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终于，轮到居于末位的王美瑛老师发言。
她老娘早就想趁「新官上任三把火」──代理校长刚上任，还没把事搞砸、尚存威严之时──不吐不快：
「asyouknow，i’mlilyli’shomeroomteacher，aswellasarielliu’slanguagetutor.iknowclearlymyresponsibilitiesandobligations.ihavealreadymanifested，notjustonce，iamfullyawareofbeingobligatedtodowhatihavetodo，andreadytotakeanypracticalmeasures—andevenassistintakinglegalactions，providedmypresenceisnecessary.thiscommittee，nevertheless，kepthinderingmefromfulfillingmyduty.andnow，president，yourhonor，ishere.iwouldliketoreiteratemydisappointmentstoallofyou—」
「说中文，美瑛老师──体谅我们有些老师不讲英文。
」
「getyourselvesaninterpreter，then—idon’tcare—whatihavetosayisayitoutloudandclear.andthosewhogotmypointgotmypoint—whicheverlanguageispeakin，老师。
onlyifyouchoosetolisten，nottoonceagainhushmebyshoutingandhissing──ah-uh，herewegoagain—nowplease，letmecontinue...」
「很失礼耶王老师──」「尊重一下好不好？」「权宜问题、权宜问题！
」「主席，立刻将王美瑛赶出去！
」
见主席的神情比雕塑的表情更加肃穆，叫嚣的人员只好乖乖闭嘴。
「thewholeincidentjustremindsmeofj.d.salinger’sfamousnovel，thecatcherintherye.oneparticularpassageiwanttosharewithallofyou—andiassureyou:itdeservesyourattention.now，bearwithme—itgoeslikethis:
「‘ikeeppicturingallthelittlekidsplayingsomegameinthisbigfieldofrye.thousandsoflittlekids.nobody'saround-nobodybig，exceptme.andi'mstandingontheedgeofsomecrazycliff.whatcouldihavetodo，ihavetocatcheverylittlekidiftheystarttoruntowardthecliff—ifthey'rerunningandtheydon'tlookwherethey'regoing，ihavetocomeoutandcatchthethat'sallidoallday.i'djustbethecatcherintherye.iknowthatsoundscrazy，butthat'stheonlythingiwillhavetobe.’」
「letmetellyou，mypeerandrespectfulseniormembers，howregretfuliam，rightnow，righthere，tohavetoattendthispointlessmeeting;notbecauseihavetoplaythelittlegamewithyouweaklings，orbecauseihavetositinthismeetingroom，discussingsomeinsignificantissuesover‘theschool’sprestige’ortheso-called‘measurestothecurrentprcrises’andwastemytime—oh-oh—
「somepeopleinthisroomwhoactuallyspeakenglishfeltseriouslywrongedandstarted—youdogetmypoint—thisisexactlywhyicallthemembersinthiscommitteeweaklings—
「allofyousawthe‘elephantintheroom’butchosetoignoreitcompletely.ifthereisapinkelephant，letuspointitoutwithourfingers—ifthereisabigwolfhidinginthewood，lurkingtoharmourkids—let’sgetit，then!why—isn’tit‘aperfectdayforthewolf?’idon’tseenopointsthatwestillsithereandwaitforamessiah-likefiguretosavetheday，toremovethethreatforus，whilewearestillfarfrombeinglatetotakeaction.
「iregrettedit，ideeplyregrettedthatifailedtobethat‘catcherintherye’whentherewasakid，anabsolutelylovelysweetheart，whojustranstraighttowardthe‘crazycliff，’whilestillwithinarm’sreach—icouldhavecaughtherinmyarms[acatchinherthroat].iregrettedthatwejustletithappen，asshejustfelloverthenest，withouttheslightestchancetogrowupandlearntoflutterherlittlebutbravewings—」
「够了喔，王老师。
今天不是来听你发洩情绪──是来解决问题──」
「那前面开好几次会怎么都没看你们解决问题！
」
美瑛的反驳令在座的人员，除主席之外，全都愣住了。
没等被震慑的人回过神，美瑛继续质问：
「前面开那么多会，你们哪个有要解决问题──」
「嘘──」「嘘──」「嘘──」
台下开始发出嘘声，随后则是更多附和者加入行列。
「oh，oh，somepeoplearesweepingawaythepersontheydisagreewith—finebyme，iknowiamneverwelcomehere.themomentisteppedintothisschool，i’dalreadyknownyouallhatedmetothebone.youallseemeasanoutsider，ifnotapariah—whichisfine.iknowthehonestoutsideralwaysgetsexpelledfromthecitystatejustbecauseshespeaksthetruth.」
美瑛已经起身，气冲冲奔向门口，用力扭开门把。
「sincethismeetinggetsusnowhere，now，pleaseallowmetotakemyleave.」
对着主席说完最后一句话，她愤怒地甩门离去。
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