024 学习游泳

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March 5

三月五日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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You'll be happy to hear that I passed all my exams. Hooray!

您一定会很高兴听到，我所有的考试都通过了。万岁！

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Everybody has to take gym class this semester, so I'm learning to swim

这学期每个人都必须上体育课，所以我正在学游泳。

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" I hear they're teaching swimming a new way," I said to Sallie

“我听说他们用一种新方法教游泳，”我对莎莉说。

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We were sitting in our study, drinking tea

我们正坐在书房里喝茶。

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" But before I can go to class, I need a bathing suit

“但在我去上课之前，我需要一件泳衣。

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Where will I find one this time of year?"

这个时节，我上哪儿才能找到一件呢？”

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Sallie stood up and went into her room

莎莉站起身来，走进了她的房间。

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She came back holding a blue wool bathing suit

她回来时，手里拿着一件蓝色的羊毛泳衣。

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" Right here! I have an extra one." She passed it to me

“就是这件！我刚好有一件多余的。”她递给我。

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So with my " new " bathing suit, I started lessons the next week

于是，穿着这件“新”泳衣，我从下一周开始上课。

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The pool is made of cement and marble

游泳池是用水泥和大理石建成的。

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It's a gift from a former student

这是一位以前的学生赠送的礼物。

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At the start of class, we all sat along the edge of the pool

上课时，我们都沿池边坐着。

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" Listen to me, girls," the instructor said

“姑娘们，听我说，”教练说道。

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" I'm going to explain our new swimming system

“我要讲解一下我们的新游泳教学系统。

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But I need a volunteer."

但是，我需要一名志愿者。”

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She looked at the line of girls, dangling their feet in the water

她看着一排女孩，她们把脚垂在水里晃荡。

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No one raised a hand to volunteer

没有人举手。

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" All right, you!" She pointed to me

“好了，你！”她指着我说。

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I stood up, and she gave me a special belt to fasten around my waist

我站起来，她递给我一条特制的腰带，让我系在腰上。

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Then she hooked a rope onto a ring at the back of the belt

然后她把一根绳子钩在了腰带后面的环上。

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" As you can see, this rope is attached to a pulley up there."

“如你所见，这根绳子连在那上面的滑轮上。”

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The instructor pointed to the ceiling

教练指向天花板。

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" I'll hold on to the other end of the rope and keep you from sinking

“我会抓住绳子的另一端，不让你沉下去。

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Get into the water, please."

请下水吧。”

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So I slid into the pool

于是我滑进了泳池。

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That pulley system would be wonderful if I had confidence in the instructor

要是我对教练有信心，那个滑轮系统该多好啊。

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But I was afraid she wouldn't hold on tightly

可我担心她抓不紧。

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I kept looking at her, and as a result, I didn't make much progress

我老是看她，结果自己没多大进步。

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There's always next week!

下周还有机会！

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Yours

你的，

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Judy

朱迪

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April 24

4月24日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔：

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Spring has finally arrived!

春天终于来了！

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You should see how beautiful the campus is

你真该看看校园有多美。

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I think you should come and see it for yourself

我觉得你应该亲自来看看。

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You could also see me while you're here

你来了也能顺便看看我。

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But you should tell me in advance when you're coming

可你下次来要提前告诉我。

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Last Friday Jervie dropped in again, but he chose an inconvenient time

上周五杰维又顺道来看我，却挑了个不凑巧的日子。

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One of the freshmen came upstairs to say we had a visitor

有个一年级的新生上来说有人来访。

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Julia was at class, and Sallie was packing her suitcase

朱莉娅在上课，赛莉在收拾行李箱。

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So I went downstairs and there he was, sitting on a sofa

于是我下了楼，他就在那儿，坐在沙发上。

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He was holding a small bunch of flowers, which he handed to me

他手里拿着一小束鲜花，递给了我。

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" These are so lovely!"

