003 玛丽拉下定决心

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" I've decided to enjoy this drive," Anne said to Marilla on the way to Mrs. Spencer's house

安妮在去斯宾瑟太太家的路上对玛丽拉说：“我决定要享受这段车程。”

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" I've learned you can nearly always enjoy something if you try hard

“我发现，只要努力，几乎总能从某件事中找到乐趣。

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I'm not going to think about going back to the orphanage

我不打算去想回孤儿院的事。

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I'm just going to think about the drive

我要只想着这段车程。

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Oh look, there's a wild rose!" she went on

“哦，看，那儿有朵野玫瑰！”她接着说。

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" Isn't it lovely? Wouldn't it be nice if roses could talk?

“是不是很可爱？要是玫瑰会说话该多好啊？

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And isn't pink the most bewitching color in the world?

粉色难道不是世界上最迷人的颜色吗？

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I love it, but I can't wear it. Redheaded people can't wear pink

我很喜欢粉色，但我不能穿。红头发的人不能穿粉色。

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Do you know anybody whose hair color changed when they grew up?"

你认识有谁长大后头发颜色变了吗？”

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" No," said Marilla wearily." And I don't think your hair color will change either."

“没有，”玛丽拉疲倦地说，“而且我觉得你的头发颜色也不会变。”

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" Well, that's another hope gone. My life is a graveyard of buried hopes

唉，又一个希望破灭了。我的人生就是一座埋葬希望的墓地。

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That's a sentence I read in a book once

这是我曾经在一本书里读过的一句话。

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I say it to comfort myself when I'm disappointed."

每次失望的时候，我就用它来安慰自己。”

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" How does it comfort you?" asked Marilla, surprised

“这怎么能安慰你呢？”玛丽拉惊讶地问。

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" Why, because it sounds so nice and romantic, as if I were a heroine in a book."

“哎呀，因为它听起来很美很浪漫，仿佛我是书中的女主角一样。”

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" If you're going to keep talking, you should tell me something about yourself," said Marilla

“如果你要继续说话，就该跟我说说你自己的事。”玛丽拉说。

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" Can I make it up?" Anne asked." It'll be much more interesting."

“我能编一些吗？”安妮问，“那样会更有趣。”

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" No, I don't want any stories. Just stick to the facts

“不，我不想听编的故事。只讲事实。

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Where were you born and how old are you?" asked Marilla sternly

你出生在哪里，多大了？”玛丽拉严肃地问。

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" I was eleven last March," said Anne," and I was born in Nova Scotia

“我去年三月满十一岁，”安妮说，“我出生在新斯科舍省。

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My father and mother were both high school teachers

我爸爸和妈妈都是高中老师。

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They were very poor and lived in a tiny yellow house. I was born in that house

他们很穷，住在一栋小小的黄色房子里。我就是在那栋房子里出生的。

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Mrs. Thomas said I was an ugly baby, scrawny and thin, but that my mother thought I was perfectly beautiful

托马斯太太说我小时候很丑，骨瘦如柴，但我妈妈觉得我美极了。

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She died of fever when I was only three months old

我只有三个月大时，她死于热病。

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And soon after, my father died from fever too

不久后，我爸爸也死于热病。

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So I was an orphan and nobody knew what to do with me

于是我就成了孤儿，没人知道该拿我怎么办。

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Father and Mother had both come from places far away and had no relatives around

爸爸妈妈都来自很远的地方，身边没有亲戚。

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Finally Mrs. Thomas took me in, even though she was poor and her husband was a drunk

最后托马斯太太收留了我，尽管她很穷，丈夫还是个酒鬼。

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I lived with them until I was eight years old

我和他们一起住到八岁。

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I helped look after the children, and it was hard work

我帮忙照顾孩子，那活儿很辛苦。

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Then Mr. Thomas was killed when he fell under a train

后来，托马斯先生掉到火车底下，死了。

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After that I lived with the Hammonds, who had eight children

在那之后，我住到了哈蒙德家，他们家有八个孩子。

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She had twins three times! I like babies, but twins three times is too much!

哈蒙德太太生了三次双胞胎！我喜欢小宝宝，可是生三次双胞胎也太多了！

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I got so tired carrying them around

我整天抱着他们，累坏了。

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I lived with the Hammonds for two years, and then Mr. Hammond died

我在哈蒙德家住了两年，然后哈蒙德先生就去世了。

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I had to go to the orphanage because the Hammonds didn't want me any longer either

我只好去了孤儿院，因为哈蒙德家也不想再要我了。

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It was too crowded in their house."

他们家实在太挤了。”

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" Did you ever go to school?" Marilla asked

“你上过学吗？”玛丽拉问道。

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" A little bit," answered Anne." I can read well, and I know lots of poetry! Don't you just love poetry?"

“上过一点点，”安妮回答。“我能读得很好，还会背很多诗！难道你不喜欢诗吗？”

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" Were those women, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Hammond, good to you?" asked Marilla, looking at Anne carefully

“那些太太们，托马斯太太和哈蒙德太太，对你好吗？”玛丽拉仔细地看着安妮问道。

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" Uh... um...," stammered Anne, blushing with embarrassment

“呃…嗯…”安妮窘迫得涨红了脸，结结巴巴地说。

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" They tried to be good to me. I'm sure they meant to be good."

“他们也想对我好。我相信他们是出于好意。”

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Marilla asked no more questions. She suddenly felt pity for Anne, who hadn't had much love in her short life

玛丽拉没有再追问。她突然同情起安妮来，这孩子在短短的生命中没得到过多少爱。

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Soon they arrived at Mrs. Spencer's house

很快，她们就到了斯宾塞太太家。

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" Well," Mrs. Spencer exclaimed," you're the last folks I expected! How are you, Anne?"

