4.Morning at Green Gables绿山墙的早晨-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《绿山墙的安妮Anne of Green Gables》上

Chapter IV Morning at Green Gables It was broad daylight when Anne awoke and sat up in bed.For a moment she could not remember where she was.First came a delightful thrill,as something very pleasant;then a horrible remembrance.This was Green Gables and they didn't want her because she wasn't a boy! But it was morning and,yes,it was a cherry-tree in full bloom outside of her window.With a bound she was out of bed and across the floor..She pushed up the sash②一it went up stiffly③and creakily④，asif it hadn't been opened for a long time,which was the case. Anne dropped on her knees and gazed out into the June morning, her eyes glistening with delight.Oh,wasn't it beautiful?Wasn't it a lovely place? A huge cherry-tree grew outside,so close that its boughs tapped against the house,and it was so thick-set with blossoms that hardly a leaf was to be seen.On both sides of the house was a big orchard,one of apple-trees and one of cherry-trees,also showered over with blossoms;and their grass was all sprinkled with dandelions.In the garden below were lilac-trees purple with flowers,and their dizzily sweet fragrance drifted up to the window on the morning wind. ·042· 第四章 绿山墙的早晨 安妮一觉醒来天已经大亮了。她一时记不起 身在何处了。她先是心头一喜，好像想起什么愉 remembrance/ri'membrans/ 快的事，随后可怕的记忆把她拉回到现实中来， n回想，记忆 这里是绿山墙呀！因为她不是男孩儿，他们不想 收留她！ 可是，现在是早晨，而且，对了，窗外有一 ②sash/se/n窗扇 ③stiffly /'strfl/ad僵硬地 棵正在盛开的樱桃树。她一下从床上蹦到地下， ④creaky /kri:ki/a.吱吱嘎嘎 跑到窗边，拉起吊窗一这东西艰难地、吱吱嘎 的 嘎地掀起来，好像已经很久没有打开了，这倒符 ⑤glisten"glisn/.闪烁 合事实。 安妮扑通一声跪下来，放眼望去，尽情欣赏 这六月清晨的美景，她的眼眸兴奋得发亮。呀， 这一切真是太美了！这真是个可爱的地方！ 窗外有一棵巨大的樱桃树，它靠房子那么 ⑥sprinkle/sprink/k洒，散置 近，枝条时而轻敲几下屋墙。树上开满了花，几 ②dandelion/daendilaian/n蒲 乎把所有的叶子都遮住了。房子的两边各有一个 公英 ⑧drit/drnft/v.漂流，漂移 大果园，分别种着苹果和樱桃，所有树上都开着 ·043· Anne of Green Gables She knelt there,lost to everything but the loveliness around her, until she was startled by a hand on her shoulder.Marilla had come in unheard by the small dreamer. “It's time you were dressed,”she said curtly. Marilla really did not know how to talk to the child,and her uncomfortable ignorance made her crisp and curt when she did not mean to be. Anne stood up and drew a long breath. "Oh,isn't it wonderful?"she said,waving her hand comprehensively at the good world outside. “It's a big tree,”said Marilla,“and it blooms great,but the fruit don't amount to much never-small and wormy." “Oh,Idon't mean just the tree;of course it's lovely一yes一but I meant everything,the garden and the orchard and the brook and the woods,the whole big dear world.Don't you feel as if you just loved the world on a morning like this?And I can hear the brook laughing all the way up here.Have you ever noticed what cheerful things brooks are? They're