美国语文第三册 第73期:玛丽的硬币

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　　How cold papa and mamma will be when they return from their long ride! 爸爸妈妈长途旅行，到家的时候该是多冷啊！

　　It is not time to toast the bread yet, and I am tired of reading. 现在还不是时候烤面包，而我看书也已经看烦了。

　　What shall I do? 我该做些什么呢？

　　Some how, I can't help thinking about the pale face of that little beggar² girl all the time. 不知道为什么，我总是忍不住想起那个乞讨的小女孩。

　　I can see the glad light filling her eyes, just as plain as I did when I laid the dime³ in her little dirty hand. 我面前浮现她眼里闪耀快乐的光彩，就像当我把一角硬币放到她脏兮兮的小手里时一样。

　　How much I had thought of that dime, too! 我也多么惦念那个一角硬币啊！

　　Grandpa gave it to me a whole month ago, and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs; 那是祖母一个月前给我的，从那以后我一直把它放在楼上的红盒子里。

　　but those sugar apples looked so beautiful, and were so cheap —only a dime a piece —that I made up my mind to have one. 可是那些释迦果看起来多漂亮啊，而且那么便宜——只要一角钱一个——于是我下定决心要去买一个。

　　I can see her—the beggar girl, I mean—as she stood there in front of the store, in her old hood⁴ and faded dress, looking at the candies laid all in a row. 我能看到她——那个乞讨的女孩，我的意思是——当时她站在商店前面，戴着旧头巾，穿着褪了色的裙子，看着那些摆成一行的糖果时，

　　I wonder what made me say, "Little girl, what do you want?" 我不知道是什么促使我说：“小姑娘，你想要什么？”

　　How she stare at me, just as if nobody had spoken kindly⁵ to her before. 她盯着我的神情显得多惊讶啊！

　　I guess she thought I was sorry for her,for she said, so earnestly⁶ and sorrowfully, "I was thinking how good one of those gingerbread rolls would taste." 就好像从来没有人和气地跟她说过话一样。我猜她是认为我为她感到难过，因为她语气急切而悲伤地答道：“我在想那些姜饼卷该会有多好吃。”

　　I haven't had anything to eat today. 今天我还没吃过东西。

　　Now, I thought to myself, "Mary Williams, you have had a good breakfast and a good dinner this day, and this poor girl has not had a mouthful." 那个时候，我在心里对自己说：“玛丽.威廉斯，你今天吃了丰盛的早餐和午餐，这个可怜的小女孩却一口饭都吃不上。”

　　You can give her your dime; she needs it a great deal more than you do. 你可以把你那个硬币给她，她比你更需要。

　　I could not resist that little girl's sorrowful, hungry look—so I dropped the dime right into her hand, and, without waiting for her to speak, walked straight away. 我无法抗拒那个小女孩悲伤、饥饿的神情——于是我把硬币塞到她的手里，不等她开口说话，就立刻走开了。

　　I'm so glad I gave her the dime, if I did have to go without the apple lying there in the window, and looking just like a real one. 我很高兴自己把硬币给了她，就像是我确实必须走开，让那个释迦果留在橱窗里，只是看起来像真的。

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