OnmyfirstdayofclassesatmyuniversityItookafront-rowseatinmyliteraturecourse.Theprofessortolduswewouldberesponsibleforreadingfivebooks,andthathewouldprovideuswithalistofauthorsfromwhichwecouldchoose.Thenheambledovertothelectern,tookouthisclassbookandbegan,"Baker,Black,Brooks,Carter,Cook..."IwasworkingfeverishlytogetdownallthenameswhenIfeltataponmyshoulder.Thestudentinbackofmewhispered,"He'stakingattendance."大学的第一天,文学课我坐在了前排。教授告诉我们这学期必须得读五本书,他提供我们可供选择的作者名单。随后他缓步走上讲台,拿出课本,“贝克、布莱克、布鲁斯、卡特、库克…”为了写下所有的名字,我不得不疯狂的作着记录。这时有人轻轻的拍我肩膀,坐在我后面的学生悄悄告诉我:“他在点名呢。”
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