A Little Princess
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part 20 of A Little Princess, Sara meets the Indian gentleman for the first time, and he discovers she is Captain Crewe’s child—the child he has been searching for.
在"小公主"第20部中,萨拉首次见到了印度绅士,他发现她是克魯上尉所生的孩子——他一直在寻找的孩子.
Part Twenty-One: “I Tried Not to Be” t was pretty, comfortable Mrs.
第二十一部分: " 我尝试了不成为"。
Carmichael who explained everything.
卡迈克尔解释了一切
She was sent for at once, and came across the square to take Sara into her warm arms and make clear to her all that had happened.
她立刻被派去,并穿过了广场,将莎拉带入她温暖的怀抱,并向她说明所发生的一切.
The excitement of the totally unexpected discovery had been temporarily almost overpowering to Mr.
完全出乎意料的发现的刺激 暂时几乎压倒了先生
Carrisford in his weak condition.
卡里斯福德身体虚弱
“Upon my word,” he said faintly to Mr.
“根据我的话,”他略微对A.先生说。
Carmichael, when it was suggested that the little girl should go into another room, “I feel as if I do not want to lose sight of her.”
Carmichael,当有人建议这名小女孩去另一个房间时,“我觉得我不想忽视她。 “
“I will take care of her,” Janet said, “and Mama will come in a few minutes.”
Janet说:“我会照顾她,”妈妈几分钟后会来。 “
And it was Janet who led her away.
是珍妮特带她走的
“We’re so glad you are found,” she said.
“我们很高兴你被发现,”她说。
“You don’t know how glad we are that you are found.”
“你不知道我们发现你有多高兴。 “
Donald stood with his hands in his pockets, and gazed at Sara with self-reproachful eyes.
唐纳德手放在口袋里,用自责的眼睛凝视着萨拉.
“If I’ d just asked what your name was when I gave you my sixpence,” he said, “you would have told me it was Sara Crewe, and then you would have been found in a minute.”
" 如果我只是问一下当我给你六便士时你的名字, " 他说: " 你会告诉我是萨拉·克鲁,然后一分钟内就会发现你。 “
Then Mrs.
然后,夫人,我问:
Carmichael came in.
卡迈克尔进来了
She looked very much moved, and suddenly took Sara in her arms and kissed her.
她看起来非常感动,突然把莎拉抱入怀中并亲吻她.
“You look bewildered, poor child,” she said.
她说:“你看起来很困惑,可怜的孩子。”
“ And it is not to be wondered at.”
“...... 这一点是不容怀疑的。 “
Sara could only think of one thing.
莎拉只能想到一件事
“Was he,” she said, with a glance toward the closed door of the library—“was he the wicked friend?
她说,“他是不是,”一看图书馆的封闭门,“他是邪恶的朋友吗?
Oh, do tell me!”
哦,告诉我! “
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Carmichael was crying as she kissed her again.
卡迈克尔再次接吻时在哭.
She felt as if Sara ought to be kissed very often because she had not been kissed for so long.
她觉得莎拉应该经常被接吻,因为她没有被接吻这么久.
“He was not wicked, my dear,” she answered.
她回答说,“亲爱的,他不是坏人。”
“He did not really lose your papa’s money.
“他并没有真的失去你爸爸的钱。
He only thought he had lost it; and because he loved him so much his grief made him so ill that for a time he was not in his right mind.
他只是觉得自己已经失去了它;而且因为他如此爱他,他的悲痛使他病得如此严重,以至于有一段时间他没有在正确的思想中.
He almost died of brain fever, and long before he began to recover your poor papa was dead.”
他差点死于脑发烧 早在他开始康复之前 你可怜的爸爸已经死了 “
“ And he did not know where to find me,” murmured Sara.
“...... 他不知道哪里能找到我,”
“ And I was so near.”
“...... 我当时很接近 “
Somehow, she could not forget that she had been so near.
不知何故,她无法忘记她曾经如此相近。
“He believed you were in school in France,” Mrs.
“他认为你在法国上学。”
Carmichael explained.
卡迈克尔解释。
“ And he was continually misled by false clues.
“...... 他不断被错误的线索误导
He has looked for you everywhere.
他到处找你
When he saw you pass by, looking so sad and neglected, he did not dream that you were his friend’s poor child; but because you were a little girl, too, he was sorry for you, and wanted to make you happier.
当他看见你经过,看着如此悲伤和被忽略时,他并没有梦想你是他朋友的穷孩子;但是由于你还是个小女孩,他也为你难过,想让你更快乐.
