033 童话般的小屋

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The second term at Redmond sped by as quickly as the first, and Anne enjoyed it thoroughly

在雷德蒙德的第二学期和第一学期一样飞快过去，安妮尽情享受了这段时光。

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She studied hard, for she wanted to win a scholarship in English

她学习很用功，因为她想获得英语奖学金。

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If she won it, the scholarship would pay for her tuition fees at Redmond College next year, and she would not have to use Marilla's savings

如果她赢得了奖学金，就能支付明年在雷德蒙德学院的学费，就不必动用玛丽拉的积蓄了。

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Gilbert, too, was hoping to get a scholarship, but he still found plenty of time to drop in and visit Anne at her boardinghouse

吉尔伯特也希望获得奖学金，但他还是有充裕的时间顺道到安妮的寄宿处看望她。

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He was Anne's escort to most college events, and Anne knew students gossiped about them being a " couple."

他是安妮参加大多数大学活动的护花使者，安妮知道学生们在议论他们是“一对儿”。

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The gossip made Anne furious, but she could not refuse Gilbert's company

这些闲话让安妮很生气，但她无法拒绝吉尔伯特的陪伴。

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He was her old friend, and she would feel bad declining his kind offers to accompany her to college events

他是她的老朋友，拒绝他好心陪她参加大学活动，她会感到过意不去。

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Besides, he had stopped acting like a suitor toward her

况且，他已经不再像个追求者那样对待她了。

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Anne was very glad of that, though she did secretly wonder why he'd changed

安妮对此很高兴，虽然她暗自纳闷他为什么变了。

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Only one disagreeable incident spoiled that winter

只有一件不愉快的事破坏了那个冬天。

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One night Charlie Sloane asked Anne if she would promise " to become Mrs. Charlie Sloane some day."

一天晚上，查理·斯隆问安妮愿不愿意承诺“将来成为查理·斯隆太太”。

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Of course, Anne knew that she could never marry Charlie

当然，安妮知道自己永远不可能嫁给查理。

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After all, he was not her romantic hero either!

毕竟，他也不是她浪漫的理想情人！

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" Another unromantic proposal!" Anne sighed." Where is my Prince Charming?"

“又一个不浪漫的求婚！”安妮叹气道，“我的白马王子在哪儿呢？”

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The next day Anne scurried into Priscilla's room

第二天，安妮匆匆跑进普里西拉的房间。

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" Read that," she cried, tossing Priscilla a letter from Stella Maynard, who had been one of their friends at Queen's College

“读读这个，”她叫道，把斯特拉·梅纳德的信扔给普里西拉，斯特拉是她们在女王学院时的朋友。

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" Stella is coming to Redmond to study next year

“斯特拉明年要来雷德蒙德上学。

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Tell me what you think of her idea. I think it's wonderful, if it's possible."

告诉我你觉得她的主意怎么样。我觉得太棒了，如果可行的话。”

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" Anne, I have a little plan," Stella had written

“安妮，我有个小计划，”斯特拉写道。

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" You know how I hate boarding. I've boarded for four years and I'm so sick of it

“你知道我有多讨厌寄宿。我已经寄宿四年了，烦透了。

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I can imagine you are not a huge fan of boardinghouses either

我能想象你也并不怎么喜欢寄宿公寓。

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Why don't you and Priscilla and I rent a little house somewhere in Halifax?"

你和普里西拉，还有我，咱们在哈利法克斯哪儿合租一栋小房子怎么样？"

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" I think it's a good idea," said Priscilla after she read the letter

“我觉得这是个好主意，”普里西拉读完信后说。

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" So do I," agreed Anne delightedly." Let's go house-hunting at once, before exams start."

“我也这么想，”安妮高兴地赞同道。“咱们立刻去找房子吧，趁考试还没开始。”

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" I'm afraid it will be hard to get a house that fits our budget," warned Priscilla

“恐怕很难找到符合我们预算的房子，”普里西拉提醒道。

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" We'll have to be happy with a shabby little place."

“我们得做好住一个破旧小地方的准备，并且为此感到知足才行。”

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Over the next few days, they saw many houses, but they were either too big, too small, too expensive, or too far from Redmond

接下来的几天里，她们看了很多房子，但这些房子不是太大、太小、太贵，就是离雷德蒙德太远。

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The house-hunting was not going well

找房子的事进展得不太顺利。

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A few weeks later, Anne and Priscilla were walking home the usual way, down Spofford Avenue, so that they could look at Patty's Place

几周后的一天，安妮和普里西拉像往常一样，沿着斯波福德大道步行回家，就为了能看一眼帕蒂小屋。

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As they stopped to admire the garden, Anne suddenly shouted," Look, look! Am I seeing things, Priscilla?

当她们停下脚步欣赏花园时，安妮突然喊道，“看，看！普里西拉，我是不是眼花了？

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Look over there and tell me if it's true!" Priscilla looked where Anne was pointing

“看那边，告诉我那是不是真的！”普里西拉顺着安妮指的方向看去。

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Over the arched gateway of Patty's Place dangled a little sign

帕蒂小屋拱形门廊上方挂着一块小牌子。

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It said " For Rent. Furnished. Inquire Within."

