上海学生众筹出版中英双语小说，为贫困地区小学援建足球场

张洲晨从小就是个超级恐龙迷，看过很多关于恐龙的故事和纪录片，看的次数多了甚至能够背诵下来。加之张洲晨的父母用心将他的兴趣爱好和英文学习结合起来，使得他同英语母语的同龄小孩拥有一样的阅读水平，所以他现在用英文进行创作也成为自然而然的事情。

张洲晨告诉澎湃新闻（www.thepaper.cn）记者，“因为非常喜欢恐龙，就突发奇想写一本关于恐龙的书，所以后来用英文写了一部关于恐龙的科普书，很有成就感，获到了家长和同学的赞赏。慢慢写小说变成了兴趣，也没有想小说很难写。”

“这次准备出版的小说已经是他用英文写的第四本还是第五本习作了。我之前有找淘宝卖家印出来，这样孩子比较有成就感。这本是他写得最长的一本。”张洲晨的妈妈告诉澎湃新闻记者。2015年，张洲晨的这本《时间穿越者》已被学校的微信订阅号连载，但此次他选择使用“赞赏自出版”却有另外的原因。

原来张洲晨在五年级暑假的时候曾到学校在重庆农村地区所建的希望小学进行支教，那次支教生活对他的触动很大。他原本要为当地同龄的孩子上一堂英文课，并精心准备了自认为还比较基础的内容，结果发现他们连26个字母还无法记全。同时，张洲晨还为小伙伴们带去了一个价格不菲的足球，希望能够一起分享踢足球带来的快乐，结果发现那所学校没有足球场，只有水泥地，而且中间还有一个庞大的升旗台，根本无法踢球。

“他第一次感受到即使年龄相同，每个人的境遇也是不同的。所以他回来就在想为什么会有这样的不同，看看能不能做出什么进行改变。张洲晨非常喜欢踢足球，每天都用一两个小时去踢球。他觉得每个人都应该有权利去享受这么一个简单的东西。”张洲晨的妈妈说。

后来张洲晨找到两个同自己关系要好的同学田浩然和袁凡雅一起来做这个项目。田浩然也非常热爱足球运动，而袁凡雅同张洲晨一起去过重庆支教，所以两人欣然答应。田浩然为这本书画了将近20张插画，袁凡雅则一直为这本书进行中文翻译和再创作。得知这本书仍然因体量小而可能无法进行出版预售的时候，三个小朋友感到非常沮丧，但反而更加坚定了他们继续进行下去的决心。所以他们利用课余时间创作更多的插画，并且张洲晨也在小说的每一章后面继续写一篇科普文章，对故事中出现的专有名词进行解释。

左起：张洲晨、田浩然和袁凡雅

张洲晨的妈妈说这是他们在此次众筹出版中遇到的最大困难。除此之外，因为那所在重庆的希望小学地处山坡，如建足球场，土地平整成本将会非常高。张洲晨的妈妈认为，这次在“赞赏自出版”平台上预售筹得的费用可能远远不够，所以他们计划将于今年暑假在西安贫困地区的一所学校建一个简易的足球场。

目前，此次预售的6万元资金已在短短三天时间内就筹集齐了，并继续有人投来资金，众筹项目上线第八天已经筹集预订资金的107%，超额4730元。据“赞赏自出版”平台的内容经理程娲介绍，这本《时间穿越者》将于今年6月由中国社会出版社出版。之后三位小朋友和他们的家长还准备举行分享和义卖等活动。

田浩然创作的插画

不过这只是张洲晨创作的系列小说中的第一本，接下来三本小说的故事情节他已经想好了：准备再写主人公穿越到中世纪欧洲混战的时代与恐龙时代，最后一本还会写一个疯狂的科学家研究虫洞，结果穿越到未来的故事。

张洲晨告诉记者：“作为一个非常热爱足球的人，我们希望在贫困地区的学校建球场。这个项目是有延续性的，我准备每写一本书，就到一个贫困学校建一个足球场。而我最终希望能够筹到足够的钱，回到重庆的那所希望小学建一个简易的足球场。”

最后我们附上这本《时间穿越者》的第一章试读。

Chapter 1：A Strange Birthday Present

Mike eagerly looked out the window, peering outside in the hopes of seeing a bright sun. Instead, all he saw were the droplets of rain falling down from the sky, hitting the roof-tops, which made the sound of a tatting drum above his head. The sky was overcast; there was no chirping of the birds in the trees; no cheering of the boys playing soccer on the green, pristine grass; there was only the honking of the cars on the streets and the endless dropping of rain. Sighing, he put on his torn T-shirts and ragged jeans that he grabbed from the pile of clothes from the corner. Again, forgetting to brush his teeth, he ran past the kitchen, where a pile of unwashed dishes lay in the sink.

