A Little Princess

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

In Part 1 of A Little Princess, Sara’s father enrolls her in a girls’ boarding school in London.

Sara的父亲在伦敦一所女子寄宿学校就读。

Captain Crewe then returns to India.

队长 克鲁随后返回了印度.

Part Two: A French Lesson hen Sara entered the schoolroom the next morning everybody looked at her with wide, interested eyes.

第二部分 一个法国母鸡在第二天早上进入了教室 所有人都用大眼睛看着她

By that time every pupil—from Lavinia Herbert, who was nearly thirteen and felt quite grown up, to Lottie Legh, who was only just four and the baby of the school—had heard a great deal about her.

那时,每个学生——从将近13岁的拉维尼亚·赫伯特(Lavinia Herbert)到只有4岁的洛蒂·勒格(Lottie Legh)和学校的婴儿——都听到很多关于她的消息。

They knew very certainly that she was Miss Minchin’s show pupil and was considered a credit to the establishment.

他们肯定知道她是Minchin小姐的节目学生,

One or two of them had even caught a glimpse of her French maid, Mariette, who had arrived the evening before.

他们中的一两个人甚至看到她的法国女仆玛丽埃特(Mariette)的一瞥,玛丽埃特在前一天晚上到达.

Lavinia had managed to pass Sara’s room when the door was open, and had seen Mariette opening a box which had arrived late from some shop.

Lavinia在门打开时设法通过Sara的房间,看到Mariette打开了一个从某个商店来得很晚的盒子。

“It was full of petticoats with lace frills on them—frills and frills,” she whispered to her friend Jessie as she bent over her geography.

她向朋友Jessie悄悄地说: " 上面满是花纹的花纹 -- -- 花纹和花纹 " 。

“I saw her shaking them out.

“我看见她摇出它们来。

I heard Miss Minchin say to Miss Amelia that her clothes were so grand that they were ridiculous for a child.

我听到明钦小姐对阿米莉亚小姐说,她的衣服太高大了,对孩子来说是荒谬的.

My mama says that children should be dressed simply.

我妈妈说孩子们应该穿得简单些

She has got one of those petticoats on now.

她现在穿了一件宠物

I saw it when she sat down.”

我看见她坐下的时候 “

“She has silk stockings on!”

她穿着丝袜!

whispered Jessie, bending over her geography also.

悄悄地告诉了杰西 她的地理也弯曲了

“ And what little feet!

“...... 还有什么小脚!

I never saw such little feet.”

我从没见过这么小的脚 “

“Oh,” sniffed Lavinia, spitefully, “that is the way her slippers are made.

“哦,”闻到拉维尼亚的口味,但“她的拖鞋就是这样做的。

My mama says that even big feet can be made to look small if you have a clever shoemaker.

我妈妈说,即使大脚可以做 看起来像小 如果你有一个聪明的鞋匠。

I don’t think she is pretty at all.

我觉得她根本不漂亮。

Her eyes are such a queer color.”

她的眼睛是如此的怪异的颜色。 “

“She isn’t pretty as other pretty people are,” said Jessie, stealing a glance across the room; “but she makes you want to look at her again.”

Jessie说, “她不像其他漂亮人那样漂亮, “

Sara was sitting quietly in her seat, waiting to be told what to do.

Sara静静地坐在她的座位上,等待着别人的吩咐.

She had been placed near Miss Minchin’s desk.

她被安置在明钦小姐的办公桌附近。

She was not abashed at all by the many pairs of eyes watching her.

她完全没有被许多双眼看着她而受伤。

She was interested and looked back quietly at the children who looked at her.

她很感兴趣,悄悄地回想着看着她的孩子.

She wondered what they were thinking of, and if they liked Miss Minchin, and if they cared for their lessons, and if any of them had a papa at all like her own.

她想知道他们在想什么,如果他们喜欢敏钦小姐,如果他们关心他们的课,如果他们中是否有一个像她自己的爸爸。

She had had a long talk with Emily about her papa that morning.

那天早上她和Emily聊了很久 关于她爸爸的事

“He is on the sea now, Emily,” she had said.

她说,“艾米丽,他现在在海上”。

“We must be very great friends to each other and tell each other things.

“我们必须是彼此的好朋友,彼此说出事情来。

Emily, look at me.

艾米丽,看着我。

You have the nicest eyes I ever saw—but I wish you could speak.”

你有我见过的最美的眼睛, 但我希望你能说话。 “

She was a child full of imaginings and whimsical thoughts, and one of her fancies was that there would be a great deal of comfort in even pretending that Emily was alive and really heard and understood.