"这花真美！"

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I buried my nose in the flowers and inhaled the sweet scent

我把鼻子埋进花里，闻着甜甜的香气。

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Jervie laughed." Let's go walking and then we can have tea in town."

杰维笑了："我们先散散步，然后去镇上喝下午茶吧。"

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" Oh, Jervie, I can't. Sallie and I are about to leave for Princeton."

"哦，杰维，我去不了。赛莉和我正准备去普林斯顿呢。"

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He looked disappointed

他看起来很失望。

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" Princeton? Why are you going there?"

“普林斯顿？为什么要去那儿？”

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" Sallie's brother, Jimmy, and his roommate have invited us for the weekend

“赛莉的哥哥吉米和他的室友邀请我们周末去玩。

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We're going to attend a dance and a ball game."

我们要去参加一场舞会和一场球赛。”

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" You're going all that way by yourselves?" Jervie frowned in a disapproving way

“你们俩就自己去那么远的地方？”杰维皱起眉头，一副不赞成的样子。

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" Oh no! Sallie's mother is coming along as our chaperone."

“哦，不是的！赛莉的妈妈会陪我们一起去，当我们的监护人。”

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Jervie was still frowning, but there was nothing I could do about that

杰维仍然皱着眉头，但对此我也无能为力。

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" I'm really glad to see you," I said," and these flowers are lovely

“真的很高兴见到你，”我说，“这些花也很漂亮。

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But I have to run or we'll miss our train

但我必须跑着走了，不然就赶不上火车了。

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If you wait here, I'm sure Julia will be back from class in half an hour."

如果你在这儿等的话，我确定茱莉亚半小时后就下课回来了。”

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Jervie told me to have a good time, but somehow I don't think he meant it

杰维让我玩得开心，但不知怎的，我觉得他不是真心的。

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I didn't ask you if I could go because I was afraid you'd say no

我没有问你是否可以让我去，因为我怕你会拒绝。

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But everything was perfectly proper

但一切都完全合乎规矩。

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We got permission from the college to be away for the weekend

我们得到了学院的外出许可，可以度周末。

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We had a wonderful time, but there are too many details to tell you here

我们玩得很开心，但细节太多，就不在这里说了。

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You know, I do love writing to you

你知道，我真的很喜欢给你写信。

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Although I must confess, you're not the only man I write to

但我必须坦白，你不是我唯一写信的男士。

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There are two others!

还有另外两位！

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Did you ever hear anything so shocking?

你听说过这么令人震惊的事吗？

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I've been receiving lovely, long letters this winter from Jervie

这个冬天，我一直收到杰维寄来的可爱的长信。

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My address is typewritten on the envelope, so Julia won't recognize his handwriting

信封上的地址是打字机打的，这样茱莉娅就认不出他的笔迹。

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And every week or so, I get a letter from Jimmy at Princeton

而且大约每周，我都会收到在普林斯顿的吉米的来信。

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It's usually scrawled on yellow paper

信通常潦草地写在黄纸上。

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He writes my address on the envelope himself

他会自己在信封上写我的地址。

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Apparently Jimmy doesn't care if Sallie knows he's writing to me

显然吉米不在意赛莉知道他给我写信。

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I answer all my letters promptly whether written on fine stationery or lined paper

无论信是写在精美信纸还是横格纸上，我都会及时回复。

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Speaking of letters, I should put this one in the mail before dinner

说到信，我应该在晚饭前把这封信寄出去。

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Affectionately

爱你的，

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Judy

朱迪

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P. S. You'll never guess the topic of my paper for sociology class

附：你绝对猜不到我社会学课的论文题目。

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It's about the care of children in orphanages

是关于孤儿院儿童照料的。

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The professor wrote the topics on cards and then handed them to us at random

教授把题目写在卡片上，然后随机发给我们。

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I almost laughed out loud when I saw mine

看到我的题目时，我差点笑出声。

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I'm an expert on that subject!

我可是这方面的专家！