35.The Winter at Queen's女王学校的冬天-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《绿山墙的安妮Anne of Green Gables》下

Chapter XXXV The Winter at Oueen's Anne's homesickness wore off, greatly helped in the wearing by her weekend visits home. As long as the open weather lasted, the Avonlea students went out to Carmody on the new branch railway every Friday night. Anne thought those Friday evening gypsyings were the best and dearest hours in the whole week. Gilbert Blythe nearly always walked with Ruby Gillis and carried her satchel{①} for her. There was no silly sentiment in Anne's ideas concerning Gilbert. Boys were to her, when she thought about them at all, merely possible good comrades. If she and Gilbert had been friends she would not have cared how many other friends he had nor with whom he walked. But she thought that if Gilbert had ever walked home with her from the train over the crisp② fields and along the ferny③}byways, they might have had many and merry and interesting conversations about the new world that was opening around them and their hopes and ambitions therein. Gilbert was a clever young fellow, with his own thoughts about things and a determination to get the best out of life and put the best into it. Ruby Gillis told Jane Andrews that she didn't understand half the things Gilbert ·374· 第三十五章 女王学校的冬天 安呢渐渐不想家了,主要是因为周末回家弄 得人困马乏。只要天气还暖和,埃文利的学生们 就每星期五晚上离校,坐新开通的铁路支线到卡 莫迪去。安媲觉得星期五晚上是整整一周中最美 好和最宝贵的时光。 吉尔伯特·布莱思差不多总是和鲁比·吉利斯 ① satchel /saetfol/n.(皮或幅 一起走,还替她拿书包 布的)书包 安呢对吉尔伯特不抱有任何遐想。她很少想 起男孩子,就算是有时候想起来,他们顶多也就 能做好伙伴。如果她和吉尔伯特是朋友,那她也 不会在乎他有多少其他朋友,也不关心他和谁一 起走。但是她想,如果吉尔伯特要是下了火车能 ②crisp /krisp/a. 爽快的,明 和她一起走回家,穿过清新的田野和长满蔽菜的 快的 小路,他们可能会有很多快乐而有趣的谈话,谈 ③ femy /'fa:nya. 多藤的 论展现在他们面前的崭新的世界以及他们寄予其 中的希望和理想。吉尔伯特是个聪明的小伙子, 他有自已的见解,有决心战胜生活并且使生活变 得更美好。鲁比·吉利斯告诉简·安德鲁斯,吉尔 ·375· Anne of Green Gabfes Blythe said; he talked just like Anne Shirley di d when she had a thoughtful fit on and for her part she didn't think it any fun to be bothering about books and that sort of thing when you didn't have to. After the Christmas holidays the Avonlea students gave up going home on Fridays and settled down to hard work. By this time all the Queen's scholars had gravitated① into their own places in the ranks and the various classes had assumed distinct ② and settled shadings of individuality③. Certain facts had become generally accepted. It was admitted that the medal contestants had practically narrowed down to three-Gilbert Blythe, Anne Shirley, and Lewis Wilson; the Avery scholarship was more doubtful, any one of a certain six being a possible winner. Anne worked hard and steadily. Her rivalry with Gilbert was as intense as it had ever been in Avonlea school. Anne no longer wished to win for the sake of defeating Gilbert: rather, for the proud consciousness of a well-won victory over a worthy foeman{④. In spite of lessons the students found opportunities for pleasant times. Anne spent many of her spare hours at Beechwood and generally ate her Sunday dinners there and went to church with Miss Barry “That Anne-girl improves all the time," she said. "I get tired of other girls-there is such a provoking③ and eternal sameness