E01 001 无人问津

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0:12 When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everyone said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen 当玛丽·伦诺克斯被送到米瑟斯韦特庄园与她的叔叔同住时，人人都说她是见过的最不讨人喜欢的孩子。
0:22 It was true too 这确实是真的。
0:24 She had a thin, little face; a thin, little body; and thin, blond hair 她有一张瘦小的脸，一副瘦小的身板，还有一头稀疏的金发。
0:29 She had a sour look on her face, and her skin was pale because she had always been sick 她脸上总带着愠怒的表情，皮肤苍白，因为她一直在生病。
0:37 She had been born in India, where her father worked for the English government 她出生在印度，父亲在那里为英国政府工作。
0:42 Her mother was a great beauty who only wanted to go to parties and amuse herself with interesting people 她的母亲是个大美人，只想去参加派对，与有趣的人寻欢作乐。
0:49 She had not wanted a little girl at all 她根本不想要一个小女孩。
0:52 So when Mary was born, her mother handed her over to the care of a nanny 所以玛丽一出生，母亲就把她交给了一个保姆照顾。
0:57 The nanny had strict instructions: Keep the baby out of sight as much as possible 保姆得到了严格的指示：尽量别让这孩子出现在眼前。
1:03 The servants always let Mary do whatever she wanted to keep her from crying and making her mother angry 仆人们总是让玛丽随心所欲，免得她哭闹，惹她母亲生气。
1:10 By the time Mary was six years old, she was very selfish and stubborn 到玛丽六岁时，她已经变得非常自私又固执。
1:15 A young English governess came to teach her to read and write 一位年轻的英国家庭女教师来教她读书写字。
1:19 But she disliked Mary so much that she stayed only three months 但她太讨厌玛丽了，只待了三个月。
1:24 Other governesses came and went even faster 其他家庭女教师来得快，走得更快。
1:28 One very hot morning, when she was about ten, Mary awoke feeling grumpy 一个非常炎热的早晨，玛丽大约十岁时，醒来觉得心情烦躁。
1:34 She was even grumpier when she saw that the woman standing by her bed was not her usual nanny 当她看到站在床边的女人不是她平时的保姆时，她更加烦躁了。
1:40 " Why are you here?" she said to the strange woman “你为什么在这里？”她对那个陌生女人说。
1:44 " I will not let you stay. Send my nanny to me." “我不会让你留下来的。把我的保姆叫来。”
1:47 The woman looked frightened." She cannot come." 那女人看上去很害怕。“她不能来。”
1:52 Mary flew into a rage and beat and kicked the servant 玛丽勃然大怒，对那个仆人又打又踢。
1:56 But the frightened woman would only repeat," The nanny cannot come." 但那惊慌失措的女人只是重复着：“保姆不能来了。”
2:01 " There is a mystery in the air this morning," said Mary to herself after the servant went away “今天早上的气氛有些神秘，”佣人走后，玛丽自言自语道。
2:07 As she walked about the house, she noticed that some of the servants were missing 她在屋子里走来走去时，发现有些佣人不见了。
2:12 The ones that she did see looked frightened 她见到的那些，看起来都惊恐万分。
2:16 She went out into the garden and began to play under a tree near the porch 她走到外面的花园，在门廊旁的一棵树下玩了起来。
2:21 " I can pretend to make a flower garden," said Mary “我可以假装在造一个花园，”玛丽说。
2:25 She stuck big, red hibiscus blossoms into little heaps of earth, but still felt angry that her nanny had abandoned her 她把又大又红的木槿花插进一小堆一小堆的土里，但心里还是为保姆抛弃她的事感到气愤。
2:34 Suddenly someone came out on the porch 突然，有人走到了门廊上。
2:37 It was her mother and a young English soldier 是她母亲和一个年轻的英国军官。
2:40 Her mother's face and clothes were as beautiful as ever, but something was wrong 她母亲的脸庞和衣着都一如既往地美丽，但有什么地方不对劲。
