The Professor（21）關於教授He was eight years old.他那時8歲。A telegram came from thehospital, and since his father, a Russian immigrant, couldnot read English, Morrie had to break the news, readinghis mother's death notice like a student in front of theclass.一封電報從醫院發來，因為他的父親，一個俄羅斯移民，不認得英文，莫瑞不得不代為告知這個消息，像一個站在全班同學面前朗讀的學生閱讀著他媽媽的死亡通知。"We regret to inform you..." he began.“我們很抱歉地通知您... ”他從頭開始讀著。On the morning of the funeral, Morrie's relativescame down the steps of his tenementbuilding on the poorLower East Side of Manhattan.葬禮的清晨，莫瑞的親戚們從他家在窮困的曼哈頓下東區租住的公寓大樓臺階上陸陸續續走出來。The men wore dark suits,the women wore veils.男人們穿著黑西裝，女人們戴著面紗。The kids in the neighborhoodwere going off to school, and as they passed, Morrielooked down, ashamed that his classmates would see himthis way.鄰居家的孩子們都開始出發上學了，在他們經過的時候，莫瑞頭低低地看著地面...