她是一个充满幻想和奇想的孩子,她的一个幻想是,即使假装艾米丽还活着,真的听到和理解,也会有很大的安慰.

After Mariette had dressed her in her dark-blue schoolroom frock and tied her hair with a dark-blue ribbon, she went to Emily, who sat in a chair of her own, and gave her a book.

在玛丽埃特将她穿在她深蓝色的教室花纹上并用深蓝色的丝带将她头发绑住后,她去找了坐在自己椅子上的艾米莉并给了她一本书.

“You can read that while I am downstairs,” she said; and, seeing Mariette looking at her curiously, she spoke to her with a serious little face.

她说,“在我楼下的时候,你可以读到这一点”,看到Mariette好奇地看着她,她用一个严肃的面孔和她说话。

“What I believe about dolls is that they can do things they will not let us know about.

“我相信娃娃可以做一些他们不会让我们知道的事情。

Perhaps, really, Emily can read and talk and walk,” she said, “but she will only do it when people are out of the room.

也许,真的,Emily可以阅读、交谈和行走,她说,“但只有当人们离开房间时,她才会这样做。

That is her secret.”

这是她的秘密。 “

“You see,“ Sara continued, “if people knew that dolls could do things, they would make them work.

Sara接着说,“如果人们知道娃娃可以做一些事情,他们就会让他们工作。

So, perhaps, they have promised each other to keep it a secret.

所以,也许他们已经互相承诺要保守秘密。

If you stay in the room, Emily will just sit there and stare; but if you go out, she will begin to read, perhaps, or go and look out of the window.

如果你留在房间里,艾米丽会只是坐在那里并凝视;但是如果你出去,她会开始阅读,也许,或者去窗外看.

Then if she heard either of us coming, she would just run back and jump into her chair and pretend she had been there all the time.”

然后,如果她听到我们来, 她会只是跑回来 跳入她的椅子 假装她一直在那里。 “

“Comme elle est drôle!”

“委员会,勒斯特德罗尔!”

Mariette said to herself, and when she went downstairs she told the head housemaid about it.

玛丽埃特自言自语,她下楼时将此事告诉了女主人.

But she had already begun to like this odd little girl who had such an intelligent small face and such perfect manners.

但是她已经开始喜欢这个奇怪的小女孩 她有这么聪明的小脸孔 和这么完美的礼仪。

She had taken care of children before who were not so polite.

她以前照顾过不礼貌的孩子。

Sara was a very fine little person, and had a gentle, appreciative way of saying, “If you please, Mariette,” “Thank you, Mariette,” which was very charming.

Sara是一个非常好的小人物,他有温和、赞赏的方式说:“如果你愿意,Mariette,”“谢谢你,Mariette,”这非常有魅力。

Mariette told the head housemaid that she thanked her as if she was thanking a lady.

玛丽埃特告诉女主妇,她感谢她,好像在感谢一位女士.

“Elle a l’air d’une princesse, cette petite,” she said.

她说, " 公主,小公主 " 。

Indeed, she was very much pleased with her new little mistress and liked her place greatly.

事实上,她对她的新情妇非常满意,非常喜欢她的位置.

After Sara had sat in her seat in the schoolroom for a few minutes, being looked at by the pupils, Miss Minchin rapped in a dignified manner upon her desk.

在Sara坐在教室的座位上几分钟后,在学生们的注视下,Minchin小姐在桌子上体面地说唱了几句。

“Young ladies,” she said, “I wish to introduce you to your new companion.”

她说,“女士们,我想向你们介绍你们的新伙伴。 “

All the little girls rose in their places, and Sara rose also.

所有小女孩都在自己的位置上升起,而萨拉也升起.

“I shall expect you all to be very agreeable to Miss Crewe; she has just come to us from a great distance—in fact, from India.

“我期望你们都非常同意克鲁小姐的看法;她刚刚从印度远道而来。

As soon as lessons are over you must make each other’s acquaintance.”

课程一结束,你们就必须互相认识。 “

The pupils bowed ceremoniously, and Sara made a little curtsy, and then they sat down and looked at each other again.

瞳子们鞠躬而去,而萨拉也做了一点曲折,于是坐下来相望.

“Sara,” said Miss Minchin in her schoolroom manner, “come here to me.”

Minchin女士用教室的方式说,“Sara,”“来到这里。 “

She had taken a book from the desk and was turning over its leaves.

她从书桌拿了本书 正在翻转它的叶子

Sara went to her politely.

Sara有礼貌地去找她

“ As your papa has engaged a French maid for you,” she began, “I conclude that he wishes you to make a special study of the French language.”

