A Little Princess
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part 15 of A Little Princess, Ram Dass and Carrisford’s secretary sneak into Sara’s garret.
Ram Dass和Carrisford的秘书潜入了Sara的外衣。
They plan a wonderful transformation.
他们计划了一个美妙的转变。
Part Sixteen: Hunger hen Sara had passed the house next door she had seen Ram Dass closing the shutters, and caught her glimpse of this room also.
第十六编: 饥饿的母鸡Sara从隔壁的房子里走过 她看到Ram Dass关闭了百叶窗 也看到了她对这个房间的一瞥
“It is a long time since I saw a nice place from the inside,” was the thought which crossed her mind.
“我很久没有从里面看到一个好地方了”,这是她的想法。
There was the usual bright fire glowing in the grate, and the Indian gentleman was sitting before it.
壁炉中常有明亮的火焰发光,而印度绅士正坐在前方.
His head was resting in his hand, and he looked as lonely and unhappy as ever.
他的脑袋被他手放倒了,他看起来和往常一样孤独和不快乐.
“Poor man!”
“可怜的人!”
said Sara.
莎拉说。
“I wonder what you are supposing.”
“我想知道你们在想些什么。 “
And this was what he was “supposing” at that very moment.
这就是他当时“假设”的假设。
“Suppose,” he was thinking, “suppose—even if Carmichael traces the people to Moscow—the little girl they took from Madame Pascal’s school in Paris is not the one we are in search of.
" Supose, " 他当时在想, " 即使Carmichael把人们追踪到莫斯科,他们从Pascal夫人在巴黎的学校带走的小女孩不是我们要找的女孩。
Suppose she proves to be quite a different child.
假设她被证明是一个相当不同的孩子。
What steps shall I take next?”
我下一步应该采取什么步骤? “
When Sara went into the house she met Miss Minchin, who had come downstairs to scold the cook.
莎拉进屋时,她遇见了下楼骂厨师的明钦小姐.
“Where have you wasted your time?”
“你在哪里浪费时间? “
she demanded.
她要求你这么做
“You have been out for hours.”
“你出去好几个小时了。 “
“It was so wet and muddy,” Sara answered, “it was hard to walk, because my shoes were so bad and slipped about.”
Sara回答说,“这太湿了,太难走,因为我的鞋子太差并滑倒了。 “
“Make no excuses,” said Miss Minchin, “and tell no falsehoods.”
Minchin小姐说,“不要托辞,不要说假话。 “
Sara went in to the cook.
莎拉去厨师那里了
The cook had received a severe lecture and was in a fearful temper as a result.
这名厨师曾接受过严重的训导,因此脾气很可怕。
She was only too rejoiced to have someone to vent her rage on, and Sara was a convenience, as usual.
她只是太高兴了,有人 泄出她的愤怒, 萨拉是一个方便, 一如既往。
“Why didn’t you stay all night?”
“你为什么不整夜呆着? “
she snapped.
她崩溃了。
Sara laid her purchases on the table.
Sara把她的货放在桌子上
“Here are the things,” she said.
她说,“事情是这样的。”
The cook looked them over, grumbling.
厨师看了他们, 抱怨。
She was in a very savage humor indeed.
她确实非常野蛮的幽默
“May I have something to eat?”
“我能吃点东西吗? “
Sara asked rather faintly.
莎拉问的相当微弱。
“Tea’s over and done with,” was the answer.
答案是: " 泰亚已经结束了 " 。
“Did you expect me to keep it hot for you?”
“你指望我为你保持热吗? “
Sara stood silent for a second.
莎拉沉默了一会儿
“I had no dinner,” she said next, and her voice was quite low.
她接着说,“我没有吃晚餐”,她的声音很低。
She made it low because she was afraid it would tremble.
她低调是因为她害怕它会颤抖
“There’s some bread in the pantry,” said the cook.
厨师说,
“That’s all you’ll get at this time of day.”
今日此刻, “
Sara went and found the bread.
Sara去找了面包 找到了面包
It was old and hard and dry.
已而老而硬而干.
The cook was in too vicious a humor to give her anything to eat with it.
厨师的幽默太凶恶 无法给她任何食物
It was always safe and easy to vent her spite on Sara.
总是安全而容易地向Sara泄出她的怨恨
Really, it was hard for the child to climb the three long flights of stairs leading to her attic.
真的,这孩子很难爬上 通往她阁楼的三层楼梯。
She often found them long and steep when she was tired; but tonight it seemed as if she would never reach the top.
她经常在疲倦时发现它们很长很陡;但今晚似乎她永远无法到达顶端.
Several times she was obliged to stop to rest.
她几次被迫停止休息。
When she reached the top landing she was glad to see the glimmer of a light coming from under her door.
