A Little Princess
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part 5 of A Little Princess, Sara finds Becky, the scullery maid, asleep in her armchair.
在"小公主"第5部分中,萨拉发现"淫荡的女仆"贝克(Becky)正在她手臂上睡觉.
The two become friends.
两人成为了朋友.
Part Six: The Diamond Mines ot very long after this a very exciting thing happened.
第六编: 钻石矿场在这之后很久发生了一件非常令人兴奋的事情。
Not only Sara, but the entire school, found it exciting, and made it the chief subject of conversation for weeks after it occurred.
不仅萨拉,整个学校都觉得这令人兴奋,并在事情发生后数周成为了对话的主要话题.
In one of his letters Captain Crewe told a most interesting story.
他的一封信中 克鲁船长讲了一个很有趣的故事
A friend who had been at school with him when he was a boy had unexpectedly come to see him in India.
一个在童年时和他一起上学的朋友意外地来到了印度看望他.
He was the owner of a large tract of land upon which diamonds had been found, and he was engaged in developing the mines.
他是发现钻石的大片地的地主,他正在开发矿场。
If all went as was confidently expected, this friend would become possessed of such wealth as it made one dizzy to think of; and because he was fond of Captain Crewe from his school days, he had given him an opportunity to share in this enormous fortune by becoming a partner in his scheme.
如果一切都如所料,这位朋友将变得拥有如此之多的财富,这让人头晕目眩;而且由于他从学校时代就喜欢克鲁船长,他通过成为他的计划的伙伴,给了他分享这一巨大财富的机会.
This, at least, was what Sara gathered from his letters.
这至少是萨拉从他的信里收集到的。
It is true that any other business scheme, however magnificent, would have had but small attraction for her or for the schoolroom; but “diamond mines” sounded so like the “ Arabian Nights” that no one could be indifferent.
诚然,任何其他商业计划,无论多么雄伟,对她或对教室来说都不过是小小的吸引力;但“钻石矿”听起来像“阿拉伯之夜”,没有人会无动于衷。
Sara thought them enchanting, and painted pictures, for Ermengarde and Lottie, of labyrinthine passages in the bowels of the earth, where sparkling stones studded the walls and roofs and ceilings, and strange, dark men dug them out with heavy picks.
萨拉认为它们迷人, 并画出的照片, 为埃尔门加德和洛蒂, 实验室的通道 在地的肠道,
Ermengarde delighted in the story, and Lottie insisted on its being retold to her every evening.
厄门加德对这个故事感到高兴,而洛蒂坚持每天晚上都要被重新介绍给她.
Lavinia was very spiteful about it, and told Jessie that she didn’t believe such things as diamond mines existed.
拉维尼亚对此非常愤慨,并告诉杰西,她不相信钻石矿等东西存在.
“My mama has a diamond ring which cost forty pounds,” she said.
“我妈妈有一个钻石戒指,
“ And it is not a big one, either.
“...... 也没什么大不了的
If there were mines full of diamonds, people would be so rich it would be ridiculous.”
如果有满是钻石的矿井,人们就会如此地富有,那将是荒谬的。 “
“Perhaps Sara will be so rich that she will be ridiculous,” giggled Jessie.
“也许莎拉会如此富有,
“She’s ridiculous without being rich,” Lavinia sniffed.
拉维尼亚闻到,
“I believe you hate her,” said Jessie.
Jessie说,“我相信你们恨她。”
“No, I don’t,” snapped Lavinia.
“没有,
“But I don’t believe in mines full of diamonds.”
“但我不相信满是钻石的矿井。 “
“Well, people have to get them from somewhere,” said Jessie.
Jessie说,
“Then,” she added with a new giggle, “what do you think Gertrude says?”
“然后,”她又说:“你认为格特鲁德怎么说? “
“I don’t know, I’m sure; and I don’t care if it’s something more about that everlasting Sara.”
“我不知道,我敢肯定,我不在乎是不是更关心那个永恒的萨拉。 ”
“Well, it is.
“的确如此。
One of her ‘pretends’ is that she is a princess.
她的"预言"之一是她是一个公主.
She plays it all the time—even in school.
她经常弹,甚至在学校
She says it makes her learn her lessons better.
