E02 002 给予的真谛

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0:09 The crackling from the fireplace gave the impression that all was well in the March home 壁炉里噼啪作响，让人觉得马奇家一切安好。
0:18 Another crackling sound, that of Jo pushing down on her knuckles, told a different story 另一声噼啪响，是乔按压自己指关节的声音，却预示着不同的故事。
0:24 " I wish this bothersome snow would stop." “我真希望这烦人的雪能停下来。”
0:28 Jo banged the window as she watched the gigantic snowflakes silently piling up on the ground 乔砰地敲了下窗户，她看着鹅毛大雪无声地在地上堆积起来。
0:35 " Jo," shrieked Amy," that's so unladylike!" “乔，”艾美尖叫道，“那太没淑女样子了！”
0:40 Amy smoothed her dress and caressed her curls 艾美抚平自己的裙子，轻轻抚摸着自己的卷发。
0:44 She could not stand it when her older sister acted like a boy 她无法忍受姐姐表现得像个男孩子。
0:49 Jo, on the other hand, wished she could be a boy 而另一边，乔却渴望自己是个男孩子。
0:53 She often complained: " Why do I have to wear this confining dress? 她常抱怨：“为什么我非得穿这束缚人的裙子？
0:58 Why can't I wear trousers and kick my legs up and gallop around freely, like a horse?" 为什么我不能穿裤子，像马儿一样踢起双腿，自由驰骋？”
1:04 Whenever Jo said such things, her older sister Meg would gently shake her head and say: 每当乔说这样的话，她的姐姐梅格总是轻轻摇头说：
1:11 " Because whether you like it or not, you are a girl. And girls should behave as such." "因为不管你喜不喜欢，你就是个女孩。女孩就该有女孩的样子。"
1:18 On this cold winter day, however, Meg did not scold her tomboy sister 可这天实在太冷，梅格没有责怪她那个假小子妹妹。
1:23 In fact, she agreed with Jo about the endlessly falling snow 事实上，她同意乔对这场下个不停的大雪的看法。
1:28 " It's so cold and miserable," Meg lamented "又冷又凄惨，"梅格叹道。
1:32 " When we were rich, we could warm up every room in the house." "我们家有钱的时候，能把每个房间都弄得暖暖的。"
1:37 Now the only room that was heated was the living room in which they sat 而现在，只有她们坐着的这间客厅才生了火。
1:42 " We didn't have to wear these unbecoming sweaters." "也不用穿这些难看的毛衣。"
1:46 Amy turned up her nose as if her sweater had a funny smell 艾美皱起鼻子，好像她的毛衣有股怪味似的。
1:51 " Now our concerns are about how Father is faring under these treacherous conditions," added Jo "现在我们惦记的，是爸爸在这么恶劣的环境下过得怎么样，"乔补了一句。
1:57 She stomped over to the fireplace and rubbed her large hands together vigorously 她大步走到壁炉前，用力搓着那双大手。
2:03 Being over the age at which men could enlist in the army, Father had volunteered his services as a clergyman 父亲已过参军年龄，便自愿去当随军牧师。
2:10 The girls were too young to understand or to care what the Civil War was about 女孩们还太小，既不明白内战是怎么回事，也不在乎。
2:16 They only wanted it to end so Father could return home 她们只希望战争结束，父亲就能回家。
2:20 At one time, the March family had been very wealthy 马奇家也曾非常富有。
2:24 Meg and Jo, the two oldest girls, could remember a time when they received many gifts all year around 梅格和乔是家里最大的两个孩子，她们还记得以前一年到头都能收到很多礼物。
2:31 Now they didn't have enough money to buy even Christmas gifts for each other 如今她们连给彼此买圣诞礼物的钱都不够。
2:36 " If you had five dollars..." Jo began “要是你有五美元……”乔开了个头。
2:40 ( At this period of time, five dollars was a lot of money.) （在那个时候，五美元是很大一笔钱。）
2:44 " If you had five dollars," Jo repeated," what would you buy?" “要是你有五美元，”乔重复道，“你会买什么？”
2:50 The girls fell silent as their eyes grew bigger with fanciful thoughts 女孩们安静下来，眼睛因奇妙的幻想而睁得更大。
2:55 " I know what I would buy," Amy gushed at last “我知道我要买什么。”艾美终于忍不住说了起来。