always laughing.I'm not in the depths of despair this morning.I never can be in the morning.Isn't it a splendid thing that there are mornings? "You'd better get dressed and come down-stairs and never mind your imaginings,"said Marilla as soon as she could get a word in edgewise2 Anne could evidently be smart to some purpose for she was down- stairs in ten minutes'time,with her clothes neatly on,her hair brushed and braided,her face washed. "I'm pretty hungry this morning,"she announced as she slipped into the chair Marilla placed for her."The world doesn't seem such a howling wilderness as it did last night.I'm so glad it's a sunshiny ·044· 绿山墙的安妮「 花，树下的草丛中点缀着星星点点的蒲公英。下 面花园里的紫丁香也开得正盛，迷人的香味随着 晨风直飘进窗口。 她跪在那里，除了眼前的美景，似乎什么都 不存在了，忽然，一只手搭在她肩上，把她吓了 一跳。玛丽拉早就进来了，这个正在做梦的小人 儿一点儿都没察觉。 “你该把衣服穿好。”她干巴巴地说。 玛丽拉实在不知道该怎样和这个小家伙交 ①comprehensively kompri'hensivli/ad.包括 谈，因此她的话听起来干巴巴的，实际上她并不 地，全面地 是故意这样。 安妮站起身来，深深吸了口气。 “噢，这一切太美了！”她说，手臂一挥表明 她指的是外面那个美好的世界。 “这棵树长得不小，”玛丽拉说，“花开得也 多，但果子结得却不怎么样一个头小还有虫子。” “噢，我不是单指这棵树，当然啦，它蛮可 爱的—对—不过我指的是所有的一切，花 园、果园、小溪和小树林，整个美丽可爱的世 界。在这种早晨，您不觉得您深爱着这个世界 吗？我能听见小溪一路欢笑着流到这里。您注意 ②get a word in edgewise插嘴 到过小溪是一种多么快乐的东西吗？它们总是在 欢笑。今天早晨我不再绝望了。我从来不会在早 晨感到绝望的。我们有清晨，这难道不是件美妙 ③brush /brAf刷，察 ④braid/brerd/u编织 的事吗？” “你最好穿好衣服下楼去，别再胡思乱想 了。”玛丽拉一能插进去话就马上说。 显然，如果必要的话，安妮可以做得很利 ·045· Anne of Green Gables morning.But I like rainy mornings real well,too.All sorts of mornings are interesting,don't you think?But I'm glad it's not rainy today because it's easier to be cheerful and bear up under affliction on a sunshiny day.It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically,but it's not so nice when you really come to have them,is it?" “For pity's sake hold your tongue④，”said Marilla.“You talk entirely too much for a little girl." Thereupon Anne held her tongue so obediently and thoroughly that her continued silence made Marilla rather nervous,as if in the presence of something not exactly natural.Matthew also held his tongue,-but this was natural,-so that the meal was a very silent one. As it progressed Anne became more and more abstracted,eating mechanically⑦，with her big eyes fixed unswervingly⑧and unseeingly on the sky outside the window.This made Marilla more nervous than ever;she had an uncomfortable feeling that while this odd child's body might be there at the table her spirit was far away in some remote airy cloudland,borne aloft on the wings of imagination.Who would want such a child about the place? When the meal was ended Anne came out of her reverie and offered to wash the dishes. "Can you wash dishes right?"asked Marilla distrustfully. "Pretty well.I'm better at looking after children,though.I've had so much experience at that.It's such a pity you haven't any here for me to look after..” "I don't feel as if I wanted any more children to look after than I've got at present.YOU'RE problem enough in all conscience.What's to be done with you I don't know,said Marilla with a sniff."Yes,you may wash the dishes.Take plenty of hot water,and be sure you dry them ·046· 绿山墙的安妮 索。