她说这让她学到更好的教训
She wants Ermengarde to be one, too, but Ermengarde says she is too fat.”
她希望厄门加德也成为其中之一 但厄门加德说她太胖了 “
“She is too fat,” said Lavinia.
Lavinia说,“她太胖了”。
“ And Sara is too thin.”
“萨拉太瘦了。 “
Naturally, Jessie giggled again.
自然 杰西又笑了起来
“She says it has nothing to do with what you look like, or what you have.
“她说,这与你的长相或你所拥有的无关。
It has only to do with what you think of, and what you do.”
它只与你的想法和行为有关 “
“I suppose she thinks she could be a princess if she was a beggar,” said Lavinia.
Lavinia说:“我想,如果她是乞丐,她会成为公主。”
“Let us begin to call her Your Royal Highness.”
“让我们开始称她为殿下。 “
Lessons for the day were over, and they were sitting before the schoolroom fire, enjoying the time they liked best.
今天的课结束了 他们坐在教室起火前 享受他们最喜欢的时间
It was the time when Miss Minchin and Miss Amelia were taking their tea in the sitting room sacred to themselves.
那时明钦小姐和阿梅莉亚小姐 在客厅把茶给自己喝
At this hour a great deal of talking was done, and a great many secrets changed hands, particularly if the younger pupils behaved themselves well, and did not squabble or run about noisily, which it must be confessed they usually did.
这时候,我们做了很多交谈,许多秘密交了手,特别是如果年幼的小学生表现良好,没有吵吵闹闹地跑来跑去,必须承认他们通常这样做。
When they made an uproar the older girls usually interfered with scolding and shakes.
当她们制造出愤怒时,年长的女孩通常会干扰骂人和摇晃.
They were expected to keep order, and there was danger that if they did not, Miss Minchin or Miss Amelia would appear and put an end to festivities.
他们被期望保持秩序,并且有危险,如果他们不这样做,明钦小姐或艾米莉亚小姐就会出现并结束庆典.
Even as Lavinia spoke the door opened and Sara entered with Lottie, whose habit was to trot everywhere after her like a little dog.
即使在拉维尼亚说话时,门也打开了,而萨拉也和洛蒂一起走入,而洛蒂的习惯是像小狗一样到处跑去追她.
“There she is, with that horrid child!”
"她在那里,与那个可怕的孩子!"
exclaimed Lavinia in a whisper.
悄悄地赞美了拉维尼亚
“If she’s so fond of her, why doesn’t she keep her in her own room?
她为何不把她留在自己的房间里?
She will begin howling about something in five minutes.”
她五分钟后会开始抱怨 “
It happened that Lottie had been seized with a sudden desire to play in the schoolroom, and had begged her adopted parent to come with her.
恰好洛蒂被突然想到教室去玩的欲望抓住了,并恳求被收养的父母和她一起来.
She joined a group of little ones who were playing in a corner.
她加入了一群在一角打球的小家伙.
Sara curled herself up in the window seat, opened a book, and began to read.
莎拉在窗子上卷起身来,打开了一本书,开始阅读.
It was a book about the French Revolution, and she was soon lost in a harrowing picture of the prisoners in the Bastille—men who had spent so many years in dungeons that when they were dragged out by those who rescued them, their long, gray hair and beards almost hid their faces, and they had forgotten that an outside world existed at all, and were like beings in a dream.
这是一本关于法国大革命的书,她很快被巴斯蒂尔的囚犯的令人痛心的照片所迷惑——这些人在地牢里度过了这么多年,当被那些救出他们的人拖出时,他们的长而灰色的发型和胡子几乎隐藏了他们的脸,他们忘记了一个外部世界完全存在,就像梦中的生命一样.
She was so far away from the schoolroom that it was not agreeable to be dragged back suddenly by a howl from Lottie.
她离教室太远了 突然被洛蒂的叫声拖回 是不合适的
Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book.
在她被一本书所吸收时突然被打扰时,她从未发现过什么很难阻止自己发脾气的事.
People who are fond of books know the feeling of irritation which sweeps over them at such a moment.
喜欢书的人知道这种刺激的感觉 在这样的时刻横扫他们身上。
The temptation to be unreasonable and snappish is one not easy to manage.
