A Little Princess
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part 7 of A Little Princess, Captain Crewe’s lawyer informs an enraged Miss Minchin that Sara’s father is dead—and bankrupt.
Crewe上尉的律师告诉一位愤怒的Minchin小姐,
On her eleventh birthday, Sara is left both penniless and orphaned.
在她十一岁生日时,萨拉既无钱又无所适从.
Part Eight: In the Attic r.
第八部分:在阁楼r.
Barrow bowed himself out and closed the door, and it must be confessed that Miss Minchin stood for a few moments and glared at it.
巴罗出门自首并关上门来,必须承认明钦小姐站了一会儿并凝视了一下.
What he had said was quite true.
他说的话很真实。
She knew it.
她知道这一点。
She had absolutely no redress.
她绝对没有补救。
Her show pupil had melted into nothingness, leaving only a friendless, beggared little girl.
她的表演学生融化成一无所有,只留下了一个没有朋友的乞丐小女孩.
Such money as she herself had advanced was lost and could not be regained.
她自己预支的钱已经丢失,无法取回。
And as she stood there breathless under her sense of injury, there fell upon her ears a burst of gay voices from her own sacred room, given up to the feast.
当她站在她受伤感下无气息地站在那里时, 她的耳朵被从她自己的神圣房间里 传出一股同性恋的声音, 放弃了宴会。
She could at least stop this.
她至少可以阻止这一切。
But as she started toward the door it was opened by Miss Amelia, who, when she caught sight of the changed, angry face, fell back a step in alarm.
但当她开始向门走去时 艾米莉亚小姐打开了门 当她看到变了 愤怒的面孔 后退了一步
“What is the matter, sister?”
“怎么了,姐姐? “
she ejaculated.
她射出来了
Miss Minchin’s voice was almost fierce when she answered: “Where is Sara Crewe?”
Minchin小姐在回答说:“Sara Crewe在哪里? “
Miss Amelia was bewildered.
阿梅莉亚小姐很困惑
“Sara!”
“萨拉!”
she stammered.
她结巴了
“Why, she’s with the children in your room, of course.”
“当然,她和孩子们在你们房间里。 “
“Has she a black frock in her sumptuous wardrobe?”
她的衣柜里有黑色的花纹吗? “
—in bitter irony.
- 痛苦地讽刺。
“ A black frock?”
“黑花? “
Miss Amelia stammered again.
阿梅莉亚小姐又结巴了
“ A black one?”
“黑色的? “
“She has frocks of every other color.
“她有各种颜色的花纹。
Has she a black one?”
她是黑人吗? “
Miss Amelia began to turn pale.
阿梅莉亚小姐开始苍白了
“No—ye-es!”
"不,不,不,不,不,不"
she said.
她说。
“But she has outgrown it.”
“但是,她已经超越了它。 “
“Go and tell her to take off that preposterous pink silk gauze, and put the black one on.
“去叫她脱掉那个荒谬的粉红丝纱布,
She has done with finery!”
她已经做了精细的!”
Then Miss Amelia began to wring her fat hands and cry.
然后Amelia小姐开始扭动她肥胖的手并哭泣.
“Oh, sister!”
"哦,姐妹们!"
she sniffed.
她闻到了
“Oh, sister!
“哦,姐妹们!
What can have happened?”
怎么会这样? “
Miss Minchin wasted no words.
敏钦小姐没有白说
“Captain Crewe is dead,” she said.
她说,“克鲁上尉已经去世了。”
“He has died without a penny.
“他死时一分钱也没有。
That spoiled, pampered, fanciful child is left a pauper on my hands.”
那个被宠坏的 被宠坏的 迷恋的孩子 被丢在我手上 “
Miss Amelia sat down quite heavily in the nearest chair.
艾米莉亚小姐坐在最靠近的椅子上
“Hundreds of pounds have I spent on nonsense for her.
“我为她花了很多钱。
And I shall never see a penny of it.
我永远不会看到一分钱。
Put a stop to this ridiculous party of hers.
停止她那可笑的派对
Go and make her change her frock at once.”
立刻让她换衣服 “
“I?
“我?”
M-must I go and tell her now?”
我该去告诉她吗? “
“This moment!”
"这一刻!"
was the fierce answer.
