A Little Princess
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part 19 of A Little Princess, Sara leaves a note for her mysterious benefactor—and Miss Minchin becomes aware that Sara has one.
在"一个小公主"第19部分中,萨拉为她神秘的恩人留了个字条——而明钦小姐也意识到了萨拉有一个.
Part Twenty: “It Is the Child!”
第20部分:“这是孩子!”
he was waiting for a certain event very anxiously.
他急着等某个事件
This event was the return of Mr.
此次活动是Mr. .
Carmichael from Moscow.
莫斯科的卡迈克尔
His stay there had been prolonged from week to week.
他在那里的逗留时间已经从一周延长到一周。
On his first arrival there, he had not been able satisfactorily to trace the family he had gone in search of.
在他第一次抵达那里时,他未能令人满意地追踪他去寻找的家人。
When he felt at last sure that he had found them and had gone to their house, he had been told that they were absent on a journey.
当他终于确信他找到了他们并去了他们家时,有人告诉他,他们正在旅行。
His efforts to reach them had been unavailing, so he had decided to remain in Moscow until their return.
他接触他们的努力毫无用处,因此他决定留在莫斯科直到他们返回。
Mr.
先生,请问...
Carrisford sat in his reclining chair, and Janet sat on the floor beside him.
卡里斯福德坐在他靠椅上,珍妮特坐在他旁边的地上.
He was very fond of Janet.
他很喜欢珍妮特
Nora had found a footstool, and Donald was astride the tiger’s head which ornamented the rug made of the animal’s skin.
诺拉发现一个脚凳,唐纳德正骑着老虎的头去装饰由动物皮肤所制成的地毯.
He was riding it rather violently.
他骑它相当暴力。
“Don’t chirrup so loud, Donald,” Janet said.
「唐纳德,
“When you come to cheer an ill person up you don’t cheer him up at the top of your voice.
「当你来为病人欢呼时,
Perhaps cheering up is too loud, Mr.
也许欢呼太大声了,先生。
Carrisford?”
卡里斯福德吗? “
turning to the Indian gentleman.
转向印度绅士。
But he only patted her shoulder.
但他只拍了她的肩膀。
“No, it isn’t,” he answered.
他回答说,
“ And it keeps me from thinking too much.”
“...... 也让我不会想太多 “
“I’m going to be quiet,” Donald shouted.
Donald大叫道:“我要安静下来,
“We’ll all be as quiet as mice.”
我们都会像老鼠一样安静。 “
“Mice don’t make a noise like that,” said Janet.
Janet说,
Donald made a bridle of his handkerchief and bounced up and down on the tiger’s head.
唐纳德用手帕做起一丝手帕,
“ A whole lot of mice might,” he said cheerfully.
他愉快地说,“许多老鼠可能,”
“ A thousand mice might.”
“一千只老鼠。 “
“I don’t believe fifty thousand mice would,” said Janet, severely; “and we have to be as quiet as one mouse.”
Janet说:「我不相信5万只老鼠会这样, “
Mr.
先生,请问...
Carrisford laughed and patted her shoulder again.
卡里斯福德笑了起来,又拍了她的肩膀.
“Papa won’t be very long now,” she said.
她表示,
“May we talk about the lost little girl?”
“我们可以谈谈那个失踪的小女孩吗? “
“I don’t think I could talk much about anything else just now,” the Indian gentleman answered, knitting his forehead with a tired look.
印度绅士回答说, “我觉得现在我不能谈很多其他的事情,”
“We like her so much,” said Nora.
“我们非常喜欢她,”诺拉说。
“We call her the little un-fairy princess.”
“我们称她为小不贞公主。 “
“Why?”
“为什么?”
the Indian gentleman inquired, because the fancies of the Large Family always made him forget things a little.
印度绅士问, 因为大家族的幻想 总是让他忘记一些事情。
It was Janet who answered.
是珍妮特接的电话
“It is because, though she is not exactly a fairy, she will be so rich when she is found that she will be like a princess in a fairy tale.
“这是因为,虽然她不完全是一个仙子,但当发现她像童话中的公主一样时,她就会如此富有。
We called her the fairy princess at first, but it didn’t quite suit.”
起初我们称她为"仙女公主", “
“Is it true,” said Nora, “that her papa gave all his money to a friend to put in a mine that had diamonds in it, and then the friend thought he had lost it all and ran away because he felt as if he was a robber?”