你瞧，她不到十分钟就下楼来了，衣服穿得 ①bear up打起精神，鼓起勇 整整齐齐，辫子编好了，脸也洗过了。 气 “今天早晨我饿极了，”她一边在玛丽拉给她 ②affliction/'flikfon/n.痛 苦，苦恼，苦难 预备的椅子上坐好一边宣布说，“这个世界似乎不 ③heroically /h'raorkl/ad英 再像昨晚那样是一片狂风怒号的野地了。今天早晨 勇地 阳光明媚，我真高兴。不过我也挺喜欢下雨的早 ④hold one's tongue住嘴 晨。各种各样的早晨都很有趣，你们不这样想吗？ 但是我很高兴今天没下雨，因为一个人在晴天更 容易快乐起来，忍受痛苦。你在书中读到痛苦、悲 5obediently /a'bi:diantl/ ad.顺从地，服从地 伤之类的东西，然后想象你自己勇敢地承受了这一 切，这是很开心的。但是如果你自己真的遇到了这 些痛苦和磨难就不那么有意思了，对吗？” “你发发慈悲闭上嘴吧，”玛丽拉说，“一个 abstracted /aeb'straektid/ a心不在焉的 小女孩儿，你说得实在太多了。” mechanically /mi'kaenikal/ 听到这话，安妮乖乖地完全闭上嘴，一句话 ad.机械地，呆板地，无意识 也不说了，她长时间的沉默使玛丽拉感觉很不 地 ⑧unswervingly 安，好像她面前有个十分不自然的东西。马修也 /An'sw3vml/ad坚定地， 一声不吭—但是至少这是很自然的一于是这 笔直地 顿早餐便吃得非常沉闷。 @remote/r'maut/a.偏僻的， 遥远的 安妮越来越心不在焉，她机械地吃着东西， ⑩cloudland/klaudlaend/n.云 那双大眼睛直勾勾地盯着窗外的天空，却好像什 界，云景 么也没看见，这使得玛丽拉更不安了，她心里有 ⑩aloft/'lpft/ad在高处，在 种异样的感觉，觉得这小怪孩儿的身体可能还在 空中 桌边坐着，可是思维却早驾着想象的翅膀，飞到 遥远的美妙仙境里去了。谁愿意身边有这么个孩 子呢？ 早饭吃完后，安妮从幻想中脱身出来，提出 in all conscience凭良心说 要洗碗。 B sniff/snf/n.以鼻吸气，吸 气（声） “你能洗干净吗？”玛丽拉很不信任地问。 “能。不过我更擅长看孩子，这方面我有很 ·047· Anne of Green Gables well.I've got enough to attend to this morning for I'll have to drive over to White Sands in the afternoon and see Mrs.Spencer.You'll come with me.After you've finished the dishes go up-stairs and make your bed." Anne washed the dishes deftly enough,as Marilla who kept a sharp eye on the process,discerned.Later on she made her bed less successfully;and then Marilla,to get rid of her,told her she might go out-of-doors and amuse?herself until dinner time. Anne flew to the door,face alight,eyes glowing.On the very threshold she stopped short,wheeled about,came back and sat down by the table. “What's the matter now?”demanded Marilla. “Idon't dare go out,”said Anne..“If I can't stay here there is no use in my loving Green Gables.And if I go out there and get acquainted with 5 all those trees and flowers and the orchard and the brook I'll not be able to help loving it.It's hard enough now,so I won't make it any harder.What is the name of that geranium on the window-sill, please?” “That's the apple-scented geranium.” "Oh,I don't mean that sort of a name.I mean just a name you gave it yourself.Didn't you give it a name?May I give it one then?May I call it-let me see-Bonny would do-may I call it Bonny while T'm here？Oh,do let me！” "Goodness,I don't care.But where on earth is the sense of naming a geranium?” "Oh,it makes them seem more like people.How do you know but that it hurts a geranium's feelings just to be called a geranium and nothing else?You wouldn't like to be called nothing but a woman all the time.Yes,I shall call it Bonny.I named that cherry-tree outside my ·048· 绿山墙的安妮 多经验，可惜您这儿没有小孩儿让我来看。” “我觉得现在我不会想照顾更多的孩子了。 