2:59 Her sisters turned to her 姐姐们都看向她。
3:01 " Go on," urged Jo “快说呀。”乔催促道。
3:04 Amy's cheeks got pink and she pressed her hands together excitedly 艾美的脸红了，兴奋地双手紧握在一起。
3:09 " I would buy a new set of watercolors," she said “我要买一套新的水彩颜料。”她说。
3:13 " And then I would buy two new hairpins: one red with silver butterflies, like my best friend Kitty has “然后还要买两个新发夹：一个红色的，带着银蝴蝶，就像我最好的朋友基蒂那个一样。
3:21 And the other blue like my eyes." 另一个要蓝色的，像我的眼睛。”
3:25 " As for me," Meg said," I would buy beautiful silk material for a new dress “至于我，”梅格说，“我要买漂亮的丝绸料子做一条新裙子。
3:31 Maybe I would have some money left over for gloves since I desperately need new ones." 也许还能剩点钱买手套，我实在太需要新的了。”
3:37 Meg held up her lovely hands, which were now pinkish red from the cold 梅格举起她那双可爱的手，手被冻得微微发红。
3:42 Meg had many vanities but she took special pride in her hands 梅格有不少虚荣心，但她尤其以自己的双手为傲。
3:48 " I," Jo blurted in a loud, comical voice “我嘛，”乔用滑稽的大嗓门脱口而出，
3:52 " would buy four bottles of black ink, a case of pens, twenty rolls of paper, and three hundred..." she paused for dramatic emphasis “会买四瓶黑墨水、一盒笔、二十卷纸，还有三百个……”她为了制造戏剧效果停顿了一下。
4:03 " Three hundred," she repeated again," leather cases for all the books I am going to publish." “三百个，”她又重复了一遍，“皮面书套，装我将来要出版的所有书。”
4:10 Jo dreamed of being a writer. Nothing suited her more than to sit at her desk and enter a world of make-believe and fantasy 乔梦想成为一名作家。没有比坐在书桌前，进入虚构与幻想的世界更让她惬意的事了。
4:19 " You can't afford that many leather cases with only five dollars. That's ridiculous," Amy pointed out “只有五美元可买不起那么多皮面书套，太可笑了。”艾美指出。
4:27 " Well, so is this game," Jo retorted," because none of us actually has five dollars!" “哼，这个游戏本身也可笑，”乔回敬道，“因为我们谁也没有真的五美元！”
4:34 " Girls," Meg said in her " motherly " voice “姑娘们，”梅格用她那“慈母般”的语气说。
4:38 " Do stop arguing. You're behaving like children “别吵了，你们这样像小孩一样。”
4:42 Now, Beth, let's hear what you would do if you had five dollars." 来，贝丝，说说如果你有五美元，你会怎么做。
4:47 Beth had a faraway look in her eyes. She was smiling 贝丝的眼神望向远方，脸上带着微笑。
4:52 " First of all, I'd buy a new pair of slippers for Mother “首先，我要给妈妈买一双新拖鞋。
4:57 I noticed her old ones have several small holes in them," Beth said in her gentle, quiet way 我发现她那双旧的上面有好几个小洞了，”贝丝用她温柔又安静的语气说道。
5:04 The other girls glanced at the familiar slippers next to the sofa 其他女孩瞥了一眼沙发旁那双熟悉的拖鞋。
5:08 They all felt rather guilty when they saw that the well-worn slippers did, indeed, have many holes 当她们看到那双穿旧了的拖鞋确实布满破洞时，都觉得挺愧疚的。
5:15 " And then I would buy Father a new scarf and hat in his favorite color," Beth continued “然后我要给爸爸买一条新围巾和一顶新帽子，要选他最喜欢的颜色，”贝丝继续说。
5:22 " If I had money left over, I would get each of you girls a handkerchief with your name on it. And one for Hannah, too." “如果还有剩下的钱，我要给你们每个人买一条绣着名字的手帕。也要给汉娜买一条。”
5:31 Of the four girls, Beth was by far the kindest and most loving 在四个女孩中，贝丝无疑是最善良、最有爱心的一个。
5:36 She never said a bad word about anyone nor did she ever complain 她从没说过任何人的坏话，也从不抱怨。
5:41 She had a positive view of everything and everyone 她对所有人和所有事总是看得开。
5:44 " Oh, Beth!" Jo ran over and wrapped her arms around her sister." You make me feel so ashamed! “哦，贝丝！”乔跑过去，紧紧抱住了妹妹。“你让我觉得自己好自私！
