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爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

Louis XIV may have been right when he said that "every new language requires a new soul," but Edward Bok knew that while spoken languages might differ, there is one language understood by boys the world over. And with this language Edward decided to do some experimenting. After a few days at school, he cast his eyes over the group of his tormentors, picked out one who seemed to him the ringleader, and before the boy was aware of what had happened, Edward Bok was in the full swing of his first real experiment with Americanization. Of course the American boy retaliated. But the boy from the Netherlands had not been born and brought up in the muscle-building air of the Dutch dikes for nothing, and after a few moments he found himself looking down on his tormentor and into the eyes of a crowd of very respectful boys and giggling girls who readily made a passageway for his brother and himself when they indicated a desire to leave the schoolyard and go home.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 18 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

路易十四说过“每学一门新语言都需要一个新的灵魂”,这话也许有道理,但博克明白,口语虽然不同,男孩之间却有一种全世界都懂的语言。他决定用这种语言做实验。上了几天学后,他扫视那群欺负他的人,挑出看起来像头目的那个,趁对方没反应过来,就和他扭打起来,开始了自己第一次真正的“美国化”实验。美国男孩当然还手,但博克在荷兰堤坝边长大,力气不输人,几下之后就把对方按在下面,周围男孩变得恭敬,女孩咯咯笑着让开路,他和哥哥得以回家。这不是鼓励打架,而是说面对欺凌,有时需要展示自己不好欺负,同时也要知道分寸和后果。

上下文

博克回忆自己用男孩间通行的“打架语言”反击欺凌者,从而在同学中站稳脚跟。

今日一问

面对不公的欺负,除了忍让和动手,还有哪些既保护自己又不失控的办法?

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