040 伦敦古城

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A baker came out of his shop and stared at the boys

一个面包师从店里走出来，盯着男孩们。

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" Edward, you'd better get back to the tailor shop," said the baker

面包师说：“爱德华，你最好回裁缝店去。”

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" Your master will be angry."

“你的师傅会生气的。”

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" I don't care," said Edward

爱德华说：“我不在乎。”

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" I was born for the stage

“我天生就是为舞台而生的。”

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I don't want to be a tailor!"

“我不想当裁缝！”

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" Are you a tailor?' asked Vinnie

维尼问：“你是裁缝吗？”

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" No, I am an apprentice," said Edward

爱德华说：“不，我是个学徒。”

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" Apprentice?" asked Vinnie

维尼问：“学徒？”

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" Young boys need to learn skills for different jobs," said Edward

爱德华说：“小男孩需要学习不同工作的技能。”

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" My master, the tailor, is teaching me to sew."

“我的师傅，那位裁缝，正在教我缝纫。”

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" Do you like making clothes?" asked Vinnie

“你喜欢做衣服吗？”维尼问道。

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" It's all right," said Edward

“还行吧。”爱德华说。

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" But my talent is wasted sewing shirts and coats

“但缝衬衫和外套可浪费了我的才华。

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I'm an actor!"

我可是一名演员！”

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" Really?" said Vinnie, impressed

“真的吗？”维尼佩服地问道。

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" Where do you work?" Edward asked Vinnie

“你是做什么的？”爱德华问维尼。

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" Oh, I'm not an apprentice," said Vinnie

“哦，我不是学徒。”维尼说。

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" I go to school."

“我在上学。”

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" You are very lucky," said Edward

“你真幸运。”爱德华说。

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" My family is poor, so I must live with the tailor."

“我家很穷，所以我必须和裁缝住在一起。”

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Suddenly, the boys heard a man calling angrily," Edward! Where are you?"

突然，男孩们听到一个男人生气地大喊：“爱德华！你在哪儿？”

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" That is my master," sighed Edward

“那是我的师傅，”爱德华叹了口气。

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" I have to go Vinnie

“我得走了，文尼。

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I can't practice now

我现在没法练习了。

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But someday the queen will see my great talent!"

但总有一天，女王会看到我非凡的才华！”

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" What queen?" asked Vinnie

“什么女王？”文尼问道。

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" Why, Queen Elizabeth of England!" cried Edward

“当然是英格兰的伊丽莎白女王啦！”爱德华喊道。

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" Queen Elizabeth?" Vinnie scratched his head

“伊丽莎白女王？”文尼挠了挠头。

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" Isn't she the queen of England now?" he thought

“她现在不就是英格兰的女王吗？”他想。

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Mandy might be able to explain it to him

曼迪也许能跟他解释。

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But where was his sister?

可他的妹妹在哪儿呢？

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Meanwhile, Mandy felt like crying

这时候，曼迪快要哭出来了。

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" How did we get separated?" she wondered

“我们怎么会走散了呢？”她心里琢磨着。

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" Now I'm all alone

“现在就剩我一个人了。

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How will I get home?"

我该怎么回家呀？”

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She lifted her skirt to check her scraped knee

她提起裙子，看了看擦伤的膝盖。

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A carriage drove up alongside Mandy

一辆马车驶来，停在曼迪身旁。

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A woman wearing a fancy hat looked out

一位戴着精致帽子的女士探出头来。

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" Are you all right?" she asked Mandy

“你没事吧？”她问曼迪。

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" Oh, you're bleeding!"

“哦，你在流血！”

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" It's okay," Mandy said, sniffing

“没事，”曼迪抽着鼻子说。

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" Where do you live?" asked the woman

“你住在哪儿？”那位女士问道。

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Mandy bowed her head and didn't answer

曼迪低下头，没有回答。

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" Let me clean up your knee

“让我给你清理一下膝盖。

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Charles will take you home later," said the woman

稍后查尔斯会送你回家，”女士说。

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Undecided, Mandy paused for a moment

曼迪犹豫了一下，停了一会儿。

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" Charles," she said to the driver," open the door for the little girl."

“查尔斯，”她对车夫说，“给这位小姑娘开门。”

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" Yes, Lady Katherine," replied the driver

“好的，凯瑟琳夫人，”车夫答道。

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Mandy stared at the woman and then got into the carriage

曼迪盯着那位女士，然后上了马车。

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" She must be very rich!" she thought

“她一定非常富有！”她想。

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" I wish Vinnie could meet her!"

“真希望维尼能见到她！”

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However, Vinnie was seeing a different side of London

然而，维尼此时正见识着伦敦的另一面。

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Vinnie and Edward arrived at the tailor shop

维尼和爱德华来到了裁缝店。

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Master Crossland, the tailor, was standing in the door with his hands on his hips

裁缝克罗斯兰师傅正站在门口，双手叉着腰。

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" So you're hanging out with actors again!"

“你又和那帮演员混在一起了！”

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said the tailor, looking at Vinnie

裁缝看着维尼说。

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" I'm not an actor, sir," said Vinnie

“我不是演员，先生，”维尼说。

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" In that case, you are welcome, young man," said the tailor

“既然这样，欢迎你，年轻人，”裁缝说。

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" Come, it's one o'clock and time to eat

“来吧，一点钟了，该吃饭了。

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After lunch, maybe you can help Edward with his work."

午饭后，或许你可以帮爱德华做他的活儿。”

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The tailor then turned to Edward and said

裁缝接着转向爱德华说，

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" When will you stop dreaming of Shakespeare?"

“你什么时候才能不再做你的莎士比亚梦？”