A Little Princess
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part 17 of A Little Princess, Sara uses the magic of her imagination to transform her bleak garret into something lovely, only to have that magic destroyed by Miss Minchin.
在"小公主"第17部分中,萨拉用她想象中的魔法来将她那暗淡的外衣转化成可爱的东西,只为被敏钦小姐所毁灭.
But in a surprising turn of events, the Magic proves real.
但在令人惊讶的转折中,"魔法"被证明是真实的.
Part Eighteen: The Visitor magine, if you can, what the rest of the evening was like.
第十八编: 客相想想想,若能,余夜所为.
How they crouched by the fire which blazed and leaped and made so much of itself in the little grate.
他们是如何被燃烧并跳跃的火所俯伏,在小地牢里制造出如此多的自相残杀.
How they removed the covers of the dishes, and found rich, hot, savory soup, which was a meal in itself, and sandwiches and toast and muffins enough for both of them.
他们如何取出盘子的被子,发现富饶,热辣,口味浓郁的汤,这本身就是一顿饭,三明治和吐司和松饼都足够两人吃.
The mug from the washstand was used as Becky’s tea cup, and the tea was so delicious that it was not necessary to pretend that it was anything but tea.
洗碗台的相片被用做贝琪的相片取出茶杯,而相片的相片非常可口,因此不需要假装除了取出茶来之外其他任何东西.
They were warm and full-fed and happy, and it was just like Sara that, having found her strange good fortune real, she should give herself up to the enjoyment of it to the utmost.
他们温暖而饱满而快乐, 就像萨拉,发现她奇怪的好运气是真实的, 她应该放弃自己 享受它的最大。
She had lived such a life of imaginings that she was quite equal to accepting any wonderful thing that happened, and almost to cease, in a short time, to find it bewildering.
她的人生充满了幻想 她完全可以接受任何奇妙的事情 并且几乎在短时间内停止了 发现它令人困惑
“I don’t know anyone in the world who could have done it,” she said; “but someone has.
她说:“我不知道世界上谁可以这样做,
And here we are sitting by their fire—and—and—it’s true!
我们坐在他们的火边,
And whoever it is—wherever they are— I have a friend, Becky—someone is my friend.”
无论是谁,无论他们在哪里, 我有个朋友,贝琪... 有人是我的朋友 “
It cannot be denied that as they sat before the blazing fire, and ate the nourishing, comfortable food, they felt a kind of rapturous awe, and looked into each other’s eyes with something like doubt.
不可否认的是,当他们坐在烈火前,吃到滋养而舒适的食物时,他们感到了一种愤怒的恐惧,并且用某种怀疑来观察对方的眼睛。
“Do you think,” Becky whispered, “do you think it could melt away, miss?
Becky悄悄地说:“你觉得它会融化吗,小姐?
Hadn’t we better be quick?”
我们最好快点, “
And she hastily crammed her sandwich into her mouth.
她匆忙地把三明治塞进嘴里
If it was only a dream, kitchen manners would be overlooked.
如果这只是个梦,厨房的礼仪就会被忽略.
“No, it won’t melt away,” said Sara.
Sara说,
“I am eating this muffin, and I can taste it.
“我在吃这个松饼,
You never really eat things in dreams.
你从来没有真正在梦里吃东西。
You only think you are going to eat them.
你只是觉得你会吃它们。
Besides, I keep giving myself pinches; and I touched a hot piece of coal just now, on purpose.”
再说了,我一直自取其辱, 我刚才故意碰了一块热煤。 “
The sleepy comfort which at length almost overpowered them was a heavenly thing.
沉闷的舒适 几乎压倒了他们 是一个天堂的事情。
It was the drowsiness of happy, well-fed childhood, and they sat in the fire glow and luxuriated in it until Sara found herself turning to look at her transformed bed.
这是快乐,食物充足童年的昏沉,他们坐在火光中并在里面奢侈,直到莎拉发现自己转向看她被改造的床.
There were even blankets enough to share with Becky.
甚至有毯子可以和贝琪分享
The narrow couch in the next attic was more comfortable that night than its occupant had ever dreamed that it could be.
