【读新闻学英语】小学生不会做数学题打电话给911，暖心接线员帮他解答问题

Antonia Bundy was on her regular shift at the 911 dispatch center when she answered a call and heard a small voice on the line."Hi, um, can you hear me?" said a child's voice.

Antonia Bundy像往常一样，在911调度室轮班。她接到一个电话，电话那头的小孩小声音的说：“嗨，嗯，你能听到我的声音吗？”

shift：轮班

dispatch：调度

Bundy, a dispatcher for the Lafayette Police Department in Indiana for about three years, responded that, yes, she could hear him.The boy continued: "I had a really bad day."

Bundy在印第安纳州的Lafayette警察局做调度员已经3年了。她回复电话那头的小孩说自己可以听到他的声音。小男孩继续说道：“我今天过得很糟糕。”

continued：继续

Bundy is trained to calmly talk to callers during emergency situations such as fires, robberies and shootings so that she can send them help.

Bundy受过训练，知道在例如火灾、抢劫和枪击的紧急情况下，冷静地与呼叫者沟通，以便能帮助到他们。

robberies：抢劫

"What happened at school that made you have a bad day?" she asked, according to a recording of the call, as she tried to get exact information about the nature of his emergency.

她问到：“在学校发生了什么事情，让你觉得今天很糟糕？”通过电话录音，她试图得到更多关于他紧急状况的确切信息。

information：信息

"I just have tons of homework," answered the boy, who said he was in 5th grade."Oh, okay," Bundy responded. At that point, she realized there was no emergency.The boy told her that he was bad at fractions.

正在就读5年级的男孩回答说：“我有成吨的家庭作业。” Bundy回复：“哦，好的。”就此，她意识到这不是紧急状况。男孩告诉她，自己的数学分数很差。

realized：意识到

Some dispatchers might have scolded him for calling 911 and disconnected the line. But Bundy, 23, likes to help people. So she asked him: "Is there a problem you want me to help you with?"

有一些调度员可能会责怪小男孩拨打911并会挂掉电话。但是23岁的Bundy很乐意帮助他人。她问到小男孩：“有哪些问题是你希望得到我的帮助的？”

scolded ：责骂

The boy was having trouble with 3/4 + 1/4. Bundy patiently walked him through it.Once he understood the answer, he told her: "I'm sorry for calling you, but I really needed help.""That's okay, we're always here to help," she told him.

小男孩在做3/4 + 1/4这个题目时遇到了麻烦。Bundy很耐心帮他解决了。当男孩理解了答案，他告诉她：“很抱歉我给你打电话，但是我确实需要帮助。”她回答说：“没关系，我们总是在这里给予帮助。”

patiently：耐心的

The boy abruptly hung up before she could tell him that next time he should ask a parent or teacher for help rather than call 911.

小男孩立刻挂断了电话，她本来想告诉他下一次遇到这种问题，他可以询问家长或老师而不是打911.

abruptly：突然地

"I thoroughly enjoyed math all the way through high school," Bundy said "Fractions were always one of my favorite things in school."

Bundy说：“在高中时，我就很享受学习数学。分数是我最喜欢的。”

thoroughly：彻底地

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