007 大学的圣诞节

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January 10

1月10日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs:

亲爱的长腿叔叔：

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I was so surprised to receive a Christmas gift from you!

收到你的圣诞礼物，真让我惊喜！

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I'm not used to getting Christmas presents

我不太习惯收圣诞礼物。

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You've already given me so many things. ( Actually, everything I own!)

你已经给了我那么多东西。（其实，我所有的东西都是你给的！）

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I really don't feel that I deserve anything extra

我真的觉得我不配得到任何额外的东西。

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But I do like your gift very much

但我真的非常喜欢你的礼物。

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Do you want to know what I bought with the money?

你想知道我用那笔钱买了什么吗？

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1. A silver watch to help me get to classes on time

1. 一块银手表，好帮我准时上课

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2. A book of poetry

2. 一本诗集

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3. A hot-water bottle to put in my bed at night

3. 一个晚上放在床上的热水袋。

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4. A heavy blanket. My room in the tower is cold!

4. 一条厚毯子。我塔楼里的房间太冷了！

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5. Five hundred sheets of yellow paper. I'm going to start being an author pretty soon

5. 五百张黄色的纸。我马上就要开始当作家了。

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6. A dictionary of synonyms to increase my vocabulary

6. 一本同义词词典，用来增加我的词汇量。

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7. A pair of silk stockings

7. 一双丝绸长袜。

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I don't like to confess that I bought silk stockings

我不太想承认我买了丝绸长袜。

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But you must admit that I tell you everything

但您得承认，我什么都告诉您了。

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I bought them for a petty reason

我买它们是出于一个有点虚荣的理由。

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Julia Pendleton often comes into my room to do geometry homework

朱莉娅·彭德尔顿常来我房间做几何作业。

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And she sits cross-legged on my couch, wearing beautiful silk stockings

她就盘腿坐在我的沙发上，穿着漂亮的丝绸长袜。

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As soon as she returns from vacation, I'll go sit on her couch

等她一度完假回来，我就坐到她的沙发上去。

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And you know what I'll be wearing — beautiful silk stockings!

而且你知道我会穿什么吗——漂亮的丝绸长袜！

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So you see what a horrible person I am

所以你看，我多可怕啊。

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But you already knew I wasn't perfect

但你早就知道我并不完美。

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I bet Mrs. Lippett made sure of that!

我敢肯定李佩特太太早就让你明白这点了！

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Meanwhile I'm pretending that my purchases were sent as gifts from my family

不过，我现在正假称这些东西都是家人送的礼物。

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That is, my imaginary family who lives in California

也就是我假象中的、住在加州的家人。

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The watch is from Father; the blanket is from Mother

手表是爸爸送的；毯子是妈妈送的。

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My grandmother sent the hot-water bottle

热水袋是祖母送的。

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( She's always worrying that I'll catch a cold in this weather.)

（她老是担心我在这种天气会着凉。）

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My little brother, Harry, sent the paper

我的小弟弟，哈利，送了我那沓纸。

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My sister, Isabel, gave me the stockings, and Aunt Susan wanted me to have the book

我姐姐，伊莎贝尔，送了我长袜，而苏珊姨妈想让我拥有那本书。

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Uncle Harry ( little Harry is named after him ) sent the dictionary

哈利姨父（小哈利就是以他的名字命名的）送了那本词典。

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He wanted to send chocolates, but I insisted on synonyms

他本来想送巧克力，但我坚持要同义词词典。

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And now I will tell you what I've done over vacation

现在，我要告诉你我假期里都做了什么。

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Leonora Fenton is the freshman from Texas who's also staying in the dorm

莱奥诺拉·芬顿是来自德克萨斯州的新生，她也住在宿舍里。

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I like Leonora, but not as much as I like Sallie McBride

我喜欢莱奥诺拉，但不如我喜欢莎莉·麦克布莱德那么多。

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( Of course, I like you best of all because you're my whole family rolled into one.)

（当然，我最喜欢的还是你，因为你是我全家人的集合体。）

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Anyway, Leonora and I have taken long walks nearly every day

不管怎样，莱奥诺拉和我几乎每天都去长距离散步。

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A sophomore named Penelope came too

一个名叫佩内洛普的二年级学生也一起去了。

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One day we walked into town. That's four miles away!

