026 新的爱情与新邻居

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" Say, can you tell me a bedtime story?" Davy asked Anne, who was watching the sunset from Davy's bedroom window

“嘿，能给我讲个睡前故事吗？”戴维问安妮，安妮正从戴维卧室的窗户望着落日。

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" I don't want a fairy story," said Davy

“我不想听童话故事。”戴维说。

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" Fairy stories are all right for girls, I suppose, but I want something exciting, with lots of killing and shooting in it

“我觉得童话故事对女孩来说还行，但我想要点刺激的，有好多打打杀杀的，

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and a house on fire, and interesting things like that."

还有房子着火啦，诸如此类有趣的事儿。”

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Fortunately for Anne, at this moment Marilla called out from her room," Diana is signaling you, Anne."

安妮运气不错，这时玛丽拉从自己房间喊：“安妮，黛安娜在给你发信号呢。”

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Anne saw the light flashing from Diana's window and left Green Gables to walk to her friend's house

安妮看到黛安娜窗口闪烁的灯光，便离开绿山墙，往朋友家走去。

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When Anne arrived, Diana looked nervous and asked Anne to sit with her

安妮到的时候，黛安娜神色紧张，请安妮坐下。

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" Anne, I've got something to tell you," said Diana

“安妮，我有件事要告诉你。”黛安娜说。

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" And I couldn't wait any longer. I am engaged to be married!"

“我再也等不及了。我订婚啦！”

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Anne felt shocked, and then she smiled

安妮先是大吃一惊，随后露出了微笑。

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Fred! Anne knew that Diana and Fred were friends and often spent time together, but she hadn't realized they were in love

弗雷德！安妮知道戴安娜和弗雷德是朋友，常在一起，却没意识到他们相爱了。

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Anne hugged Diana tightly, saying," I'm so happy for you Diana!"

安妮紧紧拥抱戴安娜，说：“我真为你高兴，戴安娜！”

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Anne was happy, but she also felt a little strange

安妮很高兴，可也觉得有点怪怪的。

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She felt as if Diana had gone forward into a new world, shutting a gate behind her and leaving Anne on the outside

她觉得戴安娜仿佛走进了一个新世界，在身后关上了门，把她留在了外面。

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" What does Diana see in Fred?" Anne wondered

“戴安娜看上了弗雷德哪点呢？”安妮想。

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" He's nice and friendly, but he's just Fred Wright."

“他人挺好、挺友善，可他只是弗雷德·赖特呀。”

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" I'm so happy," Diana said," but it does seem ridiculous to think that I am engaged!"

“我真高兴，”戴安娜说，“但想到我订婚了，确实有点荒唐！”

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" Well... what's it like to be engaged?" Anne asked curiously

“嗯……订婚是什么感觉？”安妮好奇地问。

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" Hmm," said Diana, acting very much like an adult now

“嗯，”戴安娜说，现在她表现得完全像个大人。

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" That depends on who you're engaged to

“那得看你是跟谁订婚了。

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It's perfectly lovely to be engaged to Fred, but it would be horrible to be engaged to anyone else."

和弗雷德订婚确实很美好，但要是和别人订婚，那可就太可怕了。

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Anne laughed." Well, that's not much help, considering there's only one Fred!"

安妮笑了。“哎呀，这话可没什么帮助，毕竟只有一个弗雷德啊！”

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" Oh, Anne, you don't understand!" said Diana

“哦，安妮，你不明白！”戴安娜说。

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" It's so hard to explain. Never mind, you'll understand one day

“这太难解释了。没关系，总有一天你会明白的。

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Now Anne, I'm going to ask you a serious question, but don't be annoyed

好了，安妮，我要问你一个严肃的问题，但别不高兴。

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Do you like Gilbert in any special way?"

你是不是以什么特别的方式喜欢吉尔伯特？”

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" I like Gilbert very much as a friend and not a bit in the way you mean," said Anne calmly and firmly. She believed she was speaking sincerely

“我非常喜欢吉尔伯特，是作为朋友的那种喜欢，一点也没有你说的那种感觉，”安妮平静而坚定地说。她相信自己说的是真心话。

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Diana sighed. She wished somehow that Anne had answered differently

戴安娜叹了口气。她多希望安妮的回答能有所不同。

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" Don't you ever want to get married, Anne?"

“安妮，你难道从没想过结婚吗？”

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" Perhaps someday," said Anne." When I meet exactly the right person."

“也许有一天吧，”安妮说。“等我遇到了那个真正对的人。”

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" But how will you know?" asked Diana

“可你怎么知道呢？”戴安娜问。

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" Oh, I will just know." said Anne." He must be extremely handsome and mysterious."

“哦，我就是会知道。”安妮说，“他必须非常英俊，而且神秘莫测。”

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" People's ideals change sometimes," Diana said

“人的理想有时会变。”戴安娜说。

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" Mine won't," Anne said firmly

“我的不会变。”安妮坚定地说。

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" What if you never meet him?" Diana asked

“你要是永远遇不到他呢？”戴安娜问。

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" Then I shall never marry!" was Anne's cheerful response." I'll be fine!"