And he told Ram Dass to climb into your attic window and try to make you comfortable.”
他告诉拉姆·达斯爬入你的阁楼窗户 试着让你舒服 “
Sara gave a start of joy; her whole look changed.
莎拉给了一个欢乐的开始;她的整个外观改变了.
“Did Ram Dass bring the things?”
“拉姆·达斯带东西来了吗? “
she cried out.
她呼喊着
“Did he tell Ram Dass to do it?
“他告诉拉姆·达斯这样做了吗?
Did he make the dream that came true?”
他做了梦想吗? “
“Yes, my dear—yes!
" 是的,亲爱的,是的!
He is kind and good, and he was sorry for you, for little lost Sara Crewe’s sake.”
他对你感到难过, “
The library door opened and Mr.
图书馆的门打开了,先生
Carmichael appeared, calling Sara to him with a gesture.
卡迈克尔出现,用手势给萨拉打电话.
“Mr.
“本戈亚先生,
Carrisford is better already,” he said.
Carrisford已经更好了,
“He wants you to come to him.”
“他想让你去找他。 “
Sara did not wait.
萨拉没有等待。
When the Indian gentleman looked at her as she entered, he saw that her face was all alight.
当印度绅士进入时看着她时,他看到她的脸都发光了.
She went and stood before his chair, with her hands clasped together against her breast.
她走到他椅子前,双手紧紧地对着她的乳房。
“You sent the things to me,” she said, in a joyful emotional little voice, “the beautiful, beautiful things?
“你把东西寄给我,”她用一个快乐的情绪小声音说:“这些美丽而美丽的东西?
You sent them!”
是你派他们来的! “
“Yes, poor, dear child, I did,” he answered her.
“是的,亲爱的孩子,我做到了,”他回答她。
He was weak and broken with long illness and trouble, but he looked at her with the look she remembered in her father’s eyes—that look of loving her and wanting to take her in his arms.
他身体虚弱并因长期疾病和麻烦而骨折,但他看着她,她想起她父亲的眼神,即爱她并想抱抱她。
It made her kneel down by him, just as she used to kneel by her father when they were the dearest friends in the world.
这让她向他下跪,就像她曾经被她的父亲下跪一样,当时他们是世界上最亲爱的朋友.
“Then it is you who are my friend,” she said; “it is you who are my friend!”
她说:你们才是我的朋友。
And she dropped her face on his thin hand and kissed it again and again.
她将她的脸倒在他的瘦手上,接吻一遍又一遍.
“The man will be himself again in three weeks,” Mr.
“三周后,此人将再次成为他自己。”
Carmichael said aside to his wife.
卡迈克尔对妻子说
“Look at his face already.”
“看看他的脸。 “
In fact, he did look changed.
事实上,他看起来确实变了
Here was the “little missus,” and he had new things to think of and plan for already.
这是“小太太”,他已经有了新的想法和计划。
In the first place, there was Miss Minchin.
初有明钦小姐.
She must be interviewed and told of the change which had taken place in the fortunes of her pupil.
她必须接受采访,并被告知她的学生的命运发生了什么变化。
Sara was not to return to the seminary at all.
Sara根本就没回神学院
The Indian gentleman was very determined upon that point.
印度先生对此非常坚决。
She must remain where she was, and Mr.
她必须留在原地,先生。
Carmichael should go and see Miss Minchin himself.
卡迈克尔应该亲自去见明钦小姐
“I am glad I need not go back,” said Sara.
Sara说:“我很高兴我不必回去。”
“She will be very angry.
“她会非常生气。
She does not like me; though perhaps it is my fault, because I do not like her.”
她不喜欢我,虽然也许是我的错,因为我不喜欢她。 “
But, oddly enough, Miss Minchin made it unnecessary for Mr.
但是,奇怪的是,Minchin小姐 使这对Mr.
Carmichael to go to her, by actually coming in search of her pupil herself.
Carmichael去找她,其实是来找她的学生的
She had wanted Sara for something, and on inquiry had heard an astonishing thing.
她想要莎拉做点什么 在调查中听到一个惊人的声音
One of the housemaids had seen Sara steal out of the area with something hidden under her cloak, and had also seen her go up the steps of the next door and enter the house.
一名女佣看到Sara用外衣下藏的东西从该地区偷走,还看到她上到隔壁的台阶并进入了房子.
“What does she mean!”
“她是什么意思!”
cried Miss Minchin to Miss Amelia.
