013 二年级开始

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September 20

9月20日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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Here I am — a sophomore!

我回来啦，大二了！

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I was sorry to leave Lock Willow, but glad to see the campus again

离开洛克威洛我很不舍，但回到校园又很高兴。

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Before I left the farm, I weighed myself on the flour scales at the general store

离开农场前，我在杂货店的面粉秤上称了体重。

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I gained nine pounds over the summer!

一个夏天我重了九磅！

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I highly recommend Lock Willow Farm as a health resort

我强烈推荐洛克威洛农场作为疗养胜地。

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It's so nice to come back to a familiar place

回到熟悉的地方真好。

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I'm beginning to feel at home at college

我开始感觉在大学里像在家一样了。

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In fact, I'm starting to feel at home in the world

事实上，我开始在这个世界上有家的感觉了。

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And now, Daddy Longlegs, listen to this

现在，长腿爸爸，听听这个吧。

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Who do you think my roommates are?

你猜我的室友都是谁？

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Sallie McBride and Julia Rutledge Pendleton

莎莉·麦克布莱德 和 朱莉娅·拉特利奇·彭德尔顿。

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Seriously, that's the truth

说真的，千真万确。

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We have three bedrooms and a study

我们有三个卧室和一个书房。

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Last spring Sallie and I decided to room together

去年春天，莎莉和我决定住在一起。

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Julia wanted to stay with Sallie

朱莉娅想和莎莉住在一起。

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I can't imagine why

我想不明白为什么。

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They're not the least bit alike

她们毫无相似之处。

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But I guess Pendletons don't like change

不过我猜，彭德尔顿家的人不爱改变。

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Anyway, here we are

总之，我们到了。

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Jerusha Abbott, formerly of the John Grier Home for Orphans, is now rooming with a Pendleton

杰鲁莎·阿博特，以前住在约翰·格里尔孤儿院，现在正和一位彭德尔顿家的人同住。

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Can you imagine that?

你能想象吗？

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This semester I'm starting chemistry, a very strange subject

这学期我开始学化学，一门非常陌生的学科。

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I'm also taking world history, Shakespeare, and French

我还在上世界历史、莎士比亚和法语课。

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There's one girl in my French class, who chatters away in French

我法语课上有个女孩，她总叽叽喳喳地讲法语。

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Her family lived in France for three years, so she went to school there

她家人在法国住了三年，所以她在那儿上过学。

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She's far ahead of the rest of us in class

她在班上遥遥领先于我们其他人。

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I had such poor French training in high school

我高中时法语训练太差了。

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I wish my parents had dropped me off at a French school instead of at the orphanage

我真希望父母当初是把我送到法语学校，而不是孤儿院。

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On second thought, forget about that

仔细想想，还是别提了。

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If I'd gone to school in France, I wouldn't know you!

要是我去了法国上学，就不会认识您了！

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And I would rather know you than French

比起会说法语，我更愿意认识您。

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Yours

爱你的，

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Judy

杰鲁莎

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P. S. Sallie is running for class president

附言：莎莉正在竞选班长。

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Julia and I are helping her campaign

茱莉亚和我在帮她助选。

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October 17

10月17日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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I have to tell you about the strange things we talk about at supper here

我必须跟您讲讲我们这儿晚餐时聊的怪事。

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The other night we had lemon gelatin for dessert

有天晚上，我们甜点吃了柠檬果冻。

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That led to the following discussion:

然后就有了下面的讨论：

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" Suppose we filled the college swimming pool with lemon gelatin," Sallie said

“假如我们把大学游泳池装满柠檬果冻，”莎莉说。

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" You'd get in trouble!" Julia said

“你会惹上麻烦的！”茱莉亚说。

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" Wait! I'm not finished

“等等！我还没说完。

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Could a person swim on top of it, or would she sink?"

人能在上面游，还是会沉下去？”

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" How could you swim through lemon gelatin?" I licked my spoon

“柠檬果冻里怎么游得动？”我舔了舔勺子。

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" I'm sure the best swimmer in the world would sink."

