The New Midfielder

The New Midfielder

新中场

Matt’s family just moved to a new town. He needs to go to a new school. He is also going to need to make new friends. But it’s not easy to make new friends in a new school. “ This is Matt. I’m sure you’ll make him feel welcome. ” Mrs. Emory introduced him to the class. Matt sat next to a girl named Georgia. “ Hi, I’m Georgia! ” she said. Matt pretended to tie his shoelace. He was too shy to talk to Georgia.

马特的家人刚搬到一个新城镇。 他需要去一所新学校。 他还需要结交新朋友。 但在新学校交新朋友并不容易。 “我是马特。我相信你会让他感到受欢迎的。”埃默里夫人把他介绍给全班同学。 马特坐在一个叫乔治娅的女孩旁边。 “嗨，我是乔治娅!”她说。 马特假装系鞋带。他太害羞了，不敢和乔治娅说话。

Matt’s first day of school wasn’t too bad. At least no one else tried to talk to him. “ You’re the new kid, right?” asked Jeff after school. “ Do you want to play basketball with us?” asked a boy named Spike. Matt shook his head. “ Okay, see you tomorrow! ” said Jeff. “ Okay, see you tomorrow! ” said Spike. Matt was feeling angry with himself. “ Why didn’t I say something?” he said aloud.

马特上学的第一天不会太差。至少没有其他人试图和他说话。 “你是新来的，对吧?”放学后杰夫问。 “你想和我们一起打篮球吗?”一个叫斯派克的男孩问道。马特摇了摇头。 “好的，明天见!”杰夫说。 “好的，明天见!”斯派克说。 马特对自己很生气。“我为什么不说点什么呢?”他大声说。

“ They probably think I’m stupid! ” Matt wasn’t stupid. He was just very shy. At his old school, it took Matt almost a year to make friends. He never felt comfortable speaking to people. Matt wished he could live on a deserted island. That way he would never have to say anything to anyone. After school, Matt watched the soccer team practicing. Matt’s new school had a very good soccer team. In fact, they were one of the top teams in the league.

“他们可能认为我很蠢!” 马特并不傻。他只是很害羞。 在他的旧学校，马特花了将近一年的时间交朋友。 他从不觉得和人说话很舒服。 马特希望他能住在荒岛上。 这样他就再也不用对任何人说什么了。 放学后，马特看着足球队在训练。 马特的新学校有一支很好的足球队。 事实上，他们是联盟中最顶尖的球队之一。

“ But Coach, I’ll be better soon! ” moaned Ben. Ben was the team’s midfielder. He had broken his leg during the last match. “ Are you new here? I’m Coach Klein, ” a voice called out. “ Hi, I’m Ben! ” the boy with crutches said to Matt. “ Immad, ” Matt mumbled. “ What?” asked Ben.

“可是教练，我很快就会好的!”本呻吟道。 本是球队的中场。他在上次比赛中摔断了腿。 “你是新来的吗?”我是克莱因教练。”一个声音喊道。 “嗨，我是本!”拄着拐杖的男孩对马特说。 “我疯了。”马特喃喃地说。 “什么?” 本问。

“ I’m Matt, ” he said more clearly this time. “ Matt, have you ever played soccer before?” Coach Klein asked. Matt answered, “ Well, sort of. ” Matt used to play soccer with his friends from his old neighborhood. But he had never played on a team before. Ben promised to help Matt become a good midfielder. “ I don’t know if I can do it, ” Matt said in a low voice.

“我是马特，”他这次说得更清楚了。 “马特，你以前踢过足球吗？”克莱恩教练问道。 马特回答说:“嗯，算是吧。” 马特过去常和老邻居的朋友踢足球。 但他以前从未参加过球队比赛。 本答应帮助马特成为一名优秀的中场球员。 “我不知道我能不能做到，”马特低声说。