隔壁阁楼的狭长沙发 那晚比房客梦想的要舒服多了
As she went out of the room, Becky turned upon the threshold and looked about her with devouring eyes.
当她走出房间时,贝琪打开了门槛,用吞噬的眼睛看着她.
“If it ain’t here in the mornin’, miss,” she said, “it’s been here tonight, anyways, an’ I shan’t never forget it.”
“如果早上不在这里,小姐,”她说,“不管怎样,今晚就在这里,我永远不会忘记这一点。 “
She looked at each particular thing, as if to commit it to memory.
她看着每一个特定的东西, 好像把它用于记忆。
“The fire was there,” pointing with her finger, “an’ the table was before it; an’ the lamp was there, an’ the light looked rosy red; an’ there was a satin cover on your bed, an’ a warm rug on the floor, an’ everythin’ looked beautiful; an’ ”—she paused a second, and laid her hand on her stomach tenderly—“there was soup an’ sandwiches an’ muffins—there was.”
" 火就在那里 " 指着她的手指: " 一张桌子在前面;一盏灯就在那里,一盏灯看起来很红;一盏灯在你的床上被套上;一盏暖和的地毯在地上;一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏又一盏一盏一盏一盏的松饼。 “
And, with this conviction a reality at least, she went away.
并且,以这个信念至少是一个现实, 她走了。
Through the mysterious agency which works in schools and among servants, it was quite well known in the morning that Sara Crewe was in horrible disgrace, that Ermengarde was under punishment, and that Becky would have been packed out of the house before breakfast, but that a scullery maid could not be dispensed with at once.
通过在学校和仆人中工作的神秘代理机构,在早晨相当出名,萨拉·克罗伊(Sara Crewe)身受可怕的耻辱,埃尔门加德正受惩罚,而贝琪在早餐前本会被打包出门,但一个被腐烂的女仆却不能马上被免去.
The servants knew that she was allowed to stay because Miss Minchin could not easily find another creature helpless and humble enough to work like a slave for so few shillings a week.
仆人们知道她被允许留下,因为明钦小姐无法轻易找到另一个无助而谦卑的生物,以至于每周像奴隶一样活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活
The elder pupils knew that if Miss Minchin did not send Sara away it, too, was for practical reasons.
年长的学生知道,如果敏钦小姐不把Sara送走,那也是出于实际原因。
“She’s growing so fast and learning such a lot, somehow,” said Jessie to Lavinia, “that she will be given classes soon, and Miss Minchin knows she will have to work for nothing.
" 她的成长如此之快, 学得如此之多,不知何故, " 杰西对拉维尼亚说:"她很快会上课,
It was rather nasty of you, Lavvy, to tell about her having fun in the garret.
Lavvy,你真讨厌 说她在睡衣里玩得很开心
How did you find it out?”
你怎么发现的? “
“I got it out of Lottie.
“我从洛蒂那里得到的。
She’s such a baby she didn’t know she was telling me.
她是个孩子,
There was nothing nasty at all in speaking to Miss Minchin.
跟敏钦小姐说话没什么坏事
I felt it my duty”— priggishly.
我感到自己的责任”——非常强烈。
“She was being deceitful.
“她是欺骗性的。
And it’s ridiculous that she should look so grand, and be made so much of, in her rags and tatters!”
她的外表如此出众,
“What were they doing when Miss Minchin caught them?”
“当Minchin小姐抓住他们时,他们在做什么? “
“Pretending some silly thing.
“准备一些愚蠢的事情。
Ermengarde had taken up her hamper to share with Sara and Becky.
Ermengarde带着她和Sara和Becky分享的道具
She never invites us to share things.
她从不邀请我们分享
Not that I care, but it’s rather vulgar of her to share with servant girls in attics.”
与阁楼女仆分享, “
“I wonder Miss Minchin didn’t turn Sara out,” she added, “even if she does want her for a teacher.”
她补充道, “即使她确实想要她当老师, “
“If she was turned out where would she go?”