给阿米莉亚小姐哭了
“I don’t know, I’m sure, sister,” answered Miss Amelia.
“我不知道,我敢肯定,妹妹,”阿梅莉亚小姐回答说:
“Unless she has made friends with him because he has lived in India.”
“除非她与他结为朋友,因为他在印度生活。 “
“It would be just like her to thrust herself upon him and try to gain his sympathies in some such impertinent fashion,” said Miss Minchin.
Minchin小姐说,“像她那样把自己推到他身上,并试图以这种不礼貌的方式获得他的同情。”
“She must have been in the house for two hours.
“她一定是在家里呆了两个小时。
I will not allow such presumption.
我不允许这种推定。
I shall go and inquire into the matter, and apologize for her intrusion.”
我会去调查这件事 并道歉 她的入侵。 “
Sara was sitting on a footstool close to Mr.
Sara坐在靠近先生的脚凳上
Carrisford’s knee, and listening to some of the many things he felt it necessary to try to explain to her, when Ram Dass announced the visitor’s arrival.
卡瑞斯福德的膝盖, 以及他觉得需要尝试向她解释的很多事情,
Sara rose involuntarily, and became rather pale; but Mr.
萨拉非自愿地崛起,变得相当苍白;但是,Sara先生(Sara)却非常苍白。
Carrisford saw that she stood quietly, and showed none of the ordinary signs of child terror.
卡里斯福德看到她静静地站着,没有表现出任何普通的儿童恐怖迹象.
Miss Minchin entered the room with a sternly dignified manner.
Minchin小姐非常体面地进入了房间。
She was correctly and well dressed, and rigidly polite.
她衣着整齐 有礼貌
“I am sorry to disturb Mr.
“很抱歉,打扰你,先生。
Carrisford,” she said; “but I have explanations to make.
Carrisford,”她说,“但我要解释。
I am Miss Minchin, the proprietress of the young ladies’ seminary next door.”
我是邻家女神学院的女主人明钦小姐。 “
The Indian gentleman looked at her for a moment in silent scrutiny.
印度绅士默默地看着她片刻.
He was a man who had naturally a rather hot temper, and he did not wish it to get too much the better of him.
他是一个天生脾气相当热的人,他不希望他得到太多的好感.
“So you are Miss Minchin?”
“你是明钦小姐吗? “
he said.
他说。
“I am, sir.”
“我是,先生。”
“In that case,” the Indian gentleman replied, “you have arrived at the right time.
“在这种情况下,”印度绅士回答说,“你来得正好。
My solicitor, Mr.
我的律师,先生。
Carmichael, was just on the point of going to see you.”
卡迈克尔,正要见你 “
Mr.
先生,请问...
Carmichael bowed slightly, and Miss Minchin looked from him to Mr.
卡迈克尔稍稍鞠躬了,明钦小姐从他那里望向了先生.
Carrisford in amazement.
Carrisford很惊讶。
“Your solicitor!”
"你的律师!"
she said.
她说。
“I do not understand.
“我不明白。
I have come here as a matter of duty.
我是作为职责来的
I have just discovered that you have been intruded upon through the forwardness of one of my pupils—a charity pupil.
我刚刚发现你被我的一个学生——一个慈善学生——的向前看所打扰。
I came to explain that she intruded without my knowledge.”
我来解释,她不知情就闯入 “
She turned upon Sara.
她背叛了萨拉
“Go home at once,” she commanded indignantly.
“立即回家”,她不屈不挠地下令回家。
“You shall be severely punished.
“应严惩你。
Go home at once.”
即时出家. “
The Indian gentleman drew Sara to his side and patted her hand.
印度绅士将萨拉拉到他身边并拍了她的手.
“She is not going.”
“她不会去。 “
Miss Minchin felt rather as if she must be losing her senses.
Minchin小姐觉得好像她失去理智了
“Not going!”
"不要走!" (英语)
she repeated.
她重复过
“No,” said Mr.
“不,”先生说。
Carrisford.
卡里斯福德,你好吗?
“She is not going home—if you give your house that name.
" 她不会回家的,如果你给你的房子这个名字。
Her home for the future will be with me.”
她将来的家就是我的了 “
Miss Minchin fell back in amazed indignation.
Minchin小姐感到非常愤怒
“With you!
“与你同在!
With you, sir!
跟你,长官!
What does this mean?”
这是什么意思? “
“Kindly explain the matter, Carmichael,” said the Indian gentleman; “and get it over as quickly as possible.”