老实说，你一个就已经够成问题的了，我还不知 ①deftly /defth/ad.灵巧地， 道怎么安排你呢。”玛丽拉不屑地说。“好吧， 敏捷地 我可以让你洗碗，你得多放点热水并且保证把碗 擦干。今天上午我有许多事要做，因为下午我要 赶车到白沙滩去见斯潘塞夫人。你跟我去。你洗 ②amuse/'mjutz/以消遭，娱 乐，使…发笑 完碗以后上楼去把你的床收拾好。” ③threshold'Brefhould/n.门 玛丽拉在一旁严密监视，发现安妮还挺会洗 槛，入口 碗的。不过后来她收拾床的时候就没那么利落 ④wheel/wi:l/.转弯，转变方 向 了。然后玛丽拉打发她到外面去玩，告诉她可以 玩到吃午饭再回来。 安妮飞跑向门口，她的眼眸发亮，满脸喜 ⑤get acquainted with知道，知 悉，了解 悦，可刚到门口，她一下子停住了，转过身来回 到桌边坐下。 “你又怎么了？”玛丽拉问。 “我不敢出去，”安妮说，“如果我不能待在 geranium /d3t'reinjam/n. [植]天竺葵 绿山墙，那我再爱它也没用。如果我到外面去与 那些树木、花草，还有果园、小溪熟悉起来，我 会忍不住爱上这一切的。现在让我离开这里已经 够难的了，我不想把事情弄得更难。请问窗台上 的那盆天竺葵叫什么名字？” “那是盆有苹果香味的天竺葵。” “噢，我不是指那种名字。我指的是您自己 给它取的名字。您没给它取过名字吗？那么我可 以给它取个名字吗？我要叫它一让我想想 邦妮怎么样一我在这儿的时候可以叫它邦妮 吗？噢，就让我这么叫它吧！” “噢，老天！我不在乎你怎么叫它，可是给 天竺葵取个名字究竟有什么意义呢？” ·049· Anne of Green Gables bedroom window this morning.I called it Snow Queen because it was so white.Of course,it won't always be in blossom,but one can imagine that it is,can'tone?” "I never in all my life saw or heard anything to equal her," muttered Marilla,beating a retreat down to the cellar after potatoes. "She is kind of interesting as Matthew says.I can feel already that I'm wondering what on earth she'll say next.She'll be casting a spell over me,too.She's cast it over Matthew. Anne had relapsed into reverie,with her chin in her hands and her eyes on the sky,when Marilla returned from her cellar pilgrimage. There Marilla left her until the early dinner was on the table. "I suppose I can have the mare and buggy this afternoon, Matthew?"said Marilla. Matthew nodded and looked wistfully at Anne.Marilla intercepted the look and said grimly: "I'm going to drive over to White Sands and settle this thing.I'll take Anne with me and Mrs.Spencer will probably make arrangements to send her back to Nova Scotia at once.I'll set your tea out for you and I'll be home in time to milk the cows." Still Matthew said nothing and Marilla had a sense of having wasted words and breath. Matthew hitched the sorrel into the buggy in due time and Marilla and Anne set off. ·050· 绿山墙的安妮 “噢，这使它们和人更相像了。您知道吗，我 ①in blossom盛开 们要是把天竺葵就叫天竺葵，不给它另取个名字， 它会伤心的。您不喜欢人们一直就叫您女人吧。 对，我就叫它邦妮了。我今天早晨还给卧室窗外的 ②beat a retreat后退 樱桃树取了个名字。它那么洁白，所以我叫它白雪 皇后。当然啦，树上的花儿不会一直开下去的，可 是我们可以想象它老是鲜花盛开，不对吗？” “我这辈子还从没见到过或者听说过像她这 样的人呢，”玛丽拉嘟囔着下地窖取土豆去了， “马修说得对，她是有点意思。我觉得自己也在 3 pilgrimage /prlgrimid3/n. 朝圣之旅，人生历程 猜想着她下一句到底会说些什么了。她也会在我 身上施加魔力的。她已经把马修迷住了。” 玛丽拉从地窖上来，发现安妮手托腮帮，眼望 ④intercept/nta'sept/v.拦 天空，又到她那吆幻想世界里漫游去了。玛丽拉也没 戴，阻止，截取 管她便忙活去了，午饭早早地准备好了。 “我想我今天下午可以用一下母马和小马车 吧，马修？”玛丽拉问。 马修点了点头，若有所思地看着安妮。玛丽 拉截住他的目光，一字一句地说： “我要赶车到白沙滩去把这件事处理了，我 带安妮一起去。斯潘塞夫人可能立刻安排她回到 新斯科舍去。我会先把你的下午茶准备好的，还 ⑤hitch /hit/g拴住，急拉， 会及早赶回来挤牛奶。” 拉紧 马修还是一声不吭，玛丽拉觉得白费了半天 口舌。 马修准时把那匹栗色母马套到小马车上，玛 丽拉和安妮准备出发了。 ·051·