014 萨莉家的圣诞节

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December 31

12月31日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔：

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I meant to thank you for your Christmas check before today

我本想在今天之前就感谢您的圣诞支票。

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But life in the McBride house is very busy!

但麦克布赖德家的生活实在是太忙碌了！

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I used the money for a new evening gown

我用那笔钱买了一件新的晚礼服。

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I must confess that I didn't need a new gown

我必须承认，我并不是真需要一件新礼服。

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I just wanted one!

我只是想要一件！

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I've been having the most wonderful vacation

我度过了一个最棒的假期。

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Sallie lives in a big, old-fashioned brick house

莎莉住在一幢老式的大砖房里。

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It's the kind of house I used to imagine when I lived at the orphanage

这正是我住在孤儿院时，常常想象的那种房子。

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I never imagined that I'd step inside such a place

我从没想过自己能踏进这样的地方。

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But here I am!

但我现在就在这里！

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I think Sallie is surprised at how much I like her house

我想，莎莉对于我如此喜欢她家感到惊讶。

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On our first day here, she showed me around, and I couldn't stop talking

我们到这里的第一天，她带我四处参观，我的话匣子就停不住了。

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" There are so many rooms!" I said

“房间可真多啊！”我说。

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" I'll probably get lost."

“我可能会迷路。”

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" We did lose my little brother, Tom, one rainy day

“有个下雨天，我们确实弄丢了我弟弟汤姆。

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We were playing hide-and-seek and couldn't find him

那时我们在玩捉迷藏，却怎么也找不到他。

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We finally gave up and went downstairs

最后我们放弃了，下了楼。

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Half an hour later, he came sliding down the banister in the front hall!"

半小时后，他竟从前厅的楼梯扶手上滑了下来！”

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" You have so many fireplaces!"

“你们家有好多壁炉啊！”

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I said as we stepped into one of the parlors

我们走进其中一间客厅时，我说道。

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Sallie laughed." We'll make popcorn over the fire one night

莎莉笑了。“改天晚上，我们会在壁炉边做爆米花。

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Speaking of food, let's go visit the kitchen

说到吃东西，我们去厨房看看吧。

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We should say hello to Mrs. Jamison, the cook."

我们该去跟厨娘贾米森太太打个招呼。”

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We stepped into a great big sunny kitchen

我们走进了一间非常宽敞明亮的厨房。

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Mrs. Jamison, a large, cheerful woman, was busy making pies

贾米森太太是位身材高大、性格开朗的女士，正忙着做馅饼。

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She stopped to give Sallie a hug

她停下手中的活，给了莎莉一个拥抱。

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" I saved you a piece of dough to bake."

“我给你留了一小块面团，你可以自己烤着玩。”

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The cook pointed to a miniature pie plate

厨娘指向一个小小的馅饼烤盘。

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" Let's sprinkle it with cinnamon sugar," Sallie said to me

“我们撒点肉桂糖吧，”莎莉对我说。

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" That'll make it taste even better."

“那样会更好吃。”

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Sallie put the dough in the oven, and in a few minutes, we were eating a wonderful treat!

莎莉把面团放进烤箱，几分钟后，我们就吃上了美味的点心！

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All the meals here are delicious, and we have such fun at the table

这里的每顿饭都很好吃，我们在餐桌上也玩得很开心。

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Everybody laughs and jokes and talks at once

大家同时又说又笑，开着玩笑。

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Besides Sallie's parents, her grandmother and siblings live here

除了莎莉的父母，她的祖母和兄弟姐妹也住在这里。

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Sallie's sister, Ellen, is only three, and she's the sweetest little thing

莎莉的妹妹艾伦才三岁，是个非常可爱的小家伙。

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Sallie's younger brother, Tom, is always getting scolded, but in a loving way

莎莉的弟弟汤姆总是挨批评，不过那种批评是充满爱意的。

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He never remembers to wipe his feet when he enters the house

他进屋总不记得擦脚。

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He reminds me of Master Jervie!