“我敢肯定，世上最好的游泳健将也会沉下去的。”

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" I think I could swim in it," said Sallie

“我觉得我能在里面游，”莎莉说。

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We debated the question for half an hour and still couldn't agree

我们为这个问题争论了半个小时，还是没达成一致。

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" It would be very strange to drown in gelatin," said Julia

“在果冻里淹死会很奇怪。”茱莉亚说。

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" Whether lemon or a different flavor

“不管是柠檬味还是别的口味。

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But I have another question

但我还有一个问题。

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What shape are the rooms in an octagon house?"

八角形房子里的房间是什么形状的？”

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" They're square," said Sallie

“是正方形的。”莎莉说。

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Quite a few of the other girls agreed with her

其他不少女孩同意她。

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I tried to remember last year's geometry class

我试着回忆去年的几何课。

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" No, I think the rooms would be shaped like a piece of pie."

“不，我觉得房间的形状会像一块派。”

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That led to another round of discussion at our table

那在我们桌上引发了又一轮讨论。

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We still couldn't agree, but I'm sure I'm right

我们仍然没法达成一致，但我确信我是对的。

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What do you think, Daddy Longlegs?

你怎么看，长腿叔叔？

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Finally, I had a question for the group

终于，我有个问题要问大家。

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Suppose you were sitting inside a hollow sphere made of mirrors

假设你坐在一个由镜子做成的空心球体里面。

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Where would it stop reflecting your face and start reflecting your back?

它会在哪里停止映出你的脸，转而开始映出你的后背呢？

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No one spoke because no one had an answer

没人说话，因为谁也没有答案。

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Julia shook her head

茱莉亚摇了摇头。

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" The more you think about that one, the more puzzling it gets."

“那个问题越想越令人困惑。”

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So you see what deep discussions we have over supper!

所以你看，我们晚饭时的讨论有多深奥！

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Did I ever tell you the results of the election? Sallie won!

我有没有告诉过你选举的结果？莎莉赢了！

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As her roommates, Julia and I are very important people now on campus

作为她的室友，茱莉亚和我在校园里现在可是重要人物了。

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But it can be a strain living with a president!

但和班长住在一起有时也挺有压力的！

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Best

祝好，

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Judy

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November 12

11月12日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔：

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We beat the freshmen at basketball yesterday!

我们昨天打篮球赢了大一新生！

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Now we'd really like to beat the juniors

现在我们真想再赢大三的。

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Sallie has invited me to spend Christmas vacation with her family

莎莉邀请我去她家过圣诞假期。

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I couldn't believe she asked me

我真不敢相信她邀请了我。

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We were walking back to our room after classes

下课后，我们一起走回宿舍。

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" I'd love to go!" I gave her a hug

“我很想去！”我抱了抱她。

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" That's so nice of you to invite me."

“你邀请我真是太好了。”

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" You'll like my family," she said

“你会喜欢我家人的，”她说。

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" I have a sister and two brothers, and my grandmother lives with us too

“我有一个姐姐、两个哥哥，我祖母也和我们住在一起。

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Oh, and we have a cat. You like cats, right?"

哦，我们还有一只猫。你喜欢猫，对吧？”

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" Sure!"

“当然啦！”

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I was so happy that I practically skipped the rest of the way to our dorm

我开心得简直是一路蹦蹦跳跳回到了宿舍。

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I've never stayed in a real house with a real family

我还从没在一个真正的家庭里、一栋真正的房子里住过。

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I mean, the farmhouse at Lock Willow was a real house

我是说，洛克威洛农场的房子也是真正的房子。

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But Mr. and Mrs. Semple were old, and there weren't any children around

但森普尔夫妇年纪大了，而且周围也没有孩子。

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Packing my trunk and going away is much more fun than staying here for vacation

收拾行李出发，比留在这里度假有趣多了。

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I'm so excited!

我太兴奋了！

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And now I must run to rehearsal

现在我得赶去排练了。

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I'm in the Thanksgiving show, but you'd never recognize me

我要参加感恩节的演出，但你肯定认不出我来。

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I wear a velvet tunic and a blond wig because I'm a prince!

我穿着天鹅绒短袍，戴着金色假发，因为我演的是个王子！

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Yours

你的，

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Judy

朱迪