8.Anne's Bringing-Up Is Begun安妮的教育开始了-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《绿山墙的安妮Anne of Green Gables》上

Chapter VIII Anne's Bringing-Up Is Begun Marilla did not tell Anne that she was to stay at Green Gables until the next afternoon.During the forenoon she kept the child busy with various tasks and watched over her with a keen2 eye while she did them. When Anne had finished washing the dinner dishes she suddenly confronted Marilla with the air and expression of one desperately determined to learn the worst.She clasped her hands tightly and said in an imploring voice: "Oh,please,Miss Cuthbert,won't you tell me if you are going to send me away or not?I've tried to be patient all the morning,but I really feel that I cannot bear not knowing any longer.It's a dreadful feeling.Please tell me." "Well,"said Marilla,unable to find any excuse for deferring her explanation longer,"I suppose I might as well tell you.Matthew and I have decided to keep you-that is,if you will try to be a good little girl and show yourself grateful.Why,child,whatever is the matter?" “T'm crying,”said Anne in a tone of bewilderment5.“Ican't think why.I'm glad as glad can be.Oh,GLAD doesn't seem the right word at ·076· 第八章 安妮的教育开始了 玛丽拉直到第二天下午才告诉安妮她可以留 ①forenoon/fo:nu:n/n.午前， 在绿山墙。第二天整个一上午，玛丽拉给这孩子 上午 分配了各种活计，在她跑前跑后忙碌的时候仔细 ②keen /ki:n/a.敏锐的；锋利 的 观察她。 ③confront/k3n'frAnt/.勇敢 安妮洗完了午饭的碗碟，突然来到玛丽拉面 地面对，正视 前，脸上带着绝望的、准备接受最坏结果的表情。 她两只手紧紧地握在一起，用哀求的口吻说： “噢，求求您了，卡斯伯特小姐，您告诉我 你们打不打算把我送走，行吗？整个一上午我竭 力让自己耐心，可是我真受不了再这么悬着了， 这滋味太难受了。求求您告诉我吧。” “是这样的，”玛丽拉说道，她已经找不出任 ④defer/d'f3/.推迟，拖延 何借口拖延她对安妮的解释了，“我想我也该告 诉你了，我和马修决定收留你—也就是说，如 果你能努力做个好孩子并且讨人喜欢的话。怎么 了，孩子，到底怎么回事？” “我哭了，”安妮用困惑的语调说，“我也想 bewilderment 不出为什么，我高兴得不能再高兴了。噢，高兴 br'wildamant/n困惑，迷乱 这个词用在这儿一点都不合适。噢，这不仅仅是高 ·077· Anne of Green Gables all.Oh,it's something more than glad.I'm so happy.I'll try to be so good.But can you tell me why I'm crying?" "I suppose it's because you're all excited and worked up,"said Marilla disapprovingly."Sit down on that chair and try to calm yourself. Yes,you can stay here and we will try to do right by you.You must go to school;but it's only a fortnight till vacation so it isn't worthwhile for you to start before it opens again in September." “What am I to call you?”asked Anne.“Shall I always say Miss Cuthbert?Can I call you Aunt Marilla?" "No;you'll call me just plain Marilla.I'm not used to being called Miss Cuthbert and it would make me nervous." “But we could imagine you were my aunt.” "I don't believe in imagining things different from what they really are,"retorted Marilla."When the Lord puts us in certain circumstances he doesn't mean for us to imagine them away.And that reminds me.Go into the sitting room,Anne-be sure your feet are clean and don't let any flies in -and bring me out the illustrated card that's on the mantelpiece.The Lord's Prayer is on it and you'll devote your spare time