Kevin: I was really looking forward to school, I remember that, I just couldn't wait. Yeah,
Johnny, my brother, was a year older than me and he seemed so grown-up, with his red
blazer and smart shoes. And I wanted to go to school and be grown-up too. I don't
remember much of the first day actually, apart from this little boy lying on the floor and
screaming and screaming and me thinking what a baby he was.
Interviewer: Right! What about you, Eva?
Eva: I just have this one memory of this coat rack with all our coats. And I was looking for my
peg which had a little picture of an elephant next to it. I remember I was crying because I
wanted to go home and I couldn't get my coat on. I was crying so much and then the
teacher came and helped me.
Interviewer: OK, so what about your first best friend at school?
Kevin: Oh, yeah, well, Steve, I remember him, because he's still my best friend!
Interviewer: Still your best friend!
Eva: That's so great!
Kevin: Yeah, we didn't know each other before we started school but we became really good
friends and so did our mums. Our families ended up going on holiday together and that
kind of thing. But we used to fight a lot, Steve and I, and the teachers used to get very
cross with us. But we were just having fun.
Interviewer: Cool! And what about you, Eva?
Eva: My best friend was a girl called Robina. She had short blond hair, I remember I thought she
looks like an angel. We sat next to each other and held hands and played fairies in the
playground. She left in Year 3 and I cried for days.
Interviewer: Oh, how sad! So what about the day you left school? How was that?
Eva: I had a lot of mixed feelings, I remember walking home with this amazing feeling of freedom,
you know, no more rules, no more bossy teachers. But I also felt pretty sad, because I'd had
some good times. I was in a group of girls who were so supportive of each other.
Kevin: I couldn't wait to leave, I was counting the days.I just wanted to get a job, get a life, earn
some cash. The day I left, I went out to celebrate with a couple of my mates and--had a
very good time!
翻译
采访人：那么你对学校的第一印象是什么呢，凯文？
凯文：我真的很期待去学校，我记得当时我都等不及了。是的，我哥哥强尼只比我大一岁，
但他穿上他的红色夹克衫和时髦的鞋子，看上去那么成熟。于是我也想去学校，然后
变得成熟起来。事实上我对开学第一天的印象不是很深，只记得有个小男孩躺在地板
上不停地哭闹，我觉得他真像个小宝宝。
采访人：是呀！那你呢，伊娃？
伊娃：我只对那个挂满我们外套的外衣架有记忆。那时我一直在找我的桩，它的旁边有一张
大象的小图片。我记得当时我因为想回家却穿不上外套而哭的很厉害，以至于后来引
来了老师帮我。
采访人：好吧，那你们上学后第一个好朋友怎么样了？
凯文：嗯，史蒂夫，我记得他，因为他到现在还是我最好的朋友！
采访人；还是你最好的朋友！
伊娃：那太好了！