有一天，我们步行进了城。那可有四英里远呢！

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" I'm starving!" I said when we finally reached town

“我饿坏了！”我们终于到城里时，我说。

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" So am I! Let's get something to eat," Leonora said

“我也是！我们去吃点东西吧。”莱奥诺拉说。

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Penelope pointed across the street

佩内洛普指了指街对面。

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" Over there is a restaurant where a lot of the college girls like to eat."

“那边有家餐厅，很多大学女生很喜欢去那里吃饭。”

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We went in and ordered our food

我们走进去，点了餐。

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We had broiled lobster (35 cents )

我们吃了烤龙虾（35美分）。

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And for dessert we ate pancakes and maple syrup (15 cents )

甜点，我们吃了配枫糖浆的煎饼（15美分）。

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Nourishing and cheap!

既营养又便宜！

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" Eating in a restaurant is so much fun!" Leonora said

“在餐厅吃饭太有趣了呀！”莱奥诺拉说。

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" Especially for me!" I said

“特别是为我准备的！”我说。

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Then I almost blurted out that I'd grown up in the orphanage

然后我差点脱口而出，我是在孤儿院长大的。

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Instead I made a quick recovery

不过我马上改口了。

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" Because whenever I leave campus, I feel like an escaped convict."

“因为每次离开校园，我都觉得自己像个逃犯。”

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" Me too!" Penelope agreed

“我也是！”佩内洛普表示同意。

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" You can't spend all your time in your room. That gets boring."

“你不能老待在房间里，那会很无聊的。”

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It's really hard for me not to tell people everything about myself

对我来说，不把自己所有的事告诉别人，真的很难。

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If I didn't have you to tell things to, I'd burst!

要是没有你听我说这些事，我肯定会憋坏的！

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Here's something else we did over vacation

这是我们在假期里做的另一件事。

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On Friday night we made molasses candy

周五晚上，我们做了糖浆糖果。

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Several girls from other dorms joined us

其他宿舍的几个女孩也加入了我们。

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They hadn't gone anywhere for vacation either

她们假期里也没去别的地方。

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In the large kitchen inside our dorm, the chef wore a white hat and apron

在我们宿舍的大厨房里，大厨戴着白帽子，系着白围裙。

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He handed out hats and aprons to everyone

他给每个人都发了帽子和围裙。

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" Where did he get so many of these?" I said as I helped Leonora tie her apron

“他从哪儿弄来这么多啊？”我一边帮莱奥诺拉系围裙一边说。

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She shrugged." Who knows?"

她耸耸肩：“谁知道呢？”

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Then we all turned into cooks

然后我们全都变成了厨师。

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We made a mess, but it was lots of fun

我们弄得一团糟，但玩得非常开心。

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" Let's take candy to the professors!" one of the older girls said

“咱们给教授们送点糖果吧！”一个年纪大点的女孩说。

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So, still wearing our hats and aprons, we paraded through the halls to the faculty parlor

于是，我们依然戴着帽子、系着围裙，浩浩荡荡地穿过走廊，来到了教师休息室。

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We interrupted some professors, who were quietly reading

我们打扰了几位正在安静看书的教授。

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But we left them sucking on molasses candy, sticky and speechless

不过，我们留他们在那里嘬着糖浆糖果，嘴巴黏得说不出话来。

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Vacation will be over in two days, and I'll be glad to see all the other girls again

再过两天假期就结束了，能再见到其他女孩们我会很高兴。

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It's a little lonely with only nine people in a dorm built for four hundred

为四百人建的宿舍只住了九个人，有点孤单。

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I'd be happy except for one thing. Exams are next month!

我本来会很高兴，只可惜有件事——下个月就要考试了！

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Yours with love

爱你的，

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Judy

朱迪

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P. S. I hope it's okay to sign my letter that way

附言：希望这样签名字没关系。

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I have to love somebody, and the choice is between you and Mrs. Lippett

我总得爱一个人，而这个选择是在你和利皮特太太之间。

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So I choose you!

所以我选你！