005 新衣和旧物

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November 15

11月15日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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I've changed my name!

我改名字啦！

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I'm still Jerusha to the college

在大学里，我仍是洁露莎。

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But I'm Judy to everyone else

但对其他人来说，我是朱蒂。

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Usually somebody else comes up with a nickname

通常昵称是别人给起的。

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( Just like I gave you the name Daddy Longlegs!)

（就像我给你起了长腿叔叔这个名字！）

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So I guess it's sad that I had to make one up for myself

所以我想，得自己给自己起一个，这有点可怜。

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But that's not totally true

但这也不全对。

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One of the little orphans used to call me Judy

以前有个小孤儿总叫我朱蒂。

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He couldn't say Jerusha when he was learning to talk

他学说话的时候，说不清“杰鲁莎”。

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I always wondered where my name came from

我一直想知道我的名字是怎么来的。

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One day, when I still lived at the orphanage, I asked Mrs. Lippett

有一天，我还在孤儿院的时候，我问了李皮特太太。

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" Did my parents name me Jerusha Abbott?"

“是我父母给我起的名字杰鲁莎·阿博特吗？”

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Mrs. Lippett frowned

李皮特太太皱起了眉头。

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" Oh no. You were like many of the other orphans here

“哦，不。你和这里的许多其他孤儿一样。

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We didn't know your parents' names or your name

我们不知道你父母的名字，也不知道你的名字。

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Someone just left you on the orphanage steps."

有人把你丢在了孤儿院的台阶上。”

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" Then where did my name come from?"

“那我的名字是从哪儿来的呢？”

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" The same place I get all the orphans' names — the telephone book!"

“和我给所有孤儿起名字的地方一样——电话簿！”

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Mrs. Lippett sounded proud of herself

李皮特太太听起来很得意。

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" You'll find Abbott right there on the first page."

“你会在第一页上看到阿伯特。”

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" But where did you find Jerusha?"

“可是你从哪里找到杰鲁莎的呢？”

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" On a tombstone in the cemetery!

“在墓地的墓碑上！

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Now get back to work, Jerusha, and stop asking questions."

现在回去工作，杰鲁莎，别再问问题了。”

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Well, Daddy Longlegs, I never told her this, but I'll tell you

长腿叔叔，我从来没有跟她说过，但我要告诉你。

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I've always hated the name Jerusha

我一直很讨厌杰鲁莎这个名字。

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But I like Judy. It's such a silly name

但我喜欢朱蒂。这是个傻傻的名字。

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It belongs to someone who is the complete opposite of me

它属于一个和我完全相反的人。

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A sweet little blue-eyed thing, whose family adores and spoils her

一个蓝眼睛的甜美小女孩，被家人宠爱着。

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I may have faults, but no one can say that I've been spoiled

我也许有缺点，但没人能说我是被宠坏的。

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So from now on, please call me Judy

所以从现在起，请叫我朱蒂。

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I have some more news for you

我还有些消息要告诉你。

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I made the basketball team!

我入选篮球队了！

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You should see the bruise I got the other day at practice

你真该看看我前几天训练时受的淤青。

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My left shoulder is blue and purple with orange streaks

我的左肩青一块紫一块，还带着橙色条纹。

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For your information, Julia Pendleton didn't make the team

跟你说一声，茱莉亚·彭德尔顿没入选。

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Hooray! ( I really am very mean sometimes.)

万岁！（我有时确实挺刻薄的。）

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I like college more and more every day

我一天比一天更喜欢大学生活了。

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I like the girls ( except for Julia ) and the teachers and the classes and the food

我喜欢那些女孩们（茱莉亚除外），还有老师、课程和食物。

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We have ice cream twice a week

我们每周吃两次冰淇淋。

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We never have cornmeal mush, which we had often at the orphanage

我们从来不吃玉米糊，在孤儿院时却常吃。

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Oh, I just remembered something!

哦，我刚想起一件事！

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I never told you about my clothes

我还没跟你提过我的衣服呢。

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Before school started, Miss Pritchard took me shopping

开学前，普里查德小姐带我去买了衣服。

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( She's on the ladies' committee at the orphanage, but I guess you remember that.)

