Hattie in the Attic
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
My name is Hattie MacGruder, and I am special.
我叫哈蒂·麦克·格鲁德 我很特别
At least that’s what my Grandma Nettie says.
至少我外婆奈蒂也这么说。
I spent two weeks with her this summer.
今年夏天我和她共度了两周
I didn’t want to go, but by the time I got back I was glad I had.
我本来不想去,
On the last day I was there, I found a hat in my grandma’s attic.
在最后一天,我在外婆的阁楼里发现了一顶帽子。
It was a magical hat.
是个神奇的帽子
I’m not making this up.
我不是编造的。
It really was magical!
这真是神奇!
When I got back, I told my friends Sybil and Sarah what had happened, but they said I was lying.
回来后,我告诉了我的朋友Sybil和Sarah发生了什么,但他们说我在撒谎.
Well, I wasn’t, and they’re liars and fibbers and tellers of untruth.
他们都是骗子,
I have proof that the hat was magical.
我有证据证明那顶帽子很神奇
The proof is in my diary.
证据在我日记里
Special Note: I’m not going to let you read that Eric Ledbetter wrote a love note to Sarah.
特别说明:我不会让你读Eric Ledbetter写给Sarah的情书。
Even though she is a liar and a fibber and a teller of untruths, Sarah would be so embarrassed if anyone knew Eric had written the love note.
虽然她是个骗子 骗子和不真实的叙述者 如果有人知道埃里克写了情书 Sarah会很尴尬的
Even she doesn’t deserve that.
连她都不应该这样。
Diary, Day 14 Sarah, Sybil, and I had our summer all planned.
日记 萨拉第14天 西比尔 我和夏令营都安排好了
But Mom, who probably has never had a summer vacation, told me tonight that I had to go to Grandma Nettie’s for two weeks.
但妈妈可能从来没有暑假过,
Two weeks?
两周?
It might as well be two years.
不如两年
The whole summer will be gone.
整个夏天都会消失的
Sarah and Sybil will be married and have kids by the time I get back.
莎拉和Sybil在我回来之前就结婚了 有了孩子
I don’t want to go.
我不想去,
Mom, who probably has never had a summer vacation, just came in and told me to go to sleep.
可能从未休过暑假的妈妈 刚进来叫我睡觉
“Big day tomorrow, sweetie!”
明天大日子,亲爱的!
she croaked.
她用沙哑的声音说。
Yeah, right!
是啊,没错!
I’ll write longer later.
我稍后会再写。
Diary, Day 28 (later.
日记 第28天(后.
a lot later) I am back!
很多时候以后) 我回来了!
All right, so I forgot my diary.
好吧,所以我忘了我的日记。
I forgot to pack my toothbrush, too!
我也忘了收拾牙刷了!
The two weeks went pretty fast.
这两周进展很快。
The last night before I flew home, Grandma Nettie cooked a special dinner, and I set the table.
回家前的最后一晚,外婆内蒂做了个特别的晚餐,我摆了桌子.
My grandpa died when I was three, but Grandma Nettie always set a place for him.
我爷爷在我三岁的时候去世了 但外婆内蒂总是为他安排好位置
I don’t remember Grandpa very well, but he loved horses and had a horse of his very own.
我不太记得外公,
He loved wearing leather chaps and his cowboy hat.
他喜欢穿皮衣和牛仔帽
Grandma said he took me for a ride on his horse once.
奶奶说他曾经带我去骑马
I kind of remember that, but not very well.
我有点记得,但不太清楚。
After dinner we went into the living room, and both of us read a book.
晚饭后我们进入起居室,两人都读了一本书.
Grandma Nettie fell asleep after only two pages of her book.
阿嬷 内蒂只读了两页就睡着了.
I must have fallen asleep too, because I woke up with my nose smashed on page 34, the very same page where this brainless girl is so scared that she pulls the covers over her head, like that’s going to save her.
我一定是睡了,因为我醒来时鼻子被打碎了,在第34页,同一页,这个无脑女孩很害怕,把盖子拉到她头上,就像那会救出她一样。
Grandma Nettie was sound asleep in her chair, so I started prowling around.
内蒂外婆在她椅子上睡着了 所以我开始四处走走
Grandma calls this “getting into mischief.”
外婆称之为“陷入困境”。 “
I call it prowling around.
我称之为四处游荡。
That’s when I went up into the attic.
这时我爬上阁楼。
In all the times that I had been to Grandma’s house, I never went up to the attic.
我去过外婆家的这段时间,
I guess that I thought the door was just a closet.
我想我以为门只是个衣柜
I climbed up the stairs.
我爬上楼梯
It was really spooky, just like the book I was reading, but I wasn’t scared, not at all.