迈克急切地望向窗外，他希望看到一个明亮的太阳。但他所看到的只有无尽的雨滴从天空中坠落，敲打着屋顶，像鼓声在他头顶响起。天色是阴暗的，树丛里没有小鸟的啁啾声。空荡荡的草坪上，没有男孩们踢球的欢呼声。整个世界仿佛只有马路上汽车的喇叭声和永无止境的雨滴声。迈克一边叹息着，一边穿上被撕裂的短袖T恤衫和他从角落里的衣服堆中抽出的破烂牛仔裤。他又一次忘了刷牙，急匆匆地跑过厨房，厨房的水槽里躺着一沓还没有清洗的盘子……

This wasn’t a normal day for Mike, in fact, today was his birthday. But today wasn’t going to be a day of celebration. His father had died just two weeks before. A day ago when he had asked his mother for a birthday present, in a huff she answered, “Don’t you see? Our family is in no situation to be buying presents! Besides, you got C‘s in both math and science on your midterm exams! You should be studying! If it hadn’t been for you getting such terrible scores, I would have had second thoughts about whether you would get a gift or not!”

Yes, it was true that Mike was falling behind in class. It was only the day before yesterday that his math teacher had chastised him after class about his terrible math score.

But still, Mike thought that he deserved a present on his birthday. “Can you give me a moment of privacy?” he asked his mother. His mother, who was certainly surprised by this question, nodded yes.

对迈克而言，今天不是一个普普通通的平常日子而是他的生日。但是今天将不会是一个值得庆祝的日子，因为他的父亲在两周前去世了。当他昨天问母亲要生日礼物时，她生气地回答：“你还没意识到吗？你父亲去世后，我们家的经济条件更差了，哪有钱买礼物！而且，你期中考试科学和数学都只得了C！你现在应该好好学习！如果你的成绩没有这么糟糕的话，我还可以考虑考虑！”没错，这是真的，迈克的成绩在班级里非常落后。就在前天，他的数学老师还因为他的成绩而惩罚了他。但是，迈克依然觉得他应该有一个生日礼物。“你能给我一段属于我自己的时间吗？”他问。妈妈听了他的话有些吃惊，但还是点头同意了。

Mike thundered out into the backyard, his mind swirling with anger. He sat down on a wooden bench, unsure of what to do next. Then, something red caught his eye, and he looked closely at it. It was a tiny gift box, about the size of a delicate watch. Slowly, he walked towards it, and picked it up. There was a note stuck to the box. On it was handwriting that seemed unusually familiar. It read:

迈克的脑子里充满了愤怒，怒吼着冲出后院。他坐在一个木凳上，不知道接下来该做什么。这时，在后院的角落，迈克看到了一个红色的东西，凑近一看，是一个十分精致小礼物盒。迈克缓缓地走向礼物盒，把它捡起来。有一片纸条贴在礼物盒上，纸条上面的字迹有一种诡异的熟悉感。上面写着：

我知道你很无聊，很孤独。因此我给你买了一个小礼物，享受你的生日吧。

爱你的，爷爷杰

Mike was not surprised by Grandpa Jones’ gift and his letter saying that he knew Mike was in desolation. Grandpa Jones always seemed to know everything that was going on in the world, and he somehow had managed to have just enough money to not only maintain, but also enjoy his life. His giving a small present to Mike wasn’t unusual at all.

迈克一点也不惊讶爷爷杰会送给他一个礼物，并且了解他的悲伤。爷爷杰似乎永远知道世界上所有将会发生的事情。而且他有足够的金钱享受生活，给迈克送礼物并不奇怪。

Slowly and carefully, Mike opened the gift box. Inside of the box, were two small mirrors, each about the size of a Ping-Pong ball.

迈克小心地打开礼物盒，这有可能是他的人生中的最后一个礼物了。盒子里面有两面小镜子，大小和乒乓球差不多。

A droplet of rain splashed down from the sky and Mike stared as the rain droplet dropped on one of the mirrors. Instead of sliding of the glass surface of the mirror, the rain droplet sank into the mirror and disappeared, causing the whole mirror’s surface to twist like goo. The mirror, once reflecting Mike’s surprised face, got all fuzzy and unclear. Mike’s curiosity rose, and he moved his finger towards the mirror to touch its surface…

一滴雨水从天空中坠落下来，迈克凝视着雨滴落在一面镜子上。那雨滴没有从镜面上滑落，而是直接沉入了镜面并消失了！整个镜面像黏性物质一样扭曲了起来。镜子里，迈克惊讶的表情已经模糊不清。迈克好奇地举起镜子，用他的手指微微触碰镜面……

The instant his finger touched the edge of the mirror’s surface, strange things started to happen. The mirror started to suck Mike’s finger into itself, Mike screamed, but the mirror just keep pulling Mike in, and away from the outside world. His eyes popped out of his head, the whole world did a 360 degree turn, and Mike blacked out.

一瞬间，奇怪的事情发生了！镜子开始吸食迈克，他尖叫了起来，但是镜子还在不停地将迈克向里拉。整个世界旋转了起来，迈克眼前一片空白，晕了过去。