Little Women — Page 2
「我同意不向妈妈或你们要求什么，但我确实想为自己买《水精灵与辛特兰》。我盼望这本书已经很久了，」乔说道，她是个书虫。
I agree not to expect anything from Mother or you, but I do want to buy _Undine and Sintran_ for myself. I've wanted it so long," said Jo, who was a bookworm.
「我打算把我的钱花在买新乐谱上，」贝思说，轻轻叹了口气，这叹息除了壁炉刷和水壶垫，没有人听见。
"I planned to spend mine in new music," said Beth, with a little sigh, which no one heard but the hearth brush and kettle-holder.
「我要买一盒漂亮的法伯牌素描铅笔；我真的很需要它们，」艾美斩钉截铁地说。
"I shall get a nice box of Faber's drawing pencils; I really need them," said Amy decidedly.
「妈妈没有说什么关于我们零用钱的事，她也不会希望我们放弃一切。让我们各自买想要的东西，享受一点乐趣吧；我们工作够辛苦了，理应得到这些，」乔喊道，以一种绅士派头检查着自己的鞋跟。
"Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to give up everything. Let's each buy what we want, and have a little fun; I'm sure we work hard enough to earn it," cried Jo, examining the heels of her shoes in a gentlemanly manner.
「我知道我是这样——几乎整天教那些烦人的孩子，而我多么渴望在家里好好享受，」梅格又用那抱怨的语气说道。
"I know I do—teaching those tiresome children nearly all day, when I'm longing to enjoy myself at home," began Meg, in the complaining tone again.
「你的日子可没有我一半难过，」乔说。「你试试看被关上好几个小时，陪着一位神经兮兮、爱挑剔的老太太，她让你跑来跑去，永远不满意，把你烦得想跳窗逃跑或放声大哭，那会是什么滋味？」
"You don't have half such a hard time as I do," said Jo. "How would you like to be shut up for hours with a nervous, fussy old lady, who keeps you trotting, is never satisfied, and worries you till you're ready to fly out the window or cry?"
「发牢骚是不对的，但我确实觉得洗碗碟、保持整洁是世界上最糟糕的工作。它让我心烦意乱，我的手变得好僵硬，根本弹不好琴。」
"It's naughty to fret, but I do think washing dishes and keeping things tidy is the worst work in the world. It makes me cross, and my hands get so stiff, I can't practice well at all.
Vocabulary
- agree
- 同意，表示赞成某人的观点或建议
- expect
- 期望，预计某事会发生或某人会做某事
- anything
- 任何事物，用于否定或疑问句中
- myself
- 反身代词，指说话者自己
- bookworm
- 书虫，指非常爱读书的人
- planned
- plan的过去式，表示计划做某事
- spend
- 花费，使用时间或金钱
- sigh
- 叹气，因情绪而深吸一口气后缓缓呼出
- hearth
- 壁炉地面，炉火前的地板区域
- brush
- 刷子，用于清洁或涂抹的工具
- kettle-holder
- 隔热手柄套，用于握住热水壶的布套
- shall
- 情态动词，表示将要或意图做某事
- drawing
- 绘画，用笔在纸上描绘图形
- decidedly
- 果断地，明确而坚定地表达观点
- wish
- 希望，表达对某事的期望或愿望
- everything
- 每件事，所有的东西或事情
- earn
- 赚取，通过劳动获得报酬
- cried
- cry的过去式，大声呼喊或哭泣
- examining
- 检查，仔细观察或研究某物
- heels
- 鞋跟，鞋子的后部或脚跟处
- gentlemanly
- 绅士般地，以有礼貌的方式行事
- manner
- 方式，做事的方法或行为举止
- tiresome
- 令人厌烦的，使人感到疲倦或无聊
- nearly
- 几乎，接近但未完全达到
- longing
- 渴望，强烈地希望得到某物或做某事
- enjoy
- 享受，从某活动中获得乐趣
- complaining
- 抱怨，表达对某事不满的言语
- tone
- 语气，说话时的情感或态度
- shut
- 关闭，使门窗或出口处于关闭状态
- nervous
- 紧张的，感到焦虑不安的
- fussy
- 挑剔的，对细节过分讲究或难以满足
- trotting
- 小跑，以轻快的步伐走动
- satisfied
- 满意的，对结果或状况感到满足
- worries
- worry的第三人称单数，使人担忧烦恼
- till
- 直到，表示一直到某时间点
- naughty
- 淘气的，行为不当或不守规矩的
- fret
- 烦恼，因小事而持续担忧或焦虑
- tidy
- 整洁的，保持干净有序的状态
- worst
- 最糟糕的，bad的最高级形式
- cross
- 恼怒的，感到生气或不高兴
- stiff
- 僵硬的，缺乏柔韧性或难以弯曲
- practice
- 练习，反复操练以提高技能
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