016 纽约之旅

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March 28

3月28日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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So many good things have happened!

发生了好多好事！

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I won the short story contest that the college magazine holds every year

我赢得了学院杂志每年举办的短篇小说比赛。

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And I'm just a sophomore!

而且我还只是个大二学生！

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The other contestants were mostly seniors

其他参赛者大多是大四的。

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When I saw my name posted, I couldn't believe I'd won

当我看到我的名字被贴出来时，简直不敢相信我赢了。

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First prize is twenty-five dollars

一等奖是二十五美元。

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I also got a part in the spring play, As You Like It

我还在春季戏剧《皆大欢喜》里得到了一个角色。

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That's something else that Shakespeare wrote

那是莎士比亚写的另一部作品。

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Besides Hamlet, of course

当然，除了《哈姆雷特》。

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Last but not least... Julia, Sallie, and I are traveling to New York City next weekend

最后但同样重要的是……茱莉亚、萨莉和我下周末要去纽约市。

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We're going to do some spring shopping

我们要去做春季购物。

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Master Jervie has invited us to the theater on Saturday

杰维少爷邀请我们周六去剧院看戏。

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Julia will stay at home with her family

茱莉亚会和家人一起住。

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But Sallie and I are going to stay at a hotel

但萨莉和我要住旅馆。

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I've never been in a hotel or a theater!

我从没住过旅馆，也没进过剧院！

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And what do you think we're going to see at the theater?

你猜我们在剧院会看什么？

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Hamlet. Imagine that!

《哈姆雷特》。真不敢相信！

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We studied it for a month in Shakespeare class

我们在莎士比亚课上学了一个月的《哈姆雷特》。

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I know it by heart

我烂熟于心。

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I'm so excited that I can hardly sleep

我兴奋得几乎睡不着觉。

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Yours

你的，

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Judy

朱迪

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April 7

4月7日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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My goodness! New York City is big!

天哪！纽约城可真大！

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Do you really live in all that confusion?

你真的住在那样喧嚣的地方吗？

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It'll take me months to recover from just two days there

才待了两天，我得花几个月才能缓过来。

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I can't begin to tell you everything I saw

我简直无法向你细述我所见到的一切。

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But I guess you know what New York is like

不过我想您知道纽约是什么样子。

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Sallie, Julia, and I went shopping on Saturday morning

萨莉、朱莉娅和我周六早上去购物了。

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Those shop windows were filled with so many lovely things

那些商店橱窗里摆满了可爱的东西。

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They make you want to devote your life to clothes

它们让你想把一生都奉献给衣服。

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" I need some new hats," Julia said

“我需要一些新帽子，”朱莉娅说。

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We entered the most gorgeous shop on the block

我们走进了街区里最华丽的商店。

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The walls were white and gold

墙壁是白色和金色的。

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There were blue silk curtains and gold chairs

有蓝色的丝绸窗帘和金色的椅子。

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A pretty blond woman in a black gown welcomed us

一位穿着黑色礼服、漂亮的金发女士迎接了我们。

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It was like paying a social call at someone's home!

这就像去别人家做社交拜访一样！

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" Please take a seat in front of the mirror," she said to Julia

“请在镜子前坐下，”她对朱莉娅说。

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Then the woman brought over a selection of beautiful hats

然后那位女士拿来了一顶顶漂亮的帽子。

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" Each one is lovelier than the last," Sallie said

“一顶比一顶更可爱，”萨莉说。

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I could only nod and watch as Julia tried them on

我只能点头，看着朱莉娅试戴。

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At last Julia pointed to the two loveliest hats of all

最后朱莉娅指向了其中两顶最可爱的帽子。

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" I'll take both of those."

“这两顶我都要了。”

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She handed the woman a card with her name and address

她递给那位女士一张写有姓名和地址的卡片。

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" Please send them to this address."

“请送到这个地址。”

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" Julia never asked the prices!" Sallie whispered to me

“朱莉娅根本没问价格！”萨莉对我轻声说。

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" I know!" I whispered back

“我知道！”我轻声回答。

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" I cannot imagine being able to buy any hat I wanted!"

“我简直无法想象能想买什么帽子就买什么帽子！”

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Next we met Master Jervie for lunch at Sherry's

接下来，我们在雪莉餐厅和杰维少爷一起吃午饭。

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Have you ever been there?