答案很激烈
“Don’t sit staring like a goose.
“不要像只鹅一样坐着。
Go!”
去吧!"
Poor Miss Amelia was accustomed to being called a goose.
可怜的阿米莉亚小姐习惯被叫作"鹅"
She knew, in fact, that she was rather a goose, and that it was left to geese to do a great many disagreeable things.
她实际上知道自己是一只相当的鹅,而任由雁来做许多令人不快的事情.
It was an embarrassing thing to go into a room full of delighted children, and tell the giver of the feast that she had suddenly been transformed into a little beggar, and must go upstairs and put on an old black frock which was too small for her.
进入一个充满了快乐孩子的房间是一件令人尴尬的事,告诉宴会的献礼者她突然被改造为"小乞丐",必须上楼去穿上一件对她来说太小了的老黑活佛.
But the thing must be done.
但事情必须完成。
This was evidently not the time when questions might be asked.
显然现在不是提出问题的时候。
She rubbed her eyes with her handkerchief until they looked quite red.
她用手帕擦她的眼睛,直到它们看起来相当红.
After which she got up and went out of the room, without venturing to say another word.
之后她站起来走出了房间,没有冒昧地说出另一个词来.
When her older sister looked and spoke as she had done just now, the wisest course to pursue was to obey orders without any comment.
当她姐姐像刚才那样看望和说话时,最明智的做法就是听从命令,不作任何评论。
Miss Minchin walked across the room.
敏钦小姐走过房间
She spoke to herself aloud without knowing that she was doing it.
她自言自语,却不知道她这样做。
During the last year the story of the diamond mines had suggested all sorts of possibilities to her.
去年,钻石矿的故事向她提出了各种可能性。
Even proprietors of seminaries might make fortunes in stocks, with the aid of owners of mines.
即使是神学院的业主,在矿山所有人的帮助下,也可能在库存中赚取财富。
And now, instead of looking forward to gains, she was left to look back upon losses.
现在,她不再期待收益,而是被留给回顾损失。
“The Princess Sara, indeed!”
"萨拉公主,真的!"
she said.
她说。
“The child has been pampered as if she were a queen.”
“孩子被打成皇后。 “
She was sweeping angrily past the corner table as she said it, and the next moment she started at the sound of a loud, sobbing sniff which issued from under the cover.
她一言不发地冲过拐角的桌子 下一瞬间,她开始发出响亮而泣出的声音 从封面上发出来
“What is that!”
"这是什么!"
she shouted.
她喊着
The loud, sobbing sniff was heard again, and she stooped and raised the hanging folds of the table cover.
大声而泣的嗅觉又被听见了,她自取其道并提升了桌盖上被吊起的折叠.
“How dare you!”
" 你竟敢这样! "
she cried out.
她呼喊着
“How dare you!
" 你竟敢这样!
Come out immediately!”
立刻出来!
It was poor Becky who crawled out, and her cap was knocked on one side, and her face was red with repressed crying.
是可怜的贝琪爬出来,她的帽子被一面敲倒了,她的脸被被压住的哭声所打出红色.
“If you please, ’m—it’s me, mum,” she explained.
" 如果你愿意的话,M -- -- 是我,妈妈, " 她解释了。
“I know I hadn’t ought to.
“我知道我不该这么做。
But I was lookin’ at the doll, mum—an’ I was frightened when you come in—an’ slipped under the table.”
但我看着娃娃, 妈妈, 当你进来时我很害怕, “
“You have been there all the time, listening,” said Miss Minchin.
Minchin小姐说,“你一直在听,”
“No, mum,” Becky protested, bobbing curtsies.
“不,妈妈,”贝琪抗议,
“Not listenin’—I thought I could slip out without your noticin’, but I couldn’t an’ I had to stay.
"不听话" 但我却不能留下。
But I didn’t listen, mum—I wouldn’t for nothin’.
但我不听,
But I couldn’t help hearin’.”
但我忍不住听到。
Suddenly she burst into fresh tears.
突然她又流出新的眼泪
“Oh, please, ’m,” she said; “I dare say you’ll give me warnin’, mum—but I’m so sorry for poor Miss Sara—I’m so sorry!”
" 哦,拜托,M",她说:"我敢说,你会警告我,妈妈——但我为可怜的萨拉小姐感到非常抱歉——我很抱歉! “
“Leave the room!”