“如果她被发现,她会去哪里? “
inquired Jessie, a trifle anxiously.
问杰西,一个三焦急。
“How do I know?”
“我怎么知道? “
snapped Lavinia.
打破了拉维尼亚。
“She’ll look rather queer when she comes into the schoolroom this morning, I should think—after what’s happened.
她今早来到教室时会显得很怪异,
She had no dinner yesterday, and she’s not to have any today.”
她昨天没有吃饭, “
Jessie was not as ill-natured as she was silly.
Jessie没有傻得那么不成熟
She picked up her book with a little jerk.
她拿起她的书 一个小混蛋。
“Well, I think it’s horrid,” she said.
“我觉得这很可怕。”
“They’ve no right to starve her to death.”
他们无权饿死她。 “
When Sara went into the kitchen that morning the cook looked askance at her, and so did the housemaids; but she passed them hurriedly.
那天早晨,Sara进厨房时,厨师朝她问起,女仆们也问起她,但她匆匆地通过了。
She had, in fact, overslept herself a little, and as Becky had done the same, neither had had time to see the other, and each had come downstairs in haste.
事实上,她睡过头了, 贝琪也睡过头了, 也没有时间去见对方, 而且每个人都匆忙地下楼。
Sara went into the scullery.
萨拉进入了阴道。
Becky was violently scrubbing a kettle, and was actually gurgling a little song in her throat.
贝琪在猛烈地擦出一壶水 并且实际上在她喉咙里放一首小歌
She looked up with a wildly elated face.
她仰起头来,脸色很兴奋
“It was there when I wakened, miss—the blanket,” she whispered excitedly.
她激动地悄悄地说: " 我醒来时,那被子小姐, " 。
“It was as real as it was last night.”
“它与昨晚一样真实。 “
“So was mine,” said Sara.
萨拉说,“我也是。”
“It is all there now— all of it.
" 现在一切都在那里——所有这一切。
While I was dressing I ate some of the cold things we left.”
我穿衣服的时候 吃了我们剩下的冷东西 “
“Oh, laws!
“哦,法律!
Oh, laws!”
法律!”
Becky uttered the exclamation in a sort of rapturous groan, and ducked her head over her kettle just in time, as the cook came in from the kitchen.
贝琪用一种愤怒的呻吟来表达感叹,并趁厨师从厨房进来的时候,及时地将她的头遮住水壶.
Miss Minchin had expected to see in Sara, when she appeared in the schoolroom, very much what Lavinia had expected to see.
Minchin小姐本来想在Sara看到,当她出现在教室里时,非常希望看到拉维尼亚所期待的.
Sara had always been an annoying puzzle to her, because severity never made her cry or look frightened.
Sara对她来说一直是个令人烦恼的谜题 因为严重性从来不让她哭或者看起来害怕
When she was scolded she stood still and listened politely with a grave face; when she was punished she performed her extra tasks or went without her meals, making no complaint or outward sign of rebellion.
当她被骂时,她静静地站着,带着一张严肃的面孔礼貌地听;当她受到惩罚时,她完成了她的额外任务,或者没有吃饭就去了,没有抱怨,也没有露出叛逆的迹象.
The very fact that she never made an impudent answer seemed to Miss Minchin a kind of impudence in itself.
她从未做出无耻的回答 在敏钦小姐看来 这本身就是一种无礼
But after yesterday’s deprivation of meals, the violent scene of last night, the prospect of hunger today, she must surely have broken down.
但昨天断绝了饭食、昨晚的暴力场面、今天的饥饿前景之后,
It would be strange indeed if she did not come downstairs with pale cheeks and red eyes and an unhappy, humbled face.
如果她不带着苍白的脸颊和红眼睛以及不愉快而谦卑的脸蛋来楼下,那确实会很奇怪.
Miss Minchin saw her for the first time when she entered the schoolroom to hear the little French class recite its lessons and superintend its exercises.
Minchin小姐第一次见到她,当时她进入了教室,听到小法语班里诵读了它的课并征服了它的练习.
And she came in with a springing step, color in her cheeks, and a smile hovering about the corners of her mouth.
