33.The Hotel Concert饭店音乐会-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《绿山墙的安妮Anne of Green Gables》下

Chapter XXXIII The Hotel Concert "Put on your white organdy,by all means,Anne,"advised Diana decidedly. They were together in the east gable chamber;outside it was only twilight.But in Anne's room the blind was drawn and the lamp lighted, for an important toilet was being made. Anne was dressing for a concert at the White Sands Hotel.The guests had got it up in aid of the Charlottetown hospital,and had hunted out all the available amateur talent in the surrounding districts to help it along. As Anne would have said at one time,it was"an epoch in her life,"and she was deliciously athrill with the excitement of it. Anne and Diana were to drive over with Jane Andrews and her brother Billy in their double-seated buggy;and several other Avonlea girls and boys were going too. "Do you really think the organdy will be best?"queried Anne anxiously."I don't think it's as pretty as my blue-flowered muslin- and it certainly isn't so fashionable." “But it suits you ever so much better,”said Diana.“It's so soft and ·354· 第三十三章 饭店音乐会 “安妮，你一定要穿上白纱裙。”戴安娜用坚 定的口吻建议说。 她们一起待在东侧房里，窗外是一片苍茫的 暮色。在安妮的房间里，窗帘拉了下来，灯也点 上了，屋里的人正在精心地梳妆打扮。 安妮正在为参加白沙滩饭店音乐会化妆。客 人举办这场演出是为了帮助夏洛特敦医院集资， ①amateur/'emat3/a业余（爱 为了使音乐会顺利进行，他们找了附近所有的文 好者)的 艺爱好者。 正如安妮曾经说过的那样，这将开辟“她生 ②epoch /i:pok/n时期，时代， 新纪元 活的新纪元”，她为这激动人心的时刻而兴奋。 ③athril/0r山a.激动的 安妮和戴安娜要同简·安德鲁斯和她哥哥比 利一起乘坐他家的双排座轻便马车走，埃文利其 他一些姑娘小伙儿也要去。 “你真的觉得白纱裙最好看吗？”安妮焦急地 问，“我觉得它不如我的蓝花布裙好看一—也肯 ④muslin /mAzlin/i平纹细 定不如蓝花布裙时髦。” 布，薄纱织物 “但是白纱更适合你，”戴安娜说，“它非常 柔软，有很多褶，还贴身。布裙硬邦邦的，使你 ·355·