当她到达地上时,她很高兴看到门下闪出一盏光。
That meant that Ermengarde had managed to creep up to pay her a visit.
这意味着埃尔门加德设法爬上去拜访她.
There was some comfort in that.
这里面有些安慰
It was better than to go into the room alone and find it empty and desolate.
不如独入一室取出一空而荒凉.
The mere presence of plump, comfortable Ermengarde, wrapped in her red shawl, would warm it a little.
光是用她红色的披肩包住的 丰满而舒适的埃尔门加德 就能暖和一点
Yes; there Ermengarde was when she opened the door.
是的,埃门加德开门的时候就在那儿
She was sitting in the middle of the bed, with her feet tucked safely under her.
她坐在床中间,脚被安全地放在她下面。
She had never become intimate with Melchisedec and his family, though they rather fascinated her.
她从来没有变得亲密 与梅尔希泽克和他的家人, 虽然他们更迷她。
When she found herself alone in the attic she always preferred to sit on the bed until Sara arrived.
当她发现自己一个人在阁楼里时,她总是喜欢坐在床上直到莎拉到达.
She had, in fact, on this occasion had time to become rather nervous, because Melchisedec had appeared and sniffed about a good deal, and once had made her utter a repressed squeal by sitting up on his hind legs and, while he looked at her, sniffing pointedly in her direction.
事实上,她这次有时间变得相当紧张,因为Melchisedec已经出现并嗅到一个很好的交易,而且曾经使她发出压抑的叫声,坐在后腿上,当他看着她时,尖锐地嗅到她的方向.
“Oh, Sara,” she cried out, “I am glad you have come.
" 哦,萨拉,"她喊道:"我很高兴你来了。
Melchy would sniff about so.
Melchy会闻到的
I tried to coax him to go back, but he wouldn’t for such a long time.
我试着说服他回去,
I like him, you know; but it does frighten me when he sniffs right at me.
我喜欢他,但当他对我闻到时,我确实很害怕
Do you think he ever would jump?”
你觉得他会跳下去吗? “
“No,” answered Sara.
" 不, " 回答萨拉。
Ermengarde crawled forward on the bed to look at her.
埃门加德爬到床上看她
“You do look tired, Sara,” she said; “you are quite pale.”
她说:“萨拉,你看起来的确很疲倦,你相当苍白。 “
“I am tired,” said Sara, dropping on to the lopsided footstool.
Sara说,“我累了”,他走到了斜脚凳上。
“Oh, there’s Melchisedec, poor thing.
“哦,有Melchisedec,可怜的东西。
He’s come to ask for his supper.”
他来要求他的晚餐。 “
Melchisedec had come out of his hole as if he had been listening for her footstep.
Melchisedec从他的洞里出来 好像在听她的脚步。
Sara was quite sure he knew it.
萨拉很确定他知道
He came forward with an affectionate, expectant expression as Sara put her hand in her pocket and turned it inside out, shaking her head.
他带着亲切,期待的表情站出来,因为萨拉将她的手放入口袋并转出里面,摇动了她的头.
“I’m very sorry,” she said.
" 我非常抱歉, " 她说。
“I haven’t one crumb left.
“我没有留下一分钱。
Go home, Melchisedec, and tell your wife there was nothing in my pocket.
回家去吧,梅尔希塞德克 告诉你妻子我口袋里什么都没有
I’m afraid I forgot because the cook and Miss Minchin were so cross.”
因为厨师和Minchin小姐很过份, “
Melchisedec seemed to understand.
梅尔希泽德似乎理解。
He shuffled resignedly, if not contentedly, back to his home.
他辞职了,即使不满足,回到了自己的家。
“I did not expect to see you tonight, Ermie,” Sara said.
“我没想到今晚会见到你,Ermie。”
Ermengarde hugged herself in the red shawl.
埃门加德在红披肩上拥抱自己.
“Miss Amelia has gone out to spend the night with her old aunt,” she explained.
她解释说,“艾米莉亚小姐已经出去与她的姑妈过夜。”
“No one else ever comes and looks into the bedrooms after we are in bed.
“我们上床后,没有人会来看卧室。
I could stay here until morning if I wanted to.”
如果我想的话,我可以待到早上 “
She pointed toward the table under the skylight.
她指向天窗下的桌子。
Sara had not looked toward it as she came in.
Sara进来的时候没看
A number of books were piled upon it.
堆起多本书.
Ermengarde’s gesture was a dejected one.
Ermengarde的姿态令人沮丧。
“Papa has sent me some more books, Sara,” she said.
她说,“Sara,爸爸给我寄了几本书。”
“There they are.”
“他们在那里。 “
Sara looked round and got up at once.
莎拉看了四周,立刻起来.
