15.A Tempest in the School Teapot学校风波-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《绿山墙的安妮Anne of Green Gables》上

Chapter XV A Tempest in the School Teapot The way Anne and Diana went to school WAS a pretty one. Lover's Lane opened out below the orchard at Green Gables and stretched^{① far up into the woods to the end of the Cuthbert farm. It was the way by which the cows were taken to the back pasture②} and the wood hauled③ home in winter. Anne had named it Lover's Lane before she had been a month at Green Gables. Anne, starting out alone in the morning, went down Lover's Lane as far as the brook. Here Diana met her, and the two little girls went on up the lane under the leafy arch of maples④ until they came to Violet Vale -a little green dimple} in the shadow of Mr. Andrew Bell's big woods. "Of course there are no violets there now," Anne told Marilla, “but Diana says there are millions of them in spring. I named it Violet Vale. But Diana named the Birch Path. She wanted to, so I let her; but I'm sure I could have found something more poetical} than plain Birch Path. But the Birch Path is one of the prettiest places in the world. Marilla." It was. Other people besides Anne thought so when they stumbled} ·142· 第十五章 学校风波 安呢和戴安娜上学走的那条路的确很美。 ①stretch /stretf/v. 伸展,张 “情人径”自绿山墙果园脚下向上伸入树林中, 开,延伸 一直通到卡斯伯特农场尽头。牛群沿着这条道被 ② pasture /pa:stfa/n. 牧场 赶到后面的牧场去,冬天,木头也是沿着这条路 草原 ③haul/ho:l/v.拖,拉,拖运 被拖回家的。安呢到绿山墙不足一个月就给它取 了名字叫“情人径”。 安呢早上一个人上路,沿着情人径走到小河 边,在那儿会合戴安娜,两位姑娘在枝叶如盖的 枫树下沿着小路走到紫罗兰谷,那是安德鲁·贝 ④maple/meipl/n. 枫树,械树 尔先生家树影婆婆的大片树林中的一小块葱的 dimple /'dmpl/ n.浅 凹地。“现在那儿当然没有紫罗兰了,”安婉对 玛丽拉说,“不过戴安娜说春天那儿有成千上万 朵紫罗兰。我叫它紫罗兰谷。不过白华道是戴安 娜取的名。她想这么叫,我就随她便了。不过我 poetical /pou'ettkol/ a. 诗意 肯定能想出个更富有诗意的名字,准比平平淡淡 的,理想化了的 的白道要强。不过白华道真是世界上最美的地 方之一,玛丽拉。” stumble /'stAmbv. 绊倒:战 而行 的确如此。别说安呢,其他人在踏上这条小 ·143· Anne of Green Gabfes on it. It was a little narrow, twisting path, winding down over a long hill straight through Mr. Bell's woods. Down in the valley the path came out to the main road and then it was iust up the spruce hill to the school The Avonlea school was a whitewashed{①}building, low in the eaves and wide in the windows, furnished inside with comfortable substantial② old-fashioned desks that opened and shut, and were carved③ all over their lids with the initials④ and hieroglyphics of three generations of school children. Marilla had seen Anne start off to school on the first day of September with many secret misgivings{. Things went better than Marilla feared, however. Anne came home that evening in high spirits. "I think I'm going to like school here," she announced. "I don't think much of the master, though. He's all the time curling{} his mustache and making eyes at Prissy Andrews. Prissy is grown up, you know. Tillie Boulter says the master is DEAD GONE on her." "Anne Shirley, don't let me hear you talking about your teacher in that way again,"said Marilla sharply. "You don't go to school to criticize the master. I guess he can teach YOU something, and it's your business to learn. I hope you were a good girl." "Indeed I was," said Anne comfortably. "It