高中二年级 · 阅读系列
Lesson 1 · The Timetable Nobody Questioned
文体：校报专栏 · 朗读音轨 01
先听一遍
听听看似高效的时间表，遗漏了哪类学生的实际行程。
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Our school timetable looked perfectly efficient: classes ended, clubs began, and the last bus left twenty minutes later. I had never considered the gap until a classmate who used a wheelchair explained that the lift was often crowded after school. By the time she reached the gate, the bus was already gone.
At the student council meeting, I described the problem as a delay. She corrected me gently. The issue was not that she moved too slowly; the schedule had been designed around students who could use the stairs. That difference changed our discussion.
We counted travel times on several days and spoke with the bus company. A later departure was impossible that term, but the school agreed to let students who needed the lift leave club activities a few minutes early. We also requested a review of the timetable for next year.
A schedule can appear neutral while quietly favoring one kind of journey. Asking whose journey is missing was our first useful step.
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Our school timetable looked perfectly efficient: classes ended, clubs began, and the last bus left twenty minutes later.
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I had never considered the gap until a classmate who used a wheelchair explained that the lift was often crowded after school.
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By the time she reached the gate, the bus was already gone.
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At the student council meeting, I described the problem as a delay.
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She corrected me gently.
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The issue was not that she moved too slowly; the schedule had been designed around students who could use the stairs.
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That difference changed our discussion.
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We counted travel times on several days and spoke with the bus company.
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A later departure was impossible that term, but the school agreed to let students who needed the lift leave club activities a few minutes early.
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We also requested a review of the timetable for next year.
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A schedule can appear neutral while quietly favoring one kind of journey.
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Asking whose journey is missing was our first useful step.
读懂了什么？
时间表原先没有考虑到谁的通学路线？
需要使用拥挤电梯、不能按走楼梯速度到达校门的学生。
为什么说问题不只是这位同学“耽误了时间”？
时间表以能走楼梯的学生为前提，没有为使用电梯的学生留出足够时间。
学校先作了什么调整？
让需要乘电梯的学生提前几分钟结束社团活动，并准备来年重审时间表。
查看中文译文
学校的时间表看起来非常高效：课程结束后社团活动开始，末班公交车在二十分钟后离站。我从未想过这段间隔是否够用，直到一位使用轮椅的同学说，放学后电梯常常很拥挤。等她到达校门，车已经开走了。
在学生会会议上，我把问题说成她‘耽误了时间’。她温和地纠正我：问题不在于她走得慢，而在于时间表是按能够走楼梯的学生设计的。这个区别改变了我们的讨论。
我们连续几天记录从教室到校门的时间，并与公交公司商量。当学期无法推迟发车，但学校同意让需要乘电梯的学生提前几分钟结束社团活动。我们还请求在制定下一年时间表时重新审视这个问题。
时间安排看似中立，却可能悄悄方便了某一种出行方式。追问谁的行程没有被算进去，是我们踏出的第一步。
本课重点词语
以下是本课重点词语的中文讲解；英文正文中有虚线的单词可悬停查看词义和发音。
- efficient
- 高效的；时间表表面上衔接紧凑。
- gap
- 间隔；社团结束到末班车发车只有二十分钟。
- considered
- 考虑过；主人公此前没想过间隔是否够用。
- crowded
- 拥挤的；放学后电梯常排队。
- delay
- 耽误；主人公起初不恰当地描述问题。
- issue
- 问题核心；不是个人速度，而是设计前提。
- designed around
- 以……为依据设计；时间表默认学生可走楼梯。
- departure
- 发车；当学期无法推迟末班车。
- neutral
- 中立的；安排表面上一视同仁。
- favoring
- 使……更有利；现有安排偏向某种行程。
背景知识
统一时间表未必让所有人都能同样方便地使用。文中学生通过实测通行时间与听取轮椅使用者的经历，找到眼前可实行的调整，也提出长期修订建议。