She ran to the table, and picking up the top volume, turned over its leaves quickly.
她跑到桌子上,捡起最上方的卷子,迅速翻过它的叶子.
For the moment she forgot her discomforts.
目前她忘记了她的不适
“ Ah,” she cried out, “how beautiful!
“...... 她喊道:“多么美丽!
Carlyle’s French Revolution.
卡莱尔的法国大革命.
I have so wanted to read that!”
我想读这个! “
“I haven’t,” said Ermengarde.
Ermengarde说,
“ And Papa will be so cross if I don’t.
“如果我不这样做,
He’ll expect me to know all about it when I go home for the holidays.
他希望我回家度假时,
What shall I do?”
我该怎么办? “
Sara stopped turning over the leaves and looked at her with an excited flush on her cheeks.
Sara停止了把叶子翻过来,并用她脸颊上一股兴奋的冲浪看着她.
“Look here,” she cried, “if you’ll lend me these books, I’ll read them—and tell you everything that’s in them afterward—and I’ll tell it so that you will remember it, too.”
她喊道:「如果你借我这些书, 我会读这些书, “
“Oh, goodness!”
"哦,天呐!"
exclaimed Ermengarde.
赞叹尔门迦德.
“Do you think you can?”
“你认为你可以吗? “
“I know I can,” Sara answered.
“我知道我可以,”萨拉回答。
“The little ones always remember what I tell them.”
“孩子们总是记得我对他们说的话。 “
“Sara,” said Ermengarde, hope gleaming in her round face, “if you’ll do that, and make me remember, I’ll—I’ll give you anything.”
Ermengarde说, “Sara,”希望在她的圆相上闪烁, “如果你愿意这样做, 让我记住, 我会给你任何东西。 “
“I don’t want you to give me anything,” said Sara.
Sara说:“我不想你给我任何东西。”
“I want your books—I want them!”
"我要你的书... 我要他们! “
And her eyes grew big, and her chest heaved.
她的眼睛变大了 她的胸部也变大了
“Take them, then,” said Ermengarde.
Ermengarde说,
“I wish I wanted them—but I don’t.
“我希望我想要,
I’m not clever, and my father is, and he thinks I ought to be.”
我并不聪明, “
Sara was opening one book after the other.
Sara开一本又一本
“What are you going to tell your father?”
“你要对你父亲说什么? “
she asked, a slight doubt dawning in her mind.
她问,一个轻微的怀疑 在她脑海中出现了。
“Oh, he needn’t know,” answered Ermengarde.
Ermengarde回答道,
“He’ll think I’ve read them.”
" 他会认为我读过了。 “
Sara put down her book and shook her head slowly.
莎拉放下了书并慢慢地摇头.
“That’s almost like telling lies,” she said.
她说,“这几乎像在撒谎。
“ And lies—well, you see, they are not only wicked—they’re vulgar.
“...... 谎言不仅邪恶,而且庸俗;
Sometimes”— reflectively—“I’ve thought perhaps I might do something wicked—I might suddenly fly into a rage and kill Miss Minchin, you know, when she was ill-treating me—but I couldn’t be vulgar.
有时,“我想也许我可能会做坏事, 我可能突然发怒而杀死Minchin小姐,
Why can’t you tell your father I read them?”
为何不能告诉你父亲我读过? “
“He wants me to read them,” said Ermengarde, a little discouraged by this unexpected turn of affairs.
Ermengarde说, “他想让我读一下,
“He wants you to know what is in them,” said Sara.
萨拉说,“他要你知道里面有什么。”
“ And if I can tell it to you in an easy way and make you remember it, I should think he would like that.”
“...... 如果我能以简单的方式告诉你 让你记得,我应该认为他会喜欢的。 “
“He’ll like it if I learn anything in any way,” said rueful Ermengarde.
「如果我学到任何东西,
“You would if you were my father.”
“如果你是我父亲,你会的。 “
“It’s not your fault that—” began Sara.
" 这不是你的错,"开始萨拉。
She pulled herself up and stopped rather suddenly.
她拉起身来 突然停下来
She had been going to say, “It’s not your fault that you are stupid.”
她会说,“你愚蠢不是你的错。 “
“That what?”
“这什么? “
Ermengarde asked.
厄门迦德问.
“That you can’t learn things quickly,” amended Sara.
「你学不来东西,
“If you can’t, you can’t.
“如果你不能,
If I can—why, I can; that’s all.”
如果我能,为什么,我可以;仅此而已。 “
She always felt very tender of Ermengarde, and tried not to let her feel too strongly the difference between being able to learn anything at once, and not being able to learn anything at all.
她总是对埃尔门加德感到非常温柔,并尽量不要让她感到太强烈的区别,即能同时学习任何东西,而根本无法学习任何东西.
