025 诱人的提议

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June 4

6月4日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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We're very busy right now

我们现在非常忙碌。

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Exams start tomorrow

明天开始考试。

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The weather is so lovely, but there's no time to enjoy it

天气真好，可惜没时间享受。

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Oh well. Vacation's coming

唉，反正假期快到了。

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We took a break from studying today to discuss our summer plans

今天我们暂停学习，讨论暑假计划。

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" I'm going to Europe again," Julia said

“我又要去欧洲了，”朱莉娅说。

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I put down my pen." Oh, you're so lucky!"

我放下笔。“哦，你太幸运了！”

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" I guess so

“算是吧。”

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But sometimes I get bored being away from my friends for the whole summer

但有时候，整个夏天都离开朋友们，我会觉得无聊。

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This will be my fourth trip."

这将是我第四次旅行了。”

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I'd be happy to go on my first trip — or my tenth!

哪怕是第一次旅行——或者第十次，我都会很开心！

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But I didn't want to act like I was jealous. Even though I was!

但我不想表现出嫉妒的样子，尽管我心里确实嫉妒！

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" I'm going to our summer house in the mountains." Sallie looked at me

“我要去我们山里的避暑别墅。”莎莉看着我。

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" I wish you were coming with me."

“真希望你能和我一起去。”

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" So do I. But my guardian would never agree to that

“我也希望。但我的监护人绝不会同意的。

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I didn't even dare to ask."

我甚至都不敢问。”

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Julia looked at me

茱莉娅看着我。

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" Are you going back to that farm in the middle of nowhere?"

“你又要回到那个偏僻的农场去吗？”

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" Yes, at the end of the summer

“是的，在夏末的时候。

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But first I'm tutoring Mrs. Charles Paterson's daughters

不过，我得先辅导查尔斯·帕特森太太的女儿们。

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We'll be staying at their cottage at the beach."

我们会住在她家的海边小屋。”

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" Mrs. Paterson is a friend of my mother's," Sallie explained to Julia

“帕特森太太是我妈妈的朋友，”莎莉向朱莉娅解释道。

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" She met Judy at our house during Christmas vacation sophomore year

“她是在大二圣诞假期时，在我家见到朱迪的。

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You must have made a good impression," she said to me

你肯定给她留下了好印象，”她对我说道。

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" Mrs. Paterson seems nice," I said

“帕特森太太人看起来很好，”我说。

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" And she's generous

“而且她很慷慨。

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She's paying me fifty dollars a month

她付我一个月五十美元。

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I'd be happy with twenty-five, but I wasn't going to say no to fifty!"

给我二十五美元我就很开心了，但五十美元我怎么可能拒绝！”

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Julia shook her head

朱莉娅摇了摇头。

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" I'm glad I don't have to worry about money. It's so boring."

“我很庆幸不用为钱发愁。那太无聊了。”

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As soon as Julia left the room, Sallie rolled her eyes

朱莉娅一离开房间，莎莉就翻了个白眼。

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" It must be nice to be able to buy whatever you want."

“想买什么就买什么，一定很不错吧。”

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I shrugged

我耸了耸肩。

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" Maybe money is boring, but I'm looking forward to earning some this summer

“也许钱是挺无聊的，但我很期待这个夏天能赚到一些。

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I'm also eager to see the Semples and my favorite farm animals."

我也很想见到森普尔一家和我最喜欢的农场动物们。”

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I must tell you one more thing, Daddy Longlegs

我还得跟你说一件事，长腿叔叔。

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Sallie's brother, Jimmy, and his roommate, Bill, are graduating from Princeton this week

莎莉的哥哥吉米和他的室友比尔，这周要从普林斯顿大学毕业了。

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Sallie and I really wanted to go to the ceremony

莎莉和我非常想去参加毕业典礼。

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But we have exams that day

可是我们那天有考试。

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A bitter disappointment!

太失望了！

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I must stop writing and do some more studying

我必须停笔了，得再去学一会儿。

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Yours

你的，

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Judy

朱迪

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June 10

6月10日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔：

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This is the hardest letter I've ever written

这是我写过的最艰难的一封信。

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But I've decided what I must do, so there's no turning back

但我已经决定了必须做的事，所以没有回头路了。

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It's very generous of you to offer to send me to Europe this summer

您提出这个暑假送我去欧洲，真是太慷慨了。

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I was very tempted to say yes!