“...... 她首先说:“我的结论是,他希望你对法语进行特别研究。 “

Sara felt a little awkward.

莎拉觉得有点尴尬

“I think he engaged her,” she said, “because he—he thought I would like her, Miss Minchin.”

" 我认为他雇用了她, " 她说, " 因为他认为我会喜欢她,明钦小姐。 “

“I am afraid,” said Miss Minchin, with a slightly sour smile, “that you have been a very spoiled little girl and always imagine that things are done because you like them.

Minchin小姐笑了一下,“我害怕,”他说,“你是一个非常被宠坏的小女孩,总是想象事情是因为你喜欢它们。

My impression is that your papa wished you to learn French.”

我的印象是你爸爸希望你学法语 “

If Sara had been older or less punctilious about being quite polite to people, she could have explained herself in a very few words.

如果莎拉对人很礼貌 年事已高或不太笨 她本可以用几句话来解释自己

But, as it was, she felt a flush rising on her cheeks.

但是,现在,她感觉到脸颊上冒出一股冲浪来。

Miss Minchin was a very severe and imposing person, and she seemed so absolutely sure that Sara knew nothing whatever of French that she felt as if it would be almost rude to correct her.

Minchin小姐是一个非常严厉和强迫性的人,她看起来非常肯定萨拉对法国人一无所知,她觉得纠正她几乎是无礼的.

The truth was that Sara could not remember the time when she had not seemed to know French.

事实是,萨拉无法记起她似乎不懂法语的时间.

Her father had often spoken it to her when she had been a baby.

她的父亲在她还是个婴儿时经常和她说话。

Her mother had been a French woman, and Captain Crewe had loved her language, so it happened that Sara had always heard and been familiar with it.

她的母亲曾是一位法国女性,克罗伊船长也很喜欢她的语言,因此恰好莎拉一直听到并熟悉.

“I—I have never really learned French, but—but—” she began, trying shyly to make herself clear.

" 我 -- -- 我从未真正学会过法语,但是 -- -- " 她开始害羞地试图说清楚。

One of Miss Minchin’s chief secret annoyances was that she did not speak French herself, and was desirous of concealing the irritating fact.

Minchin小姐的主要秘密之一是她自己不会说法语,并想隐瞒令人烦恼的事实。

She, therefore, had no intention of discussing the matter and laying herself open to innocent questioning by a new little pupil.

因此,她无意讨论此事并让自己接受新学生的无辜询问。

“That is enough,” she said with polite tartness.

" 够了, " 她礼貌地说。

“If you have not learned, you must begin at once.

“如果你还没有学会,你必须马上开始。

The French master, Monsieur Dufarge, will be here in a few minutes.

法国大师杜法格先生 几分钟后到

Take this book and look at it until he arrives.”

取此书取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取取. “

Sara’s cheeks felt warm.

Sara的脸颊很温暖。

She went back to her seat and opened the book.

她回到了自己的座位上,打开了这本书.

She looked at the first page with a grave face.

她看第一页 有一张坟墓的脸。

She knew it would be rude to smile, and she was very determined not to be rude.

她知道微笑会很无礼,她非常决心不失礼.

But it was very odd to find herself expected to study a page which told her that “le père” meant “the father,” and “la mère” meant “the mother.”

但是,令人感到非常奇怪的是,她希望研究一页,告诉她“le père”意为“父亲”,“la mère”意为“母亲”。 “

Miss Minchin scrutinized her.

敏钦小姐仔细检查过她

“You look rather cross, Sara,” she said.

她说,“你看起来相当反常,萨拉,”

“I am sorry you do not like the idea of learning French.”

“很抱歉你不喜欢学习法语的想法。 “

“I am very fond of it,” answered Sara, thinking she would try again; “but—” “You must not say ‘but’ when you are told to do things,” said Miss Minchin.

“我很喜欢,”Sara回答说,她想再试一次;“但是,”Minchin小姐说,“当有人叫你做事时,你决不能说`但是'”。

“Look at your book again.”

“再看看你的书。 “

And Sara did so, and did not smile, even when she found that “le fils” meant “the son,” and “le frère” meant “the brother.”

Sara也这样做了,没有微笑,即使她发现“le fils”的意思是“儿子”,“le frère”的意思是“兄弟”。 “

“When Monsieur Dufarge comes,” she thought, “I can make him understand.”

她认为,“当杜法格先生来的时候,”“我可以让他理解。 “

Monsieur Dufarge arrived very shortly afterward.

Dufarge先生不久之后就到了

He was a very nice, intelligent, middle- aged Frenchman, and he looked interested when his eyes fell upon Sara trying politely to seem absorbed in her little book of phrases.