诺拉说,“这是真的吗?” “她的爸爸把全部钱都给了一个朋友,让他把里面有钻石的矿井放进去,然后这位朋友认为他失去了全部,跑掉了,因为他觉得自己是个强盗?” “
“But he wasn’t really, you know,” put in Janet, hastily.
但其实他并不是真的,
The Indian gentleman took hold of her hand quickly.
印度绅士迅速抓住了她的手.
“No, he wasn’t really,” he said.
" 不,他不是真的, " 他说。
“I am sorry for the friend,” Janet said; “I can’t help it.
Janet说:“我为这位朋友感到抱歉,
He didn’t mean to do it, and it would break his heart.
他无意这么做,
I am sure it would break his heart.”
我敢肯定,这会打破他的心。 “
“You are an understanding little woman, Janet,” the Indian gentleman said, and he held her hand close.
印度绅士说,“珍妮特,你是一个理解的小女人”,他紧紧握住她的手。
“Did you tell Mr.
“你有没有告诉特别报告员:
Carrisford,” Donald shouted again, “about the little-girl-who-isn’t-a-beggar?
卡里斯福德(Carrisford),“唐纳德再次高叫道,
Did you tell him she has new nice clothes?
你告诉他她有新衣服了吗?
P’r’aps she’s been found by somebody when she was lost.”
她迷路时, “
“There’s a cab!”
「有辆出租车!
exclaimed Janet.
赞美珍妮特。
“It’s stopping before the door.
" 它在门前停了下来.
It is Papa!”
这是爸爸!”
They all ran to the windows to look out.
他们都跑去窗外看
“Yes, it’s Papa,” Donald proclaimed.
“是的,是爸爸,”唐纳德宣称。
“But there is no little girl.”
“但没有小女孩。 “
All three of them incontinently fled from the room and tumbled into the hall.
三人都因不便从房中出走而倒地入堂.
It was in this way they always welcomed their father.
他们总是这样欢迎父亲
They were to be heard jumping up and down, clapping their hands, and being caught up and kissed.
听到他们上下跳下,鼓掌,被抓住并接吻。
Mr.
先生,请问...
Carrisford made an effort to rise and sank back again.
卡里斯福德努力再起并再次沉回.
“It is no use,” he said.
他说,“没有用”。
“What a wreck I am!”
"我真是一团糟"
Mr.
先生,请问...
Carmichael’s voice approached the door.
卡迈克尔的声音逼近了大门。
“No, children,” he was saying; “you may come in after I have talked to Mr.
" 不,孩子们,"他当时说道:“我和先生谈过之后,你们可以进来。
Carrisford.
卡里斯福德,你好吗?
Go and play with Ram Dass.”
去和拉姆·达斯玩吧 “
Then the door opened and he came in.
然后门打开,他进来了。
He looked rosier than ever, and brought an atmosphere of freshness and health with him; but his eyes were disappointed and anxious as they met the invalid’s look of eager question even as they grasped each other’s hands.
他看起来比以往更美丽,为他带来了新鲜和健康的氛围;但是他的眼睛却失望和焦虑地看着残疾人的急切问题,即使他们抓住了对方的手。
“What news?”
“什么消息? “
Mr.
先生,请问...
Carrisford asked.
卡里斯福德问.
“The child the Russian people adopted?”
“俄罗斯人民收养的儿童? “
“She is not the child we are looking for,” was Mr.
“她不是我们要找的孩子,”
Carmichael’s answer.
卡迈克尔的回答。
“She is much younger than Captain Crewe’s little girl.
她比克鲁船长的小女孩年轻得多。
Her name is Emily Carew.
她的名字是艾米丽·考尔
I have seen and talked to her.
我见过她,和她谈过
The Russians were able to give me every detail.”
俄国人能给我所有细节 “
How wearied and miserable the Indian gentleman looked!
印度绅士看起来多么疲惫和痛苦!
His hand dropped from Mr.
他的手从Mr.
Carmichael’s.
卡迈克尔的.
“Then the search has to be begun over again,” he said.
他说,“然后必须重新开始搜寻。”
“That is all.
“仅此而已。
Please sit down.”
请坐 “
Mr.
先生,请问...
Carmichael took a seat.
卡迈克尔就坐了
Somehow, he had gradually grown fond of this unhappy man.
不知何故,他逐渐喜欢上了这个不快乐的人。
He was himself so well and happy, and so surrounded by cheerfulness and love, that desolation and broken health seemed pitifully unbearable things.
他身体很好,很快乐, 被欢乐和爱所包围, 那种荒凉和破碎的健康状况 似乎令人难以忍受。
If there had been the sound of just one gay little high-pitched voice in the house, it would have been so much less forlorn.