她进来时走出一股春天的台阶,脸颊上有颜色,嘴角上还一笑一笑地徘徊.
It was the most astonishing thing Miss Minchin had ever known.
这是米钦小姐所知道的 最令人吃惊的事
It gave her quite a shock.
这让她很震惊。
What was the child made of?
这孩子是什么做的?
What could such a thing mean?
这是什么意思?
She called Sara at once to her desk.
她马上给Sara打过电话
“You do not look as if you realize that you are in disgrace,” she said.
她说,“你似乎没有意识到你处于耻辱之中。”
“ Are you absolutely hardened?”
“...... 你硬了吗? “
The truth is that when one is still a child— or even if one is grown up—and has been well fed, and has slept long and softly and warm; when one has gone to sleep in the midst of a fairy story, and has wakened to find it real, one cannot be unhappy or even look as if one were; and one could not, if one tried, keep a glow of joy out of one’s eyes.
事实是,当一个人仍是一个孩子的时候,即使一个人长大了,也得到了良好的食物,并且长眠了而柔和而温暖;当一个人在童话中入睡,并且醒来发现它真实的时候,一个人不能不高兴,甚至看起来像一个人一样;如果有人尝试,就不能在自己的眼中保持欢快的光辉.
Miss Minchin was almost struck dumb by the look of Sara’s eyes when she made her perfectly respectful answer.
Minchin小姐几乎被Sara的眼神打哑了,
“I beg your pardon, Miss Minchin,” she said; “I know that I am in disgrace.”
“Minchin小姐,请原谅,”她说:“我知道我处于耻辱之中。 “
“Be good enough not to forget it and look as if you had come into a fortune.
“要足够好,不要忘记它,并看似你已经获得一大笔财富。
It is an impertinence.
这是一种无礼。
And remember you are to have no food today.”
记住你今天没有食物 “
“Yes, Miss Minchin,” Sara answered; but as she turned away her heart leaped with the memory of what yesterday had been.
“是的,Minchin小姐,”萨拉回答说,但当她转而怀念昨天的事时,她的心跳了起来。
“If the Magic had not saved me just in time,” she thought, “how horrible it would have been!”
她认为:「如果魔法没有及时拯救我,
“She can’t be very hungry,” whispered Lavinia.
她不会很饿,
“Just look at her.
“看看她。
Perhaps she is pretending she has had a good breakfast”—with a spiteful laugh.
或许她假装吃过好早餐,
“She’s different from other people,” said Jessie, watching Sara with her class.
Jessie说:“她和其他人不一样,
“Sometimes I’m a bit frightened of her.”
有时我有点害怕她。 “
“Ridiculous thing!”
“可笑的事情!”
ejaculated Lavinia.
射出拉维尼亚。
All through the day the light was in Sara’s face, and the color in her cheek.
光照在Sara脸上,
The servants cast puzzled glances at her, and whispered to each other, and Miss Amelia’s small blue eyes wore an expression of bewilderment.
仆人们对着她看来很迷惑,
What such an audacious look of well-being, under august displeasure could mean she could not understand.
如此大胆的幸福的外表,在令人发指的不满下,可能意味着她无法理解.
It was, however, just like Sara’s singular obstinate way.
然而,这就像Sara独有的顽固方式。
She was probably determined to brave the matter out.
她可能下定决心要勇敢地解决这件事
One thing Sara had resolved upon, as she thought things over.
有一件事莎拉已经解决了, 当她思考的事情。
The wonders which had happened must be kept a secret, if such a thing were possible.
如果有可能的话,必须保守所发生的奇迹。
If Miss Minchin should choose to mount to the attic again, of course all would be discovered.
如果明钦小姐选择再次登上阁楼 当然所有的东西都会被发现
But it did not seem likely that she would do so for some time at least, unless she was led by suspicion.
但至少一段时间内她似乎不可能这样做,除非她受到怀疑。
Ermengarde and Lottie would be watched with such strictness that they would not dare to steal out of their beds again.
埃尔门加德和洛蒂会受到如此严格的监视,不敢再从床上偷来.
