from Albuquerque, New Mexico in our audience.

從阿布奎基，新墨西哥而來

I want you to meet her. Sonya Romero, come on down!

我希望大家見見她，Sonya Romero，過來吧！

You teach kindergarten, and what is the question--

你在幼稚園任教，通常什麼問題

the first question you ask every morning?

會是你每個早晨最先提出的？

- So I ask my kids if they've eaten that morning,

我會問孩子們早上吃了沒

if they need anything to wear or need to brush their teeth

需不需要穿著衣物，或者刷牙

or comb their hair.

或者整理頭髮

We usually spend about the first hour of our morning

我們通常會利用早晨的一個小時

getting ready for our day to learn, and I--

開始一天的學習，這也讓我 --

I feel like, as educators, we're sort of first responders, so...

我認為，身為教育者，我們就是第一個反饋者，所以⋯

- And so--and you've taken in two foster kids.

-所以說-- 你收容了兩個寄養孩童

You have two children of your own, right?

你有兩個自己的孩子，對吧

- I have one son. - One son.

- 我有個兒子 -一個兒子

He's in the audience, I think. - He is, he is.

他在觀眾之中，我想 - 他在的

- So, he was just watching--

所以，他正在看著

[cheers and applause]

（歡呼與掌聲）

So you have one son, and-- aren't you proud of your mom?

所以你有個兒子，而-- 你一定很為你母親驕傲吧？

Doesn't--isn't she cool?

她是不是很酷

- Yeah, I'm very proud. - Yeah, she's--

- 是啊，我非常自豪 -對吧，她是--

She's an amazing woman. So then you took in

她是個很棒的女人。那麼當你收容

two foster children-- tell everyone the story of that.

兩個寄養孩童時 -- 跟大家說說這個故事

- So they were two of my former students.

他們以前是我的學生

They were in my class, and, um,

他們就在我的班級，呃

Child Protective Services had come that day

兒童保護部門在那天來到

and I think any time Child Protective Services comes to,

而我認為任何時候只要兒童保護部門來了

you know, a school, you know it's never a good thing.

你知道的，到學校，絕不會是什麼好事情

And they were there that day.

他們那天來到

It was a Friday and I got a call,

那天是星期五，而我接到一通電話

because they had requested if I would have them for 48 hours,

他們詢問我，如果我願意帶著孩子們48小時

and I said, "Of course." They're beautiful children,

而我回答，當然，他們都是很棒的孩子

and so I sent my family out to get--we had nothing,

所以我讓家人去買些 -- 因為我們什麼都沒準備

so we got toothbrushes and jammies and underwear

所以我們買了牙刷、睡衣褲、內衣

and brushes and, uh, they've been with us ever since.

刷子跟，呃，從那時候起我們就一直在一起

- For how long now? - Six months.

- 到現在有多久了？ - 六個月

- Six months. - Six months.

- 六個月. -六個月

- Good for you. You're amazing.

- 真棒，你真的很了不起

[cheers and applause] - Thank you.

（歡呼與掌聲） - 謝謝你

- You're amazing. - Thank you.

- 真的很了不起 -謝謝你

[cheers and applause]

（歡呼與掌聲）

- We have a little surprise for you,

- 我們有個小小的驚喜要給你

if you look at that monitor right there.

請你看那邊的螢幕

- Okay.

- 好吧

- Miss Sonya inspires me

- Miss Sonya 激勵了我很多

because she's just fun.

因為她很有趣

- When we say we love her, she says she--she loves us back.

- 當我們說我們愛她時，她說她-- 她也愛我們

- I still visit her, just to say hi and give her a hug.

-我現在還是會去找她，打聲招呼並給她個擁抱

Makes me feel, like, comfort, kind of.

這讓我覺得很舒服

- And I want to be like her when I grow up.

- 我長大後想成為向她一樣的人

I want to be able to make everyone feel like they're equal

我想讓所有人感覺他們是平等的

and they all have some part in the world that they can improve,

並且每個人都有能幫助這個世界更好的部分

they can make it a better place,

他們可以讓世界更好

- Miss Sonya is the embodiment of all the best

- Miss Sonya 就是最好的表徵

that goes on here the school.

出現在這所學校

- The way she connects with students

- 她和學生們相處的方式

is--is really authentic.

真的非常可靠

She decides what their strengths are,

她發掘他們的優點

and she really kind of pulls that out of them.

