Emily

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

I sat motionless in the passenger seat, feeling trapped in my tight seat belt while Mom sang along with her tapes and pointed at everything she spotted on the roadside.

我坐在乘客座位上无动于衷,感觉被困在我的紧紧的安全带里,而妈妈随同她的录音带一起唱歌并指向她发现的路边的一切.

She even read the signs aloud, as if I couldn’t comprehend them on my own.

她甚至大声读出标志,

“Crawford, fifty kilometers—there it is, Baby, that’s the town we’re headed to.

" 克劳福德,50公里,宝贝,这就是我们要去的城镇。

How many miles is fifty kilometers, Mary?”

多少英里是50公里,玛丽? “

“I dunno,” I sulked, folding my arms.

“我不知道,”我感到愤怒地折起双臂。

“Oh, Mary, please don’t be moody, not today.

“哦,玛丽,请不要情绪化,不要在今天。

I told Harry all about how polite and intelligent and cheerful you are,” she said.

我告诉了Harry你多么有礼貌、聪明和愉快,

Harry was my mother’s new boyfriend, her “significant other,” she called him.

Harry是我妈妈的新男友,

She’d met him at a business meeting when her company bought the company Harry worked for, and since then she’d been driving over the border to Canada every weekend to see him, leaving me at Dad’s.

她曾在一个商业会议上遇见他, 当时她的公司买下Harry公司,

Don’t get me wrong, I loved staying with Dad, but I missed my Mom-weekends.

但我错过了妈妈周末。

We used to make popcorn and watch late-night TV, then sleep in and eat cold breakfast cereal together.

我们经常做爆米花和看深夜的电视, 然后睡觉和吃冷早餐麦片一起。

Now, when she came to pick me up on Sunday afternoons, she always looked glowing and energetic—and much happier than she ever looked after a weekend spent with me.

当她星期天下午来接我时, 她总是看起来光亮和精力充沛—— 比她和我一起度过一个周末时,

Last Monday she said something about her and Harry getting married, and that this trip might be the time when he pops the question.

上周一她说了她和哈利结婚的事 说这次旅行可能是他提出问题的时候

The only obstacle before him was meeting me.

他面前唯一的障碍就是遇见我

“I’ll be sugar and spice and everything nice, I promise,” I said sarcastically, staring out at the Canadian countryside.

“我会成为糖和香料,

It pretty much resembled the American countryside only.

它几乎很像美国农村。

Dad, with an enormous head with lots of empty space inside.

老爸,脑袋很大,里面空了好多东西

The landscape started to get more hilly, with houses and buildings visible.

地貌开始变得更加丘陵,房屋和建筑可见.

Mom exited off the highway and drove into a town that looked like any boring American town; no guys in flannel logging shirts or those big ridiculous hats with earflaps.

妈妈离开高速公路,开车进入一个镇子,看起来就像一个无聊的美国城镇;没有穿花绒伐木衫或戴有耳拍的大可笑帽子的人.

Mom seemed to get fidgety and excited, singing even more loudly as we drove through the neighborhoods.

妈妈似乎变得虚弱和兴奋, 唱得更响亮 当我们开车穿过附近。

She pulled into the driveway of a gray, two-story house with a big front porch.

她拉入了一条灰色的两层楼的房子的车道,并有一个大前廊.

“Please be cooperative,” Mom said, drawing me toward her to plant a big kiss on my forehead before getting out of the car.

“请大家合作,”妈妈说,请我向她走去,在下车前在我额头上扎个大吻。

Onto the porch of the house stepped a man, a man who was kind of slight, with wire-rimmed glasses and thinning hair.

在房子的门廊上,一个男人被踩了起来,他有点微弱,戴着有线圈的眼镜和细毛.

Mom sprinted up the steps and flung her arms around him, kissing him hello, and he said something I didn’t hear.

母亲冲上台阶,

“Not yet,” my mother replied.

“还没有,”我母亲回答说。

I got out of the car and stood by it for a second.

我下车后站在车旁

“Come on, Mary,” Mom said, motioning me forward.

“来吧,玛丽,”妈妈说,让我向前看。

I went onto the porch and shook Harry’s hand, not wanting to admit to myself that he sort of had a nice smile.

我走到了门廊上,握了哈里的手,不想承认他笑了一下。

“Nice to finally meet you, Mary,” he said.

他说:“终于见到你了,玛丽,”

“Are you ready for your surprise?”

“你准备好惊喜了吗? “

I waited for a moment, not reacting until I could figure out what was going on.

我等了一会,没有反应,直到我找出是怎么回事。

“Emily!”

“艾米丽!”

he called into the house.

他打电话来家里。

No one had told me about meeting anyone else.

没人告诉我要和别人见面

I looked to my mom, who smiled nervously.

我看着我妈,她笑得很紧张

I thought maybe Emily was a new puppy Harry had bought to make me like him, but then a girl stepped from behind the door.

我以为Emily是一只新小狗 Harry让我喜欢他 但后来一个女孩从门后踩了下来

She was about my height, with brown hair and the same neat little nose as Harry.

她和我差不多高 有棕发 有和哈利一样整洁的小鼻子

There was a tense moment when we all stood still, Mom and Harry waiting while Emily stood with both arms behind her back, holding one elbow with the opposite hand.

紧张的时刻,我们都站了下来,妈妈和哈利等待着,而艾米莉则背着双臂站着,用相反的手握住一肘.

From the look on Emily’s face, I knew that Harry had given her exactly the same speech that my mother had given me.

从艾米丽脸上的表情看,我知道哈里给她的演讲和我妈妈给我的完全一样.

He hoped she would be nice and get along so the two of them could continue being happy together.

他希望她会很好,相处融洽,这样两人就可以继续快乐地在一起.

I wasn’t sure about the idea of Mom and Harry getting married, but Emily and I were in the same boat— there was no reason for us not to be friends.

我不确定妈妈和哈利结婚的想法,

I smiled at her, and when she looked up, she smiled back.

我向她微笑,当她抬头时,她笑了回来.

“Want to come up and see my room?”

“要不要上来看看我的房间? “

she asked, releasing her hands from behind her back.

她问,从背后释放出她的手。

“Sure,” I said, and I could hear Harry and Mom sigh with relief.

“当然,”我说,我听到哈利和妈妈轻而易举地叹息。

Emily smiled again, taking my hand and leading me inside the house.

艾米丽又笑了一下,拿起我的手带我进屋去.