如果屋里只有一个同性恋小高音的声音,那会更少。
And that a man should be compelled to carry about in his breast the thought that he had seemed to wrong and desert a child was not a thing one could face.
一个男人应该被迫在胸口 背负着他似乎错误的想法 抛弃一个孩子是不可能面对的
“Come, come,” he said in his cheery voice; “we’ll find her yet.”
「来吧,来吧,」他在欢快的口中说道:「我们会找到她。 “
“We must begin at once.
“我们必须立即开始。
No time must be lost,” Mr.
绝不能浪费时间。
Carrisford fretted.
卡里斯福德弗莱特德。
“Have you any new suggestion to make—any whatsoever?”
" 你有什么新建议吗? “
Mr.
先生,请问...
Carmichael felt rather restless, and he rose and began to pace the room with a thoughtful, though uncertain face.
卡迈克尔感到相当不安,他升起并开始以深思熟虑的,虽然不确定的面孔来节奏房间.
“Well, perhaps,” he said.
“也许,”他说。
“I don’t know what it may be worth.
“我不知道这值多少钱。
The fact is, an idea occurred to me as I was thinking the thing over in the train on the journey from Dover.”
事实是,一个想法,我想到 当我在火车上思考的事情 从多佛的旅程。 “
“What was it?
“这是什么?
If she is alive, she is somewhere.”
如果她还活着 她就在某处 “
“Yes; she is somewhere.
“是的;她在某个地方。
We have searched the schools in Paris.
我们搜查了巴黎的学校
Let us give up Paris and begin in London.
让我们放弃巴黎,从伦敦开始。
That was my idea—to search London.”
这就是我的主意 搜索伦敦 “
“There are schools enough in London,” said Mr.
“伦敦有足够的学校”,他说。
Carrisford.
卡里斯福德,你好吗?
Then he slightly started, roused by a recollection.
然后他稍稍开始,被回忆唤醒。
“By the way, there is one next door.”
“顺便说一句,隔壁有一个。 “
“Then we will begin there.
“然后,我们将从那里开始。
We cannot begin nearer than next door.”
我们不能从隔壁开始。 “
“No,” said Carrisford.
Carrisford说:“不,”
“There is a child there who interests me; but she is not a pupil.
“那里有一个孩子对我很感兴趣,但她不是学生。
And she is a little dark, forlorn creature, as unlike poor Crewe as a child could be.”
她是一个有点黑暗, 被遗忘的生物, 不像可怜的克鲁作为一个孩子可能。 “
Perhaps the Magic was at work again at that very moment—the beautiful Magic.
也许魔力在那一刻又起作用了 美丽的魔力
It really seemed as if it might be so.
似乎看起来是这样的
What was it that brought Ram Dass into the room—even as his master spoke—salaaming respectfully, but with a scarcely concealed touch of excitement in his dark, flashing eyes?
是什么把拉姆·达斯带入了房间——即使他主人说的那样——恭敬地说,但却在黑暗而闪闪发光的眼神中几乎隐蔽地感受到了兴奋?
“Sahib,” he said, “the child herself has come— the child the Sahib felt pity for.
他说,“Sahib,”“孩子自己来了——Sahib同情的孩子。
She brings back the monkey who had again run away to her attic under the roof.
她把再次跑去屋顶下阁楼的猴子带回来.
I have asked that she remain.
我要求她留下来。
It was my thought that it would please the Sahib to see and speak with her.”
我原以为见到她和她说话会很愉快 “
“Who is she?”
“她是谁? “
inquired Mr.
问先生
Carmichael.
卡迈克尔
“God knows,” Mr.
“上帝知道,”
Carrisford answered.
卡里斯福德答话.
“She is the child I spoke of.
“她就是我说的那个孩子。
A little drudge at the school.”
学校里有点事 “
He waved his hand to Ram Dass, and addressed him.
他向拉姆·达斯挥手,并向他讲话.
“Yes, I should like to see her.
“是的,我想见她。
Go and bring her in.”
去带她进来 “
Then he turned to Mr.
然后他转而求助于Mr.
Carmichael.
卡迈克尔
“While you have been away,” he explained, “I have been desperate.
他解释说,“你虽然不在,但我已绝望了。
The days were so dark and long.
日子很黑暗很长
Ram Dass told me of this child’s miseries, and together we invented a romantic plan to help her.
Ram Dass告诉我这个孩子的不幸,
I suppose it was a childish thing to do; but it gave me something to plan and think of.