上面写着“出租。带家具。请入内咨询。”

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" Priscilla," said Anne in a whisper," is it possible we could rent Patty's Place?"

“普里西拉，”安妮小声说，“我们有可能租下帕蒂小屋吗？”

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" It's too good to be true, Anne. Fairy tales don't happen nowadays... But then again maybe they do," Priscilla replied excitedly

“这好得不像真的，安妮。如今童话不会发生……不过也许真的会发生。”普里西拉兴奋地答道。

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" Anyway, it's too late to knock on their door this evening. Let's come back tomorrow."

“不管怎样，今晚敲门太晚了。我们明天再来吧。”

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Early the next evening, the girls went back to Patty's Place

第二天傍晚，姑娘们又去了帕蒂小屋。

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They knocked on the door rather timidly, and then stepped into a large living room

她们怯生生地敲了门，然后走进一间宽敞的客厅。

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Two old ladies sat by the fire

两位老妇人坐在壁炉旁。

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They were very similar, except that one looked about seventy years old and the other fifty

她们长得很像，只不过一个看上去大约七十岁，另一个大约五十岁。

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They were both knitting, and the older one invited Anne and Priscilla to take a seat

两位老妇人都在织毛线，年长的那位请安妮和普里西拉坐下。

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Behind each lady sat a large white china dog, with a green nose and ears and green spots all over

每位女士身后都坐着一只白色的大瓷狗，长着绿色的鼻子、耳朵，全身布满绿色的斑点。

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Anne liked the dogs straight away; they seemed to her like the guardians of Patty's Place

安妮立刻就喜欢上了这些狗；在她看来，它们就像是帕蒂小屋的守护者。

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For a few minutes nobody spoke. The girls were too nervous, and the ladies were content to knit and wait for their guests to speak first

有几分钟没人说话。姑娘们太紧张了，而女士们则满足地织着毛线，等着客人先开口。

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Anne glanced about the room. What a nice place it was!

安妮环顾了一下房间。这地方可真不错！

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Finally she spoke." We... we... saw your sign that this house is for rent," said Anne to the older lady

终于，她开口了。“我们……我们……看到了您房子出租的牌子，”安妮对年长的那位女士说。

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" Oh, yes," said Miss Patty." I meant to take that sign down today."

“哦，是的，”帕蒂小姐说。“我本打算今天把那个牌子拿下来的。”

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" Oh, are we too late?" asked Anne, barely hiding her disappointment

“哦，我们是不是太晚了？”安妮问道，几乎掩饰不住她的失望。

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" No," Miss Patty said." We have decided not to rent it after all."

“不，”帕蒂小姐说。“我们最终还是决定不出租了。”

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" What a shame!" exclaimed Anne." I love this place so much

“太可惜了！”安妮叫道。“我非常喜欢这个地方。

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I really hoped we could have lived here."

我真心希望我们能住在这里。”

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" You love it?" said Miss Patty

“你喜欢它？”帕蒂小姐说。

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" I really do love it," Anne said." I've loved it ever since I first saw it last fall."

“我真的喜欢它，”安妮说。“自从去年秋天我第一次见到它，我就喜欢上它了。”

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" You're not just saying that you ' love it'?

“你不会只是嘴上说‘喜欢它’吧？

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Young people ' love ' everything these days," said Miss Patty

现在的年轻人什么都‘喜欢’，”帕蒂小姐说。

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" No, I really adore this house. Priscilla and I walk by it often," Anne said

“不，我真的很喜爱这栋房子。普里西拉和我经常从这儿路过，”安妮说。

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" If you love it, you can have it," said Miss Patty

“既然你喜欢它，那就租给你们吧，”帕蒂小姐说。

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" I decided today that I wouldn't rent it because we didn't like any of the people who asked to rent it

“我今天决定不租了，是因为我们不喜欢之前来求租的人。

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You are different. I believe you do love it and will take care of it."

你们不一样。我相信你们是真喜欢它，也会好好照看它的。”

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" If... if we can afford the rent

“如果……如果我们能付得起租金的话。

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We have a limited budget," said Anne meekly

我们的预算有限，”安妮温顺地说。

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Miss Patty named the amount. Anne and Priscilla looked at each other, and Priscilla shook her head

帕蒂小姐报了个价。安妮和普里西拉对视了一下，普里西拉摇了摇头。

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" I'm afraid we can't afford it," said Anne, choking back her disappointment." We're only students and we're poor."

“恐怕我们付不起，”安妮强忍着失望说道。“我们只是穷学生。”

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" What can you afford?" asked Miss Patty. Anne named her amount and Miss Patty nodded

“你们能付多少钱？”帕蒂小姐问。安妮报出她们的数额，帕蒂小姐点了点头。

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" That will do. You can move in

“可以。你们可以搬进来了。

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We leave in two months, at the start of next term

我们两个月后离开，就在下学期开学的时候。

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You don't object, I hope, to this house being called Patty's Place?"

我希望，你们不介意这房子叫帕蒂小屋吧？”

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" No, that's one of the nicest things about it," Anne said, smiling

“不介意，这正是它最棒的地方之一，”安妮笑着说。

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Patty's Place was theirs. At least one small dream had come true!

帕蒂小屋是她们的了。至少一个小小的梦想成真了！