他让我想起杰维少爷！

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Sallie also has a handsome big brother named Jimmy

莎莉还有一个英俊的大哥，名叫吉米。

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He's a year older than we are, and he's a junior at Princeton

他比我们大一岁，在普林斯顿读大三。

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We've done so many things since I arrived

我来了之后，我们做了好多事。

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I can't even begin to tell you about them all

我都不知道从何说起了。

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Mr. McBride owns a factory

麦克布莱德先生拥有一家工厂。

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On Christmas Eve he had a Christmas party for his employees' children

平安夜那天，他为员工的孩子们举办了一场圣诞派对。

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There was a Christmas tree, and one of the rooms in the factory was decorated with evergreens and holly

工厂里摆了一棵圣诞树，有一间屋子还用常青树枝和冬青装饰了起来。

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Jimmy was dressed as Santa Claus

吉米打扮成了圣诞老人。

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He wore a white beard and a red suit

他戴着白胡子，穿着红外套。

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A pillow at his waist made him jolly and plump

腰上塞了个枕头，让他看起来乐呵呵、胖乎乎的。

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" You're looking rather fat, brother dear," Sallie said

“你看起来可真够胖的，亲爱的哥哥，”莎莉说。

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" Shh!" I poked her arm

“嘘！”我戳了戳她的胳膊。

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" Don't let the children hear you

“别让孩子们听见了。

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Let them think he's the real Santa Claus!"

让他们以为他就是真的圣诞老人！”

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" This young lady is perfectly correct," Jimmy said to Sallie

“这位年轻女士说得完全正确，”吉米对莎莉说。

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" I don't know who you're calling brother dear." Then he turned to me

“我不知道你在叫谁亲爱的哥哥。”然后他转向了我。

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" I hope you've been a good girl this year

“希望你今年一直是个乖女孩。

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What would you like for Christmas?"

圣诞节想要什么？”

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I laughed

我笑了。

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He's so much fun

他真有趣。

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Sallie and I helped him hand out the presents

莎莉和我帮他分发礼物。

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It was a strange sensation to be handing out gifts

分发礼物有种奇怪的感觉。

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The whole scene reminded me of Christmas at the orphanage

整个场景让我想起了孤儿院的圣诞节。

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Only this time I was playing the part of a kindly trustee instead of an orphan

只是这一次，我扮演的是和蔼的理事，而不是孤儿。

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I even kissed one sticky little boy

我甚至亲了一个黏糊糊的小男孩。

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But I didn't pat anyone on the head

但我没有拍任何人的头。

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I used to hate being patted on the head!

我以前很讨厌被人拍头！

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Right after Christmas the McBrides had a dance at their house — for me!

圣诞节刚过，麦克布莱德家就在家里为我举办了一场舞会！

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" This is the first real ball I've ever attended," I said nervously to Sallie

“这是我第一次参加真正的舞会，”我紧张地对莎莉说。

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She was helping me get dressed

她正在帮我换衣服。

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" Well, you look beautiful!" she said

“哇，你看起来真漂亮！”她说。

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" Turn around so I can see the back of your dress."

“转一圈，让我看看你裙子的背面。”

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I was wearing my new evening gown

我穿着我的新晚礼服。

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( Your Christmas present. Many thanks for that!)

（这是您的圣诞礼物。非常感谢！）

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Plus white satin slippers and long white gloves

还配上了白色缎面拖鞋和长长的白手套。

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Sallie had to button the gloves for me

莎莉不得不帮我扣上手套的扣子。

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It's hard to do that by yourself

自己一个人很难做到。

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" You look perfect," Sallie said." Jimmy will be very impressed."

“你看上去完美极了，”莎莉说，“吉米肯定会印象深刻的。”

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And indeed he was

他确实如此。

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" You look lovely," he said to me

“你看起来真可爱，”他对我说。

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And then we danced every dance

然后我们一支又一支地跳着舞。

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That is, until his mother said he must be polite and ask someone else

直到他母亲说他得礼貌些，去邀请别人跳舞，这才停下。

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I was utterly, totally, completely happy that night

那天晚上，我完完全全、彻彻底底地快乐。

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I only wished that Mrs. Lippett could have seen me dancing with Jimmy McBride

我只希望李皮特太太能看到我和吉米·麦克布莱德跳舞的样子。

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Please tell her about it the next time you visit the John Grier Home

下次您去约翰·格里尔之家时，请跟她讲讲这件事。

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Happy New Year

新年快乐，

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Judy

朱蒂

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P. S. Would you be disappointed if I didn't turn out to be a great author?

另：如果我没有成为一个大作家，您会失望吗？

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What if I'm just a regular girl who likes wearing pretty clothes and dancing with good-looking boys?

要是我只是一个喜欢穿漂亮衣服、和英俊男孩跳舞的普通女孩呢？