E03 003 开学第一天

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0:10 September 24 9月24日
0:16 Dear Kind Trustee Who Sends Orphans to College 亲爱的送孤儿上大学的善良理事，
0:20 Well, here I am at college! 好了，我终于到大学了！
0:23 I traveled for four hours on the train 我在火车上坐了四个小时。
0:29 I never rode on a train before 我之前从没坐过火车。
0:34 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！
0:40 I get lost whenever I leave my room 我每次一离开房间就会迷路。
0:45 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。
0:49 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。
0:53 I've only written three or four in my life 我这辈子也就只写过三四封信。
0:56 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。
1:00 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。
1:05 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。
1:09 Including how I should behave toward you 包括该如何对待您。
1:12 " 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。”
1:20 " 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？
1:26 I wish he'd chosen a more interesting name 我真希望他挑个更有意思的名字。
1:28 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。”
1:34 " Jerusha!" Mrs. Lippett was shocked “洁若莎！”李皮特太太大吃一惊。
1:39 " That is not respectful!" “这太不恭敬了！”
1:43 I thought about you a great deal this summer 这个夏天我经常想起您。
1:47 You've taken an interest in me 您一直关心着我。
1:49 That makes me almost feel that I have a family 这让我几乎感觉我也有个家了。
1:53 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。
1:59 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。
2:04 I only know three things about you: 我只知道关于您的三件事：
2:07 1. You are tall 第一，您个子很高。
2:09 2. You are rich 第二，您很有钱。
2:12 3. You hate girls 第三，您讨厌女孩子。
2:14 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。
2:21 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。
2:26 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。
2:29 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。
2:33 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。
2:37 But at least you'll stay tall all your life! 但至少你这辈子都会这么高！
2:41 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。
2:47 It's just a private nickname 这只是个私底下的绰号。
2:51 Please don't tell Mrs. Lippett! 请千万别告诉李皮特太太！
2:54 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。
2:59 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。
3:04 There are three other girls on the same floor 同一层还住着另外三个女孩。
3:08 There's a senior who wears glasses 有一位高年级生，她戴着眼镜。
3:11 She's always telling us to be quiet 她老是叫我们安静点。
3:17 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。
3:23 Sallie has red hair and is quite friendly 莎莉有一头红发，人很友善。
3:27 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。
3:32 She hasn't noticed me yet 她还没注意到我呢。
3:37 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。
3:43 Usually freshmen can't get singles 新生通常是不能住单人间的。
3:46 But I got one without even asking 但我没怎么要求就分到了一间。
3:50 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。
3:55 So there are advantages to being an orphan! 所以，当个孤儿也是有好处哒！
3:59 I'm going to enjoy my own room 我要好好享受我自己的房间。
4:02 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！
4:08 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。
4:16 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。
4:22 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。
4:26 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。
4:32 She and I were born to be enemies! 她和我，天生就是敌人！
4:36 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。
4:39 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。
4:46 " 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。
4:50 " 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。”
4:54 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。
4:58 But Sallie steered me toward a wooden desk 但莎莉把我引向了一张木书桌。
5:02 " You should bid on that. It's very nice." “你应该竞拍那个。它很漂亮。”
5:07 " What about that brown rug over there?" I said “那边那块棕色地毯怎么样？”我说。
5:13 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。
5:17 " 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。
5:23 " 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。
5:28 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。”
5:32 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。
5:38 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！
5:44 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。
5:49 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。
5:54 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……
6:00 Sallie just poked her head in my door 莎莉刚刚从门口探进头来。
6:02 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？”
6:09 I smiled a little." No, I think I'll be all right." 我微微一笑。“不，我想我没事的。”
6:17 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？
6:22 Yours most respectfully 您最恭敬的，
6:24 Jerusha Abbott 艾伯特·乔若莎