A Little Princess
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part 21 of A Little Princess, Miss Minchin storms next door to punish Sara and learns the truth: the Indian gentleman is Captain Crewe’s business partner, the diamond mines have paid off, and Sara is as rich as a princess.
在"小公主"第21部中,明钦小姐在隔壁暴风雨来惩罚萨拉并得知真相:印度绅士是克鲁船长的生意伙伴,钻石矿已经还清了,而萨拉也像公主一样富有.
Part Twenty-Two: “Anne” ever had such joy reigned in the nursery of the Large Family.
第二十二部分: " 安妮 " 曾经在 " 大家族 " 的苗圃中充满了这种喜悦。
Never had they dreamed of such delights as resulted from an intimate acquaintance with the little-girl-who-was-not-a-beggar.
他们从来没有梦想过这种快乐 由亲密的熟人 与小女孩 - 谁 -
The mere fact of her sufferings and adventures made her a priceless possession.
仅仅她的痛苦和冒险的事实,就让她成为了无价之宝.
Everybody wanted to be told over and over again the things which had happened to her.
每个人都想被反复地告诉 发生在她身上的事情。
When one was sitting by a warm fire in a big, glowing room, it was quite delightful to hear how cold it could be in an attic.
当一个人坐在一个大而发光的房间里的暖火下时,听到在阁楼里会有多冷,是相当愉快的.
It must be admitted that the attic was rather delighted in, and that its coldness and bareness quite sank into insignificance when Melchisedec was remembered, and one heard about the sparrows and things one could see if one climbed on the table and stuck one’s head and shoulders out of the skylight.
必须承认,阁楼相当高兴,当梅尔希泽克被铭记时,阁楼的寒冷和赤裸沉入了虚无之中,人们听到了麻雀和一些事情,人们可以看到一个人爬上桌子,从天窗上卡住自己的头和肩膀。
Of course the thing loved best was the story of the banquet and the dream which was true.
当然,最爱的东西是宴会的故事 和真实的梦想。
Sara told it for the first time the day after she had been found.
Sara在被发现后第二天第一次告诉她.
Several members of the Large Family came to take tea with her, and as they sat or curled up on the hearth-rug she told the story in her own way, and the Indian gentleman listened and watched her.
几个"大家族"的成员来陪她喝茶,当他们坐在灵车上或卷起来时,她用自己的方式讲述了这个故事,印度绅士听了,看着她.
When she had finished she looked up at him and put her hand on his knee.
当她完成后,她看着他,把手放在他的膝盖上。
“That is my part,” she said.
她说,“这是我的责任。”
“Now won’t you tell your part of it, Uncle Tom?”
「汤姆叔叔, “
He had asked her to call him always “Uncle Tom.”
他要求她叫他“汤姆叔叔”。
“I don’t know your part yet, and it must be beautiful.”
“我还不知道你的角色, “
So he told them how, when he sat alone, ill and dull and irritable, Ram Dass had tried to distract him by describing the passers by, and there was one child who passed oftener than anyone else; he had begun to be interested in her—partly perhaps because he was thinking a great deal of a little girl, and partly because Ram Dass had been able to relate the incident of his visit to the attic in chase of the monkey.
因此,他告诉他们,当他独自坐在一旁时,他生病了,又沉闷又烦躁,拉姆·达斯试图通过描述路人来分散他的注意力,有一个孩子比其他人更经常地经过;他开始对她感兴趣——也许是因为他想了一个很大的小女孩,部分是因为拉姆·达斯在追赶猴子时能够把他的来访事件与阁楼联系起来.
He had described its cheerless look, and the bearing of the child, who seemed as if she was not of the class of those who were treated as drudges and servants.
他描述了它的无比欢快的外表和孩子的怀抱,她似乎不属于那些被当做苦行者和仆人的阶层。
Bit by bit, Ram Dass had made discoveries concerning the wretchedness of her life.
Ram Dass逐渐发现了 她的悲惨生活
He had found out how easy a matter it was to climb across the few yards of roof to the skylight, and this fact had been the beginning of all that followed.
他发现一件事情是多么容易 爬过屋顶到天窗的几码处 这一事实是后来所有事情的开始
“Sahib,” he had said one day, “I could cross the slates and make the child a fire when she is out on some errand.