Ermengarde could be told the story and trusted to keep it secret.
Ermengarde可以被告诉这个故事,并信任地保守它的秘密.
If Lottie made any discoveries, she could be bound to secrecy also.
如果Lottie发现了什么 她也会保密的
Perhaps the Magic itself would help to hide its own marvels.
也许魔法本身会帮助隐藏自己的奇迹
“But whatever happens,” Sara kept saying to herself all day— “What ever happens, somewhere in the world there is a heavenly kind person who is my friend—my friend.
"但不管发生什么,"萨拉整天对自己说... " 在世界的某个地方,一个天生善良的人是我的朋友——我的朋友。
If I never know who it is—if I never can even thank him—I shall never feel quite so lonely.
如果我永远不知道是谁 如果我永远也无法感谢他 我永远不会感到如此孤独。
Oh, the Magic was good to me!”
哦,魔法对我很好! “
If it was possible for weather to be worse than it had been the day before, it was worse this day— wetter, muddier, colder.
如果天气可能比前一天更糟糕,那么这一天就更糟糕了——更湿,更泥,更冷.
There were more errands to be done, the cook was more irritable, and, knowing that Sara was in disgrace, she was more savage.
还有更多的事要做,厨师更恼火,知道萨拉在受辱后,她更野蛮.
But what does anything matter when one’s Magic has just proved itself one’s friend.
但当魔力证明自己是朋友时,
Sara’s supper of the night before had given her strength, she knew that she should sleep well and warmly, and, even though she had naturally begun to be hungry again before evening, she felt that she could bear it until breakfast-time on the following day, when her meals would surely be given to her again.
萨拉前夜的晚餐给了她力量,她知道她应该好好和热情地入睡,尽管她晚上之前自然地又开始挨饿了,但她觉得自己可以忍受,直到第二天的早餐时间,那时她的食物肯定会再次送给她.
It was quite late when she was at last allowed to go upstairs.
当她终于被允许上楼的时候已经很晚了
She had been told to go into the schoolroom and study until ten o’clock, and she had become interested in her work, and remained over her books later.
她被告知要进入教室学习,直到十点,她对她的工作产生了兴趣,后来仍然在书本上。
When she reached the top flight of stairs and stood before the attic door, it must be confessed that her heart beat rather fast.
当她到达楼梯上方的航班,站在阁楼门前时,必须承认她的心跳相当快.
“Of course it might all have been taken away,” she whispered, trying to be brave.
她悄悄地说,“当然,这一切可能都被夺走了。”
“It might only have been lent to me for just that one awful night.
“它可能只借给我一个可怕的夜晚。
But it was lent to me—I had it.
但它借给我... 我受够了 I had it.
It was real.”
这是真实的。 “
She pushed the door open and went in.
她把门推开了 然后进去了
Once inside, she gasped slightly, shut the door, and stood with her back against it looking from side to side.
一旦进入,她轻轻地喘了口气,把门关上,并站在她背上从一面望去.
The Magic had been there again.
魔法又来了
It actually had, and it had done even more than before.
实际上,它做了,甚至比以前做了更多。
The fire was blazing, in lovely leaping flames, more merrily than ever.
火正在燃烧, 在可爱的跳跃火焰中, 比任何时候都更快乐。
A number of new things had been brought into the attic which so altered the look of it that if she had not been past doubting she would have rubbed her eyes.
阁楼里有一些新东西 改变了她的外观 如果她没有过去怀疑的话 她就会擦出她的眼睛
Upon the low table another supper stood— this time with cups and plates for Becky as well as herself; a piece of bright, heavy, strange embroidery covered the battered mantel, and on it some ornaments had been placed.
在低台上,又摆出一顿晚餐——这次是给Becky和她自己的杯子和盘子;一块明亮、沉重、奇怪的刺绣被打倒了,上面放了一些装饰品。
All the bare, ugly things which could be covered with draperies had been concealed and made to look quite pretty.
所有可以被窗帘遮住的赤裸而丑陋的东西都被隐藏起来,变得相当漂亮.
