Teacher allegedly tosses stapler, hitting student／教師涉嫌扔釘書機打中學生

A Philadelphia school teacher is under investigation for allegedly throwing a stapler that struck a student in the head. The mother of a 15-year-old boy said she took him to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where he received four stitches in his forehead Friday afternoon.

費城一名學校老師正因涉嫌扔釘書機打中一名學生的頭接受調查。一名15歲男孩的母親說，她在週五下午帶兒子去費城兒童醫院，他的額頭縫了4針。

School district spokesman Fernando Gallard confirms that the male teacher threw the stapler when his class became unruly. Gallard said the stapler bounced off a wall and struck the student.

學區發言人費南多．賈拉德證實，這名男老師在他的班上學生不守規矩時扔了釘書機。賈拉德說，釘書機擊中牆壁後反彈，然後打中那名學生。

The mother said the incident happened as her son was passing the classroom and stopped at the door to talk with a friend.

（受傷學生的）母親說，事發時她的兒子正好經過這間教室，在教室門邊停下腳步跟一名朋友說話。

Gallard declined to name the teacher but said he has been reassigned to an administrative office pending a "full investigation."

賈拉德不願透露該教師的姓名，但說該教師在「全面調查」期間已轉調行政職。

新聞辭典

stapler：名詞，釘書機。staple，名詞，釘書針；主要產品；主食。例句：Rice is a staple food for many Asian countries.（米是許多亞洲國家的主食。）

class：名詞，班級；班上學生；畢業班。

bounce： 動詞，（球）彈；（人）跳；退票。相關俚語，That’s the way the ball bounces.（球就是這樣彈的）／That’s the way the cookie crumbles.（餅乾就是這樣碎的），意指無法控制發生在自己身上的所有事，只能接受所面臨的壞事或不幸。例句："I bought a lot of lottery tickets last week, but I still didn’t win! "That’s the way the ball bounces."（「我上週買了很多樂透彩券但卻沒中！」「這就是人生啦！」）