wasn't so hard as you might imagine, either. I sit with Diana. Our seat is right by the window and we can look down to the Lake of Shining Waters. There are a lot of nice girls in school and we had scrumptious^{③} fun playing at dinnertime. And oh, Marilla, Jane Andrews told me that Minnie MacPherson told her that she heard Prissy Andrews tell Sara Gillis that I had a very pretty nose. Marilla,that is the first compliment I have ever had in my life and you can't imagine what a strange feeling it gave me. Marilla, have I ·144· 绿山墙的安妃 路时也会这么想。这条小路狭窄曲折,直穿贝尔 先生家的树林,而后蜿蜒攀上绵延的山斤。小路 在山谷处和大路会合,登上遍植云杉的山丘就到 ① whitewash /wartwpJ/ v. 用 学校了。 白色涂料粉刷 埃文利学校是一座粉刷成白色的建筑,屋檐 ② substantial /sab'staenfal a 坚 固的 低矮,窗户宽大。室内老式的掀盖课桌又好用 ③ carve /ka:v/ v. 雕刻 又结实。桌面刻满了姓名的缩写和信手涂鸦,都 ④ initial /t'nfal/n.(词)首字 是在此就读的三届学生们的作品。 舟 九月的第一天玛丽拉目送安呢去上学时心里 hieroglyphic /haioro'qlifik/ n.象形文字 着实不安。 misgiving /mrs'qrvin/ n. 疑 不过情形比玛丽拉担心的要好,安呢晚上回 虑,怀疑 来的时候兴高采烈的。 “我想我会喜欢这儿的学校的,”她宣布。 “不过我觉得教师不怎么样。他总在卷他的小胡 子,还朝柏莉西·安德鲁斯挤眉弄眼。你知道 curl /ka:V/ v. 弄卷,使弯曲 柏莉西是个大姑娘了。蒂利·博尔特说老师一门 心思迷上她了。” “安呢;雪利,别让我听你再这样说你的老 师,”玛丽拉严厉地说,“你上学可不是为了批 评老师的。我想他肯定能教给你些什么,你的任 务就是学习。我希望你是个好姑娘。” “实际上我是的,”安娓轻松地说,“事情也 不像您想象的那样糟。我和戴安娜坐在一起,我 们的座位正靠着窗户,可以看到波光湖。学校里 有很多不错的女孩子,午饭时大家一起玩儿,可 带劲了。还有,噢,玛丽拉,简·安德鲁斯对我说 ③ scrumptious /'skrampfas 明尼·麦克弗森告诉她她听见柏莉西·安德鲁斯对 a(食物)很可口的,漂亮的 萨拉·吉利斯说我的鼻子很漂亮。玛丽拉,这是我 一生中听到的第一声赞美,您一定想象不出这给 了我一种多么奇妙的感觉。玛丽拉,我的鼻子真 的长得很漂亮吗?我知道您会跟我说实话的。” ·145· Anne of Green Gabfes really a pretty nose? I know you'll tell me the truth." "Your nose is well enough," said Marilla shortly. Secretly she thought Anne's nose was a remarkable^{①} pretty one; but she had no intention of telling her so. That was three weeks ago and all had gone smoothly so far. And now, this crisp September morning, Anne and Diana were tripping blithely② down the Birch Path, two of the happiest little girls in Avonlea. "I guess Gilbert Blythe will be in school today," said Diana."He's been visiting his cousins over in New Brunswick all summer and he only came home Saturday night. He's AW'FLY handsome, Anne. “Gilbert Blythe?" said Anne. "Isn't his name that's written up on the porch wall with Julia Bell's and a big 'Take Notice' over them?" "Yes," said Diana, tossing her head, "but I'm sure he doesn't like Julia Bell so very much. I've heard him say he studied the multiplication③ table by her freckles④" “Oh, don't speak about freckles to me," implored Anne. "It isn't delicate} when I've got so many. But I do think that writing take-notices up on the wall about the boys and girls is the silliest ever. I should just like to see anybody dare to write my name up with a boy's. Not, of course," she hastened} to add, "that anybody would." Anne sighed. She didn't want her name written up. But it was a little humiliating to know that there was no danger of it. “Nonsense," said Diana. "It's only meant as a joke. And don't you be too sure your name won't ever be written up. Charlie Sloane is DEAD GONE on you. He told his mother - his MOTHER, mind you - that you were the smartest girl in school. That's better than being good looking." "No, it isn't,"said Anne, feminine to the core. "I'd rather be pretty than clever. And I hate Charlie Sloane, I can't bear a boy with ·146· 绿山墙的安妃 “还不错,”玛丽拉简洁地说。