this afternoon to learning it off by heart.There's to be no more of such praying as I heard last night." “I suppose I was very awkward,”said Anne apologetically,“but you couldn't really expect a person to pray very well the first time she tried,could you??” "Here is something for you to notice,Anne.When I tell you to do a thing I want you to obey me at once and not stand stock-still 2 and discourse about it.Just you go and do as I bid you." Anne promptly 4 departed for the sitting-room across the hall;she failed to return;after waiting ten minutes Marilla laid down her knitting and marched5 after her with a grim expression.She found Anne standing ·078· 绿山墙的安妮 兴，我觉得自己真幸福。我会努力做个好孩子的。 可是您能告诉我我为什么会哭吗？” “我想是因为你太兴奋，太激动了。”玛丽拉 说，流露出她对安妮的做法很不赞成，“坐到那 张椅子上去，让自己平静下来。是的，你可以留 在这儿了，我们会尽量对你好的。你得上学，可 是还有半个月就放假了，现在去没什么意思，等 九月份开学再去吧。” “我怎么称呼您呢？”安妮问道.“我一直叫您 卡斯伯特小姐吗？我可以叫您玛丽拉姑妈吗？” “不，你叫我玛丽拉就行了。我不习惯别人 叫我卡斯伯特小姐，这称呼让我紧张。” “可是我们可以想象您是我的姑妈。” “我认为不该把真实情况想象成另外一种样 子。”玛丽拉反驳说，“当上帝把我们安排在某 种环境中时，他不想让我们把它想没了。这倒给 我提了个醒。你到起居室去，安妮一把脚擦干 净，别把苍蝇放进去一把壁炉台上那张画片给 D mantelpiece /'maent (o)lpi:s/ 我拿来，上面印有主祷文。你要利用今天下午空 壁炉台，壁炉架 余的时间把它背下来，我可不想再听见像昨天晚 上那样的祈祷了。” “我的祷词很别扭吧，”安妮抱歉地说，“可 是，您实在不能期望一个人在她第一次祈祷的时 候就说得很好，对吧？” “倒有一点需要你注意，安妮。我让你去做 ②stock-stil'stDk'stVa静止 什么事儿，我是希望你立刻照我说的去做，而不 的 是一动不动地站在那儿动嘴皮子。快按我的要求 ③bid /bid/命令，吩附 去做吧。” ④promptly'promptl/ad.敏 安妮马上向厅那边的起居室走去，却没有回 捷地，迅速地 ⑤march/ma:t小/行军，进军 来。玛丽拉等了十分钟，就放下手里的针线活板着 脸也去了起居室。她发现安妮站在挂在两扇窗户间 ·079· Anne of Green Gables motionless before a picture hanging on the wall between the two windows,with her eyes astar2 with dreams. "Anne,whatever are you thinking of?"demanded Marilla sharply. Anne came back to earth with a start. “That,”she said,pointing to the picture一a rather vivid chromo③ entitled,“Christ Blessing Little Children'”一“and I was just imagining I was one of them-that I was the little girl in the blue dress,standing off by herself in the corner as if she didn't belong to anybody,like me. She looks lonely and sad,don't you think?" "Anne,when I send you after something you're to bring it at once and not fall into mooning5 and imagining before pictures.Remember that.Take that card and come right to the kitchen.Now,sit down in the corner and learn that prayer off by heart." Anne set the card up against the jugful of apple blossoms she had brought in to decorate the dinner-table -Marilla had eyed that decoration askance,but had said nothing-propped her chin on her hands,and fell to studying it intently for several silent minutes. “I like this,”she announced at length.“It's beautiful.I've heard it before.'Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be Thy name.'That is just like a line of music.Oh,I'm so glad you thought of making me learn this,Miss一Marilla.” "Well,learn it and hold your tongue,"said Marilla shortly. Anne tipped the vase of apple blossoms near enough to bestowa soft kiss on a pink-cupped bud,and then studied diligentlye for some moments longer. “Marilla,”she demanded presently,“do you think that I shall ever have a bosom friend s in Avonlea?" "A-a what kind of friend?" ·080· 绿山墙的安妮 d motionless /maofanlas/a. 