不合理和草率的诱惑是不容易应付的。
“It makes me feel as if someone had hit me,” Sara had told Ermengarde once in confidence.
Sara曾秘密地告诉Ermengarde。
“ And as if I want to hit back.
“...... 又如想还击.
I have to keep from saying something ill-tempered.”
我不得不不说 坏脾气的东西。 “
She had to remember things quickly when she laid her book on the window seat and jumped down from her comfortable corner.
在她把书放在窗子上从她舒适的一角跳下时,她不得不迅速回忆起一些事.
Lottie had been sliding across the schoolroom floor, and, having first irritated Lavinia and Jessie by making a noise, had ended by falling down and hurting her fat knee.
洛蒂在教室地板上滑倒 一开始通过出声激怒了拉维尼亚和杰西 结果摔倒并弄伤了她的胖膝盖
She was screaming and dancing up and down in the midst of a group of friends and enemies, who were alternately coaxing and scolding her.
她在一群朋友和敌人中间上上下上下地尖叫和起舞,他们交替地嘲笑并骂她.
“Stop this minute, you cry-baby!
“你这个哭泣的婴儿,
Stop this minute!”
停止这一刻!”
Lavinia commanded.
拉维尼亚指挥。
“I’m not a cry-baby.
" 我不是个哭泣的婴儿。
I’m not!”
我没有!
wailed Lottie.
呜呼洛蒂.
“Sara, Sa—ra!”
萨拉,萨拉!
“If she doesn’t stop, Miss Minchin will hear her,” cried Jessie.
「如果她不停下来,
“Lottie darling, I’ll give you a penny!”
"亲爱的洛蒂,我会给你一分钱! “
“I don’t want your penny,” sobbed Lottie; and she looked down at the fat knee, and, seeing a drop of blood on it, burst forth again.
“我不想要你的一分钱 ” , 她低头看着肥胖的膝盖,
Sara flew across the room and, kneeling down, put her arms round her.
莎拉飞过房间并跪下,将手臂围住她.
“Now, Lottie,” she said.
她说,“现在,洛蒂,”
“Now, Lottie, you promised Sara.”
“现在,洛蒂,你答应了萨拉。”
“She said I was a cry-baby,” wept Lottie.
“她说我是个哭泣的婴儿”,
Sara patted her, but spoke in the steady voice Lottie knew.
莎拉拍了拍她,但用Lottie知道的声音说话。
“But if you cry, you will be one, Lottie pet.
“但如果你哭,你会是一个,洛蒂宠物。
You promised.”
你答应过我的 “
Lottie, though, preferred to lift up her voice.
不过,洛蒂更喜欢举起她的声音.
“I haven’t any mama,” she proclaimed.
“我没有妈妈,
“I haven’t—a bit—of mama.”
“我没有妈妈。 “
“Yes, you have,” said Sara, cheerfully.
萨拉说,“是的,你已经,”很高兴。
“Have you forgotten?
“你忘了吗?
Don’t you know that Sara is your mama?
你不知道Sara是你妈妈吗?
Don’t you want Sara for your mama?”
你不希望Sara为你妈妈服务吗? “
Lottie cuddled up to her with a consoled sniff.
洛蒂抱住她 带着安慰的嗅觉
“Come and sit in the window seat with me,” Sara went on, “and I’ll whisper a story to you.”
Sara继续说道:"我会低声告诉你一个故事。 “
“Will you?”
“你愿意吗? “
whimpered Lottie.
呜咽了洛蒂。
“Will you— tell me—about the diamond mines?”
" 你能告诉我关于钻石矿吗? “
“The diamond mines?”
“钻石矿? “
broke out Lavinia.
爆发了拉维尼亚。
“Nasty, spoiled thing, I should like to slap her!”
」“讨厌,
Sara got up quickly on her feet.
Sara迅速站起来了
It must be remembered that she had been very deeply absorbed in the book about the Bastille when she realized that she must go and take care of her adopted child.
必须记住,当她意识到自己必须去照顾被收养的孩子时,她已经深深地被关于"巴士底"的书所吸收.
She was not an angel, and she was not fond of Lavinia.
她不是天使, 她不喜欢拉维尼亚。
“Well,” she said, with some fire, “I should like to slap you—but I don’t want to slap you!”
