2014-11-11

【Aiden in English】

        Jerry and Lupe are both main characters in their stories. They have different goals, and yet are very similar in many more ways than you think. Jerry and Lupe both hope to be athletic, or in Jerry’s case, better in sports. In his story, Jerry wishes to one day become to be a star professional baseball player. That means he has a lot of practice to do, and he has to get better at baseball. Lupe just wishes to be better at sports in general. Since Lupe isn’t very good at most sports, she must set her goals a little less ambitious. In her story, Lupe entered the annual marble contest. She has weak fingers, so she practices to be better at flicking marbles (I guess that’s a sport), and that’s how she is trying to get better at sports.

        Apparently, Jerry and Lupe’s goals have quite some difference based up their natures. Jerry is aiming to become a professional baseball player and sets the bar very high for himself. He is really serious about baseball and wants to wrap his entire life around it. Lupe is a whole different matter entirely. She doesn’t wish to dedicate herself to flicking marbles around in a park. All she wants is to know she can be good at certain sports. Lupe and Jerry are similar, but nobody is exactly the same, so they also have huge differences.

【紅霞譯文】

        傑瑞和盧普是故事中兩個主要人物，儘管彼此有很多相似之處，但各自追求的目標截然不同。說來他倆都熱衷體育，不過傑瑞比較擅長運動，並希望有一天能成為棒球明星，言外之意，他只有付出很多心血，才能力求比別人打得更棒。盧普則把運動當成個人愛好，因為在不少運動項目上表現平平，所以她必須放寬對自己的要求，只好參加一年一度的彈球比賽。針對手勁不足，她便努力提高指頭力量（權且當成某種運動），爭取在現有基礎上做出好成績。

        顯然，傑瑞和盧普因天賦不同而理想不一。傑瑞渴望成為職業棒球手，對自己高標準嚴要求；他非常看重棒球，願意以此為生。相反地，盧普並沒有打算在公園裡表演一輩子彈球手技，她想做的無非就是要參與到行之有效的運動中來。傑瑞和盧普確有相似之處，但世上本來就不存在兩個相同的人，況且他倆差異巨大。