2013初中英語閱讀:名名著《小婦人》

　　Little Women《小婦人》-Louisa May Alcott露意莎.梅.奧爾科特

　　CHAPTER ONE第一章

　　PLAYING PILGRIMS 朝圣

　　"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug .

　　“沒有禮物圣誕節怎么過?”喬躺在小地毯上咕噥。

　　"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

　　“貧窮真可怕!”梅格發出一聲嘆息，低頭望著身上的舊衣服。

　　"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff .

　　“有些女孩子擁有榮華富貴，有些卻一無所有，我認為這不公平。”艾美鼻子輕輕一哼，三分出于輕蔑，七分出于嫉妒。

　　"We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.

　　“但我們有父母姐妹，”坐在一角的貝思提出抗議。

　　The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.

　　這句令人愉快的話使爐火映照下的四張年輕的臉龐明亮起來。”我們沒有父親，很長一段時間都將沒有，”喬傷心地說。聽到這句話，大家的臉又暗淡下去。她雖沒說"可能永遠沒有"，但每個人心里都把這句話悄悄說了一遍，同時想起遠在戰場的父親。

　　Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army. We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don't," and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.

　　大家一時無言。一會梅格換了個聲調說：“你們知道媽媽為什么建議今年圣誕節不派禮物嗎?因為寒冷的冬天就要來了，而我們的男人在軍營里受苦受難，我們不應該花錢尋樂。雖然我們能力有限，但可以在這方面做出一點小小的犧牲，而且應該做得高高興興。不過我可并不高興。”梅格搖搖腦袋。想到那些夢寐以求的漂亮禮物，她感到遺憾不已。

　　"But I don't think the little we should spend would do any good. We've each got a dollar, and the army wouldn't be much helped by our giving that. I agree not to expect anything from Mother or you, but I do want to buy _Undine and Sintran_ for myself. I've wanted it so long," said Jo, who was a bookworm .

　　“我看我們那丁點兒錢也幫不上什么忙。我們每人只得一元錢，獻給部隊也沒多大用處。我們不要期待媽媽給我們什么禮物，不過我真的很想買一本《水中女神》，那本書我早就想買了，”喬說。她是個蛀書蟲。

　　"I planned to spend mine in new music," said Beth, with a little sigh, which no one heard but the hearth brush and kettle-holder.

　　“我本來打算買些新樂譜，”貝思輕輕嘆了口氣說，聲音輕得誰也聽不到。

　　"I shall get a nice box of Faber's drawing pencils; I really need them," said Amy decidedly .

　　“我要買一盒精致的費伯氏畫筆。我真的很需要，”艾美干脆地說。

　　"Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to give up everything. Let's each buy what we want, and have a little fun; I'm sure we work hard enough to earn it," cried Jo, examining the heels of her shoes in a gentlemanly manner.

　　“媽媽沒說過這錢該怎么花，要是看著我們兩手空空，她也不會高興的。我們倒不如各自買點自己喜歡的東西高興高興。為掙這些錢，我們花了我多少心血!“喬大聲說道，蠻有紳士風度地審視著自己的鞋跟。

　　"I know I do--teaching those tiresome children nearly all day, when I'm longing to enjoy myself at home," began Meg, in the complaining tone again.

　　“可不是嘛--差不多一天到晚都得教那些討厭的孩子，現在多想回家輕松一下啊!”梅格又開始抱怨了。

　　"You don't have half such a hard time as I do," said Jo. "How would you like to be shut up for hours with a nervous, fussy old lady, who keeps you trotting , is never satisfied, and worries you till you're ready to fly out the window or cry?" "It's naughty to fret , but I do think washing dishes and keeping things tidy is the worst work in the world. It makes me cross , and my hands get so stiff, I can't practice well at all." And Beth looked at her rough hands with a sigh that any one could hear that time.

　　“你何嘗趕得上我辛苦呢?”喬說，”想想好幾個小時和一個吹毛求疵、神經質的老太太關在一起，被她使喚得團團轉，她卻永遠不會感到滿意，把你折騰得真想從這個世界上消失或者干脆大哭一場，你會感覺怎樣?”“怨天尤人并不好，但我真的覺得洗碗打掃房子是全世界最痛苦的事情。這讓我脾氣暴躁不算，雙手也變得僵硬，連琴也彈不了。”貝思望著自己粗糙的雙手嘆一口氣，這回每個人都聽到了。

　　"I don't believe any of you suffer as I do," cried Amy, "for you don't have to go to school withimpertinent girls, who plague you if you don't know your lessons, and laugh at your dresses, and label your father if he isn't rich, and insult you when your nose isn't nice."

　　“我不相信有誰比我更痛苦，”艾美嚷道，”因為你們都不用去上學。那些女孩子粗俗無禮，如果你不懂功課，她們就讓你下不了臺，她們笑話你的衣著，爸爸沒有錢要被她們標價，鼻子長得不漂亮也要被她們侮辱。”

　　"If you mean libel , I'd say so, and not talk about labels, as if Papa was a pickle bottle," advised Jo, laughing.

　　“你是說'譏謗'吧?別念成'標價'，好像爸爸是個腌菜瓶子似的，”喬邊笑邊糾正。

　　"I know what I mean, and you needn't be statirical about it. It's proper to use good words, and improve your vocabilary," returned Amy, with dignity.

　　“我知道我在說什么你對此不必'冷嘲日(熱)諷'，用好的字眼沒什么不對，這有助于增加'字(詞)匯'，”艾美義正辭嚴地反擊。

　　"Don't peck at one another, children. Don't you wish we had the money Papa lost when we were little, Jo? Dear me! How happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!" said Meg, who could remember better times.

　　“別斗嘴了，姑娘們。喬，難道你不希望我們擁有爸爸在我們小時候失去的錢嗎?哦，如果我們沒有煩惱，那該多幸福啊!”梅格說。她還記得過去的好時光。

　　"You said the other day you thought we were a deal happier than the King children, for they were fighting and fretting all the time, in spite of their money."

　　“但前幾天你說我們比起王孫公子來要幸福多了，因為他們雖然有錢，卻一天到晚明爭暗斗，煩惱不休。”

　　"So I did, Beth. Well, I think we are. For though we do have to work, we make fun of ourselves, and are a pretty jolly set, as Jo would say."

　　“我是這么說過，貝思，嗯，現在也還是這么想，因為，雖然我們不得不干活，但我們可以互相嬉戲，而且，如喬所說，是蠻快活的一伙。”

　　"Jo does use such slang words!" observed Amy, with a reproving look at the long figurestretched on the rug.

　　“喬就是愛用這些粗俗的字眼!”艾美抨擊道，用一種譴責的眼光望著躺在地毯上的長身軀。

　　Jo immediately sat up, put her hands in her pockets, and began to whistle.

　　喬立即坐起來，雙手插進衣袋，吹起了口哨。

　　"Don't, Jo. It's so boyish!"

　　“別這樣，喬，只有男孩子才這樣做。”

　　"That's why I do it."

　　“所以我才吹。”

　　"I detest rude, unladylike girls!"

　　“我憎恨粗魯、沒有淑女風度的女孩!”

　　"I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits !"

　　“我討厭虛假、矯揉造作的毛頭妹!

　　"Birds in their little nests agree," sang Beth, the peacemaker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh, and the "pecking" ended for that time.

　　“'小巢里的鳥兒一致同意，'"和平使者貝思唱起歌兒，臉上的表情滑稽有趣。尖著嗓門的兩人化為一笑，”斗嘴"就此結束。

（育路中小學教育）