“Sahib,”有一天他说,“当孩子出外出差时,我可以越过板子并放火。
When she returned, wet and cold, to find it blazing, she would think a magician had done it.”
当她回来时,又湿又冷,为了发现它的发光,她会认为是魔术师干的. “
The idea had been so fanciful that Mr.
这个想法太夸张了,以至于Mr.
Carrisford’s sad face had lighted with a smile, and Ram Dass had been so filled with rapture that he had enlarged upon it and explained to his master how simple it would be to accomplish numbers of other things.
Carrisford的悲伤相貌充满了笑容, Ram Dass充满了欢快,
He had shown a childlike pleasure and invention, and the preparations for the carrying out of the plan had filled many a day with interest which would otherwise have dragged wearily.
他表现出了象孩子一样的快活和发明,计划执行的准备工作使许多人一天充满了兴趣,否则就会拖累我们。
On the night of the frustrated banquet Ram Dass had kept watch, all his packages being in readiness in the attic which was his own; and the person who was to help him had waited with him, as interested as himself in the odd adventure.
在沮丧的宴会当晚,拉姆·达斯一直监视着,他的所有包裹都在他自己的阁楼里准备就绪;本来要帮助他的人也一直和他一起等待,就像自己对奇异的冒险一样感兴趣.
Ram Dass had been lying flat upon the slates, looking in at the skylight, when the banquet had come to its disastrous conclusion; he had been sure of the profoundness of Sara’s wearied sleep; and then, with a dark lantern, he had crept into the room, while his companion remained outside and handed the things to him.
拉姆·达斯一直平地躺在板子上,看着天窗,宴会已经到了灾难性的地步;他确信萨拉疲惫的睡眠是深刻的;然后用一盏深色的灯笼,他钻入了房间,而他的同伴却在外面把东西交给他。
When Sara had stirred ever so faintly, Ram Dass had closed the lantern-slide and lain flat upon the floor.
当Sara这么微弱地激起的时候 Ram Dass关闭了灯笼滑坡 并让Lain平地
These and many other exciting things the children found out by asking a thousand questions.
这些和许多其他令人兴奋的事情 孩子们通过问一千个问题发现了。
“I am so glad,” Sara said.
Sara说:“我很高兴,”
“I am so glad it was you who were my friend!”
“我很高兴你是我的朋友!”
There never were such friends as these two became.
从来没有过这样的朋友 像他们俩成为。
Somehow, they seemed to suit each other in a wonderful way.
不知何故,它们似乎很适合彼此
The Indian gentleman had never had a companion he liked quite as much as he liked Sara.
印度绅士从未有过像他喜欢的萨拉一样喜欢的同伴.
In a month’s time he was, as Mr.
一个月后,他和M.
Carmichael had prophesied he would be, a new man.
卡迈克尔曾预言他会是新人
He was always amused and interested, and he began to find an actual pleasure in the possession of the wealth he had imagined that he loathed the burden of.
他总是充满了乐趣和兴趣,他开始在拥有他所想象的他厌恶负担的财富中找到真正的快活.
There were so many charming things to plan for Sara.
有这么多的迷人的东西 计划萨拉。
There was a little joke between them that he was a magician, and it was one of his pleasures to invent things to surprise her.
两人之间有一个小笑话,说他是魔术师,发明出东西来给她惊喜也是他的乐趣之一.
She found beautiful new flowers growing in her room, whimsical little gifts tucked under pillows, and once, as they sat together in the evening, they heard the scratch of a heavy paw on the door, and when Sara went to find out what it was, there stood a great dog—a splendid Russian boarhound—with a grand silver and gold collar bearing an inscription.
她发现一朵美丽的新花 在她房间里生长, 狂喜的小礼物 被放在枕头下, 一次, 当他们坐在一起 在晚上,
“I am Boris,” it read; “I serve the Princess Sara.”
“我是鲍里斯,”读作“我为萨拉公主服务”。
There was nothing the Indian gentleman loved more than the recollection of the little princess in rags and tatters.
印度绅士最爱的莫过于小公主穿起布巾和被打碎的回忆.
