002 带“E”的安妮

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Marilla opened the door. She saw the odd girl in the ugly dress, with long red braids and big eyes

马瑞拉打开门，看到了那个穿着难看裙子、梳着两条红色长辫子、大眼睛的古怪女孩。

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" Matthew Cuthbert, who's that?" she said." Where's the boy?"

“马修·卡斯伯特，那是谁？”她说，“男孩在哪儿？”

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" There wasn't any boy," said Matthew slowly." There was only her."

“没有男孩，”马修慢慢地说，“只有她。”

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He nodded at the child. He realized he didn't even know her name

他朝那孩子点了点头，这才意识到自己连她的名字都不知道。

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" No boy? But there must be a boy!" insisted Marilla." We asked Mrs. Spencer for a boy."

“没有男孩？但肯定得有个男孩啊！”马瑞拉坚持道，“我们是请斯宾塞太太找个男孩的。”

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" Well, I asked the stationmaster, and Mrs. Spencer didn't bring a boy," said Matthew." I had to bring the girl home."

“嗯，我问了站长，斯宾塞太太没带男孩来，”马修说，“我只好把这女孩带回家了。”

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" Well, what do we do now?" asked Marilla

“那我们现在怎么办？”马瑞拉问。

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During this conversation the child was silent

在这段对话中，那孩子一直默不作声。

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Suddenly she understood what was happening

突然，她明白了正在发生的事情。

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" You don't want me!" she cried." You don't want me because I'm not a boy!

“你们不想要我！”她喊道，“你们不想要我，就因为我不是男孩！”

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I should have known. Nobody ever did want me!" She burst into tears

我早该知道的。从来就没人想要我！”她放声大哭起来。

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Neither Marilla nor Matthew knew what to do

马瑞拉和马修都不知道该怎么办。

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Finally Marilla said," Well, well, there's no need to cry

最后马瑞拉说道：“好了，好了，没必要哭。

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You can stay here until we find out what happened. What's your name?"

在我们搞清楚是怎么回事之前，你可以待在这儿。你叫什么名字？”

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The child stopped crying and asked eagerly," Will you please call me Cordelia?"

那孩子停止了哭泣，热切地问道：“能请您叫我科迪莉亚吗？”

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" Call you Cordelia? Is that your name?" asked Marilla

“叫你科迪莉亚？这是你的名字吗？”马瑞拉问。

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" No, it's not exactly my name, but I would love to be called Cordelia. It's a beautiful name."

“不，这不完全是我的名字，但我很希望能被称为科迪莉亚。那是个很美的名字。”

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" I don't know what you mean. If Cordelia isn't your name, what is?" Marilla asked

“我不明白你的意思。如果科迪莉亚不是你的名字，那是什么？”马瑞拉问道。

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" Anne Shirley," the girl answered." But Anne is such an unromantic name."

“安妮·雪莉，”女孩回答。“可是安妮这名字太不浪漫了。”

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" Anne is a good, plain, sensible name," said Marilla

“安妮是个好名字，朴素、实在。”马瑞拉说。

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" It's all right, but I like Cordelia better

"还行吧，不过我更喜欢科迪莉亚。

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If you must call me Anne, please call me Anne spelled with an ' e'," Anne said

如果你一定要叫我安妮，请叫我带'e'的安妮。"安妮说。

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" What does it matter how it's spelled?" asked Marilla, trying to stop a smile

"拼写有什么关系？"马瑞拉问道，努力忍住笑。

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" Oh, it looks so much nicer. A-n-n looks horrible, but A-n-n-e looks more distinguished."

"哦，那样好看多了。A-n-n看起来很糟，但A-n-n-e看起来更出众。"

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" Did Mrs. Spencer bring any other orphans besides you?" Marilla inquired

"斯宾塞太太除了你，还带了别的孤儿吗？"马瑞拉问道。

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" She brought Lily Jones for herself," Anne answered

"她为自己带了莉莉·琼斯来。"安妮回答。

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" Lily is only five years old, and she is very beautiful

"莉莉只有五岁，她很漂亮。

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She has nut-brown hair. If I were very beautiful and had nut-brown hair, would you keep me?"

她有一头栗色的头发。如果我非常漂亮，也有一头栗色的头发，你们会留下我吗？"

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" No. We want a boy to help Matthew on the farm

"不会。我们想要个男孩帮马修干农活。

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A girl is no use. Now take off your hat, and let's eat dinner."