“离开房间!”
ordered Miss Minchin.
点了敏钦小姐
Becky curtsied again, the tears openly streaming down her cheeks.
贝琪又被曲解了 眼泪露出脸颊
“Yes, ’m; I will, ’m,” she said, trembling; “but oh, I just wanted to arst you: Miss Sara—she’s been such a rich young lady, an’ she’s been waited on, ’and and foot; an’ what will she do now, mum, without no maid?”
“是的,是的,我会的,是的,”她说,“但是,我只想问你:萨拉小姐——她一直是一个富有的年轻女士,她一直在等待着,她正在脚下;她现在会做什么,没有女佣。 “
“If—if, oh please, would you let me wait on her after I’ve done my pots an’ kettles?”
“如果——如果,哦,请让我在完成我的锅后等她, “
Becky asked.
贝琪问.
“I’ d do ’em that quick—if you’ d let me wait on her now she’s poor.
她现在很穷,
Oh,” breaking out afresh, “poor little Miss Sara, mum—that was called a princess.”
" 可怜的Sara小姐,妈妈,那叫做公主。 “
Somehow, she made Miss Minchin feel more angry than ever.
不知何故,她让明钦小姐感到比以往更愤怒.
That the very scullery maid should range herself on the side of this child— whom she realized more fully than ever that she had never liked—was too much.
她比以往更充分地意识到,她从未喜欢过这个孩子。
She actually stamped her foot.
她实际上戳了她的脚。
“No—certainly not,” she said.
她说, " 当然不是, " 。
“She will wait on herself, and on other people, too.
“她将等待自己和他人。
Leave the room this instant, or you’ll leave your place.”
立刻离开房间, “
Becky threw her apron over her head and fled.
贝琪把围裙扔到头上后逃走了.
She ran out of the room and down the steps into the scullery, and there she sat down among her pots and kettles, and wept as if her heart would break.
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“It’s exactly like the ones in the stories,” she wailed.
她痛哭着说,
“Them pore princess ones that was drove into the world.”
“这些被驱入世界的孔隙公主。 “
Miss Minchin had never looked quite so still and hard as she did when Sara came to her, a few hours later, in response to a message Miss Minchin had sent her.
Minchin小姐从来没有像Sara在几个小时后为了回应Minchin小姐发给她的信息而来的时候那样,看起来如此平稳而努力.
Even by that time it seemed to Sara as if the birthday party had either been a dream or a thing which had happened years ago, and had happened in the life of quite another little girl.
即使在那个时候,萨拉似乎好像生日聚会 要么是一个梦,要么是一个几年前发生的事情, 发生在另一个小女孩的生活中。
Every sign of the festivities had been swept away; the holly had been removed from the schoolroom walls, and the forms and desks put back into their places.
各种庆典的征兆被扫地而去;Holly被从教室墙上取出,表格和桌子被放回了自己的位置上。
Miss Minchin’s sitting room looked as it always did—all traces of the feast were gone, and Miss Minchin had resumed her usual dress.
Minchin小姐的起居室看起来和往常一样,
The pupils had been ordered to lay aside their party frocks; and this having been done, they had returned to the schoolroom and huddled together in groups, whispering and talking excitedly.
学生们奉命放下他们的党羽;在这样做之后,他们回到了教室,群起欢呼,低声和激动地交谈。
“Tell Sara to come to my room,” Miss Minchin had said to her sister.
Minchin小姐曾对姐姐说:“叫Sara到我房间来。”
“ And explain to her clearly that I will have no crying or unpleasant scenes.”
“...... 向她解释清楚,我不会哭 或不愉快的场景。 “
“Sister,” replied Miss Amelia, “she is the strangest child I ever saw.
“姐姐”回答说,“她是我见过的最奇怪的孩子。
She has actually made no fuss at all.
她实际上没有大惊小怪
You remember she made none when Captain Crewe went back to India.
你还记得克鲁船长回印度时 她没有做
When I told her what had happened, she just stood quite still and looked at me without making a sound.
当我告诉她发生了什么 她只是站着不动 看着我,没有发出声音。
Her eyes seemed to get bigger and bigger, and she went quite pale.