而且她真的幫助他們發揮這些優點

- Teachers are supposed to have these professional boundaries,

- 教師應該會有些專業界限

and whatnot, but she really-- her heart has no boundaries.

但她的心沒有界限可言

- She starts every morning making sure all of her students

她每天早晨最先做的就是確定全部的學生

have clean clothes and they've eaten breakfast.

有乾淨的衣物跟吃過早餐

- Sonya was here late one night,

- 某個晚上Sonya到這裡來

and we had two children in crisis,

我們有兩個孩子需要幫助

and the social worker could not find

而社工人員無法找到

an emergency placement for those children.

緊急安置的地方給那些孩子

- Without a second thought, Sonya said, "I will take them."

連一秒鐘都沒想，Sonya就表示要帶他們走

- Well, a weekend became a week,

週末變成了一個星期

became "I'll just help them through the holidays,"

變成：我會幫助他們到假期過去

and now she is full-on their foster mom.

現在她則全心全意的做他們的養母

- Sonya says, over and over, "This is not about me.

- Sonya總是不斷地說，這並不只是我自己的事

This is about all of us."

這是為了我們所有人

[applause] - Thank you for all that you do.

(掌聲) - 謝謝你做的所有事

to make the world a better place.

讓這個世界變成更好的地方

- Thank you for being awesome.

- 謝謝你一直這麼棒

- Thank you for teaching me,

- 謝謝你教導我

I'm really happy that you did.

我很開心讓你教導

(all) We love you, Miss Sonya!

我們都愛你，Miss Sonya！

[cheers and applause]

(歡呼與掌聲)

- Thank you so much.

- 真的很感謝你

[crying]

(哭泣)

- Well, now I'm crying too, because--

- 好啦，現在我也哭啦，因為 --

[laughter] It's sweet as can be,

（笑聲）這真的很動人

and your son's crying-- you're an amazing woman.

而你兒子也在哭-- 妳真的是很偉大的女人

Now we're gonna--we want to talk about the school, and--

現在我們要-- 我們想來談談學校，而--

Tell everyone the name of it again,

再跟大家說一遍它的名字

because I want people to help it.

因為我希望人們能夠幫忙

- Lew Wallace Elementary in downtown Albuquerque, NM.

Lew Wallace 小學，在阿布奎基的市中心，新墨西哥

- Go to our website if you-- 'cause when you hear

-上我們的網站看看 -- 因為如果你聽到

the budget that they have, and what comes out of her pocket--

他們擁有的預算，而她從口袋裡拿出多少錢

we want to help this school, we want to help these kids.

我們想幫助這所學校，援助這些孩子

And we're gonna help you when we come back.

而我們將在回來後幫助你

So you're busy and you're spending a lot of money,

所以你很忙碌，也花了很多錢

because you care about these kids--

因為你在乎這些孩子們

- Absolutely. - And so Target wants to

-這是當然的 - 所以 Target 想要

help you, they want to help.

幫助你，他們想有所作為

And I know that you've gotten a donation for $100,

而我知道你得到了 $100 的捐款

from someone who was a good Samaritan.

從某個善心的撒瑪利亞人

You turned around and gave that $100

你一轉身就把那 $100

to a woman you saw crying on a bench.

給了一個你看到在長凳上哭泣的女人

So Target wants to give you $10,000.

所以 Target 想贈予你 $10,000

- Oh, my God. [cheers and applause]

- 我的天啊 （歡呼與掌聲）

[cheers and applause]

（歡呼與掌聲）

- This is for you.

- 這是給你的

[cheers and applause]

（歡呼與掌聲）

And...

而且

[cheers and applause]

（歡呼與掌聲）

And because I know what kind of person you are,

而且基於我知道你是個怎樣的人

and you think you're going to use this $10,000

你可能會把這 $10,000 用在

to help other people, they also want to give

幫助其他的人上，他們想另外捐贈

$10,000 to Lew Wallace Elementary School,

$10,000 給 Lew Wallace小學

so you're gonna get another--

所以你會再得到一個

- Oh, my gosh! [cheers and applause]

- 我的天啊 ！（歡呼與掌聲）

[cheers and applause]

（歡呼與掌聲）

- Oh, my-- - So one's for you,

- 喔天啊 -- 所以這是給你的

one's for the school.

這是給學校的