墙壁上的一幅画前一动也不动，她的两只小手钩着 不动的，静止的 背在身后，小脸仰着，亮品晶的眼睛里充满幻想。 2 astar/'sta/a.亮品晶的 “安妮，你又在想什么呢？”玛丽拉严厉地质 问道。 安妮一下子惊醒了。 ③chromo/"kraomao/n多彩 “那个，”她说，指着那张画 张名叫 石印版 ④entitle /n'tatW其.取名为 “上帝赐福给孩子”的生动的彩色石印画，“我 正在想象我是他们中的一个一我是那个穿蓝衣 服的小女孩儿，独自一个人站在墙角，好像她不 属于任何人，就像我一样。她看上去很孤独，很 难过，您不这么觉得吗？” mooning"mu:nn/t.(动词 “安妮，我让你去拿什么东西，你该立刻把 moon的现在分词形式)闲 它拿过来而不该站在画面前出神。你得记住这一 设 点。拿上那张画片马上到厨房去。好了，坐在屋 ⑥jugful /'d3 gfol/n.一壶的 角那儿把祈祷词背下来。” 份量，非常多 安妮把卡片竖起来，靠在一个装满苹果花的 罐子上，花是安妮拿进来装饰餐桌的。玛丽拉早 askance /a'skaens/ad.斜视 就斜眼膘过那个装饰物了，但是她什么也没说。 地，怀疑地，不赞许地 8 prop /prop/v.支挥 安妮用手托着下巴，认真地学了几分钟。 intently /in'tenth/ad. “我喜欢这个祈祷词，”她最后说，“它很美。 一意地，心无旁鹜地，专心 我以前听到过。‘我们天堂中的主啊，您的名字 地 是那么神圣。’真像一段音乐一样。噢，您能想到 让我学这个我真太高兴了，玛丽拉一小姐。” “得了，快闭上你的嘴好好背吧。”玛丽拉简 单地说。 0 bestow/br'staW/g赠与，授 安妮把插满了苹果花的罐子斜过来，在粉色 1 pink-cupped粉色花瓣的 杯形花苞上轻轻吻了一下，然后便又孜孜不倦地 2 diligently /dilidsontl/ad 学了一会儿 奋地 “玛丽拉，”过了片刻她问道，“您觉得我会 B bosom friend知心朋友 在埃文利交个知心朋友吗？” “一个 一一个什么朋友？” ·081· Anne of Green Gables “A bosom friend一an intimate①friend,you know-a really kindred2 spirit to whom I can confide③my inmost④soul.” "Diana Barry lives over at Orchard Slope and she's about your age. She's a very nice little girl,and perhaps she will be a playmate for you when she comes home." Anne looked at Marilla through the apple blossoms,her eyes aglow5 with interest. "What is Diana like?Her hair isn't red,is it?Oh,I hope not." "Diana is a very pretty little girl.She has black eyes and hair and rosy cheeks.And she is good and smart,which is better than being pretty." "Oh,I'm so glad she's pretty.Next to being beautiful oneself-and that's impossible in my case -it would be best to have a beautiful bosom friend.When I lived with Mrs.Thomas she had a bookcase in her sitting room with glass doors.One of the doors was broken.But the other was whole and I used to pretend that my reflection in it was another little girl who lived in it.I called her Katie Maurice,and we were very intimate.I used to talk to her by the hour,especially on Sunday,and tell her everything.We used to pretend that the bookcase was enchanted and that if I only knew the spell I could open the door and step right into the room.And then Katie Maurice would have taken me by the hand and led me out into a wonderful place,all flowers and sunshine and fairies, and we would have lived there happy for ever after.When I went to live with Mrs.Hammond it just broke my heart to leave Katie Maurice.She felt it dreadfully,too,I know she did,for she was crying when she kissed me good-bye through the bookcase door." “I think you are very fickle minded,”sniffed Marilla.“I told you to learn that prayer and not talk.But it seems impossible for you to stop ·082· 绿山墙的安妮 ①intimate/ntimit/a.