As she looked at her plump face, one of her wise, old-fashioned thoughts came to her.
当她看着她丰满的相貌时,她一个聪明而古老的思想降临到她身上.
“Perhaps,” she said, “to be able to learn things quickly isn’t everything.
“也许,”她说,“能够迅速学习东西并不是一切。
To be kind is worth a great deal to other people.”
善良对其他人来说是值得的 “
“If Miss Minchin knew everything on earth and was like what she is now,“ Sara continued, “she’ d still be a detestable thing, and everybody would hate her.
" 如果Minchin小姐知道地球上的一切,并且像现在一样, " Sara继续说, " 她仍然是一个可憎的事情,每个人都会恨她。
Lots of clever people have done harm and have been wicked.
很多聪明人都做了坏事
Look at Robespierre—” She stopped and examined Ermengarde’s countenance, which was beginning to look bewildered.
看看罗伯斯庇尔——” 她停下来检查Ermengarde的表情,
“Don’t you remember?”
" 你不记得了吗? “
she demanded.
她要求你这么做
“I told you about him not long ago.
“不久前,我曾将他的事告诉你。
I believe you’ve forgotten.”
我相信你们已经忘记了。 “
“Well, I don’t remember all of it,” admitted Ermengarde.
Ermengarde承认,
“Well, you wait a minute,” said Sara, “and I’ll take off my wet things and wrap myself in the coverlet and tell you over again.”
Sara说:“你等一下,”我会脱下湿衣服, “
She took off her hat and coat and hung them on a nail against the wall, and she changed her wet shoes for an old pair of slippers.
她把帽子和外衣脱下并挂在一指指指向墙上,她为一双老式拖鞋换了湿鞋.
Then she jumped on the bed, and drawing the coverlet about her shoulders, sat with her arms round her knees.
然后她跳上床来取出她肩膀上的被子,用双臂围住她的膝盖而坐.
“Now, listen,” she said.
她说:“现在,听着,”
She plunged into the gory records of the French Revolution, and told such stories of it that Ermengarde’s eyes grew round with alarm and she held her breath.
她陷入了法国大革命的血腥记录中,并讲述了这样的故事,埃尔门加德的眼睛在惊慌中长出来并屏住呼吸.
But though Ermengarde was rather terrified, there was a delightful thrill in listening, and she was not likely to forget Robespierre again, or to have any doubts about the Princesse de Lamballe.
但是虽然埃尔门加德相当害怕,但听上去很兴奋,她不可能再次忘记罗伯斯庇尔,或者对兰巴勒公主有任何怀疑.
“You know they put her head on a pike and danced round it,” Sara explained.
Sara解释道,“你知道,他们把她的头放在一匹小马上,并围绕它跳舞。
“ And she had beautiful floating blonde hair; and when I think of her, I never see her head on her body, but always on a pike, with those furious people dancing and howling.”
“...... 她有美丽的漂浮的金发; 当我想起她的时候, 我从来没有看到她的头在她身上, 但总是在一匹小马上, 那些愤怒的人在跳舞和叫喊。 “
It was agreed that Mr.
会议商定,由埃博拉·卡多先生主持。
St.
圣会.
John was to be told the plan they had made, and for the present the books were to be left in the attic.
John应该被告知他们所做的计划 而对于现在的书 将留在阁楼里
“Now let’s tell each other things,” said Sara.
Sara说,
“How are you getting on with your French lessons?”
“你的法语课进展如何? “
“Ever so much better since the last time I came up here and you explained the conjugations.
“自从我上次来到这里以来,你解释这些争论以来,情况就好多了。
Miss Minchin could not understand why I did my exercises so well that first morning.”
Minchin小姐不明白为什么我第一天早上 练得这么好 “
Sara laughed a little and hugged her knees.
莎拉笑了一下并拥抱了她的膝盖.
“She doesn’t understand why Lottie is doing her sums so well,” she said; “but it is because she creeps up here, too, and I help her.”
“她不明白洛蒂为什么做得这么好, “
Sara glanced round the room.
莎拉在房间里看了一眼
“The attic would be rather nice—if it wasn’t so dreadful,” she said, laughing again.
" 阁楼将相当好 -- -- 如果不是这么可怕的话, " 她说,再次取笑。
“It’s a good place to pretend in.”
" 这是一个好地方, “
The truth was that Ermengarde did not know anything of the sometimes almost unbearable side of life in the attic and she had not a sufficiently vivid imagination to depict it for herself.
事实是埃尔门加德对阁楼里有时几乎无法忍受的生活一面一无所知,她没有足够生动的想象力来为自己描绘.
On the rare occasions that she could reach Sara’s room she only saw the side of it which was made exciting by things which were “pretended” and stories which were told.
