031 大麻烦

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October 3

10月3日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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You wrote me a note!

您给我写了封短信！

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And it's in your own handwriting, which looks pretty wobbly

而且是您亲笔写的，字迹看起来歪歪扭扭的。

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I'm sorry that you've been sick

听说您生病了，我很难过。

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I wouldn't have bothered you if I'd known

要是我知道的话，就不会去打扰您了。

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Yes, I'll tell you my problem in a letter, but it's VERY PRIVATE

是的，我会在信里告诉您我的问题，但这是个非常私人的问题。

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Please burn this after you read it

请您看完后把这封信烧掉。

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Before I begin, here's a check for one thousand dollars

在开始说之前，这里有一张一千美元的支票。

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It seems funny to be sending you a check!

给您寄支票感觉有点滑稽！

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I still owe you two thousand dollars, but I intend to repay that

我还欠你两千美元，但我打算还清。

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Where do you think I got the money?

你猜我这钱是哪儿来的？

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A publisher has bought my book!

有家出版社买了我的书！

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You probably think I'm wild with joy

你也许以为我欣喜若狂。

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But I'm not, because of my problem

但我没有，因为我的那个烦恼。

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I'm in love with Jervis Pendleton

我爱上了杰维斯·潘德顿。

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We're so compatible in every way

我们在各方面都那么合拍。

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We can talk for hours, and we have the same sense of humor

我们可以聊上好几个小时，而且笑点都一样。

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He's 14 years older than I am, but sometimes he seems like a boy

他比我大十四岁，但有时就像个男孩子。

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He still needs someone to remind him to wear his raincoat!

他还是需要别人提醒他穿雨衣！

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I wish you could meet him and see how wonderful he is

我真希望你能见见他，看看他有多好。

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The whole world seems empty without him

没有他，全世界都显得那么空虚。

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I hate the moonlight because he's not here to enjoy it with me

我连月光都觉得讨厌，因为他不能在这儿和我一起欣赏。

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So what's my problem?

那么，我的问题到底是什幺呢？

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One day when he was here at the farm, we went for a long walk and a picnic

有一天他来农场的时候，我们去散了很久的步，还野餐了。

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We had just finished our lunch, when Jervie announced that he had a question for me

我们刚吃完午饭，杰维就宣布他有个问题要问我。

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He seemed awfully nervous, but he got right to the point

他看起来紧张得要命，但还是直截了当地说了。

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Jervie took my hand and asked," Judy, will you marry me?"

杰维握住我的手，问道：“朱迪，你愿意嫁给我吗？”

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" Oh, Jervie!" I said softly

“哦，杰维！”我轻声说道。

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He smiled at me

他对我微笑着。

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I know he thought I was pleased

我知道他以为我很开心。

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And I was happy

我也的确很高兴。

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But I was also miserable because there was no way I could marry him

但我也很痛苦，因为我根本不可能嫁给他。

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" Oh, Jervie," I said again

我又说了一遍：“哦，杰维。”

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" I'm so sorry, but I can't marry you."

“真的很抱歉，但我不能嫁给你。”

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" What do you mean?" His face clouded over

“你这是什么意思？”他的脸色沉了下来。

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I just sat on the grass, silent and miserable

我只是坐在草地上，一言不发，痛苦不堪。

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" It's that Jimmy McBride," he said angrily

“是因为那个吉米·麦克布莱德，”他生气地说。

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" Do you want to marry him?"

“你想嫁给他吗？”

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I shook my head no, but I know Jervie didn't believe me

我摇头表示不想，但我知道杰维不相信我。

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( I'd never marry Jimmy in a million years. He's not grown-up enough.)

（我绝不会嫁给吉米，永远都不会。他太不成熟了。）

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" I can't believe what a foolish girl you are, Judy Abbott!"

“我真不敢相信你是个多么傻的姑娘，朱迪·阿博特！”

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Now I was angry

这下我也生气了。

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" Don't call me a foolish girl!

“别叫我傻姑娘！

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How dare you presume that I'd marry you!"