她的眼睛看起来越来越大, 她变得相当苍白。
When I had finished, she still stood staring for a few seconds, and then her chin began to shake, and she turned round and ran out of the room and upstairs.
我完成后,她仍然站着盯着几秒钟,然后下巴开始发抖,她转身跑出房间和楼上.
Several of the other children began to cry, but she did not seem to hear them or to be alive to anything but just what I was saying.
其他几个孩子开始哭泣,但她似乎没有听到他们的声音,也没有活着听到任何东西,只是我刚才说的话。
It made me feel quite queer not to be answered; and when you tell anything sudden and strange, you expect people will say something— whatever it is.”
它让我觉得很怪异,不能被回答;当你突然说出任何奇怪的话,你期望人们会说些什么——不管是什么。 “
Nobody but Sara herself ever knew what had happened in her room after she had run upstairs and locked her door.
只有莎拉自己才知道 她上楼锁上门后 房间里发生了什么
In fact, she herself scarcely remembered anything but that she walked up and down, saying over and over again to herself in a voice which did not seem her own, “My papa is dead!
事实上,她自己几乎不记得任何东西,只是她上下走来,一次又一次地以她似乎没有自己的声音对自己说,“我爸爸死了!
My papa is dead!”
我爸爸已经死了!”
Once she stopped before Emily, who sat watching her from her chair, and cried out wildly, “Emily!
有一次,她站在坐在椅子上看着她的Emily面前,大声地喊道:“Emily!
Do you hear?
你听到了吗?
Do you hear—Papa is dead?
你听到吗? 爸爸死了吗?
He is dead in India—thousands of miles away.”
他在印度死了——千里外。 “
When she came into Miss Minchin’s sitting room in answer to her summons, her face was white and her eyes had dark rings around them.
当她来到Minchin小姐的起居室响应她的传票时,她的脸是白色的,眼睛周围有黑环。
Her mouth was set as if she did not wish it to reveal what she had suffered and was suffering.
她的口声好像不想说出她曾经遭受和正在遭受的痛苦。
She did not look in the least like the rose-colored butterfly child who had flown about from one of her treasures to the other in the decorated schoolroom.
她看起来一点也不像玫瑰色的蝴蝶孩子 她从一个宝藏飞到另一个装饰的教室
She looked instead a strange, desolate, almost grotesque little figure.
她看起来是个奇怪的,荒凉的, 几乎怪异的小人物。
She had put on, without Mariette’s help, the cast-aside black-velvet frock.
在没有Mariette帮助的情况下,她穿上了被铸成的黑绒花。
It was too short and tight, and her slender legs looked long and thin, showing themselves from beneath the brief skirt.
它太短又紧,而她苗条的腿看起来又长又瘦,从短裙下露出自己.
As she had not found a piece of black ribbon, her short, thick, black hair tumbled loosely about her face and contrasted strongly with its pallor.
由于她没有找到一块黑色丝带,她短而厚而黑的头发松散地从她的脸上取出并和它的花纹形成强烈对比.
She held Emily tightly in one arm, and Emily was swathed in a piece of black material.
她将艾米丽紧紧地抱在一臂之地,艾米丽被被一分黑色材料所刮去.
“Put down your doll,” said Miss Minchin.
Minchin小姐说,“放下你的娃娃。”
“What do you mean by bringing her here?”
"你带她来这是什么意思? “
“No,” Sara answered.
" 不, " Sara回答说。
“I will not put her down.
“我不会放下她。
She is all I have.
她是我仅有的
My papa gave her to me.”
我爸爸给我的 “
She had always made Miss Minchin feel secretly uncomfortable, and she did so now.
她总是让明钦小姐感到很不自在,现在她也这样做了.
She did not speak with rudeness so much as with a cold steadiness with which Miss Minchin felt it difficult to cope—perhaps because she knew she was doing a heartless and inhuman thing.
她没有粗鲁地说话,而是冷漠地说Minchin女士感到难以应付——也许因为她知道自己在做无情和不人道的事情。
“You will have no time for dolls in future,” she said.
她说,“今后你没有时间玩玩了。”
“You will have to work and improve yourself and make yourself useful.”
“你必须努力工作,提高自己,使自己有用。 “
Sara kept her big, strange eyes fixed on her, and said not a word.
