Little Women — Page 1
「没有礼物的圣诞节算什么圣诞节,」乔一边嘟囔着,一边躺在地毯上。
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
「真可怕,我们竟然这么穷!」梅格叹了口气,低头看着自己那件旧裙子。
"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.
「我觉得这不公平,有些女孩什么漂亮东西都有,另一些女孩却什么都没有,」小艾米委屈地抽了抽鼻子,附和道。
"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.
「我们还有爸爸、妈妈,还有彼此,」贝思从她的角落里心满意足地说道。
"We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.
壁炉的火光照在四张年轻的脸上,这句令人振奋的话让她们的神情一下子明朗起来,但随即又黯淡了下去,因为乔悲伤地说:「我们没有爸爸,而且很长时间都不会有他陪在身边。」
The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and shall not have him for a long time."
她没有说出「也许永远都不会」,但每个人都在心里默默地补上了这句话,想着远在战场上的父亲。
She didn't say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.
大家沉默了片刻,随后梅格换了一种语气说道:「你们知道的,妈妈提议今年圣诞节不送礼物,是因为这个冬天对每个人来说都会很艰难;她认为,当我们的战士在军队里受苦受难的时候,我们不应该把钱花在享乐上。」
Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army.
「我们能做的不多,但我们可以做出小小的牺牲,而且应该甘心乐意地去做。可是我恐怕我并不情愿,」梅格摇了摇头,心里惋惜地想着那些她渴望得到的漂亮东西。
We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don't," and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.
「不过我觉得,我们就算花了那点钱,也起不了什么作用。我们每人有一块钱,把这点钱捐出去,对军队也没什么大帮助。」
"But I don't think the little we should spend would do any good. We've each got a dollar, and the army wouldn't be much helped by our giving that.
Vocabulary
- Christmas
- 圣诞节,每年十二月二十五日的西方节日
- be
- 是,存在,系动词基本形式
- without
- 没有,缺少某物或某人
- any
- 任何,用于否定或疑问句中
- presents
- 礼物,赠送给他人的物品
- grumbled
- 抱怨,低声不满地说话
- lying
- 躺着,身体平放在某处
- rug
- 小地毯,铺在地板上的毯子
- dreadful
- 可怕的,令人感到非常不愉快的
- poor
- 贫穷的,缺少金钱或物质资源的
- sighed
- 叹气,因悲伤或无奈而深呼气
- dress
- 裙子,女性穿的连衣裙服装
- fair
- 公平的,对所有人一视同仁的
- plenty
- 大量,充足的数量或供应
- pretty
- 漂亮的,外观好看令人喜爱的
- nothing
- 什么也没有,完全没有任何东西
- added
- 补充说,在原有内容后又说了
- injured
- 受委屈的,感到被冒犯或受伤的
- sniff
- 哼鼻声,表示不满或轻蔑的鼻音
- each
- 彼此,互相,表示相互之间关系
- contentedly
- 心满意足地,以满足的态度表达
- corner
- 角落,房间或空间的边角处
- firelight
- 火光,壁炉或火焰发出的光芒
- shone
- 照耀,shine的过去式,发出光芒
- brightened
- 变明亮,表情变得开朗高兴
- cheerful
- 欢快的,令人愉快开朗的
- darkened
- 变暗,表情或心情变得阴沉
- sadly
- 悲伤地,以伤心难过的方式
- shall
- 将要,表示将来或意愿的助动词
- perhaps
- 也许,表示可能性的不确定副词
- never
- 永不,表示在任何时候都不
- silently
- 默默地,不发出声音地思考
- far
- 遥远的,距离或程度上很远
- fighting
- 战斗,参与战争或激烈搏斗
- Nobody
- 没有人,指所有人都没有做
- spoke
- 说话,speak的过去式,发言
- altered
- 改变了的,有所不同的语气
- tone
- 语气,说话时的声调或态度
- reason
- 原因,导致某事发生的理由
- proposed
- 提议,建议采取某种行动方案
- hard
- 艰难的,困难的,不容易的
- winter
- 冬天,一年中最寒冷的季节
- everyone
- 每个人,所有人,全体人员
- ought
- 应该,表示道德义务的情态动词
- spend
- 花费,使用金钱或时间
- pleasure
- 享乐,让人快乐的活动或事物
- suffering
- 受苦,承受痛苦或艰难处境
- army
- 军队,国家的武装作战部队
- sacrifices
- 牺牲,为更大利益放弃个人所需
- gladly
- 乐意地,高兴地,自愿地做某事
- afraid
- 恐怕,担忧,表示遗憾或担心
- shook
- 摇动,shake的过去式,摇头
- regretfully
- 遗憾地,带着惋惜的心情
- should
- 应该,表示义务或建议的情态词
- would
- 将会,表示意愿或假设的情态词
- dollar
- 美元,美国的货币单位
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