010 舞台恐惧症

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" I'm done!"

"我写完啦！"

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It was Wednesday night, and Lily had just finished typing her report on icebergs

那是周三晚上，莉莉刚刚打完了她那篇关于冰山的报告。

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For a moment she was relieved

她松了一口气，但只是一瞬间。

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But then her heart sank

紧接着，她的心就沉了下去。

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On Friday she would have to stand in front of her class and present the report

周五，她得站在全班同学面前做报告。

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She hated speaking in public

她讨厌在大家面前讲话。

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What if she made a fool of herself?

万一她出洋相了怎么办？

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On Thursday Lily was talking with her friends

周四，莉莉正和朋友们聊天。

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" The Green Guys are coming to our school tomorrow," Sandeep said

"绿光剧团明天要来我们学校了，"桑迪说。

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The Green Guys were a theater group

绿光剧团是一个戏剧剧团。

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They acted, played music, and performed magic tricks

他们表演戏剧、演奏音乐，还变魔术。

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" That will be fun," Lily said

“那会很有趣的，”莉莉说。

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Then her stomach did a flip

接着她的胃一阵翻腾。

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Tomorrow was Friday — she had to present her iceberg report to the class

明天就是星期五——她得在全班面前做关于冰山的报告。

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" I'll be so nervous that I won't be able to enjoy the Green Guys at all," she thought

“我会紧张得根本没法好好欣赏‘绿小子’的表演，”她想。

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That night Lily practiced reading her report

那天晚上，莉莉练习朗读她的报告。

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She hated the sound of her voice, and at one point, she said " icebug " instead of " iceberg."

她讨厌自己的声音，有一次还把“冰山”说成了“冰虫”。

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She groaned

她懊恼地哼了一声。

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" I'm going to make so many mistakes

“我会出好多错的。

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Everyone is going to laugh at me."

大家都会笑我的。”

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Lily watched some public speaking tutorials online

莉莉在网上看了一些演讲教程。

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They all said basically the same thing: be prepared, be relaxed, and be confident

它们基本上都说同一件事：做好准备，放轻松，保持自信。

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In the morning Lily's stomach was in knots

早上，莉莉的胃揪成了一团。

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" Maybe the school bus will get a flat tire," she thought

“也许校车会爆胎，”她想。

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" Then I won't have to go to school."

“那我就不用去上学了。”

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An hour later Lily was in the school auditorium

一小时后，莉莉在学校礼堂里。

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Everyone laughed as the Green Guys did a silly dance

当绿衣小子们跳起滑稽的舞蹈时，大家都笑了。

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Even Lily was enjoying the show

就连莉莉也在享受这场表演。

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One Green Guy walked into the crowd of students

一个绿衣小子走进了学生人群。

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He needed a volunteer

他需要一名志愿者。

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All around Lily, kids raised their hands and shouted

莉莉周围的孩子们纷纷举手大喊。

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" I'll volunteer!"

“我自愿来！”

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" Pick me!"

“选我！”

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Lily sank as low as she could, trying to be invisible

莉莉尽量缩起身子，想让自己隐形。

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She gulped when the Green Guy looked directly at her and waved her over

绿衣人直直地盯着她，招手叫她过去，她紧张地咽了下口水。

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Lily wanted to escape

莉莉想逃跑。

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But everyone was staring at her

但所有人都在盯着她看。

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Reluctantly she followed the Green Guy up onto the stage

她只好不情愿地跟着绿衣人走上舞台。

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The Green Guy handed Lily a jar of jelly beans and then ran to the other end of the stage

绿衣人递给莉莉一罐软糖豆，然后跑到了舞台的另一端。

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He opened his mouth and pointed at it

他张开嘴，指了指嘴巴里面。

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Lily threw one of the jelly beans, and the Green Guy caught it in his mouth

莉莉扔了一颗软糖豆，绿衣人用嘴巴接住了它。

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Everyone cheered

大家都欢呼起来。

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Lily was amazed

莉莉看得目瞪口呆。

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She threw another jelly bean, and the Green Guy caught that one too

她又扔了一颗软糖豆，绿衣人照样接住了。

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When Lily threw a third jelly bean, however, the Green Guy missed

然而，当莉莉扔出第三颗软糖豆时，绿衣人没有接住。

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" Oops!" Lily thought." He messed up!"

“哎呀！”莉莉心想，“他搞砸了！”

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But the Green Guy didn't seem to care

可绿衣人似乎并不在意。

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He was already waiting for the next jelly bean

他已经等着下一颗软糖豆了。

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Lily quickly threw it

莉莉赶紧扔了过去。

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The Green Guy caught it, and everyone cheered again

绿衣人接住了它，大家再次欢呼起来。

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" He missed one," Lily thought," and the audience barely noticed."

“他漏接了一颗，”莉莉心想，“观众几乎没注意到。”

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The jelly beans looked good, so Lily ate one

那些软糖豆看起来很好吃，于是莉莉吃了一颗。

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The Green Guy put his hands on his hips and pretended to be angry

绿衣人把双手叉在腰上，假装很生气。

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Trying not to giggle, Lily pretended to be angry too

莉莉努力忍着不笑出声来，也假装生起气来。

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Everyone in the audience laughed

所有的观众都笑了。

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" This is kind of fun," Lily thought

“这还挺好玩的，”莉莉心想。

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Now the Green Guy was staring at her

这时，绿衣人正盯着她看。

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He squinted as if he were wondering what Lily would do next

他眯起眼睛，好像在猜想莉莉接下来会做什么。

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Lily stared back, grabbed a jelly bean, and ate it

莉莉也盯着他看，抓起一颗软糖豆，吃掉了。

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The audience exploded with laughter as the Green Guy waved his arms around, pretending to be furious

当绿衣人夸张地挥舞着双臂，假装怒不可遏时，观众爆发出哄堂大笑。

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A moment later Lily and the Green Guy bowed

过了一会儿，莉莉和绿衣人鞠了一躬。

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As Lily returned to her seat, everyone applauded and cheered for her

莉莉回到座位时，所有人都在为她鼓掌欢呼。

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Sandeep clapped her on the back." You were awesome!"

桑迪普拍了拍她的后背。“你太棒了！”

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Lily beamed

莉莉开心地笑了。

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She thought about her presentation on icebergs and realized something:

她想着自己关于冰山的报告，突然意识到了一件事：

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she wasn't nervous about making a mistake anymore!

她不再害怕犯错了！