Jennifer’s Photo Stories (20)曾錚的圖片故事（20）-Two Faces of Mine 兩張表情迥異的臉
These two photos were taken by a professional photographer hired to our school to shoot portrait photos for the so-called “三好學生”, which can be literally translated as “Three Good Student”, meaning students who excel at academics, sports, and moral integrity. And the photos were to be displayed and “worshiped” by all the students for an entire year, until next year, when a new batch of “Three Good Students” was selected and honored. For a high school student, that was the highest form of honor.
這兩張照片是我讀高中時，由學校花錢請來的照相館的專業攝影師照的，只有被評上「三好學生」的才有此「殊榮」。一年一度的所謂「德、智、體」全面發展的「三好學生」的評選是學校的大事。評上的學生被照相，照片被放大展覽，供學生們膜拜一整年，直到第二年再評出新一批的「三好學生」。
Initially, I had been too serious; and the photographer asked me to smile or laugh. When I did laugh, he said I laughed too much. So in the end, they chose the serious-looking one to display. Many years later, I heard that a certain student would always have his lunch underneath the display board to admire the photos-and mainly to admire mine.
給我照的時候，我一直繃著個臉，攝影師讓我笑，我好容易笑了，他又說笑過了。最後還是選了那張不笑的掛出去展覽。很多年以後，我聽說有個同學每天中午端著飯碗蹲在那些照片下去吃，主要就是爲了認真向這些三好學生學習（你信嗎？其…