您去过那里吗？

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Picture Sherry's — it's a really fancy restaurant

想象一下雪莉餐厅——那是一家非常高档的餐厅。

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Then picture the dining room at the orphanage with its plain white dishes and worn-out tables

再想象一下孤儿院的饭厅，那里只有素净的白盘子和破旧的桌子。

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Quite the contrast!

真是天壤之别！

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I ate my fish with the wrong fork

我吃鱼时用错了叉子。

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But the waiter very kindly gave me another one

不过服务员很和善，给了我另一把。

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I don't think anyone noticed

我想没人注意到。

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After lunch we went straight to the theater

午饭后，我们直接去了剧院。

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I sat between Sallie and Master Jervie

我坐在萨莉和杰维少爷中间。

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" Are you eager to see the play?" he asked me

“你渴望看这部剧吗？”他问我。

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" Oh yes! I've been looking forward to it!"

“哦，是的！我一直盼着呢！”

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I was so excited, and the play hadn't even started yet

我太激动了，戏甚至还没开演呢。

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Hamlet was amazing! Dazzling! Marvelous!

《哈姆雷特》太棒了！令人目眩！精彩绝伦！

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" Isn't Shakespeare wonderful?" Master Jervie said to me at intermission

“莎士比亚是不是很了不起？”幕间休息时杰维少爷对我说。

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" I thought I liked Hamlet while I was reading it, but now..

“我本以为读剧本时我就喜欢《哈姆雷特》了，但现在...

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It's so much better onstage than reading it at school."

在舞台上看，比在学校里读它可要精彩多了。”

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Master Jervie smiled

杰维少爷微微一笑。

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I'm sure my eyes were wide as saucers

我确信我当时的眼睛一定瞪得像碟子一样大。

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But I don't care

不过我不在乎。

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Maybe I'll become an actress instead of a writer

也许我不会成为作家，而是会当个演员。

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I'll send you tickets for all my shows

我每场演出的票都会寄给你。

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Then I'll smile at you from the stage

到时候，我会在舞台上对你微笑。

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Please wear a red rose in your buttonhole

请你一定要在扣眼上，别一朵红玫瑰。

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I'd hate to smile at the wrong man

我可不想对着不相干的人微笑。

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We returned to school on Saturday night

我们是在周六晚上回到学校的。

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We ate supper on the train. There were little tables with pink lamps

晚饭是在火车上吃的。那有小桌子，还配着粉色的台灯。

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" I never heard of meals being served on a train," I said as we sat down

我们坐下时，我说："我从没听说过火车上还能吃饭。"

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" Where on earth did you grow up?" Julia asked

"你究竟是在哪里长大的？"茱莉亚问。

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" In a village," I said quietly

"在一个村子里。"我轻声回答。

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I hoped she wouldn't ask any more questions

希望她别再往下问了。

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" Did you ever travel?" she asked

"你旅行过吗？"她又问。

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" Not till I went to college

"直到上大学才出门。

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And then it was only 160 miles, and we didn't eat in the dining car."

而且那次只走了160英里，也没在餐车吃饭。"

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She smiled." I can't imagine that

她笑了。"真想象不出来。

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You say the funniest things!"

你说话太有意思了！"

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I try not to say funny things, but they pop out when I'm surprised

我没想故意说怪话，只是一吃惊就不由自主地冒出来了。

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At least I don't make as many mistakes as I used to

至少，我现在不像以前那样总犯错了。

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I'm learning how people who didn't grow up in orphanages live

我在学着了解，那些不是在孤儿院长大的人是怎么生活的。

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So I feel more comfortable around the other girls now

所以，现在和别的女孩们相处，我感觉自在多了。

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I forgot to tell you about our flowers!

差点忘了告诉你我们收到的花！

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Master Jervie gave us each a bunch of violets and lilies of the valley

杰维少爷送了我们每人一束紫罗兰和铃兰。

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Wasn't that sweet of him?

他真是贴心，对吧？

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I never used to care much for men

以前，我对男人从来没什么好感。

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But I'm changing my mind

但现在，我的想法变了。

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Yours always

永远爱你的，

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Judy

朱迪