2:45 Mary's mother looked upset 玛丽的母亲看起来心烦意乱。
2:48 " Is it so very bad? Oh, is it?" Mary heard her ask “真有那么糟吗？哦，是吗？”玛丽听到她问。
2:53 " Awful," said the young soldier “糟透了。”年轻军官说。
2:55 " You ought to have gone to the hills two weeks ago." “你两周前就该上山去了。”
2:58 Mary did not know what they were talking about 玛丽不知道他们在说什么。
3:02 She stayed quiet and listened 她安静地待着，继续听。
3:04 " Oh, I know I should have gone," said Mary's mother “哦，我知道我本该走的，”玛丽的母亲说。
3:08 " I only stayed to go to that silly party. What a fool I was!" “我留下来只是为了去那个愚蠢的聚会。我真是个傻瓜！”
3:13 Suddenly the sound of wailing came from the servants' quarters 突然，仆人住处传来嚎哭声。
3:17 The noise grew louder and wilder 那声音越来越响，越来越疯狂。
3:21 " What is that?" cried Mary's mother “那是什么？”玛丽的母亲喊道。
3:24 " Someone has died," said the soldier “有人死了，”那个士兵说。
3:27 " You did not tell me it had broken out among your servants." “你没有告诉我，瘟疫在你的仆人里爆发了。”
3:31 " I did not know," said Mary's mother." Come with me!" “我不知道，”玛丽的母亲说，“跟我来！”
3:36 And she ran into the house with the soldier 她带着那个士兵跑进了房子。
3:39 Mary soon learned why the servants were wailing 玛丽很快就明白了仆人们为何嚎哭。
3:43 Her nanny had died of cholera, a dreaded disease that was spreading quickly and killing many people 她的保姆死于霍乱，那是一种传播迅速、夺走许多人性命的可怕疾病。
3:49 By the next day, three more servants were dead, and the others had run away in terror 到了第二天，又有三个仆人死去，其他人都惊恐地逃跑了。
3:56 During the confusion of the following day, Mary hid in the nursery and was forgotten by everyone 在接下来那天的混乱之中，玛丽躲进育儿室，被所有人遗忘了。
4:03 Nobody thought of her and nobody wanted her 没有人想到她，也没有人想要她。
4:07 Mary alternately cried and slept through the hours 玛丽在那段时间里，一会儿哭，一会儿睡。
4:11 When she awoke the house was perfectly quiet 当她醒来时，整栋房子寂静无声。
4:14 " I wonder if everyone is better," Mary said “不知道大家是不是都好起来了，”玛丽说。
4:19 She heard something rustling on the floor, and when she looked down, she saw a little snake gliding along 她听见地板上有什么东西窸窣作响，低头一看，只见一条小蛇正在滑行。
4:26 " It sounds as if no one is here but the snake and me." “听起来这里除了我和这条蛇，好像没有别人了。”
4:30 The next minute she heard footsteps on the porch and voices in the house 又过了一会儿，她听见门廊传来脚步声，屋里响起了说话声。
4:35 Mary jumped out of bed as a soldier came into her room 一个士兵走进她的房间时，玛丽从床上跳了起来。
4:39 " There is a child here!" he called to the other soldiers in the house “这里有个孩子！”他向屋里的其他士兵喊道。
4:43 " A child alone! In a place like this! Who is she?" “一个独自待着的孩子！在这种地方！她是谁？”
4:48 " I am Mary Lennox," she said “我是玛丽·伦诺克斯，”她说。
4:51 " I fell asleep when everyone had cholera, and I just woke up “大家得霍乱的时候我睡着了，这会儿才刚醒。
4:55 Why was I forgotten? Why does no one come?" 为什么把我忘了？为什么没有人来？”
4:59 The soldier looked at her sadly." Because there is no one left to come." 士兵悲伤地看着她。“因为已经没有能来的人了。”
5:05 So it was in this strange and sudden way that Mary found out that both her father and mother had died of cholera 就这样，玛丽以如此奇特又突然的方式，得知她的父亲和母亲都已死于霍乱。
5:14 There was no one left in the house but Mary and the little, rustling snake 屋子里再没有别人留下，只剩下玛丽，和那条窸窣作响的小蛇。