003 开学第一天

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September 24

9月24日

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Dear Kind Trustee Who Sends Orphans to College

亲爱的送孤儿上大学的善良理事，

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Well, here I am at college!

好了，我终于到大学了！

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I traveled for four hours on the train

我在火车上坐了四个小时。

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I never rode on a train before

我之前从没坐过火车。

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College is the biggest, most confusing place I've ever been!

大学是我去过的最宏大、最让人摸不着头脑的地方！

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I get lost whenever I leave my room

我每次一离开房间就会迷路。

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It seems strange to write letters to someone I don't know

给一个我不认识的人写信，感觉真奇怪。

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Actually, it seems strange to be writing letters at all

其实，光是写信这件事本身就让我觉得奇怪。

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I've only written three or four in my life

我这辈子也就只写过三四封信。

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So please forgive me if my letters aren't perfect

所以，如果我的信写得不够好，还请原谅。

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Before I left, Mrs. Lippett and I had a very serious talk

临走之前，李皮特太太跟我进行了一次十分严肃的谈话。

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She told me how to behave for the rest of my life

她告诉我今后一辈子该如何为人处世。

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Including how I should behave toward you

包括该如何对待您。

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" Jerusha, you must be very respectful to the kind gentleman who's doing so much for you," she said

她说：“洁若莎，你一定要对那位帮了你这么大忙的好心先生毕恭毕敬。”

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" But how can I be respectful to someone who wants to be called John Smith?

“可是，对一个想让人叫他约翰·史密斯的人，我怎么能恭敬得起来？

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I wish he'd chosen a more interesting name

我真希望他挑个更有意思的名字。

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I might as well write letters to Dear Hitching Post."

我还不如把信写给‘亲爱的拴马桩’呢。”

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" Jerusha!" Mrs. Lippett was shocked

“洁若莎！”李皮特太太大吃一惊。

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" That is not respectful!"

“这太不恭敬了！”

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I thought about you a great deal this summer

这个夏天我经常想起您。

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You've taken an interest in me

您一直关心着我。

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That makes me almost feel that I have a family

这让我几乎感觉我也有个家了。

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It seems as if I belong to somebody now, and I like that feeling

现在仿佛我有了归属，我喜欢这种感觉。

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But when I think about you, I have very little to work with

但是当我想到您时，我能想象到的却很少。

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I only know three things about you:

我只知道关于您的三件事：

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1. You are tall

第一，您个子很高。

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2. You are rich

第二，您很有钱。

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3. You hate girls

第三，您讨厌女孩子。

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I suppose I could address you as Dear Mr. Girl Hater. But that's rather insulting to me

我想我或许可以称呼您为“亲爱的讨厌女孩先生”，但这称呼对我来说有点侮辱人。

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Or Dear Mr. Rich Man, but that's insulting to you

或者叫亲爱的富翁先生，但那对你太失礼了。

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That sounds like money is the only important thing about you

听起来好像钱是你唯一重要的东西。

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Besides, maybe you won't stay rich for your whole life

再说，也许你不会一辈子都这么富有。

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Lots of wealthy men lose all their money in the stock market

好多有钱人都在股市里赔光了钱呢。

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But at least you'll stay tall all your life!

但至少你这辈子都会这么高！

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So I've decided to call you Daddy Longlegs. I hope you won't mind

所以我决定叫你长腿叔叔。希望你别介意。

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It's just a private nickname

这只是个私底下的绰号。

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Please don't tell Mrs. Lippett!

