003 新朋友

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That first morning at school, Sara noticed a plump, blond girl about the same age as Sara

在学校的第一天早上，萨拉注意到了一个和她年纪相仿的金发微胖女孩。

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The girl was chewing on the ribbon of her pigtail and staring at Sara

那个女孩正咬着辫子上的缎带，盯着萨拉。

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When Monsieur Dufarge spoke to Sara, the plump girl looked a little frightened

当杜法格先生跟萨拉说话时，那个微胖的女孩看起来有点害怕。

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When Sara replied in French, the girl gave a startled jump and turned red

当萨拉用法语回答时，女孩吓了一跳，脸红了。

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Miss Minchin was still in a bad mood about Sara's perfect French

铭钦小姐仍然对萨拉完美的法语感到不快。

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" Miss St. John, stop chewing on your ribbon!

“圣约翰小姐，别咬你的缎带了！

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And sit up at once!" she snapped

马上坐直了！”她厉声说道。

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The girl gave another startled jump

女孩又吓了一跳。

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Lavinia and Jessie giggled, and the girl turned redder than ever

拉维尼娅和杰茜咯咯地笑起来，女孩的脸比之前更红了。

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Sara's father often remarked on Sara's soft heart

萨拉的父亲经常说起萨拉的软心肠。

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" Sara always wants to fight when she sees people in trouble," he liked to say

“萨拉一看到有人遇到困难就想帮忙，”他总爱这么说。

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And that was certainly true now

此刻，这话确实不假。

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" Those girls shouldn't laugh," thought Sara." That's mean."

“那些女孩不该笑，”萨拉心想，“那样太刻薄了。”

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But Lavinia and Jessie continued to snicker when the girl spoke in French for Monsieur Dufarge

但拉维尼娅和杰西在女孩为杜法格先生说法语时，继续窃笑。

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Sara felt sorry for this girl, who had such trouble saying the French words correctly

萨拉很同情这个女孩，她要把法语单词说对太困难了。

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The French lessons were obviously quite difficult for her

法语课对她来说显然相当难。

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When the morning's lessons were finally finished, the plump girl sat on a window seat, looking miserable

上午的课终于结束时，那个微胖的女孩坐在窗边座位上，看起来很难过。

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Sara went over to her

萨拉朝她走了过去。

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" What's your name?" asked Sara

“你叫什么名字？”萨拉问道。

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The girl seemed amazed that Sara was talking to her

女孩似乎很惊讶萨拉会同她说话。

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" My name is Ermengarde St. John," she replied

“我叫厄门加德·圣约翰，”她回答。

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" Mine is Sara Crewe. What a pretty name you have!" exclaimed Sara

“我叫萨拉·克鲁。你的名字多好听啊！”萨拉叫道。

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" It sounds like a name from a story."

“像是从故事里走出来的名字。”

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" I like your name too

“我也喜欢你的名字。

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Where did you learn to speak French?" Ermengarde asked

你在哪儿学的法语？”厄门加德问。

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" Oh, I've done it all my life," Sara answered

“哦，我一直都在说法语，”萨拉回答。

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" If you'd always heard French at home, you could do it too."

“如果你在家里也总听法语，你也能行的。”

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" No, I don't think so," said Ermengarde sadly." I'm not very smart."

“不，我不这么想，”厄门加德难过地说，“我不怎么聪明。”

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Ermengarde explained that her father spoke seven or eight languages

厄门加德解释说，她爸爸会说七八种语言。

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He had a huge library filled with thousands of books and couldn't understand why Ermengarde didn't do well in school

他有一个巨大的书房，藏着几千本书，他搞不懂为什么厄门加德在学校成绩不好。

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He had told Miss Minchin that Ermengarde must be made to learn

他曾告诉铭钦小姐，必须让厄门加德学习。

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But at school Ermengarde was often in trouble or in tears

但在学校里，厄门加德不是挨批就是哭。

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" You're smart, aren't you?" Ermengarde said to Sara

“你很聪明，对吧？”厄门加德对萨拉说。

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Sara looked out the window into the dirty square

萨拉望向窗外，看着外面灰蒙蒙的广场。

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She could see some sparrows hopping along iron railings

她看到几只麻雀沿着铁栏杆跳来跳去。

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She thought for a minute." Oh, I don't know."

她想了一下。“哦，我也不知道。”

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Then suddenly she changed the subject." Would you like to meet Emily?"