“好吧,”她说,用点火,“我想打你一巴掌——但我不想打你! “
she added, restraining herself.
她补充说, 约束自己。
“ At least I both want to slap you—and I should like to slap you—but I won’t slap you.
“...... 但我不会打你。
We are not little gutter children.
我们不是小沟里的孩子。
We are both old enough to know better.”
我们都已经够老了 更清楚。 “
Here was Lavinia’s opportunity.
这是拉维尼亚的机会。
“ Ah, yes, Your Royal Highness,” she said.
“...... 啊,是的,殿下,“她说。
“We are princesses, I believe.
“我认为,我们是公主。
At least one of us is.
至少我们其中一个是。
The school ought to be very fashionable now Miss Minchin has a princess for a pupil.”
学校应该非常时尚 现在明钦小姐有个公主 供学生学习 “
Sara started toward her.
莎拉开始朝她走来
She looked as if she were going to box her ears.
她看起来好像要打入她的耳朵
Perhaps she was.
也许她是。
Her trick of pretending things was the joy of her life.
她假装的把戏是她一生的快乐
She never spoke of it to girls she was not fond of.
她从没跟她不喜欢的女孩说过
Her new “pretend” about being a princess was very near to her heart, and she was shy and sensitive about it.
她关于成为公主的新“预言”非常贴近她的心,她对此很害羞和敏感。
She had meant it to be rather a secret, and here was Lavinia deriding it before nearly all the school.
她本意是它是一个相当秘密, 而这里是拉维尼亚在几乎所有的学校之前 嘲笑它。
She felt the blood rush up into her face and tingle in her ears.
她感到血流成河地冲入她的脸部 耳朵被叮咬了
She only just saved herself.
她刚刚救了自己。
If you were a princess, you did not fly into rages.
如果你是公主,你就不会发怒
Her hand dropped, and she stood quite still a moment.
她的手掉下来了 她站了一会儿
When she spoke it was in a quiet, steady voice; she held her head up, and everybody listened to her.
她说话时,声音安静而平稳;她抬起头来,所有人都听她的。
“It’s true,” she said.
她说:"这是真的"。
“Sometimes I do pretend I am a princess.
“有时我假装自己是公主。
I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one.”
我假装自己是公主 这样我才能试着表现得像个公主 “
Lavinia could not think of exactly the right thing to say.
拉维尼娅无法想出 完全正确的话。
Several times she had found that she could not think of a satisfactory reply when she was dealing with Sara.
她几次发现,在与Sara打交道时,她无法想到令人满意的答复。
The reason for this was that, somehow, the rest always seemed to be vaguely in sympathy with her opponent.
其原因是,不知何故,其余的似乎总是模糊地同情她的对手.
She saw now that they were pricking up their ears.
她现在看到他们刺耳了
The truth was, they liked princesses, and they all hoped they might hear something more definite about this one, and drew nearer Sara accordingly.
事实是,他们喜欢公主们, 他们都希望他们能听到 更确切的关于这个,
Lavinia could only invent one remark, and it fell rather flat.
拉维尼娅只发明了一种说法,它倒地相当平坦.
“Dear me,” she said, “I hope, when you ascend the throne, you won’t forget us!”
“亲爱的我,”她说,“我希望,当你登上王位时,你不会忘记我们!”
“I won’t,” said Sara, and she did not utter another word, but stood quite still, and stared at her steadily until Lavinia turned away.
Sara说:「我不会说,
After this, the girls who were jealous of her used to speak of her as “Princess Sara” whenever they wished to be particularly disdainful, and those who were fond of her gave her the name among themselves as a term of affection.
之后,那些嫉妒她的女孩在想特别鄙视时常说她为"萨拉公主",而那些喜欢她的人则在她们中间以她的名字来表达感情。
Her adorers were much pleased with the picturesqueness and grandeur of the title.
她的崇拜者们对这个头衔的光彩和光荣感到非常高兴.
Miss Minchin, hearing of it, mentioned it more than once to visiting parents, feeling that it rather suggested a sort of royal boarding school.
Minchin小姐听到这个消息后,不止一次地提到访问父母,觉得这更是暗示了一种皇家寄宿学校.