The afternoons in which the Large Family, or Ermengarde and Lottie, gathered to rejoice together were very delightful.
大家族,或埃尔门加德和洛蒂聚集在一起欢乐的下午,非常愉快.
But the hours when Sara and the Indian gentleman sat alone and read or talked had a special charm of their own.
但是,萨拉和印度绅士单独坐着阅读或交谈的几个小时,有着他们自己的特殊魅力.
During their passing many interesting things occurred.
在他们经过期间,发生了许多有趣的事。
One evening, Mr.
一个晚上,先生。
Carrisford, looking up from his book, noticed that his companion had not stirred for some time, but sat gazing into the fire.
卡里斯福从他的书上抬头看,注意到他的同伴有一段时间没有被激起,而是坐入了火中.
“What are you ‘supposing,’ Sara?”
"你打算怎么办,"萨拉? “
he asked.
他问。
Sara looked up, with a bright color on her cheek.
Sara抬头看,脸颊有一道明亮的颜色.
“I was supposing,” she said; “I was remembering that hungry day, and a child I saw.”
她说,“我假设”:“我记得那个饥饿的日子,我看到一个孩子。 “
“But there were a great many hungry days,” said the Indian gentleman, with rather a sad tone in his voice.
印度绅士说,“但是有许多饥饿的日子”,他的声音相当悲哀。
“Which hungry day was it?”
“今天是哪个饥饿的日子? “
“I forgot you didn’t know,” said Sara.
Sara说,
“It was the day the dream came true.”
“正是梦想成真之日。 “
Then she told him the story of the bun shop, and the fourpence she picked up out of the sloppy mud, and the child who was hungrier than herself.
然后她告诉他包子店的故事,她从草泥上捡起的四便士,以及比自己更饿的孩子.
She told it quite simply, and in as few words as possible; but somehow the Indian gentleman found it necessary to shade his eyes with his hand and look down at the carpet.
她说得非常简单,而且尽可能少;但不知何故,印度绅士认为有必要用手遮住他的眼睛并俯视地毯.
“ And I was supposing a kind of plan,” she said, when she had finished.
“...... 我在假设一个计划,“她说,当她完成的时候。
“I was thinking I should like to do something.”
“我想做一些事情。 “
“What was it?”
“这是什么? “
said Mr.
说,先生。
Carrisford, in a low tone.
卡里斯福德,低调
“You may do anything you like to do, Princess.”
“公主,你可以做你想做的事。 “
“I was wondering,” rather hesitated Sara— “you know, you say I have so much money—I was wondering if I could go to see the bun-woman, and tell her that if, when hungry children— particularly on those dreadful days—come and sit on the steps, or look in at the window, she would just call them in and give them something to eat, she might send the bills to me.
“我在想,”Sara相当犹豫——“你知道,你说我有这么多钱——我在想,我是否可以去看那个包子女人,告诉她,如果饥饿的儿童——特别是在那些可怕的日子——来到台阶上坐着,或者看着窗户,她会叫他们进来给他们吃点东西,她可能会把账单寄给我。
Could I do that?”
我可以这样做吗? “
“You shall do it tomorrow morning,” said the Indian gentleman.
印度绅士说,“你明天早上就去做。”
“Thank you,” said Sara.
萨拉说,“谢谢。”
“You see, I know what it is to be hungry, and it is very hard when one cannot even pretend it away.”
“你看,我知道什么是饥饿,当人们甚至不能假装饥饿时,这是非常困难的。 “
“Yes, yes, my dear,” said the Indian gentleman.
印度先生说,“是的,是的,亲爱的,”
“Yes, yes, it must be.
“是的,必须如此。
Try to forget it.
试着忘记它。
Come and sit on this footstool near my knee, and only remember you are a princess.”
过来坐在我膝盖附近的脚凳上 只记得你是个公主 “
“Yes,” said Sara, smiling; “and I can give buns and bread to the populace.”
Sara说:“是的,”微笑说:“我可以把面包和面包送给民众。 “
And she went and sat on the stool, and the Indian gentleman (he used to like her to call him that, too, sometimes) drew her small dark head down on his knee and stroked her hair.
她去坐在凳子上,那个印度绅士(他过去也喜欢他这样称呼他)把小黑头从膝盖上画下并打中了她的头发.
