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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Big shot. Over 250 million books sold. Jeff Kinney.

《小屁孩日记 大人物出山》 全球销量超2.5亿册 杰夫·金尼 著

SEPTEMBER Monday I've heard that athletes are born with special genes that make them good at sports. Well, whatever those genes are, I guess I was born WITHOUT them. Mom's always saying that everyone who's part of a team has an important role to play. But when it comes to sports it seems like my job is to make everybody ELSE look good. At this point in my life, I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna grow up to become a professional athlete. So I'm officially announcing my retirement.

九月 星期一 我听说运动员天生就带有特殊基因，让他们擅长运动 好吧，不管那些基因到底是什么，我猜我天生就没带它们 妈妈总说，只要是队伍里的一员，每个人都有重要的职责 但说到运动，我的工作好像就是衬托其他人更厉害 活到现在，我很确定我长大不会成为职业运动员 所以我正式宣布我退役了

The crazy thing is, I used to actually LIKE sports. But that was back in pre-school, when sports were still FUN. The first sport I ever played was soccer. I didn't know the rules, but neither did any of the other kids. So most of the time it was just pure chaos on the field. Wherever the ball went, we all chased after it. Every once in a while the ball would pop out of the pack and go into someone's goal, then EVERYONE would celebrate.

说出来你可能不信，我以前其实挺喜欢运动的 不过那还是学前班的事了，那时候运动还挺好玩的 我接触的第一项运动就是足球 那时候我不知道规则，其他小朋友也都不知道 所以大部分时候，球场上就是一团乱 球往哪儿跑，我们就一窝蜂追去哪儿 偶尔球会从人堆里蹦出来滚进球门，然后所有人都会一起庆祝

Nobody kept score, so you never knew who was winning or losing. And the parents didn't care because they were too busy doing their own thing. The referees were middle-school kids, and they didn't really pay attention to the game, either.

没人记分，所以你根本不知道谁输谁赢 家长们也不在意，他们都忙着做自己的事 裁判都是初中生，他们也没真的在看比赛

In fact, the refs didn't even blow their whistles when the ball went out of bounds. So half the time we'd be playing on the wrong field and didn't KNOW it. After the game, we'd always get slushies and junk food at the snack shack. And sometimes we wouldn't even wait for the game to be OVER to treat ourselves.

其实啊，球出界了裁判都不会吹哨 所以有一半时间我们踢错了场地，自己都不知道 比赛结束后，我们总会去小吃站买冰沙和零食 有时候我们甚至不等比赛结束，就先去吃了

The coaches were really nice and made sure everyone got a chance to score. And that made everyone feel good about themselves. Back then, I was SURE I was gonna grow up to be a professional soccer player. I even kept my rookie card in mint condition in case it turned out to be worth something one day.

教练人特别好，会保证每个人都有进球的机会 这样每个人都自我感觉良好 那时候，我百分百确定我长大要当职业足球运动员 我甚至把我的新秀卡保存得完好无损，就等哪天它值钱了