And to Becky it seemed the most appropriate thing in the world.
对Becky来说 这似乎是世界上最合适的事情
The acquaintance begun on the foggy afternoon when she had jumped up terrified from her sleep in the comfortable chair, had ripened and grown, though it must be confessed that Miss Minchin and Miss Amelia knew very little about it.
熟人开始于雾霾的下午,当时她从睡在舒适的椅子上被惊吓地跳起,被撕裂并长大了,不过必须承认,明钦小姐和阿梅莉亚小姐对此知之甚少.
They were aware that Sara was “kind” to the scullery maid, but they knew nothing of certain delightful moments snatched perilously when, the upstairs rooms being set in order with lightning rapidity, Sara’s sitting room was reached, and the heavy coal box set down with a sigh of joy.
他们知道Sara对淫荡的女仆是"善良"的,但他们不知道某些愉快的时刻被危险地抢走,当时楼上的房间正被以闪电快放好,Sara的起居室被接通了,沉重的煤箱被一股欢快地压倒了。
At such times stories were told by installments, things of a satisfying nature were either produced and eaten or hastily tucked into pockets to be disposed of at night, when Becky went upstairs to her attic to bed.
在这种时候,故事是分期讲述的,满足性质的东西要么被制作和吃,要么被仓促地塞入口袋中,在晚上被处理,当时贝琪上楼去阁楼睡觉.
“But I has to eat ’em careful, miss,” she said once; “’cos if I leaves crumbs the rats come out to get ’em.”
“但是,小姐,我必须小心地吃,”她说过一次:“如果我离开,老鼠就会出来取来。 “
“Rats!”
“老鼠!”
exclaimed Sara, in horror.
欢呼 莎拉,吓坏了。
“ Are there rats there?”
“...... 那里有老鼠吗? “
“Lots of ’em, miss,” Becky answered in quite a matter-of-fact manner.
贝克以相当实际的方式回答。
“There mostly is rats an’ mice in attics.
" 在阁楼里,老鼠大多是老鼠。
You gets used to the noise they makes scuttling about.
你习惯了他们弄出的声音
I’ve got so I don’t mind ’em s’ long as they don’t run over my piller.”
只要他们不撞倒我的药丸, “
“Ugh!”
"呜!"
said Sara.
莎拉说。
“You gets used to anythin’ after a bit,” said Becky.
Becky说, " 过了一会儿,你就习惯了 " 。
“You have to, miss, if you’re born a scullery maid.
“小姐,如果你生来就是淫荡的女仆,你必须这样做。
I’ d rather have rats than cockroaches.”
我宁愿老鼠也不愿蟑螂。 “
“So would I,” said Sara.
萨拉说:“我也会,”
“I suppose you might make friends with a rat in time, but I don’t believe I should like to make friends with a cockroach.”
但我不认为我想和蟑螂交朋友。 “
Sometimes Becky did not dare to spend more than a few minutes in the bright, warm room, and when this was the case perhaps only a few words could be exchanged, and a small purchase slipped into the pocket Becky carried under her dress skirt, tied round her waist with a band of tape.
有时贝琪不敢在明亮而温暖的房间里多花几分钟时间,在这种情况下也许只有几句话可以交换,一个小买子滑入了被她裙子下抬起的口袋贝琪,用一束带子将她腰围住.
The search for and discovery of satisfying things to eat which could be packed into small compass, added a new interest to Sara’s existence.
寻找和发现可以装入小罗盘的满足食物,使萨拉的存在增添了新的兴趣.
When she drove or walked out, she used to look into shop windows eagerly.
当她开车或走出时,她经常热心地看着商店的窗户.
The first time it occurred to her to bring home two or three little meat pies, she felt that she had hit upon a discovery.
第一次想到她带回了两三个小肉馅饼回家时,她觉得自己撞上了一个发现.
When she exhibited them, Becky’s eyes quite sparkled.
当贝琪展示他们时,
“Oh, miss!”
「哦,小姐! 」
she murmured.
她喃喃自语
“Them will be nice an’ fillin’.
" 他们将是一个很好的填充。
It’s fillin’ness that’s best.
这才是最好的。
Sponge cake’s a ’evenly thing, but it melts away like— if you understand, miss.