Some odd materials of rich colors had been fastened against the wall with fine, sharp tacks—so sharp that they could be pressed into the wood and plaster without hammering.
一些有丰富颜色的奇特材料被用精细而尖锐的泰克钉住墙上 -- -- 如此尖锐能被压入木头和石膏而不用打锤。
Some brilliant fans were pinned up, and there were several large cushions, big and substantial enough to use as seats.
一些出类拔萃的球迷被固定了起来,并有数个大的后垫,大而实质性地足以用作座位.
A wooden box was covered with a rug, and some cushions lay on it, so that it wore quite the air of a sofa.
一个木箱被一块地毯盖上,一些垫子倒在上面,这样它就穿了相当的沙发空气.
Sara slowly moved away from the door and simply sat down and looked and looked again.
莎拉慢慢地远离了门,简单地坐下来再看一看.
“It is exactly like something fairy come true,” she said.
她说,“这完全像仙子所实现的东西。”
“There isn’t the least difference.
“没有什么区别。
I feel as if I might wish for anything—diamonds or bags of gold—and they would appear!
我好像想要任何东西, 钻石或一袋黄金,
That wouldn’t be any stranger than this.
这不会是任何陌生的。
Is this my garret?
这是我的外衣吗?
Am I the same cold, ragged, damp Sara?
我是不是同样地冷,被弄湿了?
And to think I used to pretend and pretend and wish there were fairies!
还以为我经常假装和假装 希望有仙子!
The one thing I always wanted was to see a fairy story come true.”
我一直想要的就是看到一个童话故事成真 “
“I am living in a fairy story.
“我生活在一个童话故事中。
I feel as if I might be a fairy myself, and able to turn things into anything else.”
我觉得自己可能是一个仙子, 并且能够把事情变成其他的。 “
She rose and knocked upon the wall for the prisoner in the next cell, and the prisoner came.
她升起并敲倒墙上,为下一个牢房的囚犯,囚犯来了。
When she entered she almost dropped in a heap upon the floor.
当她进入时,她几乎掉到地上。
For a few seconds she quite lost her breath.
几秒钟后她就喘不过气来了
“Oh, laws!”
“哦,法律!”
she gasped.
她气喘吁吁的。 她喘不过气了。
“Oh, laws, miss!”
"哦,法律,小姐!"
“You see,” said Sara.
萨拉说:“你看,”
On this night Becky sat on a cushion upon the hearth rug and had a cup and saucer of her own.
这天晚上,贝琪坐在一个坐垫上 在有灵气的地毯上, 并有一个杯子和酱油 她自己的。
When Sara went to bed she found that she had a new thick mattress and big downy pillows.
莎拉上床睡觉时发现她有一个新的厚厚的床垫和大倒地的枕头.
Her old mattress and pillow had been removed to Becky’s bedstead, and, consequently, with these additions Becky had been supplied with unheard- of comfort.
她的旧床垫和枕头被移到Becky的床位上,因此,加上这些床垫和枕头,Becky得到了未听到的舒适。
“Where does it all come from?”
“这一切来自何处? “
Becky broke forth once.
贝琪分手一次。
“Laws, who does it, miss?”
“法律,是谁干的,小姐? “
“Don’t let us even ask,” said Sara.
Sara说,
“If it were not that I want to say, ‘Oh, thank you,’ I would rather not know.
“如果不是我想说`谢谢',我宁愿不知道。
It makes it more beautiful.”
令其更出相相会. “
Glossary agency (n.)
词汇机构(不详)
the power or means to achieve something (p.
实现某物的力量或手段(p.
5) askance (adv.)
5) 质询 (adv.
in a disapproving or distrustful way (p.
(中文(简体) ).
7) bewildering (adj.)
7) 困惑 (adj.
very confusing (p.
非常混乱(p.
3) conviction (n.)
(3) 定罪(不详)
a strong belief or opinion (p.
坚定的信念或意见(第5页)
5) deceitful (adj.)
5) 欺骗 (adj.
dishonest or tricky (p.
不诚实或狡猾(p.
6) dispensed with (v.)
6) 免除(五.)