我想这是很幼稚的事情,但它给了我一些计划与思考。
Without the help of an agile, soft-footed Oriental like Ram Dass, however, it could not have been done.”
然而,如果没有像拉姆·达斯这样的敏捷而柔软的东方人的帮助,就不可能做到这一点。 “
Then Sara came into the room.
之后萨拉进入了房间.
She carried the monkey in her arms, and he evidently did not intend to part from her, if it could be helped.
她怀着这只猴子,如果有帮助,他显然不打算离开她。
He was clinging to her and chattering, and the interesting excitement of finding herself in the Indian gentleman’s room had brought a flush to Sara’s cheeks.
他紧紧抓住她并闲聊,发现自己在印度绅士房间里的有趣刺激使Sara的脸颊被冲出一阵花。
“Your monkey ran away again,” she said, in her pretty voice.
她说,“你的猴子又跑了”。
“He came to my garret window last night, and I took him in because it was so cold.”
" 他昨晚来到我的外衣窗前,我把他带走,因为那里太冷了。 “
“I would have brought him back if it had not been so late,” she added.
她补充说,“如果没有这么晚,我本来会把他带回来的。”
“I knew you were ill and might not like to be disturbed.”
“我知道你病了,也许不想被打扰。 “
The Indian gentleman’s hollow eyes dwelt on her with curious interest.
印度绅士的空洞眼睛用好奇的兴趣笼罩着她。
“That was very thoughtful of you,” he said.
他说,“你的想法非常周到。”
Sara looked toward Ram Dass, who stood near the door.
Sara看着站在门口附近的Ram Dass。
“Shall I give him to the Lascar?”
“我要把他交给拉斯卡尔吗? “
she asked.
她问。
“How do you know he is a Lascar?”
“你怎么知道他是拉斯卡尔? “
said the Indian gentleman, smiling a little.
说印度先生, 微笑一点点。
“Oh, I know Lascars,” Sara said, handing over the reluctant monkey.
“哦,我知道拉斯卡斯,”萨拉说,交出这只不情愿的猴子。
“I was born in India.”
“我出生在印度。 “
The Indian gentleman sat upright so suddenly, and with such a change of expression, that she was for a moment quite startled.
那个印度绅士突然站起身来, 表情变了, 她吓了一跳。
“You were born in India,” he exclaimed, “were you?
他说,“你生在印度。”
Come here.”
过来 “
And he held out his hand.
他伸出手来
Sara went to him and laid her hand in his, as he seemed to want to take it.
萨拉去找他,把她的手放在他身上,因为他似乎想拿.
She stood still, and her green-gray eyes met his wonderingly.
她静静地站着 她的绿眼与他奇妙相遇
Something seemed to be the matter with him.
他好像有点不对劲
“You live next door?”
“你住在隔壁吗? “
he demanded.
他要求这么做
“Yes; I live at Miss Minchin’s seminary.”
我住在明钦小姐的神学院。 “
“But you are not one of her pupils?”
你们不是她的学生吗? “
A strange little smile hovered about Sara’s mouth.
Sara的口中,
She hesitated a moment.
她犹豫了一会儿
“I don’t think I know exactly what I am,” she replied.
她回答说,
“Why not?”
“为什么不呢? “
“You were a pupil!
“你是一个学生。
What are you now?”
你现在是什么? “
The queer little sad smile was on Sara’s lips again.
Sara的嘴唇上又放出一个怪异的悲伤微笑。
“I sleep in the attic, next to the scullery maid,” she said.
她说,“我睡在楼阁上,紧挨着淫荡的女仆”。
“I run errands for the cook—I do anything she tells me; and I teach the little ones their lessons.”
"我为厨师跑腿" 我做她告诉我的任何事, 我教孩子们上课。 “
“Question her, Carmichael,” said Mr.
“Carmichael先生,问她”。
Carrisford, sinking back as if he had lost his strength.
Carrisford, 沉回 似乎他失去了力量。
“Question her; I cannot.”
“问她;我不能。 “
The big, kind father of the Large Family knew how to question little girls.
大家族的大慈父知道如何质疑小女孩.
Sara realized how much practice he had had when he spoke to her in his nice, encouraging voice.
萨拉意识到他用他良好,鼓舞人心的声音与她交谈时,曾有过多少练习.
“What do you mean by ‘ At first,’ my child?”
" 你什么意思,‘起初'我的孩子? “
he inquired.
他问。
“When I was first taken there by my papa.”
“当我第一次被我的爸爸带到那里时。”
“Where is your papa?”