about them. Anne has as many shades as a rainbow and every shade is the prettiest while it lasts.” Then, almost before anybody realized it, spring had come. But in Charlottetown harassed Oueen's students thought and talked only of examinations. "It doesn't seem possible that the term is nearly over,"said Anne. "Why, last fall it seemed so long to look forward to-a whole winter of studies and classes. And here we are, with the exams looming up next .376· 绿山墙的安妃 伯特的话她有一半听不懂,他谈起话来就像安婉 深思熟虑时说话的样子,对她来说,她认为在没 有必要为功课或者诸如此类的事发愁的时候却为 之愁眉苦脸一点儿意思也没有 ① gravitate /qraevitert/ v. 受吸 度过圣诞节假期后,埃文利的学生星期五不 引 再回家了,他们定下心来发奋学习。这时女王学 ② distinct /ds'tnky/ a 独特的. 不同的 校的学生们名次已经排定了,各班鲜明独特的班 ③ individuality 风也都表现出来了。某些事实已经得到了公认 andrvdsu'aelty/n.个性,人 人们承认奖章的竞争者实际上已经缩减到三个 格,特征 人一一吉尔伯特·布菜思、安婉·雪利和刘易斯 威尔逊;艾弗里奖学金就更难以预测了,有六个 人有希望。 安呢一直在努力学习。她同吉尔伯特的竞争 像在埃文利学校一样激烈。安呢想赢不再是为了 击败吉尔伯特,而是为了获得彻底击败一个劲敌 的那种自豪感。 ④foeman/foumon/n. 敌兵. 敌人 尽管功课繁忙,学生们还是能忙里偷闲。安 呢在比奇伍德度过了很多业余时间,星期天通常 在那里吃饭,和巴里小姐一起去教堂。 “安呢这孩子不断在进步,”她说,“我讨厌 别的姑娘--她们老是一个样子,烦死人了。安 provoking /pra'vaukin/ a.刺 晁像彩虹一样多姿多彩,每一种色彩呈现出来都 激人的 是最美的。” 接下去,人们还没有意识到,春天就来了。 但是在夏洛特教,女王学校疲惫的学生们想的和 谈的全都是考试 “学期好像不该就快结束了似的,”安娓说, “哎,去年秋天我觉得好像要过很长时间才能放 假呢--要上整整一冬天的课,结果下礼拜就要 考试了。姑娘们,有时我觉得那些考试似乎就是 ·377· Anne of Green Gabfes week. Girls, sometimes I feel as if those exams meant everything, but when I look at the big buds swelling^{} on those chestnut{②} trees and the misty blue air at the end of the streets they don't seem half so important." Jane and Ruby and Josie, who had dropped in, did not take this view of it. To them the coming examinations were constantly very important indeed. "If I don't pass this year I'm coming back next. My father can afford to send me. Anne, Frank Stockley says that Professor Tremaine said Gilbert Blythe was sure to get the medal and that Emily Clay would likely win the Avery scholarship." said Josie Pye "That may make me feel badly tomorrow, Josie," laughed Anne, "but I've done my best and I begin to understand what is meant by the 'joy of the strife③.'Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing." "What are you going to wear for commencement, Jane?" asked Ruby practically. Jane and Josie both answered at once and the chatter drifted into a side eddy of fashions. But Anne looked out unheedingly④ and wove her dreams of a possible future from the golden tissue of youth's own optimism. All the Beyond was hers with its possibilities lurking rosily in the oncoming{} years-each year a rose of promise to be woven} into an immortal chaplet^{}. .378. 绿山墙的安婉 一切,但是一看到栗树枝头圆鼓鼓的花蕾,街道 ①swell /swel/v. (使)膨胀. 尽头雾蒙蒙的蓝天,就觉得考试似乎一点儿也不 (使)鼓起,(使)增长 ②chestnut /tfes.nAt/ n. 栗子 重要了。” 粟树 来串门的简、鲁比和乔西不接受这种观点。 对她们来说,即将来临的考试始终是很重要的。 “如果我今年没考过,明年我还来学。我爸 爸能供得起我。安婉,弗兰克·斯托克利说特里 梅因老师说吉尔伯特·布莱思肯定能得奖章,埃 米莉·克菜可能能得艾弗里奖学金。”乔西·派伊 说。 “这话可能使我明天感觉很糟,乔西,”安娓 笑着说,“可是我已经尽了最大努力,我开始理 解奋斗的快乐'的含义了。努力并且成功当然 最好,其次就是努力但是失败了。” ③ strife /strarf/ n. 竞争 “简,你穿什么参加毕业典礼?”鲁比很实际 地问。 简和乔西两人立刻做了回答,谈话转到衣服 上去了。安呢的目光漫不经心地飞了出去。她以 ④ unheedingly /An'hi:dnlr 年轻人特有的充满希望的金色薄纱编织着未来。 . 不留心地,不理会地 很可能变为现实的未来。所有的未来都属于她 在今后的岁月里她的美梦都有可能逐个实现- 每一年都有一朵希望的玫瑰花编进一顶流芳百世 oncoming /pnkAmn/a. 接 近的,即将到来的 的花冠里。 weave /wi:v/v. 编织.组合 chaplet /tfaeply/ n. 花冠 花环 .379·