在她能够到达Sara房间的罕见场合中,她只看到 " 预想 " 和所讲述的故事使她感到兴奋的一面。
Her visits partook of the character of adventures; and though sometimes Sara looked rather pale, and it was not to be denied that she had grown very thin, her proud little spirit would not admit of complaints.
她的出访是冒险性能的一部分;虽然有时Sara看起来相当苍白,而且不能否认她已经变得非常瘦小了,但她骄傲的小精神不会承认抱怨.
She had never confessed that at times she was almost ravenous with hunger, as she was tonight.
她从来没有承认过,有时她几乎被饥饿所折磨,就像今晚一样.
She was growing rapidly, and her constant walking and running about would have given her a keen appetite even if she had had abundant and regular meals of a much more nourishing nature than the unappetizing, inferior food Sara could snatch at odd times.
她正在迅速成长, 她不停地走来走去会给她一种强烈的胃口, 即使她有丰富的和正常的 营养性更强的餐食,
She was growing used to a certain gnawing feeling in her young stomach.
她已经习惯了在她年轻时的胃里 有一种渴望的感觉
“I suppose soldiers feel like this when they are on a long and weary march,” she often said to herself.
“我想士兵们在漫长而疲惫地行军时会这样想,”她经常对自己说。
She liked the sound of “long and weary march.”
她喜欢“漫长而疲惫的游行”的声音。 “
It made her feel like a soldier.
这让她感觉像个士兵。
She had also a quaint sense of being a hostess in the attic.
她也有在阁楼当女主人的奇观
“If I lived in a castle,” she argued, “and Ermengarde was the lady of another castle, and came to see me, with knights and squires and vassals riding with her, and pennons flying, when I heard the clarions sounding outside the drawbridge I should go down to receive her, and I should spread feasts in the banquet hall and call in minstrels to sing and play and relate romances.
“如果我住在一座城堡里,”她争辩说,“埃尔门加德是另一座城堡的女主人,他来看我,带着骑士、侍从和侍从同她一起骑马,以及笔会飞来,当我听到桥外的叫声时,我应该下楼去接她,我应该在宴会厅里散开宴会,在宾馆里呼唤歌唱和演奏,并介绍浪漫。
When she comes into the attic I can’t spread feasts, but I can tell stories, and not let her know disagreeable things.
当她来到阁楼时, 我不能散开宴会, 但我能讲故事,
I daresay poor chatelaines had to do that in time of famine, when their lands had been pillaged.”
我敢说,在饥荒时,可怜的聊天人不得不这样做,当时他们的土地被掠夺了。 “
She was a proud, brave little chatelaine, and dispensed generously the one hospitality she could offer—the dreams she dreamed—the visions she saw—the imaginings which were her joy and comfort.
她是一个骄傲而勇敢的小聊天者,慷慨地施展了她所能给予的款待——她所梦想的、她所看见的、她的喜悦和慰藉。
So, as they sat together, Ermengarde did not know that she was faint as well as ravenous, and that while she talked she now and then wondered if her hunger would let her sleep when she was left alone.
所以,当他们坐在一起的时候,埃尔门加德并不知道她昏倒得像野兽一样,当她现在说话的时候,然后怀疑她的饥饿是否会让她在一个人孤独的时候睡觉.
She felt as if she had never been quite so hungry before.
她觉得她以前从没这么饿过
“I wish I was as thin as you, Sara,” Ermengarde said suddenly.
“我希望我和你一样瘦,萨拉。”
“I believe you are thinner than you used to be.
“我相信,你比以前瘦了。
Your eyes look so big, and look at the sharp little bones sticking out of your elbow!”
你的眼睛看起来那么大, 看看尖锐的小骨头 插出你的肘! “
Sara pulled down her sleeve, which had pushed itself up.
Sara把袖子拉下来了 袖子自己抬起来
“I always was a thin child,” she said bravely, “and I always had big green eyes.”
她勇敢地说,“我一直是一个瘦小的孩子,”我总是有大绿眼睛。 “
“I love your queer eyes,” said Ermengarde, looking into them with affectionate admiration.
Ermengarde说, “我爱你的娘娘腔的眼睛,” 以亲切的钦佩来观察他们。
“They always look as if they saw such a long way.
“他们总是看似看到了如此漫长的路程。
I love them—and I love them to be green—though they look black generally.”
我爱他们,我爱他们绿色,虽然他们看起来一般都是黑色的。 “
“They are cat’s eyes,” laughed Sara; “but I can’t see in the dark with them—because I have tried, and I couldn’t—I wish I could.”
" 他们是猫的眼睛, " 笑了萨拉; " 但我不能在黑暗中看到他们—— 因为我试过了,我不能—— 我希望我可以。 “
It was just at this minute that something happened at the skylight which neither of them saw.