Sara把大而奇怪的眼睛固定在她身上 一句话也不说
“Everything will be very different now,” Miss Minchin went on.
Minchin女士接着说,
“I suppose Miss Amelia has explained matters to you.”
“我想艾米莉亚小姐已经向你解释了问题。 “
“Yes,” answered Sara.
“是的,”回答萨拉。
“My papa is dead.
“我爸爸死了。
He left me no money.
他没给我留钱
I am quite poor.”
我很穷 “
“You are a beggar,” said Miss Minchin, her temper rising at the recollection of what all this meant.
Minchin小姐说:“你是个乞丐,
“It appears that you have no relations and no home, and no one to take care of you.”
“你们似乎没有关系、没有家,也没有人照顾你们。 “
For a moment the thin, pale little face twitched, but Sara again said nothing.
有那么一瞬间, 瘦而苍白的小脸被抽搐了, 但萨拉再次说了什么。
“What are you staring at?”
“你在看什么? “
demanded Miss Minchin, sharply.
要求敏钦小姐,非常强烈。
“ Are you so stupid that you cannot understand?
“...... 你这么蠢,你不明白吗?
I tell you that you are quite alone in the world, and have no one to do anything for you, unless I choose to keep you here out of charity.”
告诉你,你很孤独 在世界上, 没有人为你做任何事情, 除非我选择 让你在这里远离慈善。 “
“I understand,” answered Sara, in a low tone; and there was a sound as if she had gulped down something which rose in her throat.
“我理解,”以低调回答萨拉;有一种声音,好像她把喉咙里起来的东西擦倒了。
“I understand.”
“我理解。 “
“That doll,” cried Miss Minchin, pointing to the splendid birthday gift seated near—“that ridiculous doll, with all her nonsensical, extravagant things— I actually paid the bill for her!”
" 那个娃娃," 哭着Minchin小姐,指着坐在旁边的美妙的生日礼物—— "那个可笑的娃娃,带着她所有不敏感,奢侈的东西—— 我实际上为她付了帐! "
Sara turned her head toward the chair.
莎拉把头转向椅子
“The Last Doll,” she said.
她说,“最后的娃娃,”。
“The Last Doll.”
“最后的娃娃。”
And her little mournful voice had an odd sound.
她那哀伤的声音发出奇怪的声音
“The Last Doll, indeed!”
"最后的娃娃,确是!"
said Miss Minchin.
是敏钦小姐说的
“ And she is mine, not yours.
“...... 而她是我的,不是你的。
Everything you own is mine.”
你拥有的一切都是我的 “
“Please take it away from me, then,” said Sara.
Sara说,“请把它从我身边拿走。”
“I do not want it.”
“我不想要。 “
If she had cried and sobbed and seemed frightened, Miss Minchin might almost have had more patience with her.
如果她哭了并被抽泣和似乎害怕,敏钦小姐可能几乎对她有了更多的耐心.
She was a woman who liked to domineer and feel her power, and as she looked at Sara’s pale little steadfast face and heard her proud little voice, she quite felt as if her might was being set at naught.
她是一个喜欢做矿工并感受自己力量的女人,当她看着莎拉苍白而坚韧的面相并听到她骄傲的小声音时,她感觉好像她可能一无所有。
“Don’t put on grand airs,” she said.
她说,“不要大放异彩。”
“The time for that sort of thing is past.
“这种事情已经过去。
You are not a princess any longer.
你已经不是公主了
Your carriage and your pony will be sent away—your maid will be dismissed.
你的马车和你的马,将被送走;你的仆人,将被解除。
You will wear your oldest and plainest clothes—your extravagant ones are no longer suited to your station.
你们将穿上你们最古老和最朴素的衣服,你们的奢侈的衣服已不适合你们了。
You are like Becky—you must work for your living.”
你就像贝琪一样 你必须为生活工作 “
To her surprise, a faint gleam of light came into the child’s eyes—a shade of relief.
她感到惊讶的是,一束微弱的光光照射入了孩子的眼中 -- -- 一个宽慰的阴影。
“Can I work?”
“我可以工作吗? “
she said.
她说。
“If I can work it will not matter so much.
“如果我能工作,那就不重要了。
What can I do?”
我能怎么办? “
“You can do anything you are told,” was the answer.