我读了一本书,
The attic was empty except for an old sweat-stained cowboy hat just lying there in the middle of the floor.
阁楼是空的,除了一顶被出汗的牛仔帽 躺在地上中间
I don’t know why I did it, but I put on the hat.
我不知道我为什么要这么做,
Now this is the hard-to-believe part, but suddenly I wasn’t in the attic anymore.
但突然间我就不在阁楼了。
I was standing in the middle of a grassy meadow.
当时我站在草地上
I heard the pounding of a horse’s hooves and turned around.
我听到一匹马的蹄子被撞倒,
Up rode a man on a horse with a red bandanna tied around his neck.
骑着一匹马 脖子上绑着一具红色的被子
His hair was blowing back, and he had a big smile on his face.
他的发型被吹回了头,他脸上笑得很大.
The horse was so beautiful.
马好漂亮
It was gold colored and had a golden mane and tail.
颜色是金色的 有金色的花和尾巴
It ran with its head up high and its tail snapping in the wind.
它的头朝上跑 尾巴被风刮起
The man rode right up to me and skidded to a stop.
那个男人骑着直上我 滑到一站。
The horse shuffled its hooves like it wanted to run some more.
马打乱了脚蹄,好像想再跑一点
The man looked down at me, and as if it were possible, his smile seemed to grow even brighter.
那人俯视我,好像有可能,他的笑容似乎变得更加明亮.
“Hi,” he said.
他说:"嗨"。
“You must be Hattie.
“你一定是哈蒂。
You sure have grown.”
你真的长大了。 “
I didn’t say anything.
我什么也没说。
My heart was in my mouth.
心入于口.
The man laughed.
那个男人笑了
Not a mean laugh, but a low, happy laugh that made me feel good.
笑得不小 但笑得又低又开心 让我感觉很好
“You know,” he said, “I sure could use your hat.”
“你知道,”他说,“我肯定可以用你的帽子。 “
With that he reached down and grabbed it.
他伸手抓住了这个
“This will do just fine,” he said as he put it on.
他说,“这样很好。”
“Tell you what, I’ll trade you.”
「告诉你, “
He pulled the bandanna off his neck, reached down, and tied it around my neck.
他把Bandanna从他脖子上拉了下来 把它绑在我的脖子上
“Isn’t much,” he said, “but when you wear it, you’ll never forget me.”
他说,“不是很多,但当你穿它时,你永远不会忘记我。 “
He spun his horse, ready to ride away, but he stopped.
他抛出他的马,准备出行,但他停下来了.
Then he reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a picture.
然后他伸入衬衫口袋,取出一张照片。
“Give this to your grandma.
“把这个给你奶奶。
Tell her there’s a note on the back.”
告诉她后面有张纸条。 “
He squeezed his legs, and the horse leaped into a gallop.
他挤出腿来,马跃入了跑道.
Just like that, he was gone!
就这样,他走了!
And just like that I woke up sitting on the couch with my book flopped over in my lap.
我醒来时坐在沙发上 书被扔到腿上
My grandma woke up with a start.
我奶奶醒了过来,开始。
She looked over at me, smiling, and then her eyes got really big.
她看着我,微笑, 然后她的眼睛变得非常大。
“Where did you get that bandanna?”
“你从哪里得到那个乐队的? “
she asked.
她问。
I reached up and grabbed the ends of a red bandanna that was tied around my neck.
我伸起身来,抓住了被绑在脖子上的一个红相的后端。
It was then that I realized that I had a picture clutched in my right hand.
后来我意识到右手拿着一张照片。
I unfolded it.
我铺开它。
The picture was of a handsome man sitting on a horse.
照片上是一个帅哥坐在一匹马上.
I gulped and handed it to my grandma, who had big tears in her eyes.
我用口香糖把它交给了奶奶 她的眼睛流了大泪
I could just barely make out the writing on the back, which said, “I love you, Nettie.
我几乎无法写出背面写道:“我爱你,奈蒂。
Always have, always will.”
总是,永远会。 “
Well, I’m back now, and I wear the bandanna every day so I won’t forget.
我回来了,我每天都戴着带子,这样我就不会忘记。
Sarah and Sybil don’t believe my story.
莎拉和西比尔不相信我的故事。
But who cares?
谁在乎呢?
They are liars and fibbers and tellers of untruth.
他们是说谎者、说谎者、不诚实者。
My diary proves it!
我的日记证明了这一点!
Besides, we are going on our third annual back-to-school picnic next week.
此外,我们下周将进行第三次返校野餐。
This year it’s not going to be in my back yard.
今年不会在我的后院。
We’re having a real picnic in a park.
我们在公园里野餐。