就在此时此刻,天窗出事,他们都看见了。
If either of them had chanced to turn and look, she would have been startled by the sight of a dark face which peered cautiously into the room and disappeared as quickly and almost as silently as it had appeared.
如果她们中任何一个都有机会转身看一看,她就会惊呆地看到一张暗相,暗相中小心地窥视入室,消失得快而几乎与出现时一样沉默.
Not quite as silently, however.
然而,没有那么沉默。
Sara, who had keen ears, suddenly turned a little and looked up at the roof.
有着敏锐耳朵的萨拉突然转了一下,向上望去屋顶.
“That didn’t sound like Melchisedec,” she said.
她表示:「这听起来不像Melchisedec,
“It wasn’t scratchy enough.”
“这还不够抓人。 “
“What?”
“什么情况? “
said Ermengarde, a little startled.
Ermengarde说,有点吓人。
“Didn’t you think you heard something?”
“你没有听到什么吗? “
asked Sara.
问萨拉。
“N-no,” Ermengarde faltered.
“不,”埃尔门加德动摇了。
“Did you?”
“你有吗? “
“Perhaps I didn’t,” said Sara; “but I thought I did.
“也许我没有,”Sara说,“但我以为我没有。
It sounded as if something was on the slates—something that dragged softly.”
听起来好像有些东西在板子上,有些东西被轻轻地拖走。 “
“What could it be?”
“可以是什么? “
said Ermengarde.
厄门加德说
“Could it be—robbers?”
" 会不会是抢劫? “
“No,” Sara began cheerfully.
"不,"萨拉开始高兴地开始。
“There is nothing to steal—” She broke off in the middle of her words.
“没有什么可偷的......” 相与相说而断.
They both heard the sound that checked her.
他们都听到了检查她的声音。
It was not on the slates, but on the stairs below, and it was Miss Minchin’s angry voice.
它不是在板子上,而是在下面的楼梯上,是明钦小姐愤怒的声音.
Sara sprang off the bed, and put out the candle.
莎拉从床上跳出 把蜡烛熄灭
“She is scolding Becky,” she whispered, as she stood in the darkness.
她悄悄地说,“她在骂Becky”,她站在黑暗中。
“She is making her cry.”
“她正在使她哭泣。 “
“Will she come in here?”
“她会来这里吗? “
Ermengarde whispered back, panic-stricken.
埃门加德悄悄回话,惊慌失措.
“No.
“否。
She will think I am in bed.
她会以为我在床上
Don’t stir.”
别闹了。 “
It was very seldom that Miss Minchin mounted the last flight of stairs.
Minchin小姐很少搭上最后的楼梯。
Sara could only remember that she had done it once before.
莎拉只记得她以前做过一次
But now she was angry enough to be coming at least part of the way up, and it sounded as if she was driving Becky before her.
但是现在她非常愤怒,至少要赶上路的一部分,听起来好像她在她面前开车去贝琪.
“You, dishonest child!”
"你这个不诚实的孩子!"
they heard her say.
他们听到她说的。
“Cook tells me she has missed things repeatedly.”
“库克告诉我,她一再错过一些事情。 “
“’T warn’t me, mum,” said Becky sobbing.
贝琪说,
“I was ’ungry enough, but ’t warn’t me—never!”
“我已经厌倦了,
“You deserve to be sent to prison,” said Miss Minchin’s voice.
Minchin小姐说:“你应该被送入监狱。”
“Picking and stealing!
“偷盗和偷盗!
Half a meat pie, indeed!”
半个肉饼,
“’T warn’t me,” wept Becky.
贝琪哭道:
“I could ’ave eat a whole un—but I never laid a finger on it.”
“我可以吃一整顿,但我从未碰过。 “
Miss Minchin was out of breath between temper and mounting the stairs.
Minchin小姐在脾气和楼梯之间喘不过气来。
The meat pie had been intended for her special late supper.
肉馅饼本来是准备给她吃晚饭的
It became apparent that she boxed Becky’s ears.
她用拳头打贝琪的耳朵。
“Don’t tell falsehoods,” she said.
她说:不要说假话。
“Go to your room this instant.”
" 立刻回你的房间去。 “
Both Sara and Ermengarde heard the slap, and then heard Becky run in her slipshod shoes up the stairs and into her attic.
莎拉和埃尔门加德都听到了耳光,然后听到贝琪穿着鞋跑上楼梯并跑入她的阁楼.
They heard her door shut, and knew that she threw herself upon her bed.
他们听到她的门关上,知道她把自己倒在床上。
“I could ’ave e’t two of ’em,” they heard her cry into her pillow.
他们听到她哭到枕头上。
“ An’ I never took a bite.