印度绅士说,“卡迈克尔,请解释一下这个问题。” “
And he made Sara sit down again, and held her hands in his—which was another trick of her papa’s.
他又使Sara坐下来,并握住她的手,这是她父亲的又一招。
Then Mr.
之后,先生,请
Carmichael explained—in the quiet, level-toned, steady manner of a man who knew his subject and all its legal significance, which was a thing Miss Minchin understood as a businesswoman, and did not enjoy.
Carmichael解释道:一个了解自己对象及其所有法律意义的人,
“Mr.
“本戈亚先生,
Carrisford, madam,” he said, “was an intimate friend of the late Captain Crewe.
Carrisford,夫人,”他说,“是已故Crewe上尉的亲密朋友。
He was his partner in certain large investments.
他是某些大投资的合伙人。
The fortune which Captain Crewe supposed he had lost has been recovered, and is now in Mr.
克鲁船长认为他失去的财富已经收回,现在属于他。
Carrisford’s hands.”
卡里斯福德的手。 “
“The fortune!”
"财富!"
cried Miss Minchin; and she really lost color as she uttered the exclamation.
Minchin小姐哭着说出感叹声 她真的失色了
“Sara’s fortune!”
" 萨拉的命运! "
“It will be Sara’s fortune,” replied Mr.
" 这将是Sara的财富, " 回答说。
Carmichael, rather coldly.
卡迈克尔,相当冷酷。
“It is Sara’s fortune now, in fact.
事实上,这是萨拉的财富。
Certain events have increased it enormously.
某些事件大大增加了这种威胁。
The diamond mines have retrieved themselves.”
钻石矿已经回收。 “
“The diamond mines!”
“钻石矿!”
Miss Minchin gasped out.
Minchin小姐被毒气冲出来了
If this was true, nothing so horrible, she felt, had ever happened to her since she was born.
如果这是真的,没有什么可怕的,她觉得, 从她出生以来,她曾经发生过。
“The diamond mines,” Mr.
“钻石矿”
Carmichael repeated.
卡迈克尔重复。
And he could not help adding, with a rather sly, unlawyer-like smile, “There are not many princesses, Miss Minchin, who are richer than your little charity pupil, Sara Crewe, will be.
他不得不用一个相当狡猾的、没有律师般的笑容来补充:“没有什么公主Minchin小姐比你们这个小的慈善学生Sara Crewe更富有。
Mr.
先生,请问...
Carrisford has been searching for her for nearly two years; he has found her at last, and he will keep her.”
卡里斯福德已经寻找她近两年了;他终于找到了她,他会留住她. “
After which he asked Miss Minchin to sit down while he explained matters to her fully, and went into such detail as was necessary to make it quite clear to her that Sara’s future was an assured one, and that what had seemed to be lost was to be restored to her tenfold; also, that she had in Mr.
之后,他请明钦小姐坐下来,同时向她充分解释事情,并进行了必要的详细介绍,以向她表明,Sara的未来是一个有保障的未来,似乎失去的东西要还给她的十倍;此外,她在Mr.
Carrisford a guardian as well as a friend.
卡里斯福德既是朋友也是监护人
Miss Minchin was not a clever woman, and in her excitement she was silly enough to make one desperate effort to regain what she could not help seeing she had lost through her worldly folly.
Minchin小姐并不是一个聪明的女人,在她的兴奋中,她很愚蠢,为了重新夺回她无法自拔的东西而拼命地付出了自己的心血,而她却因为自己的世界愚蠢而失去了一切。
“He found her under my care,” she protested.
她抗议说:“他发现她在我照顾下”,
“I have done everything for her.
“我为她做了一切。
But for me she should have starved in the streets.”
但对我来说,她应该在街上挨饿。 “
Here the Indian gentleman lost his temper.
这儿的印度绅士发脾气了
“ As to starving in the streets,” he said, “she might have starved more comfortably there than in your attic.”
“...... 关于街头饥饿,他说,“她在那里可能比在你的阁楼里更舒适地挨饿。 “
“Captain Crewe left her in my charge,” Miss Minchin argued.
Minchin女士辩称,“克鲁上尉留给我负责。
“She must return to it until she is of age.
“她必须返回,直到她成年为止。
She can be a parlor boarder again.
她又可以当客厅客了
She must finish her education.
她必须完成学业。
The law will interfere in my behalf.”
法律会干涉我的 “
“Come, come, Miss Minchin,” Mr.
