The Catcher in the Rye, by The American author J.D. salinger, may be the world's most famous book about a teenager.0:06
The main character's name is Holden Caulfield, and he's going through a period of teenage rebellion.0:15
In the passage you're going to read, Holden has just been expelled from a good school for poor academic performance, and he has come to Mr. Spencer's home to say goodbye to his old teacher.0:22
He'd written me this note, asking me to stop by and say goodbye.0:41
You didn't have to do all that.0:45
I wanted to come over to say goodbye anyway.0:46
Have a seat there, boy, old Spencer said.0:49
So you're leaving us, eh?0:53
Yes, sir, I guess I am.0:56
Have you told your parents yet?0:58
No, sir, I haven't, because I'll probably see them Wednesday night when I get home.1:01
And how do you think they'll take the news?1:06
Well, they'll be pretty annoyed about it, I said.1:09
This is about the fourth school I've gone to.1:15
I shake my head quite a lot.1:20
I also said boy quite a lot, partly because I have a lousy vocabulary and partly because I act quite young for my age.1:25
I was 16 then and I'm 17 now, and sometimes I act like I'm about 13.1:33
It's really ironic because I'm 6 foot 2 and a half and I have grey hair.1:39
One side of my hair, the right side is full of millions of gray hairs.1:46
I've had them ever since I was a kid.1:51
And yet I still act sometimes like I was only about 12.1:54
Everybody says that, especially my father.1:58
It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true.2:01
I get bored sometimes when people tell me to act my age.2:06
Sometimes I act a lot older than I am, I really do.2:11
But people never notice it.2:14
People never notice anything.2:16
What's the matter with you, boy?2:19
How many subjects did you carry this term?2:22
I flunked you in history because you knew absolutely nothing.2:27
You couldn't help it.2:35
I don't think that you opened your textbook even once the whole term.2:37
Did you tell the truth, boy?2:42
Well, I sort of looked through it a couple of times.2:45
I told him I didn't want to hurt his feelings.2:48
He was mad about history.2:52
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