答案是“你可以做任何你被告知的事”。
“You are a sharp child, and pick up things readily.
“你是一个聪明的孩子,你随时可以拿起东西。
If you make yourself useful I may let you stay here.
如果你让自己有用 我可以让你留在这里
You speak French well, and you can help with the younger children.”
你讲的法语很好,你可以帮助孩子们。 “
“May I?”
“我可以吗? “
exclaimed Sara.
赞叹了萨拉。
“Oh, please!
" 哦,请!
I know I can teach them.
我知道我能教他们
I like them, and they like me.”
我喜欢他们,他们喜欢我。 “
“Don’t talk nonsense about people liking you,” said Miss Minchin.
Minchin小姐说,
“You will have to do more than teach the little ones.
“你必须做更多的工作,而不是教小朋友。
You will run errands and help in the kitchen as well as in the schoolroom.
你会跑腿,在厨房和教室帮忙
If you don’t please me, you will be sent away.
如果你不让我高兴,
Remember that.
记住这一点。
Now go.”
现在去。 “
Sara stood still just a moment, looking at her.
莎拉站在一瞬间,看着她。
In her young soul, she was thinking deep and strange things.
在她年轻的灵魂中,她深思熟虑而奇怪.
Then she turned to leave the room.
然后她转身离开了房间。
“Stop!”
"停下来!"
said Miss Minchin.
是敏钦小姐说的
“Don’t you intend to thank me?”
" 难道你不打算感谢我吗? “
Sara paused, and all the deep, strange thoughts surged up in her breast.
莎拉停了下来, 和所有深刻,奇怪的思想 涌出在她的胸口。
“What for?”
“为什么? “
she said.
她说。
“For my kindness to you,” replied Miss Minchin.
Minchin小姐回答说,“为了我的好意,”
“For my kindness in giving you a home.”
“因为我好心地给你一个家。 “
Sara made two or three steps toward her.
Sara朝她迈出了两三步
Her thin little chest heaved up and down, and she spoke in a strange, unchildishly fierce way.
她瘦小的胸口上下抬起 她说话的方式很诡异 很凶猛
“You are not kind,” she said.
她说,“你不是好人。”
“You are not kind, and it is not a home.”
“你们不是善良的,也不是一个家庭。 “
And she had turned and run out of the room before Miss Minchin could stop her or do anything but stare after her with stony anger.
她转身跑出房间 在敏钦小姐阻止她或做任何事之前 她只顾着看着她
Sara went up the stairs slowly, but panting for breath, and she held Emily tightly against her side.
莎拉慢慢地上楼去,但喘着气来呼吸,她紧紧地把艾米莉抱在自己身边.
“I wish she could talk,” she said to herself.
她对自己说:“我希望她能说话。”
“If she could speak—if she could speak!”
" 如果她能说话... 如果她能说话! "
She meant to go to her room and lie down on the tiger-skin, with her cheek upon the great cat’s head, and look into the fire and think and think and think.
她打算去她的房间并躺倒在虎皮上,把脸颊贴在大猫的头上,看着火并思考和思考.
But just before she reached the landing Miss Amelia came out of the door and closed it behind her, and stood before it, looking nervous and awkward.
但就在她到达登陆地之前,阿梅莉亚小姐从门外走出,把门关在她身后,站到门前,看起来很紧张和尴尬.
The truth was that she felt secretly ashamed of the thing she had been ordered to do.
事实是,她对奉命做的事情感到了秘密的羞愧.
“You—you are not to go in there,” she said.
她说,“你不能进去。”
“Not go in?”
“不进去? “
exclaimed Sara, and she fell back a pace.
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“That is not your room now,” Miss Amelia answered, reddening a little.
Amelia小姐回答说,“这不是你现在的房间,”
Somehow, all at once, Sara understood.
不知怎的 莎拉马上明白了
She realized that this was the beginning of the change Miss Minchin had spoken of.
她意识到这是敏钦小姐所说的变化的开始.
“Where is my room?”
“我的房间在哪里? “
she asked, hoping very much that her voice did not shake.
她问,非常希望她的声音不会动摇。
“You are to sleep in the attic next to Becky.”
“你要睡在贝琪旁边的阁楼里。 “
Sara knew where it was.