The next morning, Miss Minchin, in looking out of her window, saw the things she perhaps least enjoyed seeing.
第二天早上 Minchin小姐从窗外看时 看到了她最不喜欢看的东西
The Indian gentleman’s carriage, with its tall horses, drew up before the door of the next house, and its owner and a little figure, warm with soft, rich furs, descended the steps to get into it.
印度绅士的马车,有高高的马匹,在相邻房子的门前画出相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相相去相相去相去相相相去相去相相去相相相
The little figure was a familiar one, and reminded Miss Minchin of days in the past.
这个小人物是熟悉的,并提醒了敏钦小姐过去的日子.
This figure was followed by another as familiar—the sight of which she found very irritating.
之后是另一个她非常熟悉的数字,她感到非常烦恼。
It was Becky, who, in the character of delighted attendant, always accompanied her young mistress to her carriage, carrying wraps and belongings.
是贝琪,她以愉快的侍从身份 总是陪着她年轻的情妇去她的马车 带着包裹和物品
Already Becky had a pink, round face.
贝琪已经有粉红色的圆相了
A little later the carriage drew up before the door of the baker’s shop, and its occupants got out, oddly enough, just as the bun-woman was putting a tray of smoking-hot buns into the window.
车在面包店门前铺设出车厢, 车内乘客下车,
When Sara entered the shop the woman turned and looked at her, and, leaving the buns, came and stood behind the counter.
当Sara进入商店时,那个女人转过身来看着她,离开包子,就来到柜台后站了起来.
For a moment she looked at Sara very hard indeed, and then her good-natured face lighted up.
有那么一瞬间,她确实非常仔细地看着萨拉,然后她善良的面孔被照亮了.
“I’m sure that I remember you, miss,” she said.
“我肯定我记得你,小姐,”她说。
“ And yet—” “Yes,” said Sara; “once you gave me six buns for fourpence, and—” “ And you gave five of ’em to a beggar child,” the woman broke in on her.
“...... Sara说:“是的”,“你给我六包四便士,然后,你把五包给一个乞丐的孩子。”
“I’ve always remembered it.
“我一直记得,
I couldn’t make it out at first.”
起初我赶不上, “
“I am better, thank you,” said Sara.
Sara说,“谢谢,我好多了。”
“ And—I am much happier—and I have come to ask you to do something for me.”
“...... 还有... 我更高兴了——我来是想请你为我做件事。 “
“Me, miss!”
“我,小姐!”
exclaimed the bun-woman, smiling cheerfully.
欢笑地笑着笑着
“Why, bless you!
“为什么,祝福你!
Yes, miss.
对,小姐
What can I do?”
我能怎么办? “
And then Sara, leaning on the counter, made her little proposal concerning the dreadful days and the hungry waifs and the buns.
然后Sara靠在柜台上 就可怕的日子 和饥饿的面包和面包做了小建议
The woman watched her, and listened with an astonished face.
女人看着她, 并用一惊异的脸听。
“Why, bless me!”
“为什么,保佑我!”
she said again when she had heard it all; “it’ll be a pleasure to me to do it.
当她听到这一切时,她又说:“我会很高兴这样做。
I am a working-woman myself and cannot afford to do much on my own account, and there’s sights of trouble on every side; but, if you’ll excuse me, I’m bound to say I’ve given away many a bit of bread since that wet afternoon, just along o’ thinking of you—an’ how wet an’ cold you was, an’ how hungry you looked; an’ yet you gave away your hot buns as if you was a princess.”
我本人是一个工作女性, 自己负担不起太多工作, 每一边都有麻烦的景象; 但是, 如果你不介意的话, 我不得不说, 我从那个湿的下午开始, “
The Indian gentleman smiled involuntarily at this, and Sara smiled a little, too, remembering what she had said to herself when she put the buns down on the ravenous child’s ragged lap.
印度绅士对此无礼地微笑了一下,而萨拉也微笑了一点,回忆起当她把包子放入被放出放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放入被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放出被放
“She looked so hungry,” she said.
她说,“她看起来好饿”。
“She was even hungrier than I was.”
“她甚至比我更饿。 “
“She was starving,” said the woman.