女孩没用。现在摘下帽子，我们吃晚饭吧。"

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Anne took off her hat, and they sat down to eat. But Anne could not eat

安妮摘下帽子，他们坐下来吃饭。但安妮吃不下。

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She nibbled at the bread and butter, and nibbled at the apple pie

她一点一点地啃着黄油面包，又一点一点地啃着苹果派。

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When dinner was finished, Marilla showed Anne to a spare bedroom

晚饭结束后，马瑞拉带安妮到一间空余的卧室。

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Anne got into bed and put her head right under the covers

安妮上了床，把头直接埋进被子里。

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" Good night," Marilla said a little awkwardly but kindly

“晚安，”马瑞拉有些笨拙但亲切地说。

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Suddenly Anne's head reappeared." How can you say it's a good night when you know it's the worst night I've ever had?" she cried

突然，安妮的头又冒了出来。“你们明知道这是我度过的最糟糕的一夜，怎么还能道晚安呢？”她喊道。

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She disappeared under the covers again

她又埋进了被子里。

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Marilla went into the kitchen and started to wash the dishes

马瑞拉走进厨房，开始洗盘子。

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Matthew sat on a chair, saying nothing

马修坐在椅子上，一言不发。

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" One of us will have to take the girl back tomorrow," said Marilla

“明天我们得有一个人把这女孩送回去，”马瑞拉说。

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" I suppose so," said Matthew reluctantly

“我想是吧，”马修不情愿地说。

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" You suppose so!" Marilla echoed." Don't you know so?"

“你想是吧！”马瑞拉重复道。“你难道不知道吗？”

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" Well now, she's a real nice little thing, Marilla

“听我说，她真的是个很好的小姑娘，马瑞拉。

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It's a pity to send her back. She likes it so much here," said Matthew

把她送回去太可惜了。她那么喜欢这里，”马修说。

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" Matthew Cuthbert! Do you really think we should keep her?" said Marilla, astonished

“马修·卡斯伯特！你难道真觉得我们该留下她？”马瑞拉惊讶地说。

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" Well, no... not exactly," stammered Matthew

“呃，不……也不完全是，”马修结结巴巴地说。

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" Of course we cannot keep her," said Marilla

“我们当然不能留下她，”马瑞拉说。

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" What good would she be to us?"

“她对咱们有什么用呢？”

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" We might be some good to her," said Matthew unexpectedly

“咱们或许能对她有些用处，”马修出人意料地说。

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" Matthew Cuthbert, I can see that you want to keep her. That girl has bewitched you!"

“马修·卡斯伯特，我看得出来你想留下她。那女孩把你迷住了！”

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" Well now, she's a real interesting little thing," said Matthew

“嗯，她可真是个有趣的小家伙。”马修说。

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" You should have heard her talk, coming from the station."

“你真该听听她从车站来的一路上是怎么说话的。”

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" Oh, she can talk all right. I don't like children that talk so much

“哦，她确实能说。可我不喜欢话这么多的孩子。

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I don't want an orphan girl, and if I did, it wouldn't be her."

我不想要孤儿女孩，就算要，也不会是她。”

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The next morning Anne awoke and sat up in bed

第二天早上，安妮醒来，从床上坐了起来。

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For a moment she couldn't remember where she was

有那么一会儿，她想不起来自己身在何处。

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First she had a delightful thrill, and then a horrible memory

起初她一阵欣喜，紧接着却涌上一段可怕的回忆。

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This was Green Gables, and they didn't want her because she wasn't a boy!

这里是绿山墙，而他们不想要她，因为她不是男孩！

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She got dressed and went downstairs for breakfast

她穿好衣服，下楼去吃早饭。

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" I'm pretty hungry this morning," she announced

“今天早上我饿得很。”她宣布道。

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" I'm glad it's such a sunny morning. But I like rainy mornings as well

“真高兴今天早上阳光灿烂。不过，我也喜欢下雨的早晨。

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All sorts of mornings are interesting, don't you think?

各种各样的早晨都很有趣，你说是不是？

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You don't know what's going to happen throughout the day. Anything could happen!"

你不知道这一天会发生什么。什么事都有可能发生！”

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" For goodness sake, be quiet!" said Marilla

“看在老天的份上，安静点！”马瑞拉说。

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Anne obeyed and was so silent that it made Marilla nervous

安妮听话照做，安静得让马瑞拉心里发慌。

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Matthew was also quiet, but this was natural, so the meal was a very silent one

马修也很安静，不过这很平常，所以这顿饭吃得特别沉默。

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After breakfast Anne washed the dishes, and then Marilla told her to go and play outside

早饭后，安妮洗了碗，然后马瑞拉让她到外面去玩。

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Anne ran to the door, excited. Then she stopped suddenly, came back, and sat at the table

安妮兴奋地跑到门口。然后她突然停住，走了回来，在桌边坐下。

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" What's the matter now?" said Marilla

“又怎么了？”马瑞拉说。

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" I can't go out," said Anne." It's no use loving Green Gables

“我不能出去，”安妮说，“爱上绿山墙也没用。

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If I go out and meet all those trees and flowers, it'll just be harder to leave."

要是我出去认识了那些树和花，离开的时候只会更难过。”

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Marilla thought," In all my life, I never saw or heard anything like it!

马瑞拉心想，“我这辈子，从没见过也没听过这样的事！

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She is kind of interesting, as Matthew says

就像马修说的，她还真有点意思。

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I am already wondering what she'll say next."

我已经在琢磨她接下来会说什么了。”

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But when evening came, Marilla and Anne got in the buggy and left Green Gables

可是到了傍晚，马瑞拉和安妮坐上马车，离开了绿山墙。

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They were on their way to Mrs. Spencer's house

她们踏上了去斯宾塞太太家的路。