她暗自觉得安 呢的鼻子非常漂亮,不过她可不想这样对她说 ① remarkable /rt'mo:kabl/ a 显著的,异常的,非凡的,值 这是三周前的事,到目前一切都还顺利。现 得注意的 在,在这个清新的九月的早晨,安娓和戴安哪欢 快地走在白道上,她们真是埃文利两个最快活 的小姑娘。 ② blithely /blaiol/ ad. 愉快 “我想吉尔伯特·布莱思今天会来上学。”戴 地,无挂虑地 安娜说,“他到新不伦瑞克看他的表兄妹去了, 去了整整一夏天,星期六晚上才回来。他长得特 别帅,安婉。” “吉尔伯特·布莱思?”安婉说, “是不是和 朱莉·贝尔的名字一起写在走廊墙上,上面写 ③ multiplication 着大字注意'的那个?” /mAltiplr'kerfan/ n.乘法运 “对,”戴安娜说,晃了晃脑袋,“不过我肯 算 ④ freckle /frekl:'frekoll n. 雷 定他并不太喜欢朱莉哑·贝尔。我听他说过他是 斑,斑点 从她脸上的雀斑学的九九表。' delicate /delikrt/ a. 令人愉 “噢,别跟我提雀斑,”安婉央求道,“我长 快的,合意的 了这么多雀斑,我不爱听这话。不过我的确认为 在墙上写出注意某男生某女生实在是再傻不过 hasten /hersn/v. 催促,赶 快,急忙 了。我倒真想看看谁敢把我的名字和男生的写在 一起。不过,当然啦,”她急忙添上一句,“没 人会去写的。” 安婉叹了口气。她并不希望她的名字被写在 墙上,可是一点这样的危险也没有也真有点寒掺。 “胡说,”戴安娜说。“这不过是开玩笑罢 了。而且你也别太肯定你的名字不会写在上面。 查利·斯隆全然迷上你了,他告诉他妈妈-注 意,是他妈妈一一说你是学校里最聪明的女孩 ·147· Anne of Green Gabfes goggle{①} eyes. If anyone wrote my name up with his I'd never GET over it, Diana Barry. But it IS nice to keep head of your class." "You'll have Gilbert in your class after this," said Diana, "and he's used to being head of his class, I can tell you. He's only in the fourth book although he's nearly fourteen. Four years ago his father was sick and had to go out to Alberta for his health and Gilbert went with him They were there three years and Gil didn't go to school hardly any until they came back. You won't find it so easy to keep head after this, Anne." "I'm glad,"said Anne quickly. "I couldn't really feel proud of keeping head of little boys and girls of just nine or ten." When Mr. Phillips was in the back of the room hearing ( Prissy Andrews's Latin, Diana whispered to Anne, "That's Gilbert Blythe sitting right across the aisle② from you, Anne. Just look at him and see if you don't think he's handsome." Anne looked accordingly. She had a good chance to do so, for the said Gilbert Blythe was absorbed in stealthily③ pinning the long yellow braid of Ruby Gillis, who sat in front of him, to the back of her seat. He was a tall boy, with curly④brown hair, roguish}hazel} eyes, and a mouth twisted^{} into a teasing^{③} smile. Presently Ruby Gillis started up to take a sum{} to the master: she fell back into her seat with a little shriek believing that her hair was pulled out by the roots. Everybody looked at her and Mr. Phillips glared so sternly that Ruby began to cry. Gilbert had whisked the pin out of sight and was studying his history with the soberest^{} face in the world; but when the commotion^{②} subsided^{}he looked at Anne and winked with inexpressible drollery{}. "I think your Gilbert Blythe IS handsome," confided Anne to Diana, "but I think he's very bold. It isn't good manners to wink at a ·148. 绿山墙的安栀 ① goggle /qpgl/ a. 睡大眼晴 儿,这比只是漂亮要好多了。” 的,凝视的 “不,才不是呢,”安妃女人气十足地说, “我宁愿漂亮而不是聪明,而且我讨厌查利·斯降 我受不了男孩子长着一双凸眼睛。要是有人把我 和他的名字写在一起,我永远不会缓过劲儿来的 戴安娜·巴里。不过能在班里拔尖儿的确不错。” “今天起吉尔伯特就上咱们班了,”戴安娜 说,“他一直都在班里拔尖儿,我告诉你。虽然 他快十四岁了,可是才读到第四册。四年前他父 亲病了,不得不去艾伯塔养病,吉尔伯特就跟他 父亲一起去了。他们在那儿待了三年,回来以前 吉尔伯特没怎么念书。今后你会发现要拔尖儿也 不大容易了,安婉。” ②aisle /aiV/n.