这位妇女说,“她正在挨饿”。
“Many’s the time she’s told me of it since—how she sat there in the wet, and felt as if a wolf was a-tearing at her poor young insides.”
" 许多时候她都告诉我, 因为她坐在湿地里, “
“Oh, have you seen her since then?”
"从那时起你见过她吗? “
exclaimed Sara.
赞叹了萨拉。
“Do you know where she is?”
“你知道她在哪里吗? “
“Yes, I do,” answered the woman, smiling more good-naturedly than ever.
“是的,我愿意”,回答这个女人,笑得比任何时候都好。
“Why, she’s in that there back room, miss, an’ has been for a month; an’ a decent, well-meanin’ girl she’s goin’ to turn out, an’ such a help to me in the shop an’ in the kitchen as you’ d scarce believe, knowin’ how she’s lived.”
“为什么,小姐,她坐在后房里已经一个月了;一个正经的好女孩,她要出来,一个在店里对我如此有帮助的女孩,一个在厨房里的人,你几乎不相信,知道她是如何生活的。 “
She stepped to the door of the little back parlor and spoke; and the next minute a girl came out and followed her behind the counter.
她走到小后院的门前说话;第二天,一个女孩出来,在柜台后面跟着她。
And actually it was the beggar-child, clean and neatly clothed, and looking as if she had not been hungry for a long time.
实际上,是乞丐的孩子,干净而整洁地穿衣服, 看上去好像她很久没有挨饿了。
She looked shy, but she had a nice face, now that she was no longer a savage, and the wild look had gone from her eyes.
她看起来很害羞,但脸色不错,现在她不再是野蛮人了,而野外的外表已经从她的眼睛中消失.
She knew Sara in an instant, and stood and looked at her as if she could never look enough.
她瞬间就认识了Sara, 站在她面前,看着她就像她永远看不完一样。
“You see,” said the woman, “I told her to come when she was hungry, and when she’ d come I’ d give her odd jobs to do; an’ I found she was willing, and somehow I got to like her; and the end of it was, I’ve given her a place an’ a home, and she helps me, an’ behaves well, an’ is as thankful as a girl can be.
这位妇女说, " 你看, " 我告诉她,当她饿了,当她来的时候,我给了她一些零活做; " 我发现她很愿意,不知何故,我不得不喜欢她;最后,我给了她一个家,她帮助我,一个好的行为,一个像女孩一样感激她。
Her name’s Anne.
她的名字是安妮。
She has no other.”
她没有别的了 “
The children stood and looked at each other for a few minutes; and then Sara took her hand out of her muff and held it out across the counter, and Anne took it, and they looked straight into each other’s eyes.
孩子们站了起来相望了几分钟;然后莎拉把手取出她的泥巴并握出柜台对面,安拿起,他们直视对方的眼睛.
“I am so glad,” Sara said.
Sara说:“我很高兴,”
“ And I have just thought of something.
“...... 我刚刚想到一些事情
Perhaps Mrs.
也许夫人。
Brown will let you be the one to give the buns and bread to the children.
布朗会让你把面包包和面包送给孩子们的
Perhaps you would like to do it because you know what it is to be hungry, too.”
也许你也想这么做 因为你知道饥饿是什么 “
“Yes, miss,” said the girl.
这位女孩说,“是的,小姐,”
And, somehow, Sara felt as if she understood her, though she said so little, and only stood still and looked and looked after her as she went out of the shop with the Indian gentleman, and they got into the carriage and drove away.
不知何故,萨拉觉得自己好像了解她一样,虽然她说得那么少,却只站在一旁,看着并照顾她,当时她和印度绅士一起出道,他们进入了马车并开车离开.
THE END Glossary bearing (n.)
(单位:千美元)
the way in which a person stands, moves, or behaves (p.
个人的站立、移动或行为方式(p.
4) class (n.)
4)级 (n.
a large group of people defined by their economic or social status (p.
由经济或社会地位界定的一大批人(p.
4) incident (n.)
4)事件 (n.
a single event, often one that is serious or out of the ordinary (p.
单个事件,常常是严重或不正常的事件(p.
4) insignificance (n.)
4) 轻活 (n.