他是一个非常好的,聪明的,中年的法国人,他看起来很感兴趣,当他的眼睛倒倒在了萨拉上时,他试图以礼貌的方式似乎被她那小说集所吸收.

“Is this a new pupil for me, madame?”

“这是我的新学生吗,夫人? “

he said to Miss Minchin.

他对敏钦小姐说了

“I hope that is my good fortune.”

“我希望这是我的好运气。 “

“Her papa—Captain Crewe—is very anxious that she should begin the language.

" 她的爸爸 -- -- Crewe上尉 -- -- 急切地希望她开始使用语言。

But I am afraid she has a childish prejudice against it.

但我担心她有幼稚的偏见

She does not seem to wish to learn,” said Miss Minchin.

Minchin小姐说,她似乎不想学习。

“I am sorry of that, mademoiselle,” he said kindly to Sara.

“我很抱歉,小姐,”他对Sara表示友好。

“Perhaps, when we begin to study together, I may show you that it is a charming tongue.”

“也许,当我们开始一起学习时,我可以向大家表明这是一个迷人的舌头。 “

Little Sara rose in her seat.

小萨拉在她的座位上升起。

She was beginning to feel rather desperate, as if she were almost in disgrace.

她开始感到相当绝望,仿佛她几乎处于耻辱之中.

She looked up into Monsieur Dufarge’s face with her big, green-gray eyes, and they were quite innocently appealing.

她仰望着杜法奇先生的相貌,

She knew that he would understand as soon as she spoke.

她知道她一说话他就会明白

She began to explain quite simply in pretty and fluent French.

她开始用漂亮而流利的法语来解释

Madame had not understood.

夫人没明白

She had not learned French exactly—not out of books— but her papa and other people had always spoken it to her, and she had read it and written it as she had read and written English.

她没有完全学习法语,但她的爸爸和其他人总是跟她讲法语,她读过法语,写过英语。

Her papa loved it, and she loved it because he did.

她爸爸很喜欢,她也喜欢,因为他喜欢。

Her dear mama, who had died when she was born, had been French.

她的亲生母亲是法国人,她出生时就去世了。

She would be glad to learn anything monsieur would teach her, but what she had tried to explain to madame was that she already knew the words in this book—and she held out the little book of phrases.

她很乐意知道任何先生会教给她的东西,但她试图向夫人解释的是,她已经知道这本书中的话——她拿着小说集。

When she began to speak Miss Minchin started quite violently and sat staring at her over her eyeglasses, almost indignantly, until she had finished.

当她开始说明钦小姐时,开始相当暴力地坐在她的眼镜上盯着她,几乎是无耻地,直到她完成了.

Monsieur Dufarge began to smile, and his smile was one of great pleasure.

杜法奇先生开始笑了 他的笑容令人高兴

To hear this pretty childish voice speaking his own language so simply and charmingly made him feel almost as if he were in his native land—which in dark, foggy days in London sometimes seemed worlds away.

听到这个讲自己语言的幼稚的声音,那么简单而迷人地让他觉得自己几乎就像在自己的故乡里一样,而在伦敦的黑暗多雾的日子里,世界有时显得遥远了。

When she had finished, he took the phrase book from her, with a look almost affectionate.

当她完成后,他从她那里拿走了短语书,外表几乎是亲切的.

But he spoke to Miss Minchin.

但他和敏钦小姐谈过了

“ Ah, madame,” he said, “there is not much I can teach her.

“...... 他说:“我无法教她多少。

She has not learned French; she is French.

她没有学过法语;她是法语。

Her accent is exquisite.”

她的口音很精致 “

“You ought to have told me,” exclaimed Miss Minchin, much mortified, turning to Sara.

“你本该告诉我,”Minchin女士说,她非常羞愧地转向了Sara。

“I—I tried,” said Sara.

Sara说,“我试过了。”

“I—I suppose I did not begin right.”

“我想我开始的不是对的。 “

Miss Minchin knew she had tried, and that it had not been her fault that she was not allowed to explain.

Minchin小姐知道她已经尝试过,而且不允许她解释并不是她的错。

And when she saw that the pupils had been listening and that Lavinia and Jessie were giggling behind their French grammars, she felt infuriated.

当她看到学生们在听 以及拉维尼亚和杰西在他们的法语语法后面笑的时候 她感到愤怒

“Silence, young ladies!”

安静,小姐们!

she said severely, rapping upon the desk.

她说很严肃,在桌子上说唱

“Silence at once!”

静一静!

And she began from that minute to feel rather a grudge against her show pupil.

她从那一刻起就开始对节目学生产生怨恨