“哎呀，”斯宾塞太太惊呼道，“真没想到会是你们！你好吗，安妮？”

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" All right," said Anne without smiling

“还好。”安妮面无表情地说。

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" Mrs. Spencer," began Marilla." I'm sorry, but there's been a mistake

“斯宾塞太太，”玛丽拉开口说道，“很抱歉，但事情出了点差错。

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We told the orphanage we wanted a boy."

我们跟孤儿院说的是想要个男孩。”

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" Oh!" Mrs. Spencer said." That's too bad. I'm very sorry."

“哦！”斯宾塞太太说，“那可真糟糕。非常抱歉。”

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" I'm sorry too," said Marilla." Can we send the child back?

“我也很抱歉，”玛丽拉说，“我们能把这孩子送回去吗？

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The orphanage will take her, won't they?"

孤儿院会收留她的，对吧？

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" I suppose so," said Mrs. Spencer thoughtfully

“我想是的，”斯宾塞太太若有所思地说。

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" But wait a minute. Mrs. Blewett was here yesterday

“不过等一下。布莱维特太太昨天来过。

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She told me she would like a little girl

她跟我说她想要个小女孩。

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Marilla was not very pleased to hear this

玛丽拉听到这话，心里很不高兴。

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Mrs. Blewett had a terrible temper and did not treat servant girls well

布莱维特太太脾气极坏，对女佣们也不好。

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" Look, there's Mrs. Blewett now!" said Mrs. Spencer

“看，布莱维特太太来了！”斯宾塞太太说。

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A thin-faced, frowning woman came over to the house

一个瘦脸、皱着眉头的女人朝房子走来。

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" How lucky! She can take Anne now!"

“多巧啊！她现在就能把安妮带走！”

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Mrs. Spencer explained the mistake to Mrs. Blewett

斯宾塞太太向布莱维特太太解释了搞错的事。

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Mrs. Blewett looked Anne over from head to toe

布莱维特太太从头到脚打量着安妮。

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" How old are you and what's your name?" she demanded

“你几岁了，叫什么名字？”她蛮横地问道。

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" My name is Anne Shirley, and I'm eleven years old," Anne replied

“我叫安妮·雪莉，今年十一岁，”安妮回答。

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" You're too thin, but you're wiry," snapped Mrs. Blewett

“你太瘦了，但看着挺结实，”布莱维特太太厉声说道。

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" The wiry ones are the best. You'll be a good girl and work hard

“结实的孩子最好了。你会是个好姑娘，会努力干活的。

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All right, Miss Cuthbert," she said to Marilla." I'll take her home now."

好了，卡斯伯特小姐，”她对玛丽拉说，“我现在就把她带回家。”

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" I don't know," Marilla said slowly." Matthew and I haven't decided what to do yet

“我还不确定，”玛丽拉缓缓地说。“马修和我还没决定怎么办。

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If we decide not to keep Anne, I'll send her over tomorrow."

如果我们决定不留安妮，我明天就送她过去。”

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" All right," said Mrs. Blewett ungraciously

“好吧，”布莱维特太太不客气地说。

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At Marilla's words Anne's eyes grew bright like stars

听到玛丽拉的话，安妮的眼睛变得像星星一样明亮。

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" Can I really stay at Green Gables?" she whispered to Marilla

“我真的能留在绿山墙吗？”她低声问玛丽拉。

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" We'll decide tonight," said Marilla crossly." But you heard me

“我们今晚会决定的，”玛丽拉没好气地说。“但你也听见我说的了。

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You might go to Mrs. Blewett. She needs you more than Matthew and I do."

你可能会去布莱维特太太家。她比我和马修更需要你。”

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" Oh, send me to the orphanage instead! Mrs. Blewett looks like a monster!" said Anne

“哦，那还是送我回孤儿院吧！布莱维特太太看起来像个怪物！”安妮说。

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" Anne Shirley! Don't talk like that!" Marilla scolded

“安妮·雪莉！不许这样说话！”玛丽拉训斥道。

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" Go and sit quietly and be a good girl!"

“去，安静地坐着，做个乖女孩！”

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" I'll be anything you want, if you will keep me," pleaded Anne

“只要你能收留我，你让我怎样都行，”安妮恳求道。

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Later Marilla told Matthew about Anne's history and the trip to Mrs. Spencer's house

后来，玛丽拉把安妮的身世以及去斯宾塞太太家的经过告诉了马修。

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" I wouldn't give a dog to Mrs. Blewett!" said Matthew

“我连条狗都不会送给布莱维特太太！”马修说。

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" I don't like Mrs. Blewett's style either," admitted Marilla," Since you want to keep the girl, I suppose she can stay

“我也不喜欢布莱维特太太那副样子，”玛丽拉承认道，“既然你想留下这个女孩，我想她可以留下来。

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I've never brought up a child, especially a girl

我从没带过孩子，尤其是个女孩。

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I'll probably make a mess of it, but I'll do my best."

我可能会弄得一团糟，但我会尽力的。”

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Matthew's shy face glowed with delight." Marilla, I hoped you would change your mind. She's such an interesting little thing."

马修腼腆的脸上泛出喜悦的光芒。“玛丽拉，我就盼着你能改主意。她真是个有趣的小家伙。”

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" Yes, well, don't interfere, Matthew," Marilla said

“是啊，好了，别插手，马修，”玛丽拉说。

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" I won't tell Anne tonight because she'll be so excited she won't sleep

“我今晚不告诉安妮，不然她会兴奋得睡不着觉的。

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An old maid might not know much about raising children, but neither does an old bachelor!

一个老姑娘可能不太懂怎么养孩子，可一个老单身汉也一样不懂！

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Goodness knows what will come of it!"

天晓得这事儿最后会怎么样！”