海绵蛋糕是一回事,
These’ll just stay in yer stummick.”
他们只好待在你的监狱里。 “
“Well,” hesitated Sara, “I don’t think it would be good if they stayed always, but I do believe they will be satisfying.”
但我相信他们会满意。 “
They were satisfying—and so were beef sandwiches, bought at a cook-shop—and so were rolls and Bologna sausage.
肉卷和波洛尼亚香肠也满足了。
In time, Becky began to lose her hungry, tired feeling, and the coal box did not seem so unbearably heavy.
随着时间的推移,贝琪开始失去她饥饿,疲惫的感觉,而煤盒看起来并不那么难以忍受地沉重.
However heavy it was, and whatsoever the temper of the cook, and the hardness of the work heaped upon her shoulders, she had always the chance of the afternoon to look forward to—the chance that Miss Sara would be able to be in her sitting room.
无论厨师的脾气多么沉重,工作多么艰难,她总是在下午有机会期待——萨拉小姐有可能进入起居室。
In fact, the mere seeing of Miss Sara would have been enough without meat pies.
事实上,光是看到萨拉小姐就够了 没有肉馅饼。
If there was time only for a few words, they were always friendly, merry words that put heart into one; and if there was time for more, then there was an installment of a story to be told, or some other thing one remembered afterward and sometimes lay awake in one’s bed in the attic to think over.
如果只有几句话的时间,它们总是友好的,快乐的词,把心放在其中;如果有时间多一点,那么就有一个故事的分期被讲述,或者有些事情在之后被人们记住,有时在阁楼的床上醒着想。
Sara—who was only doing what she unconsciously liked better than anything else, Nature having made her for a giver—had not the least idea what she meant to poor Becky, and how wonderful a benefactor she seemed.
萨拉——她只是做她无意识地喜欢的事情, 自然使她成为施舍者—— 毫不奇怪地知道她对可怜的贝琪意味着什么, 以及她看起来多么的好。
If Nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that— warm things, kind things, sweet things—help and comfort and laughter—and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all.
如果自然使你成为给养者,你的双手生来是开着的,你的心也是开着的;虽然有时你的双手是空的,但你的心总是满满的,你可以从中献出一些东西——温暖的东西,善良的东西,甜蜜的东西——帮助和安慰与笑声——有时同性恋,善良的笑声是大家最好的帮助.
Becky had scarcely known what laughter was through all her poor, little hard-driven life.
贝琪几乎不知道什么是笑 通过她所有的可怜的, 小硬驱动的生活。
Sara made her laugh, and laughed with her; and, though neither of them quite knew it, the laughter was as “fillin’ ” as the meat pies.
撒拉使她笑了,也使她笑了;虽然他们都不认识,但笑声就像肉馅饼一样。
A few weeks before Sara’s eleventh birthday a letter came to her from her father, which did not seem to be written in such boyish high spirits as usual.
在Sara十一岁生日前几周, 她父亲给她写了一封信,
He was not very well, and was evidently overweighted by the business connected with the diamond mines.
他身体不好,显然因与钻石矿有关的企业而超重。
“You see, little Sara,” he wrote, “your daddy is not a businessman at all, and figures and documents bother him.
他写道,“你瞧,小萨拉,”“你爸爸根本不是商人,数字和文件困扰他。
He does not really understand them, and all this seems so enormous.”
他并不真正理解他们, 这一切看起来如此之大。 “
“Perhaps, if I was not feverish I should not be awake,” he continued, “tossing about one half of the night and spending the other half in troublesome dreams.
“也许,如果我不是发烧,我不应该醒着,”他继续说,“大约一半的夜晚被抛出,另一半在烦恼的梦中度过。
If my little missus were here, I dare say she would give me some solemn, good advice.
如果我的小太太在这里 我敢说她会给我一些庄严的好建议
You would, wouldn’t you, Little Missus?”
你会吗,小小姐? “
One of his many jokes had been to call her his “little missus” because she had such an old- fashioned air.
他的很多笑话之一是称她为"小太太",因为她有这么古老的空气.
He had made wonderful preparations for her birthday.
他为她的生日做了精彩的准备。
Among other things, a new doll had been ordered in Paris, and her wardrobe was to be a marvel of splendid perfection.
