“昔日中学生”在影院里看到《泰坦尼克号》时，有人才恍然大悟，“这不是中学课本上讲的那个事吗？”这也为1998年《泰坦尼克号》在中国热映埋下了伏笔，这是后话了。
初中英语课本的正文中只字不提TITANIC的原因，至今不得而知，或许根本没有什么原因。但是当我们有幸再次打开这册纸页已经有些泛黄和卷边的英语课本时，在它的内封彩图，我们会惊奇的发现；原来，TITANIC这一行英文一直就在那里，也许当年我们不曾看到，但更有可能的是没人会注意这七个不起眼的英文字母，但它的确是一代中国人与泰坦尼克号初次邂逅的一段真实记录。
附课文原文：
附课文原文：
MISS EVANS
Have you ever heard the story
about Miss Evans? It is a true story. Maybe many people have read
about it.
One afternoon in April 1912, a new
ship set off from England to American on its first trip. It was one
of the largest and finest ships at that time and on it were over
2,200 people.
It was cold, but the trip was
pleasant and people were enjoying themselves. The next day was even
colder. People could see icebergs here and there.
It was night. Suddenly the man on
watch shouted, "Look out! Iceberg! Iceberg
ahead!"
It was too late. The ship hit the
iceberg and came to a stop. There was a very big hole in the ship
and water began to come inside. Slowly the ship started to go
down.
People had to leave the ship.
Women and children were the first to get into the lifeboats.
Suddenly a woman shouted. "Please make room for me. My children are
in that boat. I must go with them! Please!"
There was no room here, someone
shouted back. The children heard their mother and began to
cry.
A young woman was sitting near the
poor children. She stood up. Here, she shouted. Take my place! I’m
not married and I have no children.
She got out and the thankful
mother joined the children in the lifeboat.
Soon after that, the ship went
down. More than 1,500 people lost their lives. Among those was the
young woman.
Who was she? Her name was Miss
Evans and she was going home to Boston. But nobody knew more about
her than that.
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