萨拉知道它在哪里。
Becky had told her about it.
贝琪已经告诉她了
She turned, and mounted up two flights of stairs.
她转身 搭起两班楼梯
The last one was narrow, and covered with shabby strips of old carpet.
最后一道是狭长的,上面是被破烂的旧地毯所覆盖.
She felt as if she were walking away and leaving far behind her the world in which that other child, who no longer seemed herself, had lived.
她感觉好像她走开了,把那个不再看上去像自己的孩子所生活的世界远远抛在她身后。
This child, in her short, tight old frock, climbing the stairs to the attic, was quite a different creature.
这个孩子,在她短而紧的老花圈里,爬上楼梯去阁楼,是一个相当不同的生物.
When she reached the attic door and opened it, her heart gave a dreary little thump.
当她到达了阁楼门并打开了门后,她的心给了一股沉闷的"小th".
Then she shut the door and stood against it and looked about her.
然后她把门关上,站在一边看着她。
Yes, this was another world.
是的,这是另一个世界。
The room had a slanting roof and was whitewashed.
房间有倾斜的屋顶被白洗.
The whitewash was dingy and had fallen off in places.
白色的洗衣服是叮当的 掉下来的地方。
There was a rusty grate, an old iron bedstead, and a hard bed covered with a faded coverlet.
有一个生锈的栅栏, 一个旧的铁床, 和一个硬床盖上 一个已淡出被子。
Some pieces of furniture too much worn to be used downstairs had been sent up.
有些家具磨损太多,无法在楼下使用。
Under the skylight in the roof, which showed nothing but an oblong piece of dull gray sky, there stood an old battered red footstool.
在屋顶的天窗下,它只显示一长片沉闷的灰色天空,有一个被打倒的老红脚凳。
Sara went to it and sat down.
萨拉去它,坐下。
She seldom cried.
她很少哭出来。
She did not cry now.
她现在没有哭。
She laid Emily across her knees and put her face down upon her and her arms around her, and sat there, her little black head resting on the black draperies, not saying one word, not making one sound.
她把艾米莉放在膝盖上并把她的脸放在她和手臂上围绕她,并坐在那里,她的小黑头在黑帘上休息,没有说出一个字来,没有发出一个声音.
And as she sat in this silence there came a low tap at the door—such a low, humble one that she did not at first hear it, and, indeed, was not roused until the door was timidly pushed open and a poor tear-smeared face appeared peeping round it.
当她静静地坐在这道门上时,门上出现了一副低落而谦卑的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意的自鸣得意。
It was Becky’s face, and Becky had been crying furtively for hours and rubbing her eyes with her kitchen apron until she looked strange indeed.
Becky脸色模糊地哭了好几个小时,
“Oh, miss,” she said under her breath.
" 哦,小姐,"她说在她的呼吸。
“Might I—would you allow me—jest to come in?”
"请容我进来吧? “
Sara lifted her head and looked at her.
莎拉抬起头看着她.
She tried to begin a smile, and somehow she could not.
她试图开始一个微笑,不知怎么的她不能。
Suddenly—and it was all through the loving mournfulness of Becky’s streaming eyes—Sara’s face looked more like a child’s, not so much too old for her years.
突然间, 贝琪的眼花相去甚远, 莎拉的脸看起来更像孩子,
She held out her hand and gave a little sob.
她伸出了手,给了她一点安慰。
“Oh, Becky,” she said.
"哦,贝琪,"她说。
“I told you we were just the same—only two little girls—just two little girls.
" 我告诉过你,我们只是两个小女孩,只有两个小女孩。
You see how true it is.
你看这有多真实。
There’s no difference now.
现在没有区别了。
I’m not a princess anymore.”
我不再是公主了。 “
Becky ran to her and caught her hand, and hugged it to her breast, kneeling beside her and sobbing with love and pain.
贝琪跑向她并抓住了她的手,并拥抱到她的胸口,跪在她旁边并用爱和痛苦来泣.
“Yes, miss, you are,” she cried, and her words were all broken.
“是的,小姐,你,”她哭了,她的话都破了。
“Whats’ever ’appens to you— whats’ever—you’ d be a princess all the same— an’ nothin’ couldn’t make you nothin’ different.”
“你到底怎么了? 你永远是公主, “