"来吧,来吧,明钦小姐,"
Carmichael interposed, “the law will do nothing of the sort.
Carmichael说:“法律将不做任何这类事情。
If Sara herself wishes to return to you, I dare say Mr.
如果Sara想回到你身边 我敢说
Carrisford might not refuse to allow it.
卡里斯福德可能不会拒绝允许
But that rests with Sara.”
但这要靠萨拉。”
“Then,” said Miss Minchin, “I appeal to Sara.
Minchin小姐说,“然后,我呼吁萨拉。
I have not spoiled you, perhaps,” she said awkwardly to the little girl; “but you know that your papa was pleased with your progress.
她对小女孩说:“但你知道,你爸爸对你的进步感到高兴。
And— ahem—I have always been fond of you.”
还有... 我一直很喜欢你 “
Sara’s green-gray eyes fixed themselves on her with the quiet, clear look Miss Minchin particularly disliked.
Sara的绿眼用沉默和清晰的表情固定在她身上,
“Have you, Miss Minchin?”
“你有没有, 敏钦小姐? “
she said.
她说。
“I did not know that.”
“我不知道这一点。 “
Miss Minchin reddened and drew herself up.
Minchin小姐重新定义了自己
“You ought to have known it,” said she; “but children, unfortunately, never know what is best for them.
她说,“你应该知道,”但遗憾的是,儿童永远不知道对他们有什么好处。
Amelia and I always said you were the cleverest child in the school.
Amelia和我一直说你是学校里最聪明的孩子
Will you not do your duty to your poor papa and come home with me?”
难道你不对可怜的爸爸尽你的职责 跟我回家吗? “
Sara took a step toward her and stood still.
莎拉朝她迈出了一步,并站了下来。
She was thinking of the day when she had been told that she belonged to nobody, and was in danger of being turned into the street; she was thinking of the cold, hungry hours she had spent alone with Emily and Melchisedec in the attic.
她想着有一天,她被告知自己不属于任何人,并面临被变成街头的危险;她想着她独自与Emily和Melchisedec在阁楼里度过了寒冷而饥饿的时光.
She looked Miss Minchin steadily in the face.
她脸色很平稳
“You know why I will not go home with you, Miss Minchin,” she said; “you know quite well.”
“Minchin小姐,你知道我为什么不跟你回家,”她说:“你很清楚。 “
A hot flush showed itself on Miss Minchin’s hard, angry face.
Minchin小姐的面上露出一股热水,
“You will never see your companions again,” she began.
她说:你们再也见不到你们的朋友了。
“I will see that Ermengarde and Lottie are kept away—” Mr.
“我会看到,Ermengarde和Lottie被隔离......”
Carmichael stopped her with polite firmness.
卡迈克尔以礼貌的坚定阻止了她
“Excuse me,” he said; “she will see anyone she wishes to see.
他说,“对不起”,“她会见到她想见的人。
The parents of Miss Crewe’s fellow pupils are not likely to refuse her invitations to visit her at her guardian’s house.
Crewe小姐的同学家长不会拒绝她到监护人家看望她的邀请。
Mr.
先生,请问...
Carrisford will attend to that.”
卡里斯福德会负责的 “
It must be confessed that even Miss Minchin flinched.
必须承认,连敏钦小姐都吓倒了
This was worse than the eccentric bachelor uncle who might have a peppery temper and be easily offended at the treatment of his niece.
这比古怪的单身叔叔还糟糕,他可能脾气暴躁,在对待他侄女时容易得罪他.
A woman of sordid mind could easily believe that most people would not refuse to allow their children to remain friends with a little heiress of diamond mines.
一个心烦意乱的女人可以轻易地相信,大多数人不会拒绝让孩子和钻石矿的小继承人保持朋友关系。
And if Mr.
狦
Carrisford chose to tell certain of her patrons how unhappy Sara Crewe had been made, many unpleasant things might happen.
卡里斯福特选择告诉 某些赞助人有多不开心 萨拉 克鲁被制造了,许多不愉快的事情可能会发生.
“You have not undertaken an easy charge,” she said to the Indian gentleman, as she turned to leave the room; “you will discover that very soon.
她对印度绅士说,“你没有轻易地受到指控”,她转而离开房间,“你很快就会发现这一点。
The child is neither truthful nor grateful.
孩子既不诚实也不感激
I suppose”—to Sara—“that you feel now that you are a princess again.”