“你爸爸在哪里? “
“He died,” said Sara, very quietly.
Sara说,“他死了”,非常安静。
“He lost all his money and there was no one to take care of me or to pay Miss Minchin.”
“他失去了所有的钱,没有人照顾我或付给Minchin小姐。 “
“Carmichael!”
“卡尔迈克尔!”
the Indian gentleman cried out loudly.
印度绅士大声地呼喊
“Carmichael!”
“卡尔迈克尔!”
“We must not frighten her,” Mr.
“我们绝不能吓倒她。”
Carmichael said aside to him in a quick, low voice.
卡迈克尔以快而低低的声音对他说道.
And he added aloud to Sara, “So you were sent up into the attic, and made into a little drudge.
他大声地对撒拉说:你被派到阁楼去,而变成一丁点泥土。
That was about it, wasn’t it?”
这是关于它,不是吗? “
“There was no one to take care of me,” said Sara.
Sara说:“没有人照顾我。”
“There was no money; I belong to nobody.”
“没有钱;我不属于任何人。 “
“How did your father lose his money?”
“你父亲怎么失去钱的? “
the Indian gentleman broke in breathlessly.
那个印度绅士气喘吁吁地崩溃了
“He did not lose it himself,” Sara answered, wondering still more each moment.
Sara回答说,“他没有自己失去它,”每时每刻都在想。
“He had a friend he was very fond of—he was very fond of him.
" 他有一个他非常喜欢的朋友,他非常喜欢他。
It was his friend who took his money.
是他朋友拿走了他的钱
He trusted his friend too much.”
他过于信任他的朋友。 “
The Indian gentleman’s breath came more quick ly.
印度绅士呼吸得更快。
“The friend might have meant to do no harm,” he said.
他说,“朋友可能无意伤害他人。”
“It might have happened through a mistake.”
“这可能是由于错误造成的。 “
Sara did not know how unrelenting her quiet young voice sounded as she answered.
Sara不知道她那安静的年轻声音 听起来多么无情
If she had known, she would surely have tried to soften it for the Indian gentleman’s sake.
如果她知道的话,她肯定会为了印度绅士而试图软化它。
“The suffering was just as bad for my papa,” she said.
她说,“对我的爸爸来说,痛苦同样严重。”
“It killed him.”
“它杀死了他。 “
“What was your father’s name?”
" 你父亲叫什么名字? “
the Indian gentleman said.
印度绅士说。
“Tell me.”
“告诉我。 “
“His name was Ralph Crewe,” Sara answered, feeling startled.
Sara回答说,
“Captain Crewe.
“克鲁上尉。
He died in India.”
后死于印度. “
The haggard face contracted, and Ram Dass sprang to his master’s side.
而Ram Dass则涌向主人一边。
“Carmichael,” the invalid gasped, “it is the child—the child!”
" Carmichael, " 被毒死的人, " 是孩子! "
For a moment Sara thought he was going to die.
莎拉以为他会死
Ram Dass poured out drops from a bottle, and held them to his lips.
拉姆·达斯从一瓶中倒出一滴,并按住他的嘴唇.
Sara stood near, trembling a little.
Sara站在附近,有点颤抖。
She looked in a bewildered way at Mr.
她以困惑的方式看着他
Carmichael.
卡迈克尔
“What child am I?”
“我是谁? “
she faltered.
她动摇了
“He was your father’s friend,” Mr.
" 他是你父亲的朋友, "
Carmichael answered her.
卡迈克尔回答她。
“Don’t be frightened.
“别害怕。
We have been looking for you for two years.”
我们已经找你两年了 “
Sara put her hand up to her forehead, and her mouth trembled.
莎拉把手伸到前额上 她的嘴会颤抖
She spoke as if she were in a dream.
她说话好像在梦里
“ And I was at Miss Minchin’s all the while,” she half whispered.
“...... 我一直都在Minchin小姐那里,
“Just on the other side of the wall.”
“就在墙的另一边。 “
Glossary contracted (v.)
合同术语表(五)
drew together or tightened (p.
组合或收紧(p.
15) desert (v.)
15) 沙漠(五.
to abandon (p.
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8) desolation (n.)
8) 荒凉 (n.
great sadness, loneliness, or emptiness (p.
大悲、孤独或空虚(p.
8) faltered (v.)
8) 动摇(五.
stumbled or hesitated while moving or speaking (p.
在移动或说话时被绊倒或犹豫(p.
15) incontinently (adv.)
15) 大陆性(adv.
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