请千万别告诉李皮特太太！

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Let me tell you about my room, which is in a tower in Fergussen Hall

让我跟你讲讲我的房间，它在费格森楼的塔楼里。

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It used to be part of the infirmary before the college built the new one

这里以前是诊疗所的一部分，后来学校建了新的。

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There are three other girls on the same floor

同一层还住着另外三个女孩。

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There's a senior who wears glasses

有一位高年级生，她戴着眼镜。

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She's always telling us to be quiet

她老是叫我们安静点。

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And two freshmen, Sallie McBride and Julia Rutledge Pendleton

还有两位新生，莎莉·麦克布莱德和茱莉亚·拉特利奇·彭德尔顿。

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Sallie has red hair and is quite friendly

莎莉有一头红发，人很友善。

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Julia comes from one of wealthiest families in New York

茱莉亚来自纽约最富有的家族之一。

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She hasn't noticed me yet

她还没注意到我呢。

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Sallie and Julia room together, but the senior and I have singles

莎莉和茱莉亚同住一间，但那位高年级生和我住的是单人间。

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Usually freshmen can't get singles

新生通常是不能住单人间的。

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But I got one without even asking

但我没怎么要求就分到了一间。

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Maybe the college was worried about my behavior around girls raised by proper families

也许学校是担心，我在那些正经家庭长大的女孩身边会行为不当。

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So there are advantages to being an orphan!

所以，当个孤儿也是有好处哒！

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I'm going to enjoy my own room

我要好好享受我自己的房间。

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Especially after spending 18 years in one room with 20 roommates!

尤其是在一个房间里和二十个舍友一起住了十八年之后！

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Sallie is the most entertaining person in the world, and Julia is the least entertaining person

莎莉是世界上最有趣的人，而茱莉亚是世界上最无趣的人。

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Sallie thinks everything is funny, and Julia is bored with everything

莎莉觉得一切都很好玩，茱莉亚则对一切都感到厌烦。

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Julia never makes the slightest effort to be friendly

茱莉亚从来不肯花哪怕一丁点力气来表示友好。

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She believes that if you're born a Pendleton, you deserve only the best things

她相信，如果你生来就是潘德尔顿家的人，你就只配得上最好的东西。

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She and I were born to be enemies!

她和我，天生就是敌人！

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I've fixed up my room with Sallie's help

我在莎莉的帮助下，把房间布置好了。

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She has lived in a real house all her life, so I trusted her advice

她这辈子都住在真正的房子里，所以我相信她的建议。

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" Let's go to the senior auction," she said the other day

“我们去参加高年级的拍卖会吧，”她那天说道。

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" The seniors will be selling things they don't want anymore."

“高年级生会卖掉他们不再需要的东西。”

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When we got to the auction, I had no idea where to begin

到了拍卖会，我完全不知道从何看起。

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But Sallie steered me toward a wooden desk

但莎莉把我引向了一张木书桌。

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" You should bid on that. It's very nice."

“你应该竞拍那个。它很漂亮。”

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" What about that brown rug over there?" I said

“那边那块棕色地毯怎么样？”我说。

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But when we looked at it, we noticed an ink spot

可我们一看，发现上面有一块墨渍。

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" The ink spot will make it less expensive." Sallie looked around

“有墨渍会让它更便宜。”莎莉环顾四周。

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" And with the money you save, you could buy that wicker chair

“用省下来的钱，你就能买那把藤椅了。

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Then you could put the chair over the spot."

然后你就可以把椅子放在那个污渍上面了。”

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So I bought all three items as well as some yellow curtains and cushions

于是我买了这三样东西，还有一些黄色的窗帘和靠垫。

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You can't imagine how fun it is to shop, and get change back after paying!

您无法想象，买东西付完钱还能拿回找零，是多么有趣！

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Especially since I've never had more than a few cents in my life

尤其是我这辈子手头从没超过几分钱。

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I assure you, Daddy dear, I do appreciate the allowance

我向您保证，亲爱的长腿叔叔，我真的很感激这笔生活费。

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Well, it's time for me to end my first letter. One more thing..

好了，该结束我的第一封信了。还有一件事……

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Sallie just poked her head in my door

莎莉刚刚从门口探进头来。

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She said," I'm so homesick that I simply can't stand it. Do you feel that way?"

她说：“我想家想得简直受不了。你也会这样吗？”

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I smiled a little." No, I think I'll be all right."

我微微一笑。“不，我想我没事的。”

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I've never heard of anyone being orphanage sick. Have you?

我从没听说过谁会想念孤儿院。您听说过吗？

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Yours most respectfully

您最恭敬的，

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Jerusha Abbott

艾伯特·乔若莎