(席位间的)通 “我很高兴,”安婉马上说,“总在一群九 道,侧廊 ③ stealthily /stelol/ ad. 暗地 岁、十岁的孩子中拔尖儿也没什么可骄傲的。” 里,悄悄地 趁菲利普斯先生到教室后面听柏莉西·安德 ④curly/ka:l/a. 卷曲的 鲁斯念拉丁文,戴安娜对安娓悄悄说:“你边上 roguish /rauof/ a. 捣蛋的 无赖的 隔一过道就是吉尔伯特·布菜思,安呢。你雎瞧。 hazel /heizl; 'heizal/ a. 淡 他是不是很帅?” 褐色的 twist /twrst/v. 拧,趁,扭曲 安呢看过去。那个吉尔伯特·布菜思正全神 ⑧teasing /ti:z/a. 戏弄的,趣 贯注地偷偷把坐在他前面的鲁比·吉利斯的黄色 擒的 大辩子用别针别在椅背上,安婉正好可以好好观 sum /sAm/n.算术 察他。他是个高个子男孩儿,棕色卷发,顽皮的 o shriek /fri:k/ n. 尖叫 sober /souba/a. 清醒的,沉 淡褐色眼睛,嘴角总挂着戏弄的微笑。正在这 着冷静的 时,鲁比·吉利斯站起来去问老师算术题,她叫 commotion /ka'moufan/n. 骚动,暴乱. 了一声,跌坐在椅子上,以为自已的头发一定是 喧闹 给连根拔掉了。大家都看着她,菲利普斯先生更 subside /sab'sad/ y 沉没 是严厉地盯着她,她哭了起来。吉尔伯特已经把 平息 ① drollery /'draulary n. 滑稍 别针偷偷拿下来了,他正装出一副世上最严肃的 ·149· Anne of Green Gabfes strange girl." But it was not until the afternoon that things really began to happen. Mr. Phillips was back in the corner explaining a problem in algebra^{} to Prissy Andrews. Gilbert Blythe was trving to make Anne Shirley look at him and failing utterly②. With her chin propped on her hands and her eyes fixed on the blue glimpse of the Lake of Shining Waters that the west window afforded, she was far away in a gorgeous③ dreamland④ hearing and seeing nothing save her own wonderful visions Gilbert reached across the aisle, picked up the end of Anne's long red braid, held it out at arm's length and said in a piercing whisper: "Carrots! Carrots!" Then Anne looked at him with a vengeance{}! She did more than look. She sprang to her feet, her bright fancies fallen into cureless^* ruin. She flashed one indignant^{} glance at Gilbert from eyes whose angry sparkle was swiftly quenched{} in equally angry tears. "You mean, hateful boy!" she exclaimed passionately. "How dare you!" And then - thwack{}! Anne had brought her slate^{} down on Gilbert's head and cracked^{} it - slate not head - clear across. Mr. Phillips stalked{} down the aisle and laid his hand heavily on Anne's shoulder. "Anne Shirley, what does this mean?" he said angrily. Gilbert it was who spoke up stoutly^{}. "It was my fault Mr. Phillips. I teased her." Mr. Phillips paid no heed to Gilbert “I am sorry to see a pupil of mine displaying such a temper and .150· 绿山墙的安婉 面孔读他的历史书。可是等骚乱平息下来后,他 看看安呢,非常滑稽地挤了挤眼 “我觉得你的吉尔伯特·布菜思的确很帅,”安 ① algebra /aeldgtbra/ n. 代数 学 呢对戴安娜悄悄说,“可我觉得他太无礼了,朝 一个陌生女孩儿挤眼是很不礼貌的。” ② utterly /Atal/ad. 完全,全 早上的事还不算什么,直到下午,麻烦事儿 然,绝对 才真正发生了 ③ gorgeous /go:d3os/ a. 华丽 的,灿烂的 菲利普斯先生在后面的角落里给柏莉西·安 ④ dreamland /' dri:mlaend/ n 德鲁斯讲解一道代数题,吉尔伯特·布菜思则试 梦境,梦乡 图让安婉·雪利看自己,却总不成功。她两手托 着腮,眼晴凝视着西窗外碧波瓢瓢的波光湖,思 绪飞到了遥远迷人的梦幻之乡,除了美妙幻景 她什么也听不到,什么也看不见了。 vengeance /vend3ans/ n. 报 吉尔伯特跨过过道,抓起安呢的红辩子梢 复,报仇 cureless /kjoolrs/ a. 医不好 向外拉出老长,尖声低语道 的,无法医治的 “胡萝!胡萝!” indignant /n'drgnant/ a. 愤 安婉盯着他,眼里闪着复仇的火焰! 慨的,愤愤不平的 她不只是盯着他,她跳了起来,美好的幻想 ⑧quench /kwentf/ v. 熄减 都破碎了。她愤怒地警了吉尔伯特一眼,眼中愤 passionately /paefanitlr/ ad 激昂地,热烈地 怒的火花迅速化为愤怒的泪水 “你这个卑鄙可恨的家伙!”她激动地叫道 thwack /waek/ n. 啪地一声 “你竟敢这么说我!” 打,强打 slate/slet/n.(书写用的)石 然后一-啪!安呢举起石板向吉尔伯特头上 板 拍去,把它拍裂--是石板,不是脑袋一成两 crack/kraek/v. 压碎,使裂 半了。 开 菲利普斯先生大步走了过来,他的手重重地 stalk /sto:k/v. 高视阔步地 走 落在安婉的肩上。 stoutly /staotlu/ ad 坚决地 “安婉·雪利,这是怎么回事?”他怒气冲冲 勇敢地 地问。 “是我的错,菲利普斯先生,我逗她来着。” 吉尔伯特大声说。 .151·