我想, " ——对萨拉—— " 你现在觉得你又成了公主。 “
Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers—even nice ones—to understand at first.
Sara低头冲了一下, 因为她觉得她的宠物花样对陌生人来说可能不容易,
“I—tried not to be anything else,” she answered in a low voice—“even when I was coldest and hungriest—I tried not to be.”
她低调地回答说:“即使我最冷和最饿的时候, 我试着不去 “
“Now it will not be necessary to try,” said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
Minchin小姐说,“现在没有必要尝试了,”在Ram Dass Salaam将她带出房间时,她酸了地说。
Miss Minchin returned home and, going to her sitting room, sent at once for Miss Amelia.
Minchin小姐回到了家 回到了她的起居室 立刻派她去找Amelia小姐
She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
她与她关闭了整个下午, 必须承认,可怜的阿梅莉亚小姐 经历了一个多小时的糟糕时刻。
She shed a good many tears, and mopped her eyes a good deal.
她流了好多眼泪,还把眼睛弄得一团糟
One of her unfortunate remarks almost caused her sister to snap her head entirely off, but it resulted in an unusual manner.
她的一句不幸的话几乎使她姐姐把头完全扭断了,但结果却表现出不寻常的方式.
“I’m not as clever as you, sister,” she said, “and I am always afraid to say things to you for fear of making you angry.
“我不像你那么聪明,姐姐,”她说,“我总是害怕对你说话,因为害怕让你生气。
Perhaps if I were not so timid it would be better for the school and for both of us.
也许如果我没有那么胆小,那对学校和我们来说都更好。
I must say I’ve often thought it would have been better if you had been less severe on Sara Crewe, and had seen that she was decently dressed and more comfortable.
我常认为你对Sara Crewe不那么严厉,
I know she was worked too hard for a child of her age, and I know she was only half fed—” “How dare you say such a thing!”
我知道她为她这个年纪的孩子工作太辛苦了 我知道她只有一半的饭吃 “你竟敢说这种话!”
exclaimed Miss Minchin.
赞美明钦小姐
“I don’t know how I dare,” Miss Amelia answered, with a kind of reckless courage; “but now I’ve begun I may as well finish, whatever happens to me.
Amelia小姐以一种鲁莽的勇气回答:「但现在我已经开始了,
The child was a clever child and a good child—and she would have paid you for any kindness you had shown her.
那孩子是个聪明的孩子 一个好孩子 她会为你付出任何代价
But you didn’t show her any.
但你没有给她看一出。
The fact was, she was too clever for you, and you always disliked her for that reason.
事实是 她对你来说太聪明了 你总是因为这个而不喜欢她
She used to see through us both—” “ Amelia!”
她过去经常看到我们两个——“Amelia!”
gasped her infuriated elder, looking as if she would box her ears and knock her cap off, as she had often done to Becky.
气死她生气的长者,看似她会打出她的耳朵并打倒她的帽子,就像她经常对贝琪那样.
But Miss Amelia’s disappointment had made her hysterical enough not to care what occurred next.
但Amelia小姐的失望让她歇斯底里,
“She did!
“她做到了!
She did!”
她做到了!"
she cried.
她哭着
“She saw through us both.
“她通过我们两个都看到了。
She saw that you were a hard- hearted, worldly woman, and that I was a weak fool, and that we were both of us vulgar and mean enough to grovel on our knees for her money, and behave ill to her because it was taken from her— though she behaved herself like a little princess even when she was a beggar.
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She did—she did— like a little princess!”
她确实像个小公主!”
And her hysterics got the better of the poor woman, and she began to laugh and cry both at once, and rock herself backward and forward in such a way as made Miss Minchin stare aghast.
她的歇斯底里得到了更好的 可怜的女人, 她开始笑和哭泣 同时, 摇身一变 自己后退和向前的方式 使明钦小姐 凝视的恐怖。
“ And now you’ve lost her,” she cried wildly; “and some other school will get her and her money; and if she were like any other child she’ d tell how she’s been treated, and all our pupils would be taken away and we should be ruined.
“...... 而现在你已经失去了她,“她疯狂地哭着说,“其他学校会得到她和她的钱;如果她像其他孩子一样,她会告诉别人她是如何对待她的,我们所有的学生都会被带走,我们应该被摧毁。
And it serves us right; but it serves you right more than it does me, for you are a hard woman, Maria Minchin, you’re a hard, selfish, worldly woman!”