除其他外,在巴黎订了个新娃娃 她的衣橱是绝妙的完美
When she had replied to the letter, Sara had been very quaint.
当她回复信件时,萨拉非常奇特.
“I am getting very old,” she wrote; “you see, I shall never live to have another doll given me.
她写道,“我年纪大了”,“你看,我再也不会活到有另一个娃娃给我。
This will be my last doll.
这是我最后一个娃娃了
There is something solemn about it.
有甚么庄严.
If I could write poetry, I am sure a poem about ‘ A Last Doll’ would be very nice.
如果能写出诗歌,我相信写一首关于 " 最后的娃娃 " 的诗会非常好。
But I cannot write poetry.
但我不能写诗
I have tried, and it made me laugh.
我试过了,它让我笑了。
It did not sound like Watts or Coleridge or Shakespeare at all.
听起来一点也不像瓦兹克克或莎士比亚
No one could ever take Emily’s place, but I should respect the Last Doll very much; and I am sure the school would love it.
没有人可以取代艾米丽的位置,但我应该非常尊重"最后的娃娃";我相信学校会很喜欢它.
They all like dolls, though some of the big ones— the almost-fifteen ones—pretend they are too grown up.”
他们都喜欢玩偶,虽然有些大玩偶——几乎有十五个玩偶——却预示着他们已经长大了。 “
Captain Crewe had a splitting headache when he read this letter in his bungalow in India.
克鲁船长在印度的公寓里读这封信时头痛。
The table before him was heaped with papers and letters which were alarming him and filling him with anxious dread, but he laughed as he had not laughed for weeks.
他面前的桌子上摆满了令他震惊并充满了焦虑的恐惧的文件和信件,但他笑了起来,因为几个星期没有笑了。
“Oh,” he said, “she’s better fun every year she lives.
" 哦, " 他说, " 她每年的生活都更有趣。
God grant this business may right itself and leave me free to run home and see her.
愿上帝赐予我这个生意 允许我自由回家见她
What wouldn’t I give to have her little arms round my neck this minute!
我怎么不让她的手臂 缠住我的脖子呢?
What wouldn’t I give!”
我不会给什么?
The birthday was to be celebrated by great festivities.
生日由盛会庆祝
The schoolroom was to be decorated, and there was to be a party.
学堂要被装饰,有聚会.
The boxes containing the presents were to be opened with great ceremony, and there was to be a glittering feast spread in Miss Minchin’s sacred room.
盛放礼物的盒子将举行盛大的仪式,在明钦小姐的神圣房间将举行一阵欢快的宴会。
When the day arrived the whole house was in a whirl of excitement.
当一天到来时,整所房子都充满了兴奋。
How the morning passed nobody quite knew, because there seemed such preparations to be made.
早上怎么没人知道 因为似乎有这样的准备。
The schoolroom was being decked with garlands of holly; the desks had been moved away, and red covers had been put on the forms which were arrayed round the room against the wall.
教室正被胡利的外墙打上甲板;书桌被搬走,并被红色盖子放入表格上,这些表格被围在教室的墙上。
When Sara went into her sitting room in the morning, she found on the table a small, dumpy package, tied up in a piece of brown paper.
当莎拉早上走入她的起居室时,她发现桌子上有一个被捆绑在一纸棕色纸上的小而平地的包裹.
She knew it was a present, and she thought she could guess whom it came from.
她知道这是个礼物 她以为她能猜到是谁送的
She opened it quite tenderly.
她开的很温柔
It was a square pincushion, made of not quite clean red flannel, and black pins had been stuck carefully into it to form the words, “Menny hapy returns.”
这是一种由不太干净的红色花纹所制成的正方形花针,黑色花针被小心地卡入其中,以形成“Menny holy返回”。 “
“Oh!”
「哦! 」(笑声)
cried Sara, with a warm feeling in her heart.
哭着莎拉,心中充满了温暖的感觉.
“What pains she has taken!
“她承受了什么痛苦?
I like it so, it— it makes me feel sorrowful.”
我喜欢这样,它 - 它让我感到悲伤。 “
But the next moment she was mystified.
但下一刻她变得神秘
On the underside of the pincushion was secured a card, bearing in neat letters the name “Miss Amelia Minchin.”