5:52 Here I am thinking of myself, but you — " she sniffed, for Jo was a very emotional girl," — you even thought of Hannah, our housekeeper." 我只顾着考虑自己，可你——”她吸了吸鼻子，因为乔是个感情很丰富的女孩，“——你甚至想到了我们的管家汉娜。”
6:04 Meg and Amy also gave Beth a hug. They, too, were feeling a little embarrassed about their selfishness 梅格和艾美也拥抱了贝丝。她们也同样为自己的自私感到有些不好意思。
6:12 Even though the sisters had different personalities, they were very close and loved one another very much 虽然姐妹们的性格各不相同，但她们非常亲密，深爱着彼此。
6:19 " Girls, what is going on?" “姑娘们，这是怎么了？”
6:21 The girls had not heard Mother come home 姑娘们没听到妈妈回家的声音。
6:25 " Mother!" they cried and ran to give her a hug “妈妈！”她们喊着，跑过去拥抱她。
6:29 Mother's hands and cheeks were cold from the air outside, but her hugs and kisses warmed the girls up instantly 妈妈的手和脸颊被外面的冷空气冻得冰凉，但她的拥抱和亲吻立刻让姑娘们暖和了起来。
6:36 Meg quickly removed Mother's heavy coat. Jo ran to get more wood for the fire 梅格赶紧帮妈妈脱下厚重的外套。乔跑去给壁炉添上了更多的木柴。
6:43 Amy grabbed Mother's sweater, which was folded up on her chair, and gave it to her 艾美抓起叠放在妈妈椅子上的毛衣，递给了她。
6:48 Beth quietly brought Mother's slippers to warm her feet 贝丝悄悄地拿来妈妈的拖鞋，让她暖暖脚。
6:52 As Mother sat on her chair and rubbed her hands in front of the fire, Jo told her what they'd been talking about 妈妈坐在椅子上，在炉火前搓着手，乔告诉了她她们刚才谈论的话题。
6:59 " We were so selfish, Mother," admitted Jo “我们太自私了，妈妈。”乔承认道。
7:03 " Except for Beth. She only cares about other people." “除了贝丝。她心里只装着别人。”
7:07 Mother smiled affectionately at each daughter and said: " I'm glad that you discovered your fault, girls 妈妈慈爱地对着每个女儿笑了笑，说道：“我很高兴你们发现了自己的缺点，姑娘们。
7:14 But finding out our faults is only the first step 但是，发现缺点只是第一步。
7:18 What we do with this knowledge is more important." 我们如何对待这个认识才更重要。”
7:22 That evening, after a simple dinner, Mother and Hannah took inventory of the food pantry while the girls sat around the fireplace talking again 那天晚上，吃过简单的晚餐后，妈妈和汉娜去清点食物储藏室，姑娘们则又围坐在壁炉旁聊了起来。
7:31 " I have some money saved up," Jo began “我攒了一点钱，”乔率先开口。
7:35 " It's only a little bit... but, well, I wanted... Mother... a little gift...," she stammered “只有一点点……但是，嗯，我想……给妈妈……一个小礼物……”她结结巴巴地说。
7:43 " Oh, Jo! What a lovely thought!" Beth understood right away what her sister was trying hard to express “哦，乔！多美好的想法！”贝丝立刻明白了姐姐努力想表达的意思。
7:52 " What's a lovely thought?" Amy asked irritably “什么美好的想法？”艾美不耐烦地问。
7:56 Unlike Beth, she had no idea what Jo was trying to say 不像贝丝，她完全不知道乔想说什么。
8:00 " This Christmas none of us has much to give," Beth explained “这个圣诞节，我们都没什么可送的，”贝丝解释道。
8:05 " But with what we do have, Jo suggests that we should all give something to Mother." “但乔建议说，我们可以用我们仅有的一点钱，一起送妈妈些东西。”
8:11 Beth smiled at Jo, who nodded enthusiastically 贝丝对乔笑了笑，乔则热情地点了点头。
8:15 " That's exactly what I wanted to say, Beth," she said gratefully “那正是我想说的，贝丝。”她感激地说。
8:20 Meg and Amy both agreed it was a splendid idea 梅格和艾美都赞同这是个绝妙的主意。
8:23 They spent the rest of the evening discussing what Mother needed and what they could give her 那天晚上剩下的时间里，她们都在讨论妈妈需要什么，以及她们能送她什么。
8:29 Although the girls would not receive gifts themselves, they were quite happy to learn the true meaning of giving 虽然姑娘们自己不会收到礼物，但她们非常开心地体会到了给予的真谛。