“那我就不嫁人！”安妮乐呵呵地回答，“我没事的！”

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Diana shook her head. Just then someone knocked on the door, and Diana and Anne got up to answer it

戴安娜摇了摇头。就在这时，有人敲门，戴安娜和安妮起身去开门。

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A very attractive, well-dressed woman was at the door

门口站着一位非常迷人、衣着考究的女士。

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" Is this where Mr. James Harrison lives?" the woman asked

“詹姆斯·哈里森先生住这儿吗？”那位女士问。

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" No, Mr. Harrison lives over there," replied Anne, astonished to hear a woman asking for her quiet neighbor

“不，哈里森先生住那边。”安妮回答，听到有女士找她那安静的邻居，她很惊讶。

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" Well, I did think this place was too tidy," the woman replied

“好吧，我确实觉得这地方太整洁了，”那女人回答说。

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" Is it true that Mr. Harrison is going to get married soon? A friend told me he was."

“哈里森先生很快要结婚是真的吗？一个朋友告诉我他快要结婚了。”

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" No, no, I'm sure he's not," said Anne

“不，不，我肯定他没有，”安妮说。

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" Diana's the only person getting married here!"

“这里要结婚的人只有戴安娜！”

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Diana giggled

戴安娜咯咯地笑了。

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" I'm very glad to hear that," the woman responded," because Mr. Harrison is already married. I'm his wife

“我很高兴听到这个，”那女人回答说，“因为哈里森先生已经结婚了。我是他的妻子。

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You look surprised! I suppose he's been pretending to be a bachelor and is breaking hearts all over Avonlea."

你们看起来大吃一惊！我猜他一直假装是单身汉，在埃文利四处伤人心呢。”

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Anne and Diana tried not to laugh

安妮和戴安娜努力忍住不笑出来。

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" I suppose," the woman continued," that parrot is still there?"

“我猜，”那女人继续说，“那只鹦鹉还在吗？”

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" I think it's dead," said Anne

“我想它死了，”安妮说。

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The woman seemed glad." Really? That's good news. Good evening, ladies."

那位女士看起来很高兴。“真的吗？那真是好消息。晚安，女士们。”

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With that, she walked briskly down the path and out of the yard in the direction of Mr. Harrison's house

说完，她轻快地沿着小路走了，出了院子，朝哈里森先生家的方向去了。

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Anne and Diana went back inside, discussing what had just happened, and then Anne went home to tell the surprising news to Marilla

安妮和戴安娜回到屋里，讨论着刚才发生的事，然后安妮回家把这个惊人的消息告诉了玛丽拉。

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The next day Anne went to see Mr. Harrison to find out his side of the story

第二天，安妮去见哈里森先生，想听听他那边的说法。

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His house looked very different! The floor was scrubbed, and so was every piece of furniture in the kitchen

他的房子看起来大不一样了！地板擦得干干净净，厨房里的每件家具也都一尘不染。

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The windows were so clean Anne could see her reflection!

窗户干净得安妮都能看到自己的倒影！

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" Sit down, Anne, sit down," said Mr. Harrison

“坐下，安妮，坐下吧，”哈里森先生说。

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" Emily's gone shopping with Mrs. Lynde. Well, Anne, my easy times are over!

“艾米丽和林德太太购物去了。唉，安妮，我的舒坦日子算是到头喽！

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It's all tidiness for me, I suppose."

我想，以后我就只有整洁这一样了。”

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Mr. Harrison tried to sound sad, but it was clear that he was secretly pleased

哈里森先生尽力想让自己的语气听起来难过，但很明显他心里暗暗高兴。

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" Mr. Harrison, you're glad your wife is back!" Anne exclaimed

“哈里森先生，您妻子回来了，您高兴着呢！”安妮大声说。

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" Well, I'm getting used to it," he said sheepishly

“嗯，我正在习惯呢，”他不好意思地说。

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" And I never pretended I wasn't married

“而且我从来没假装自己没结过婚。

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It's just that no one ever asked me!"

只是从来没人问过我！”

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" Why did you and your wife separate?" Anne asked

“您和您太太当初为什么分开呢？”安妮问道。

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" Well, we loved each other," said Mr. Harrison

“呃，我们彼此相爱，”哈里森先生说。

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" But after we got married, Emily spent all her time cleaning and ordering me around!

“可是结婚后，艾米丽把所有时间都花在打扫卫生和指使我干这干那上了！

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I was cranky and hard to live with too, I suppose. It was both our faults

我想，我那时脾气也坏，不好相处。我们俩都有错。

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Aside from that, though, Emily didn't like parrots

不过，除此之外，艾米丽不喜欢鹦鹉。

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She said I had to choose between her and Ginger, and... I chose Ginger!

她说我必须在她和金吉儿之间做个选择，然后……我选择了金吉儿！

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Understand, Anne, that I was pretty angry with Emily at the time, and she was angry with me

你要明白，安妮，当时我非常生艾米丽的气，她也很生我的气。

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But now we've realized we still love each other very much, so Emily's going to stay. You have a new neighbor, Anne!"

但现在我们意识到我们依然深爱着对方，所以艾米丽会留下来。安妮，你有新邻居了！”