“...... 我从未吃过一顿。
’Twas cook give it to her policeman.”
" ; " 厨师给她的警察。 “
Sara stood in the middle of the room in the darkness.
莎拉站在黑暗中的房间中间.
She was clenching her little teeth and opening and shutting fiercely her outstretched hands.
她用牙咬牙咬牙 打开并猛烈地关上她伸出的手
She could scarcely stand still, but she dared not move until Miss Minchin had gone down the stairs and all was still.
她几乎站不住脚,但她不敢动 直到Minchin小姐走下楼梯,一切都静止了。
“The wicked, cruel thing!”
邪恶而残忍的东西!
she burst forth.
她冲了出来。
“The cook takes things herself and then says Becky steals them.
“厨师自己拿东西,然后说Becky偷东西。
She doesn’t!
她不会!
She doesn’t!
她不会!
She’s so hungry sometimes that she eats crusts out of the ash barrel!”
她有时饿得要命,
She pressed her hands hard against her face and burst into passionate little sobs, and Ermengarde, hearing this unusual thing, was overawed by it.
她把双手紧紧地压在脸上并被冲入了热情的小血泊中,而厄尔门加德听到这个不寻常的东西,被它所监督.
Sara was crying!
萨拉在哭!
The unconquerable Sara!
不可征服的萨拉!
It seemed to denote something new—some mood she had never known.
这似乎表明她从未意识到的新情绪。
Suppose—suppose—a new possibility presented itself to her kind, slow, little mind all at once.
假设... 假设...
She crept off the bed in the dark and found her way to the table where the candle stood.
她在黑暗中从床上跳出并找到她去烛台的路.
She struck a match and lit the candle.
她打了火柴并点起蜡烛
When she had lighted it, Ermengarde bent forward and looked at Sara, with her new thought growing to definite fear in her eyes.
当她点了灯后,埃尔门加德向前弯曲并看着萨拉,她的新思想在她眼中逐渐增强到肯定的恐惧.
“Sara,” she said in a timid, almost awe-stricken voice, “are—are—you never told me—I don’t want to be rude, but—are you ever hungry?”
“萨拉,”她用一个胆小、几乎令人敬畏的声音说,“你从未告诉我,” 我不想失礼,但你饿过吗? “
It was too much just at that moment.
刚才太过分了
The barrier broke down.
道障已断.
Sara lifted her face from her hands.
Sara把她的脸从她手上抬起来。
“Yes,” she said in a new passionate way.
“是的”,她以新的热情表示。
“Yes, I am.
“是的,我是。
I’m so hungry now that I could almost eat you.
我饿了,现在我几乎可以吃了你。
And it makes it worse to hear poor Becky.
听到可怜的贝琪会更糟
She’s hungrier than I am.”
她比我还饿。 “
Ermengarde gasped.
厄门加德被毒死
“Oh, oh!”
“哦,哦,哦!”
she cried woefully.
她伤心地哭了。
“ And I never knew!”
“...... 我从不知道!”
“I didn’t want you to know,” Sara said.
Sara说,
“It would have made me feel like a street beggar.
“那会让我觉得自己像个街头乞丐。
I know I look like a street beggar.”
我知道我看起来像一个街头乞丐。 “
“No, you don’t—you don’t!”
“不,你没有,你没有!”
Ermengarde broke in.
埃门加德闯进来了
“Your clothes are a little queer—but you couldn’t look like a street beggar.
你的衣服有点古怪,
You haven’t a street-beggar face.”
你没有街头乞丐的脸。 “
“ A little boy once gave me a sixpence for charity,” said Sara, with a short little laugh in spite of herself.
Sara说:“一个小男孩曾给我六便士施舍,
“Here it is.”
“在这里。 “
And she pulled out the thin ribbon from her neck.
她从脖子上拔出细丝带
“He wouldn’t have given me his Christmas sixpence if I hadn’t looked as if I needed it.”
他不会给我圣诞六便士, “
Somehow the sight of the dear little sixpence was good for both of them.
不知何故,亲爱的六便士的目光对两人都有好处。
It made them laugh a little, though they both had tears in their eyes.
这让他们笑了一下,虽然他们的眼睛都流了泪.
“Who was he?”
“他是谁? “
asked Ermengarde, looking at it quite as if it had not been a mere ordinary silver sixpence.
问埃尔门加德, 看着它相当像 它不是一个普通的银六便士。
“He was a darling little thing going to a party,” said Sara.
Sara说,“他是一个去参加派对的可爱的小东西。”
“He was one of the Large Family, the little one with the round legs—the one I call Guy Clarence.
“他是大家庭的一员,是小的有圆腿的人,我称之为盖伊·克拉伦斯。
I suppose his nursery was crammed with Christmas presents and hampers full of cakes and things, and he could see I had nothing.”