它为我们服务,但它为您服务, 比我更适合您, 因为你是一个硬女人, Maria Minchin,
And she was in danger of making so much noise with her hysterical chokes and gurgles that her sister was obliged to go to her and apply smelling salts to quiet her, instead of pouring forth her indignation at her audacity.
她有危险用她歇斯底里的咽喉和口水制造出如此多的噪音,以至于她姐姐不得不去找她,并施用有味的盐来让她安静下来,而不是向她胆大妄为地发泄出她的愤慨.
And from that time forward, it may be mentioned, the elder Miss Minchin actually began to stand a little in awe of a sister who, while she looked so foolish, was evidently not quite so foolish as she looked, and might, consequently, break out and speak truths people did not want to hear.
从那时起,人们可能会提到, 长女敏钦实际上开始有点害怕一个姐姐, 虽然她看起来如此愚蠢,但显然不像她看起来那么愚蠢, 并因此可能爆发,说出人们不想听到的真相。
That evening, when the pupils were gathered together before the fire in the schoolroom, as was their custom before going to bed, Ermengarde came in with a letter in her hand and a queer expression on her round face.
当晚,学生们被集合起来,在教室被放火烧后,正如他们在入睡前的习惯一样,埃尔门加德带着一封信进来,她圆形的表情也非常古怪.
It was queer because, while it was an expression of delighted excitement, it was combined with such amazement as seemed to belong to a kind of shock just received.
这很怪异,因为,虽然这是令人高兴的兴奋的表现,但它与这种令人惊叹的结合,似乎属于刚刚收到的一种震惊。
“What is the matter?”
“怎么了? “
cried two or three voices at once.
一次哭出两三个声音.
“Is it anything to do with the row that has been going on?”
“这是否与一直发生的一行有关? “
said Lavinia, eagerly.
拉维尼亚急切地说
“There has been such a row in Miss Minchin’s room, Miss Amelia has had something like hysterics and has had to go to bed.”
" 在Minchin小姐的房间里发生了一连串事,Amelia小姐患有类似歇斯底里症,不得不去睡觉。 “
Ermengarde answered them slowly as if she were half stunned.
埃门加德慢地回答他们,好像她半被惊呆了一样.
“I have just had this letter from Sara,” she said, holding it out to let them see what a long letter it was.
她说,“我刚刚收到Sara的来信,”她拿着这封信,让他们看看这封信有多长。
“From Sara!”
"从萨拉!"
Every voice joined in that exclamation.
每一个声音都加入了感叹。
“Where is she?”
“她在哪里? “
almost shrieked Jessie.
差点吓到杰西了
“Next door,” said Ermengarde, “with the Indian gentleman.”
Ermengarde说,“下一扇门是印度绅士的。 “
“Where?
“何处?
Where?
在哪里？
Has she been sent away?
她被送走了吗?
Does Miss Minchin know?
敏钦小姐知道吗?
Was the row about that?
是这行吗?
Why did she write?
她为什么写信?
Tell us!
告诉我们!
Tell us!”
告诉我们!”
There was a perfect babel, and Lottie began to cry plaintively.
有一个完美的宝贝, 洛蒂开始轻而易举地哭泣。
Ermengarde answered them slowly as if she were half plunged out into what, at the moment, seemed the most important and self-explaining thing.
Ermengarde慢慢地回答他们, 好像她有一半陷入了 似乎最重要的和自我解释的事情。
“There were diamond mines,” she said stoutly; “there were!”
她说,“那里有钻石矿”。
Open mouths and open eyes confronted her.
张开嘴,睁开眼睛 面对她。
“They were real,” she hurried on.
她匆匆忙忙地说,“它们是真实的”。
“It was all a mistake about them.
“这是对他们的错误。
Something happened for a time, and Mr.
有件事发生了一段时间,先生。
Carrisford thought they were ruined—” “Who is Mr.
Carrisford认为他们被摧毁了——” “何人为:
Carrisford?”
卡里斯福德吗? “
shouted Jessie.
大声喊杰西。
“The Indian gentleman.
“印度绅士。
And Captain Crewe thought so, too—and he died; and Mr.
还有队长 Crewe也这么想,他死了;
Carrisford had brain fever and ran away, and he almost died.
卡里斯福德有脑发烧并出走,他差点就死了.
And he did not know where Sara was.
他不知道萨拉在哪
And it turned out that there were millions and millions of diamonds in the mines; and half of them belong to Sara; and they belonged to her when she was living in the attic with no one but Melchisedec for a friend, and the cook ordering her about.