你怎么敢指望我会嫁给你！”

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And then we both said some dreadful, hurtful things

然后我们都说了一些很过分、很伤人的话。

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We quickly packed up our picnic basket and returned to the farmhouse

我们匆匆收拾好野餐篮，回到了农庄。

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Jervie left that afternoon, and I haven't heard from him since

杰维斯那天下午就走了，从那以后我再也没有他的消息。

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I couldn't tell him the truth

我没法告诉他真相。

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I refused his proposal because I love him so much

我拒绝他的求婚，恰恰是因为我太爱他了。

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I know that sounds absurd

我知道这听起来很荒谬。

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But I was afraid he'd regret marrying me, and I couldn't stand that

但我害怕他会后悔娶了我，而我受不了那个。

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You see, he knows I'm an orphan

你看，他知道我是个孤儿。

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But I've never told him about the orphanage

但我从没告诉过他孤儿院的事。

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It didn't seem right for someone of his background to marry someone like me

像他那种出身的人，娶一个像我这样的人，似乎不太合适。

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Who knows what my original family is like?

谁知道我原本的家庭是什么样子呢？

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They could be perfectly DREADFUL people

他们可能是非常糟糕的人。

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But there's another reason

但还有另一个原因。

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You've spent all this money to educate me as a writer

您花了这么多钱培养我成为一名作家。

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So I should at least give that a try — although I guess I could be a wife and a writer too

所以我至少应该试一试——虽然我想我也可以既当妻子又当作家。

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This all happened about two months ago

这一切大概是两个月前的事了。

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I hadn't heard a word from Jervie since he was here

自从杰维斯离开后，我就再没有他的任何消息。

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I was getting used to having a broken heart

我已经开始习惯心碎的感觉了。

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But then I got a letter from Julia and that stirred me up again

但后来我收到了茱莉亚的信，我的心又乱了。

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She casually mentioned that her uncle Jervis got sick while traveling in Canada

她随口提到，她叔叔杰维斯在加拿大旅行时病倒了。

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He has been ill ever since with pneumonia

从那以后，他就一直肺炎缠身。

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And I never even knew it!

而我竟然对此一无所知！

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I imagine Jervie is pretty unhappy, and I know I am!

我想杰维斯一定很不快乐，而我知道我也是！

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What if I go to him and explain that the trouble isn't Jimmy McBride, but the John Grier Home?

如果我去找他，向他解释问题不在吉米·麦克布莱德，而是约翰·格里尔孤儿院呢？

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Would that be a terrible thing to do?

这样做会很糟糕吗？

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You know a lot about the world, and you probably have a family

您见多识广，应该也有自己的家庭。

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So I'd like your unemotional opinion on this mess

所以，对于这团乱麻，我想听听您不带感情色彩的意见。

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Yours

您的，

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Judy

朱迪

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October 6

10月6日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔：

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Thank you for inviting me to visit you

谢谢您邀请我去看望您。

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I'll arrive next Wednesday at half past four

我下周三下午四点半到。

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I laughed when you asked if I could find the way

您问起我能不能找到路时，我笑了。

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Of course I can!

我当然能找到！

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I've been to New York City before to visit Julia

我以前去过纽约，是去看茱莉亚。

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I can't believe that I'll finally get to meet you

真不敢相信，我终于能见到您了。

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Sometimes I don't think that you're a real person

有时候，我觉得您不是个真实存在的人。

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You're very nice to invite me when you aren't feeling well

您身体不适还邀请我，真是太好了。

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Take good care of yourself

请照顾好自己。

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I've just had an awful thought

我刚刚想到一个可怕的念头。

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Do you have a butler?

您有管家吗？

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I'm afraid of butlers

我怕管家。

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If one opens the door, I'll faint right there on your steps

要是管家来开门，我会直接晕倒在您家门口的台阶上。

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Affectionately

爱您的，

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Judy

朱迪

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P. S. You've never told me your real name

又及：您从未告诉过我您的真名。

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When I arrive, should I ask for Mr. Smith?

我到的时候，该说要找史密斯先生吗？