我想他的托儿所里挤满了圣诞礼物 和阻碍 充满蛋糕和东西, 他可以看到我什么都没有。 “
Ermengarde gave a little jump backward.
Ermengarde给了一个小跳倒。
The last sentences had recalled something to her troubled mind and given her a sudden inspiration.
末句唤起她心烦意乱的东西,并给她一个突然的灵感.
“Oh, Sara!”
"哦,萨拉!"
she cried.
她哭着
“What a silly thing I am not to have thought of it!”
“我竟然没有想到这蠢事! “
“Of what?”
“什么情况? “
“Something splendid!”
"一些伟大的事!"
said Ermengarde, in an excited hurry.
Ermengarde说, 兴奋地匆忙。
“This very afternoon my nicest aunt sent me a box.
“今天下午,我最漂亮的姨妈给我送了一个盒子。
It is full of good things.
充满了好东西。
I never touched it, I had so much pudding at dinner, and I was so bothered about Papa’s books.”
我从未碰过, “
Her words began to tumble over each other.
她的言语开始互相倾斜
“It’s got cake in it, and little meat pies, and jam tarts and buns, and oranges and red-currant wine, and figs and chocolate.
里面有蛋糕、小肉馅饼、果酱馅饼和包子、橘子和红葡萄酒、花果和巧克力。
I’ll creep back to my room and get it this minute, and we’ll eat it now.”
我会爬回我的房间, “
Sara almost reeled.
莎拉差点被甩了
When one is faint with hunger the mention of food has sometimes a curious effect.
当一个人因饥饿而晕倒时,提到食物有时会产生奇效.
She clutched Ermengarde’s arm.
她抓住了Ermengarde的手臂。
“Do you think—you could?”
" 你认为,你可以吗? “
she ejaculated.
她射出来了
“I know I could,” answered Ermengarde, and she ran to the door—opened it softly—put her head out into the darkness, and listened.
“我知道我可以,” 埃尔门加德回答说,“她跑到门前—— 轻轻地打开了门—— 把头伸入黑暗,听了。
Then she went back to Sara.
后来她回到了萨拉.
“The lights are out.
“灯已经熄灭。
Everybody’s in bed.
每个人都在床上。
I can creep—and creep— and no one will hear.”
我可以爬 -- -- 和爬 -- -- 没有人会听到。 “
It was so delightful that they caught each other’s hands and a sudden light sprang into Sara’s eyes.
他们抓住了对方的手,
“Ermie!”
爱米!
she said.
她说。
“Let us pretend!
“让我们假装吧!
Let us pretend it’s a party!
让我们假装是派对吧!
And oh, won’t you invite the prisoner in the next cell?”
你会不会邀请囚犯到下一个牢房? “
“Yes!
“对!
Yes!
没错!
Let us knock on the wall now.
让我们现在敲墙。
The jailer won’t hear.”
狱卒听不到。 “
Sara went to the wall.
萨拉去墙上。
Through it she could hear poor Becky crying more softly.
通过它,她可以听到可怜的贝琪更温柔地哭泣.
She knocked four times.
她敲了四次门
Five quick knocks answered her.
5个快敲回答她。
“She is coming,” Sara said.
Sara说:“她来了。”
Almost immediately the door of the attic opened and Becky appeared.
阁楼的门几乎立刻打开,贝琪就出现了.
Her eyes were red and her cap was sliding off, and when she caught sight of Ermengarde she began to rub her face nervously with her apron.
她的眼睛是红色的,而她的帽子正在滑走,当她看到埃尔门加德时,她开始用围裙紧张地摩擦她的脸.
“Don’t mind me a bit, Becky!”
“别介意我,贝琪!”
cried Ermengarde.
哭了埃尔门加德。
“Miss Ermengarde has asked you to come in,” said Sara, “because she is going to bring a box of good things up here to us.”
Sara说,“Ermengarde小姐请你进来,”因为她要给我们带来一盒好东西。 “
Becky’s cap almost fell off entirely, she broke in with such excitement.
贝琪的帽子几乎完全脱下,
“To eat, miss?”
"吃饭,小姐? “
she said.
她说。
“Things that’s good to eat?”
" 吃起来好吃吗? “
“Yes,” answered Sara, “and we are going to pretend a party.”
“是的”,撒拉回答说,“我们要假装党。 “
“ And you shall have as much as you want to eat,” put in Ermengarde.
“...... 和你们所想吃的东西一样多。”
“I’ll go this minute!”
“我现在就走!”
Glossary amended (v.)
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made a change to improve something (p.
做了一些修改来改进一些东西(p.
10) chatelaines (n.)
10) 聊天室(n.
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