（她是孤儿院妇女委员会的，不过我想您知道。）

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Anyway, I thought I'd get one new dress

反正，我以为只会买一件新裙子。

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Well, maybe two since you were paying for them

嗯，或许两件，因为是您付钱。

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But here's what happened:

但事情是这样的：

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" I like this dress for classes," I said as we shopped

逛街时我说：“这件裙子上课穿挺合适。”

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" And I like this one for church. May I get both?"

“我还喜欢这件去教堂时穿。我能两件都买吗？”

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Miss Pritchard smiled kindly at me

普里查德小姐亲切地对我笑了笑。

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" You'll need more than two dresses at college."

“在大学里，你需要的裙子可不止两件。”

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" I will?"

“是吗？”

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" Yes, dear. You'll need a suit and an evening dress and at least one dinner dress."

“是的，亲爱的。你还需要一套套装、一件晚礼服，还有至少一件晚餐裙。”

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Who knew college required so many clothes?

谁能想到上大学需要这么多衣服呢？

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So, thanks to you, I now own a dress for classes, a dress for church, and a suit

所以，多亏了您，我现在有了一件上课穿的连衣裙、一件去教堂穿的连衣裙和一套套装。

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Plus, two dinner dresses and a silk evening dress!

另外，还有两件晚餐裙和一件丝绸晚礼服！

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Can you imagine me — an orphan — in an evening dress?

您能想象我——一个孤儿——穿上晚礼服的样子吗？

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I also have three pairs of fine white gloves

我还有三双精致的白手套。

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At the orphanage I received mittens for Christmas

在孤儿院时，圣诞节我收到的是连指手套。

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But I never had beautiful gloves like these

但我从未有过这样漂亮的手套。

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I like them so much that I often try them on

我太喜欢了，经常试戴它们。

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I wish I could wear them to class!

真希望能戴着它们去上课！

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You probably think I'm behaving like a silly girl

您大概觉得我像个傻女孩吧。

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And that you're wasting your money educating me

觉得您花钱供我读书是浪费。

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But, Daddy Longlegs, if you'd worn blue gingham most of your life, you'd understand!

可是，长腿叔叔，如果您大半辈子都穿蓝色格子布衣服，您就会明白了！

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When I started high school, things got even worse

我上高中后，情况更糟了。

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My clothes came from the village poor box

我的衣服来自村里的济贫箱。

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On the first day of school, I sat next to a girl who used to own my dress

开学第一天，我旁边坐着一个女孩，她曾经是我身上这件裙子的主人。

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" Did you see her dress?" the girl next to me whispered to a friend

“你看见她的裙子了吗？”我旁边的女孩对一个朋友低声说。

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" Whose dress?"

“谁的裙子？”

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" The girl from the orphanage. Jerusha."

“孤儿院那个女孩。洁露莎。”

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The second girl studied me

第二个女孩打量着我。

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" Didn't you have a dress like that last year?" she said to the first girl

“你去年不是有一件那样的裙子吗？”她对第一个女孩说。

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" Yes! But it's out of style, so my mother put it in the poor box."

“是啊！不过过时了，所以我妈妈把它放进济贫箱了。”

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Then they laughed while I turned red with shame

然后她们大笑，我羞得满脸通红。

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And this happened every year!

这样的事每年都会发生！

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I'll never forget that feeling

我永远忘不了那种感觉。

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Do you see why I appreciate my new clothes?

您明白我为什么珍惜新衣服了吧？

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Six outfits — all pretty and new and bought just for me

六套衣服——全都漂亮、崭新，而且只为我一个人买的。

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One last thing: I know I shouldn't expect any letters from you

最后还有一件事：我知道不该期待您给我写信。

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And Mrs. Lippett told me not to bother you with questions

李皮特太太也叮嘱过我不要用问题打扰您。

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But I just want to know a few things

但我就是想知道几件事。

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Are you very old or just a little old?

您是很老了，还是只有一点点老？

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Are you completely bald or only a little bald?

您是全秃了，还是只有一点点秃？

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It's hard to picture you without some details

没有一些细节，很难想象您的样子。

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Your well-dressed student

您衣着光鲜的学生，

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Judy Abbott

朱蒂·阿博特