我真的很想答应！

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But then I took some time to think

但后来我花时间想了想。

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I can't refuse to take your money for college, and then accept it for travel

我不能拒绝你资助我上大学，却又接受旅行费用。

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Besides, I don't want to get used to too many luxuries

再说，我也不想让自己习惯了太多奢侈的东西。

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A trip to Europe is definitely a luxury!

去欧洲旅行绝对是一种奢侈！

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I want to go, but I don't need to go

我想去，但我并不需要去。

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Sometimes it's hard to live with Julia and Sallie

有时候，和朱莉娅、莎莉生活在一起挺难的。

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They think the world owes them everything they want

她们觉得，自己想要什么，世界都理所应当地给她们。

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But I know that's not true for me

但我知道，对我来说不是这样。

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Thank you again for your nice offer

再次感谢你的好意。

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Don't be angry with me for refusing

请不要因为我的拒绝而生气。

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I appreciate your kindness

我很感激你的好意。

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I really do

我是真心的。

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But you've already done so much for me

可是，您已经为我做了那么多。

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Yours

你的，

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Judy

朱迪

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June 14

6月14日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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I'm at the beach with Mrs. Paterson and her two daughters

我现在正和帕特森太太以及她的两个女儿在海滩。

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I left college a few days earlier than I'd planned

我比原计划提前几天离开了学校。

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Here's what happened

事情是这样的。

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I was in the middle of exams when Jervie showed up again

我正考试考到一半，杰维又出现了。

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He took me to tea in town

他带我去镇上喝茶。

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" I'm going to Europe this summer," he announced

“今年夏天我要去欧洲，”他宣布道。

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I laughed." It sounds like all the Pendletons will be there

我笑了。“听起来彭德尔顿全家都要去了。

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Are you going with Julia and her family?"

你是跟茱莉娅她们家一起去吗？”

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" No, I'm going by myself."

“不，我一个人去。”

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" My guardian offered to send me to Europe with a lady who's chaperoning a group of girls."

“我的监护人提出要送我去欧洲，跟一位陪同一群女孩的女士同行。”

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I stirred some sugar into my tea

我往茶里加了些糖，搅了搅。

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" But I decided not to go."

“但我决定不去了。”

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" Oh, you shouldn't say no to an opportunity like that!

“哦，你不该拒绝那样的机会啊！

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Seeing Europe is an important part of your education."

见识一下欧洲是你教育中很重要的一部分。”

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He grinned at me

他朝我咧嘴笑了笑。

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" I could arrange to be in Paris when you're there

“我可以安排一下，等你在巴黎的时候我也在那儿。

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We could run away from the chaperone and have dinner at a nice French restaurant."

我们可以甩开那个陪同，去一家不错的法国餐厅吃晚饭。”

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I laughed." That's very tempting, but I can't go."

我笑了。“这的确很诱人，但我不能去。”

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When I tried to explain why I couldn't go, he wouldn't listen

当我试图解释为什么我去不了时，他不肯听。

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" You're a silly, stubborn child!" Jervie said

“你真是个又傻又固执的小孩子！”杰维说。

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" You don't know what's good for you."

“你不知道什么对你有好处。”

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He kept insisting I go

他一直坚持要我去。

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That made me so angry!

这让我非常生气！

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I don't like feeling forced to do something

我不喜欢感觉被人强迫做某事。

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I was glad to finish our tea and get back to studying

我很高兴喝完茶就能回去学习了。

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As soon as exams were over, I packed my bags and left for Mrs. Paterson's

考试一结束，我就收拾行李动身去帕特森太太家了。

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And now I'm here by the sea

而现在，我就在这海边了。

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Yours

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Judy

朱迪

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P. S. I told Jervie about you

附言：我跟杰维说起过你。

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He thinks you're my guardian and an old family friend

他以为你是我的监护人，也是一位世交老友。

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He knows I'm an orphan, but I didn't dare mention the John Grier Home

他知道我是个孤儿，但我不敢提起约翰·格里尔之家。