6 Chapter 5 Ready for Change

Chapter 5 Ready for Change During his second year at UCLA, Jackie met Rachel Isum. Rachel was a nursing student. She knew all about Jackie Robinson. Every student did. He must be conceited, Rachel thought, the way he stands on the field with his hands on his hips. But as they got to know each other, Rachel discovered Jackie was almost shy.

在加州大学洛杉矶分校的第二年，杰基遇到了瑞秋·伊苏姆。 瑞秋是一名护理专业的学生。 她知道杰基·罗宾逊的一切。 每个学生都这么做了。雷切尔想，他站在球场上双手叉腰的样子一定很自负。 但当他们彼此了解后，瑞秋发现杰基几乎是害羞的。

The two had a lot in common. They both went to church. They didn't like parties or staying out late. Jackie had never felt comfortable talking about himself. With Rachel it was different. He could tell her anything.

两人有很多共同之处。 他们俩都去了教堂。他们不喜欢聚会，也不喜欢在外面待到很晚。 杰基从来不觉得谈论自己很自在。 和瑞秋在一起就不一样了。 他什么都可以告诉她。

Not long before graduation, he told her that he didn't think a diploma was going to help him find a good job. As for sports, no blacks played on professional football, baseball, or basketball teams. Jackie was eager to earn some money to help his mother. So he left UCLA and began coaching at a job training center. But the program soon ended. After that, Jackie played semipro football in Honolulu, Hawaii. But when the season ended, Jackie was out of work again. He missed his home. He missed Rachel. One week later, Jackie was on a ship heading from Honolulu back to California.

毕业前不久，他告诉她，他不认为一张文凭能帮他找到一份好工作。 在体育运动方面，没有黑人参加职业足球队、棒球队或篮球队。 杰基渴望挣些钱来帮助他的母亲。 因此，他离开了加州大学洛杉矶分校，开始在一家职业培训中心担任教练。 但是这个项目很快就结束了。 之后，杰基在夏威夷檀香山打半职业橄榄球。 但是当赛季结束时，杰基又失业了。 他想念他的家。他想念瑞秋。 一周后，杰基登上了一艘从檀香山回加州的船。

On December 7, while playing cards, he noticed crew members painting the ship's portholes black. The captain called everyone on deck to explain: Dark glass made the ship harder to spot at night.

12月7日，他在打牌时注意到船员们把船的舷窗涂成了黑色。 船长叫甲板上的每个人解释:深色玻璃使船在夜间更难被发现。

Japanese planes had just bombed a naval base near where Jackie had been playing football for months! It had been a surprise strike, and traveling was dangerous. At Pearl Harbor, twenty-one ships in the US fleet were sunk or damaged. A total of 2,403 people died. Now the United States joined forces with Great Britain and France. America was at war. Jackie made it home safely. And soon after that, he had a new job. Jackie Robinson was drafted into the US Army.

日本飞机刚刚轰炸了一个海军基地，杰基在那里踢了几个月的足球!这是一次突然袭击，而且旅行很危险。 在珍珠港，美国舰队的21艘船被击沉或损坏。 共有2403人死亡。 现在，美国与英国和法国联合起来。 美国处于战争状态。杰基安全到家了。 不久之后，他找到了一份新工作。 杰基·罗宾逊被征入美国陆军。