在动手中学

字幕原文

Bess is a clerk in an office, 贝丝在一家办公室做职员，

and today she is learning to use the paper shredder. 今天她正在学习使用碎纸机。

Her boss, Gail, shows her how. 她的老板盖尔教她怎么用。

Gail points to the switch and turns it on. 盖尔指着开关并打开了它。

Keep your hands and clothes away from it. The blades are sharp. 手和衣服要远离它。刀片很锋利。

Take out any staples and paper clips first, 先把订书钉和回形针取出来，

and feed in only about five sheets at a time. 每次只放大约五张纸。

Let me try, says Bess. “让我试试，”贝丝说。

I learn best by doing. 我通过实践学得最好。

She removes a staple and pushes in a thick stack of paper. 她取下一个订书钉，然后塞进一叠厚厚的纸。

The shredder jams and stops. 碎纸机卡住了，停了下来。

Bess laughs. 贝丝笑了。

Too much. 太多了。

Five sheets next time. 下次五张。

She did not get it perfect on the first try, 她第一次尝试并没有做到完美，

but she will never forget it now. 但她现在永远不会忘记了。

That is the thing about doing. The mistakes are how the lesson sticks. 这就是实践的意义。错误能让教训牢记在心。