004 新来的女孩

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After seeing the freshly painted fence, Aunt Polly decided to let Tom play outdoors for the rest of the afternoon

看到刚刷好的篱笆后，波莉姨妈决定让汤姆在户外玩一下午。

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The first thing Tom wanted to do was get revenge on Sid for telling Aunt Polly about his collar

汤姆想做的第一件事，就是报复西德，因为他把自己缝衣领的事告诉了波莉姨妈。

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So Tom waited by the fence and ambushed his half brother with balls made of dried-up mud

于是汤姆在篱笆旁等着，用干泥巴做成的小球伏击了他同父异母的弟弟。

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Before Aunt Polly could rush to Sid's rescue, Tom managed to hit him with six or seven balls

还没等波莉姨妈冲过去救西德，汤姆就已经用六七个泥球打中了他。

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Sid screamed in fear and pain. Then Tom jumped over the fence and was gone

西德又怕又疼，尖叫起来。然后汤姆跳过篱笆，跑没影了。

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When Tom arrived at the town square a few minutes later, a group of boys was already there, ready to play army games

几分钟后，汤姆来到镇上的广场时，一群男孩已经在那儿，准备玩打仗游戏了。

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Tom and his best friend, Joe Harper, were appointed as generals, and they commanded their armies all afternoon

汤姆和他最好的朋友乔·哈珀被任命为将军，他们整个下午都在指挥各自的军队。

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As the sun began to set, the boys counted their " dead " and " wounded," and it was determined that Tom had won a great battle

太阳开始落山时，男孩们清点了“阵亡”和“受伤”的人数，结果判定汤姆赢得了一场大战。

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Joe and Tom shook hands and agreed to meet next Saturday for another battle

乔和汤姆握了握手，约定下周六再来一场战斗。

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On his way home, Tom spied a new girl

在回家的路上，汤姆看到了一个他没见过的女孩。

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He thought the new girl was lovely, with blue eyes and braided blond hair

他觉得那个新来的女孩很可爱，一双蓝眼睛，编着金色辫子。

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At the sight of this new angel, the love Tom had pledged to a girl named Amy Lawrence instantly vanished

一见到这个新的小天使，汤姆对那个叫艾米·劳伦斯的女孩许下的爱意立刻消失了。

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Tom soon began to show off for the new girl

汤姆很快就对着新女孩炫耀起来。

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He balanced a stick on his nose, and he walked up and down the street where they both lived

他用鼻子顶着一根棍子，在他们俩住的那条街上走来走去。

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When the girl reached her house, she halted and looked over at Tom for only a second

女孩走到自家门口时，停了一下，只朝汤姆看了一眼。

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But it was enough to encourage Tom

但这已经足够鼓励汤姆了。

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After she went inside, Tom lingered near her house, hoping to see her one more time

她进屋以后，汤姆还在她家附近逗留，希望能再见她一面。

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But the pretty new girl never reappeared

但那个漂亮的新女孩再也没出现。

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Still, Tom returned home in high spirits

尽管如此，汤姆还是兴高采烈地回了家。

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His aunt scolded him for throwing mud balls at Sid, but Tom didn't care

他姑姑因为他朝希德扔泥球责骂了他，可汤姆一点也不在乎。

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When his aunt hit him for stealing sugar from the sugar bowl, Tom didn't care

当波莉姨妈因为他偷糖罐里的糖而打他时，汤姆毫不在意。

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He just smiled and said," You never hit Sid when he takes sugar."

他只是笑了笑，说：“席德偷糖的时候你从来不打他。”

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" Sid doesn't torment me the way you do," she reminded him

“席德可不像你这样折磨我，”姨妈提醒他。

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That night Tom went to bed with the new girl on his mind

那天晚上，汤姆上床睡觉时，心里一直想着那个新来的女孩。

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He was determined to devise a way to get her to notice him

他决心想个办法让她注意到自己。

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The next morning Aunt Polly forced Tom to put on his Sunday suit for church

第二天早上，波莉姨妈强迫汤姆穿上他最好的礼拜服去教堂。

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After a quick breakfast, she escorted Tom to church to make sure he attended Sunday school

匆匆吃过早饭后，她亲自送汤姆去教堂，确保他去上主日学。

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The day's lesson consisted of memorizing five verses of the Bible, but Tom was having a problem concentrating

当天的课程是背诵五节圣经经文，但汤姆没法集中注意力。

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At last the lesson ended, and Tom and the other students had a fifteen-minute break before the church service began

课程终于结束，汤姆和其他学生在礼拜开始前有十五分钟的休息时间。

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Although Tom had not bothered to memorize the five verses, he had finally devised a plan to make the new girl interested in him

虽然汤姆没费心去背那五节经文，但他终于想出了一个让新来女孩对他感兴趣的计策。

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The other children had paid Tom to let them paint, so now his pockets overflowed with marbles, candies, fishhooks, and other goodies

其他孩子付钱给汤姆，才换来刷墙的机会，所以现在他的口袋里装满了弹珠、糖果、鱼钩和其他好东西。

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Tom decided to use his new wealth to buy " verse recitation " tickets

汤姆决定用这笔新财富去购买“经文背诵”票。

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These tickets were rewards for students who correctly recited verses from the Bible

这些票是奖励给那些能正确背诵圣经经文的学生。

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For every two lines of verse correctly recited, students were given one blue ticket

每正确背诵两行经文，学生就能得到一张蓝票。

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Ten blue tickets equaled one red ticket; ten red tickets equaled one yellow ticket

十张蓝票可以换一张红票；十张红票可以换一张黄票。

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For ten yellow tickets, a student could earn a Bible

集满十张黄票，学生就能获得一本圣经。

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A Bible for reciting two thousand lines of verse!

背诵两千行经文就能得到一本圣经！

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Only older students were able to earn a Bible because it took years of saving tickets

只有年长的学生才能得到圣经，因为那需要经年累月地积攒票。

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Tom didn't want a Bible, but he did want to win the new girl's heart

汤姆不想要圣经，但他确实想赢得新来女孩的芳心。

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To win her heart, he had decided that he must seem like a better person than the other boys

为了赢得她的心，他决定自己必须显得比其他男孩更出色。

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In church, the moment to impress the new girl finally came

在教堂里，给新来女孩留下深刻印象的时刻终于到了。

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First the minister asked all the smartest and most studious children how many tickets they had

首先，牧师询问了所有最聪明、最勤奋的孩子，他们有多少张票。

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None of them had enough for a Bible yet

他们中还没有一个人的票足够换一本圣经。

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" Does anyone have enough tickets for a Bible?" asked the minister

“有人有足够换一本圣经的票吗？”牧师问道。

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To the shock of everyone, Tom stood up

让所有人震惊的是，汤姆站了起来。

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Then he proudly marched forward to bring his tickets to the minister

然后他昂首挺胸地走上前，把自己的票交给牧师。