然后她突然换了个话题。“想认识一下艾米丽吗？”

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" Who's Emily?" asked Ermengarde

“艾米丽是谁？”厄门加德问道。

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" Come up to my room and see," replied Sara

“到我房间来看看吧。”萨拉回答。

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Ermengarde followed Sara upstairs

厄门加德跟着萨拉上了楼。

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" Is it true," she asked," that you have a playroom all to yourself?"

“是真的吗，”她问，“你有一间完全属于自己的游戏室？”

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" Yes," Sara answered." Papa asked Miss Minchin to let me have one

“是的，”萨拉回答。“爸爸请铭钦小姐允许我有一间。

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It's because I like to tell myself stories

因为我喜欢给自己编故事。

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And the mood gets spoiled if I know people are listening."

要是知道有人在听，那种心情就被破坏了。”

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Sara stopped outside the door to her room

萨拉在自己房间的门外停下了脚步。

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" If we're quiet, maybe we'll catch her," she said mysteriously

“要是我们动静小一点，也许能抓到她。”她神秘兮兮地说。

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Ermengarde blinked. She had no idea what Sara was talking about

厄门加德眨了眨眼。她完全不明白萨拉在说什么。

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But Sara's eyes were full of fun

可萨拉的眼睛里却满是调皮的神情。

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Ermengarde couldn't wait to see what happened

厄门加德迫不及待想看看会发生什么。

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Sara threw open the door

萨拉猛地推开了门。

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Ermengarde saw a beautiful doll sitting on a chair in front of the fire

厄门加德看到一个漂亮的玩偶坐在炉火前的椅子上。

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" Oh, Emily is back in her seat!" Sara sounded disappointed

“哦，艾米丽回到她的座位上了！”萨拉显得很失望。

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" Can she walk?" asked Ermengarde in surprise

“她会走路吗？”厄门加德惊讶地问。

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" I like to pretend she can," said Sara." Don't you pretend such things?"

“我喜欢假装她会，”萨拉说，“你难道不会假装这些事吗？”

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" No." Ermengarde was in awe of this strange girl." Never. May I hold Emily?"

“不会。”厄门加德对这个奇怪的女孩充满敬畏。“从来没有。我可以抱抱艾米丽吗？”

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" Of course," said Sara." And I'll tell you stories."

“当然可以，”萨拉说，“我还会给你讲故事。”

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So they sat together

于是她们坐在了一起。

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Her green eyes shining, Sara told Ermengarde all about the secret life of dolls

萨拉绿色的眼睛闪闪发光，她把自己知道的玩偶们的秘密生活都告诉了厄门加德。

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She also talked about life in India and the voyage to England

她还讲到了在印度的生活，以及来英国的航行。

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When Sara got to the part about finding Emily in the toy shop, she suddenly looked upset

当萨拉讲到在玩具店里发现艾米丽的部分时，她突然显得很难过。

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Ermengarde had the feeling that Sara was bravely trying not to cry

厄门加德感觉到萨拉正在勇敢地试着不让自己哭出来。

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" What's wrong?" she asked in alarm

“怎么了？”她惊慌地问道。

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" Do you love your father more than anything in the world?" Sara burst out

“你爱你的父亲胜过世上的一切吗？”萨拉脱口而出。

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Ermengarde thought this was a strange question

厄门加德觉得这是个奇怪的问题。

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" I hardly ever see him. He's always in his library reading things."

“我几乎见不到他。他总是在他的书房里埋头读书。”

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" Oh, I love my father and miss him so." Sara buried her head in her hands

“哦，我爱我的父亲，我好想念他。”萨拉把头埋进了双手里。

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Ermengarde's mouth fell open a little

厄门加德的嘴微微张开了一点。

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Sara was so wonderful and different from anyone else

萨拉是如此的出色，和其他任何人都不同。

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Sara lifted her head

萨拉抬起了头。

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" If I keep telling you stories, I won't miss him as much."

“如果我继续给你讲故事，就不会那么想念他了。”

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Tears came to Ermengarde's eyes, and she felt a lump in her throat

泪水涌上了厄门加德的眼眶，她觉得喉咙哽咽。

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" Lavinia and Jessie are best friends

“拉维尼娅和杰西是最好的朋友。

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Do you think we could be best friends?

你觉得我们能成为最好的朋友吗？

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You're so smart, and I'm not smart at all. But I like you very much!"

你那么聪明，而我一点儿也不聪明。但我非常喜欢你！”

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" Of course we can be best friends," said Sara. Her face lit up

“我们当然可以成为最好的朋友。”萨拉说。她的脸一下子亮了起来。

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" And do you know what, Ermengarde? I can help you with your French lessons!"

“而且你知道吗，厄门加德？我可以帮你辅导法语课！”