针头下方有一张卡片,上面写有“Amelia Minchin女士”的名字。 “
Sara turned it over and over.
萨拉翻了一遍又一遍。
“Miss Amelia!”
艾米莉亚小姐!
she said to herself.
她对自己说。
“How can it be!”
“这怎么可能! “
And just at that very moment she heard the door being cautiously pushed open and saw Becky peeping round it.
就在那一刻,她听到门被小心地推开 看到贝琪在偷窥
There was an affectionate, happy grin on her face, and she shuffled forward and stood nervously pulling at her fingers.
她脸上笑得一笑一笑 她往前冲了一下 紧张地往她手指上拉
“Do yer like it, Miss Sara?”
"你喜欢吗,萨拉小姐? “
she said.
她说。
“Do yer?”
“你愿意吗? “
“Like it?”
“喜欢吗? “
cried Sara.
莎拉哭着
“You darling Becky, you made it all yourself.”
“你亲爱的贝琪,你自己做的。 “
Becky gave a hysteric but joyful sniff, and her eyes looked quite moist with delight.
贝琪一股歇斯底里但喜悦的嗅觉,她的眼睛看起来相当湿润而愉快.
“It ain’t nothin’ but flannin, an’ the flannin ain’t new; but I wanted to give yer somethin’ an’ I made it of nights.
“这其实不是什么,
I knew yer could pretend it was satin with diamond pins in.
我知道Yer可以假装是戴着钻石针的
I tried to when I was makin’ it.
我试图做它。
The card, miss,” she went on rather doubtfully; “’t warn’t wrong of me to pick it up out o’ the dustbin, was it?
这张卡片,小姐,”她很怀疑地继续说道:“难道没有警告我把它取出垃圾桶吗?
Miss ’Meliar had throwed it away.
梅利亚小姐把它扔掉了
I hadn’t no card o’ my own, an’ I knowed it wouldn’t be a proper presink if I didn’t pin a card on—so I pinned Miss ’Meliar’s.”
我本人没有卡片, 我知道如果我不贴上卡片, “
Sara flew at her and hugged her.
莎拉飞向她并拥抱她.
She could not have told herself or anyone else why there was a lump in her throat.
她不可能告诉自己或者其他人为什么喉咙有肿块。
“Oh, Becky!”
贝琪!
she cried out, with a queer little laugh, “I love you, Becky—I do, I do!”
她大喊大叫,笑了一下,“我爱你,贝琪,我爱,我爱!”
“Oh, miss!”
「哦,小姐! 」
breathed Becky.
呼吸贝琪。
“Thank yer, miss, kindly; it ain’t good enough for that.
「谢谢您, 小姐,
The—the flannin wasn’t new.”
法兰宁并非新人。 “
Glossary ascend (v.)
词汇上升(v.)
to move upward; to rise in position or rank (p.
上行; 升起位置或级别(p.
11) Bastille (n.)
11) 巴斯蒂尔 (n.
the Paris prison from which prisoners were freed on July 14, 1789, signaling the start of the French Revolution (p.
1789年7月14日释放囚犯的巴黎监狱,标志着法国大革命的开始(p.
7) benefactor (n.)
7) 施恩人 (n.
a person who gives help, usually in the form of money (p.
提供帮助的人,通常以金钱的形式(p.
15) box (v.)
15)框(五.
to strike someone with the hand on the side of the head or on the ears (p.
用手打人头侧或耳朵(p.
10) ceremony (n.)
10) 仪式 (n.
very polite or formal behavior (p.
非常礼貌或正式的行为(p.
17) confidence (n.)
17) 信心 (n.
a feeling of trust between people that information will remain private (p.
人与人之间的信任感,即信息将保持隐私(p.
7) deriding (v.)
7) 嘲弄 (五.
ridiculing or laughing at someone in a mean way (p.
嘲弄或冷笑某人的方式(p.
10) engaged (v.)
10) 已订婚(五.
involved or busy with (p.
(中文(简体) ).
3) gutter (adj.)
3)地沟 (adj.
slang for poor and unrefined; homeless (old-fashioned) (p.
穷而无精;无家可归(老式)(p.
10) labyrinthine (adj.)
10) 白喉(adj.
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