内容简介
《念师恩》是英属圭亚那小说家E.R.布雷思韦特写得一篇短篇小说。小说主要讲述了一位年轻的黑人教师从被学生们排斥到他慢慢用自己的行动感化了学生们。最终这些学生被这位的精神所感动,主动地配合学习,并且与老师建立了深厚的感情。该书的10-13章是老师与学生关系改善的一个转折点,也是整篇小说的高潮部分。
第10章主要讲的是一名最难缠的学生在课堂上看一些不该看的杂志,老师发现后将杂志撕毁,从而激化了老师和这名学生之间的矛盾,为之后学生向老师进行挑衅埋下了伏笔。
第11章的主要内容是那名学生以课堂上的拳击比赛为名,向老师发起挑战。起初老师并不想和他较真,但在他三番四次的挑衅之后,老师被激怒了,最终用自己的行动收服了这名学生。自此之后老师和学生间的关系大大改善了。
第12章讲的主要是这名老师和另一位女老师带领学生们外出参观博物馆,在旅途中,有些人歧视并侮辱这名黑人老师,学生们听到之后勇敢地站出来为这位老师出头,由此可以看出学生们已经打心底里接受这位老师了。这次的旅行也让这两位老师之间的关系有了进一步的升温。
第13章讲得则是这名黑人老师在租房子时又受到了歧视,而歧视他的人正好是他学生的妈妈。自此之后这名学生由于羞愧而开始避开这位老师并一直要求她的妈妈去和老师道歉。最终这名母亲为了自己的女儿,来到学校找这个黑人老师并和他道歉,最终所有的矛盾都化解了,这名学生也重拾了笑容。
INTRODUCTION
To Sir, With Love is a short story written by a British Guiana novelist, E. R. Braithwaite. The novel mainly tells the story of a young black teacher, who was ostracized by the students at first, gradually influencing them with his own actions. Finally, those students were inclined to participate in learning and show great affection to the teacher, moved by the spirits of him.
Chapter 10 to 13 is a turning point for the teacher and the students to improve their relationship, and is the climax of the whole novel.
The main idea of Chapter 10 is that a wayward student was reading a dirty magazine in class. Then, the teacher noticed that and tore it up. As a result, this event intensified the contradiction between the teacher and the student. And it sows the seeds of the provocation that the student initiated.
Chapter 11 narrates the provocation in detail. In the boxing class, the student wanted to challenge the teacher. He asked the teacher to stage a boxing match with him. At the beginning, the teacher didn’t take it seriously. However, the student kept provoking, so the teacher got angry. At last, the teacher conquered him. Since then, the student began to respect the teacher and the relationship between them was largely improved.
Chapter 12 is about a trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The young black teacher and one of his female colleagues took the students to the museum. On the train, two women discriminated and insulted this black teacher. As soon as the students heard that, they defended the teacher against the discrimination. It showed that these students really accepted their teacher. Besides, this trip helped to further warm the relationship between the teacher and his female colleague.
Chapter 13 tells the story that this young black teacher was discriminated again when he wanted to rent a room. Interestingly, this time, the one who discriminated him was the mother of one of his students. After that, the student was too ashamed to meet the teacher and she kept asking her mother to apologize to the teacher. In order to please her daughter, the mother came to the school and apologized to the teacher. Finally, all contradictions were resolved and the student regained her smile.