亲密的， “一个知心朋友一就是亲密的朋友，您知 私人的，秘密的 道 一一个知音，我可以对她吐露真心话。” 2 kindred /kindrid/a.同族的， 同类的，血缘的：kindred “戴安娜·巴里住在果园坡那边，她和你差不 spirit志趣相投的人 多大，是个很招人喜欢的小姑娘，她回来后也许 3 confide/kon'fadk吐露 会成为你的小伙伴的。” (秘密等) 安妮透过那一束苹果花看着玛丽拉，眼中显 ④inmo"nm3st/a.最内部 的，最深处的 露出极大的兴趣。 ⑤aglow/a'glau/a.发红的，通 “戴安娜长得什么样？她的头发不是红色的， 红的 对吧？噢，我希望不是。” “戴安娜长得很漂亮，黑眼睛，黑头发，脸 蛋红扑扑的。她很聪明很乖，这要比长得好看重 要得多。” “噢，她长得很漂亮，我太高兴了。一个人自 己长得漂亮是最好的了一这对我来说是不可能 的了一其次就是有一个漂亮的知心朋友。我住 在托玛斯太太家的时候，她的起居室里有个带玻 璃门的书柜。有扇玻璃门碎了，另一扇是好的， 我以前曾经把我在上面的影子假想成住在里面的 另一个小女孩儿。我给她取了个名字叫凯蒂·莫里 斯，我们俩亲密无间。我常常跟她一聊就是一小 6 enchanted /in'tfa:ntid/a 时，特别是星期天，什么事都跟她说。我们俩常 施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 假想那个书柜被人施了魔法，要是我知道咒语就 能打开门，一步跨进凯蒂·莫里斯住的房间里去。 然后凯蒂·莫里斯会拉着我的手，把我领到一个仙 境里去，那里鲜花盛开，阳光明媚，仙女成群， 我们会永远快乐地生活在那里。后来我要去哈蒙 德太太那儿，不得不与凯蒂·莫里斯分别，我的心 都碎了。她也很难受，我知道，因为她隔着玻璃 ⑦fickle'fikal/a.变幻无常 门与我吻别的时候，她哭了。” 的，轻浮的 ⑧snif/snf/.用力吸入：嗅， “我看你太心猿意马了。”玛丽拉哼了一声. 闻 “我让你背诵那些祷词，别再说话，可是好像只 ·083· Anne of Green Gables talking if you've got anybody that will listen to you.So go up to your room and learn it.” "Oh,I know it pretty nearly all now-all but just the last line." "Well,never mind,do as I tell you.Go to your room and stay there until I call you down to help me get tea." "Can I take the apple blossoms with me for company?"pleaded Anne. "Anne,did you hear me tell you to go to your room?" Anne sighed,retreated to the east gable,and sat down in a chair by the window. "There-I know this prayer.I learned that last sentence coming upstairs.Now I'm going to imagine things.I can see my reflection in that splendid big mirror hanging on the wall.I am tall and regal2,clad in a gown of trailing white lace,with a pearl cross on my breast and pearls in my hair.My hair is of midnight darkness and my skin is a clear ivory pallor5.My name is the Lady Cordelia Fitzgerald.No,it isn't-I can't make THAT seem real.” She danced up to the little looking-glass and peered into it.Her pointed freckled face and solemn gray eyes peered back at her. "You're only Anne of Green Gables,"she said earnestly,"and I see you,just as you are looking now,whenever I try to imagine I'm the Lady Cordelia.But it's a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than Anne of nowhere in particular,isn't it?" ·084· 绿山墙的安妮 要有人听你讲，你就不可能闭上嘴。干脆上你自 己的房间去背吧。” “噢，我现在差不多全都背下来了一就差 最后一行了。” “哦，行了，照我说的去做。回到你房间去， ①plead /pli:d/息求 待在那儿等我喊你帮我准备下午茶再下来。” “我能把这些苹果花拿去跟我做伴儿吗？”安 妮恳求道。 “安妮，你没听见我让你到你自己房间里去 吗？” 安妮叹了口气，回到东侧房，坐在窗前的椅 2egal'igl/a.帝王的，华 子上。 丽的 “好啦一这祈祷词我都记住了。我上楼的时 3 trailing /trel/n拖尾，动 候记下了最后那句话。现在我要想象一些东西。 词tral的现在分词形式 ④ivory'avn/n.象牙；象牙 我可以在墙上挂着的大镜子中看到自己的样子。 色，乳白色 我高大威严，穿着白色宽花边的长袍，胸前挂着 ⑤pallor /paela/L(脸色)苍 珍珠十字架，头发上也戴着珍珠。我的头发像午 白 peer /pia/u.凝视，窥视 夜的天空一样漆黑，而肤色则如象牙般洁白无瑕。 ⑦freckled /frekld/a.有雀斑 我的名字叫科黛拉·菲茨杰拉德女士。不行，这不 的，有斑点的 行一我不能叫这个名字，听起来不像是真的。” solemn /'splam/a.庄严的， 严肃的，隆重的 她蹦跳着跑到小镜子前面，向里面盯着看。镜 中尖尖的长满雀斑的脸和严肃的灰眼晴也盯着她。 “你只不过是绿山墙的安妮，”她一本正经地 说，“每当我努力把自己想成科黛拉小姐的时 候，我就看见了你，就像你现在看着我一样。不 过绿山墙的安妮要比无家可归的安妮强上几百 倍，对不对？ ·085·