雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第17章:祈禱再長高些(13)
When I returned home I was greeted with the news that there was a group of journalists who wanted to interview me at school and that I should wear a nice outfit.
First I thought of wearing a very beautiful dress, but then I decided to wear something more modest for the interview as I wanted people to focus on my message and not my clothes.
起初，我想穿一件很漂亮的裙子。但後來我決定還是穿一套普通一點兒的服裝接受採訪，因爲我想讓大家將注意力集中在我想要傳達的思想，而不是我的服裝上。When I arrived at school I saw all my friends had dressed up.
當我來到學校時，發現大家都精心打扮過了。
'Surprise!' they shouted when I walked in.
“驚喜！”我走進學校時，他們大聲喊道。They had collected money and organised a party for me with a big white cake on which was written SUCCESS FOREVER in chocolate icing.
原來他們籌了一筆錢，爲我舉辦了這場派對。派對上有個很大的白色蛋糕，上面用巧克力糖霜寫着“永遠成功”。It was wonderful that my friends wanted to share in my success.
和朋友們一起分享成功的喜悅，真的是一件很美好的事。I knew that any of the girls in my class could have achieved what I had achieved if they had had their parents' support.
我知道，班上的每個女孩如果能得到父母的支持，也都能做到我目前所做的事。Now you can get back to school work,' said Madam Maryam as we finished off the cake. 'Exams in March!'
“你們現在可以回去上課了，”派對結束時，瑪麗安女士說道，“3月舉行考試。”But the year ended on a sad note. Five days after I got the award, Aunt Babo, my mother's eldest sister, died suddenly. She wasn't even fifty years old.
但那年卻有個令人難過的結尾。在我獲獎五天後，寶苞阿姨，也就是我母親的姐姐突然過世了，她還不到50歲。She was diabetic and had seen a TV advert for a doctor in Lahore with some miracle treatment and persuaded my uncle to take her there.
她是一名糖尿病患者。一天，她在電視上看到一則廣告，說在拉合爾有個醫生有祕方醫治糖尿病，便說服姨丈帶她去看那個醫生。We don't know what the doctor injected her with but she went into shock and died.
不知道醫生給她注射了什麼，她突然休克，然後便過世了。My father said the doctor was a charlatan and this was why we needed to keep struggling against ignorance.
父親說那個醫生是江湖郎中，這也就是爲什麼我們必須繼續與無知奮鬥的原因。