结果发现矿场里有上百万个钻石;其中一半属于萨拉;当她住在阁楼里时,除了梅尔希塞德克一个朋友之外,除了梅尔希塞德克之外,没有一个人住在阁楼里,厨师就命令她去.
And Mr.
临Τ
Carrisford found her this afternoon, and he has got her in his home—and she will never come back—and she will be more a princess than she ever was, a hundred and fifty thousand times more.
卡里斯福德今天下午找到她,他把她带回了家——她永远不会回来——她将比以前更是一个公主,比以前多出15万倍.
And I am going to see her tomorrow afternoon.
我明天下午会去看她
There!”
那边!”
Even Miss Minchin herself could scarcely have controlled the uproar after this; and though she heard the noise, she did not try.
甚至敏钦小姐本人也几乎无法控制之后的狂风;虽然她听到了噪音,但并没有尝试.
She was not in the mood to face anything more than she was facing in her room, while Miss Amelia was weeping in bed.
她没有心情面对比自己在房间里面对的更多,而艾米莉亚小姐却在床上哭泣.
She knew that the news had penetrated the walls in some mysterious manner, and that every servant and every child would go to bed talking about it.
她知道消息以某种神秘的方式深入了墙壁,每个仆人和每个孩子都会去睡觉谈论这件事.
So until almost midnight the entire seminary, realizing somehow that all rules were laid aside, crowded round Ermengarde in the schoolroom and heard read and reread the letter containing a story which was quite as wonderful as any Sara herself had ever invented, and which had the amazing charm of having happened to Sara herself and the mystic Indian gentleman in the very next house.
直到几乎午夜,整个神学院, 不知何故地意识到所有的规则都被搁置, 拥挤的埃尔门加德在教室里, 并听到阅读和重读了一封信, 信里的故事是相当美妙的,
Becky, who had heard it also, managed to creep upstairs earlier than usual.
贝琪也听说了,比平时更早爬上楼去.
She wanted to get away from people and go and look at the little magic room once more.
她想远离人们,再去再看看那个小魔法室.
She did not know what would happen to it.
她不知道会发生什么事。
It was not likely that it would be left to Miss Minchin.
这不可能是留给明钦小姐的
It would be taken away, and the attic would be bare and empty again.
将取去去去去去来去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去
Glad as she was for Sara’s sake, she went up the last flight of stairs with a lump in her throat and tears blurring her sight.
她爬上最后一班楼梯, 喉咙被打出块子,
There would be no fire tonight, and no rosy lamp; no supper, and no princess sitting in the glow reading or telling stories—no princess!
今晚不会有火,也不会有玫瑰花花灯;没有晚餐,也没有公主坐在发光的读物或讲故事——没有公主!
She choked down a sob as she pushed the attic door open, and then she broke into a low cry.
在她把阁楼的门打开时被她掐倒了一口泣水,然后她又闯入了低声的叫声.
The lamp was flushing the room, the fire was blazing, the supper was waiting; and Ram Dass was standing smiling into her startled face.
灯正冲出房间,起火了,晚餐在等;而拉姆·达斯正站着向她惊吓的脸上微笑.
“Missee Sahib remembered,” he said.
他说,“Sahib小姐记得,”
“She told the Sahib all.
“她告诉了所有牧师。
She wished you to know the good fortune which has befallen her.
她希望你知道她身上的好运气
Behold a letter on the tray.
看托盘上的信
She has written.
她已经写了
She did not wish that you should go to sleep unhappy.
她不希望你睡不着觉
The Sahib commands you to come to him tomorrow.
萨希布命令你明天去找他
You are to be the attendant of Missee Sahib.
你将成为Missee Sahib的助手
Tonight I take these things back over the roof.”
今晚我把这些东西带回屋顶 “
And having said this with a beaming face, he made a little salaam and slipped through the skylight with an agile silentness of movement which showed Becky how easily he had done it before.
他用一面光芒的相貌 说出这番话后,他做了个小莎乐安 从天窗上滑了下来 用敏捷的静默动作 向贝琪展示了他以前做的是多么容易
Glossary alight (adj.)
词汇法(adj.)
lit up; filled with light (p.
被点出; 被放入光中(p.
6) assured (adj.)
6) 有保证(adj.)
certain to happen (p.
肯定会发生的(p.
11) babel (n.)
11) 贝尔 (n.
a confusing mix of sounds and voices (p.
声音和声音的混淆组合(p.
19) bewildered (adj.)
19)被迷惑(adj.
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