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Each spring, the urge to plant something—a flower or vegetable or anything that would blossom and produce—pulled at her. It must have been a legacy from her grandmother who had, long ago, kept a garden of small and neat proportions.
There had been cabbage-sized roses and delicate white pea blossoms. And in the fertile earth hid golden carrot spears and round white onions, layered and pearly.
The garden gave forth its best from early spring, when the frost still powdered the ground, until late autumn amidst the flaming leaves. And Alice came to believe her grandmother had found the secret to life itself buried deep in the soft black earth.
There had been space and light for things to grow at her grandmother’s house—unlike here in the city where even weeds had a difficult time breaking through the ever-present asphalt.
There was no place for Alice to grow even a single flower—not in front of the brownstone building, where angled cracks only hinted at the earth below, not inside her small dark apartment where the life-giving sunlight would have to traverse an impossibly long distance just to reach her grimy windows.
She had tried, that first year she had come to the city, when hope blossomed in her heart and the future seemed filled with promise. She had carried to her rooms a red clay pot of patio tomatoes, guaranteed to produce scarlet globes hanging in abundance from the dark green stems.
But the lack of sunlight and fresh air turned the green to faded brown, and by summer’s end, the tomatoes themselves were shriveled and misshapen—a nightmare version of what nature intended.
Alice threw the plant away, and never brought home another. Instead, every spring, when the desire for life burned in her, she would stop at the flower sellers waiting patiently outside the subway entrance and buy armfuls of freesias and roses and carnations.
Tenderly, she would carry the paper-wrapped bundle home, to arrange the fragrant rootless blossoms in a crystal vase to die.
译文:春天
每到春天,艾丽丝便渴望种点什么——鲜花,或蔬菜或一切能开花能生长的东西。很久以前,从她祖母那儿遗留下来一个整洁的小花园。
那里,春季的时候,簇簇洋白菜大的玫瑰和丛丛散发着幽香的雪白的豌豆花竞相开放。肥沃的土地下埋藏着金色的胡萝卜的幼苗以及珍珠样又白又圆的洋葱。
早春的花园冲破严寒霜冻,把最美的景色带给人间,晚秋时节则呈现在一片火红的树叶中。艾丽丝确信祖母已经发现深埋在柔软的黑色土地下的生命本身的秘密。
祖母的房屋外面有足够的空间和阳光适合植物的生长,不像这城市里,种子要从布满沥青的地上破土而出非常艰难。
在城里,爱丽丝找不出一点地方哪怕是种一株花,褐石房屋外面不行,那里只是从房屋之间的夹缝中透进少许的阳光,在她狭小而黑暗的公寓更不行,哺育生命的阳光不可能穿过那么远的距离,最多只能到达昏暗的窗户。
来到城里的第一年,她曾努力去尝试,那时她心中充满希望,对未来似乎也有点盼头。她种了一砵西红柿放在房间外的露台上,里面盛满红色的粘土,指望那深绿的枝桠上定会挂满又圆又红的果实。
但是因为缺乏阳光和新鲜空气,绿叶褪变成了褐色,直到夏末,西红柿也变得干瘪且畸形,当初的美好愿望成了一场空。
爱丽丝扔掉西红柿,从今往后不往家里带任何其它的植物了。然而,每当春天来临,她的心里依然充满对生命的渴望,她耐心地等在地铁入口处,流连于卖花人面前,买了一大束小苍兰、玫瑰和康乃馨,抱在臂弯里。
她小心翼翼地捧着这束用纸包装好的花回了家,把这芬芳的无根的鲜花插在水晶瓶子里,直到枯萎。
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《杀死一只知更鸟》是美国女作家哈珀·李所写的长篇小说,讲述了三个孩子因为小镇上的几桩冤案经历了猝不及防的成长—痛苦与迷惑,悲伤与愤怒,也有温情与感动。下面读文网小编为大家带来《杀死一只知更鸟》经典段落英文,欢迎大家阅读!
Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence. She was a Graham fromMontgomery; Atticus met her when he was first elected to the state legislature. He wasmiddle-aged then, she was fifteen years his junior. Jem was the product of their firstyear of marriage; four years later I was born, and two years later our mother died from asudden heart attack. They said it ran in her family. I did not miss her, but I think Jem did.
He remembered her clearly, and sometimes in the middle of a game he would sigh atlength, then go off and play by himself behind the car-house. When he was like that, Iknew better than to bother him.
When I was almost six and Jem was nearly ten, our summertime boundaries (withincalling distance of Calpurnia) were Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose’s house two doors tothe north of us, and the Radley Place three doors to the south. We were never temptedto break them. The Radley Place was inhabited by an unknown entity the meredescription of whom was enough to make us behave for days on end; Mrs. Dubose wasplain hell.
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《鲁滨逊漂流记》是英国作家丹尼尔·笛福的一部长篇小说作品,被认为是英国现实主义的开端之作,下面读文网小编为大家带来《鲁滨孙漂流记》经典英文段落,欢迎大家阅读!
I embraced the offer; and entering into a strict friendship with this captain, who was an honest, plain-dealing man, I went the voyage with him, and carried a small adventure with me, which, by the disinterested honesty of my friend the captain, I increased very considerably; for I carried about 40 pounds in such toys and trifles as the captain directed me to buy. These 40 pounds I had mustered together by the assistance of some of my relations whom I corresponded with; and who, I believe, got my father, or at least my mother, to contribute so much as that to my first adventure.
This was the only voyage which I may say was successful in all my adventures, which I owe to the integrity and honesty of my friend the captain; under whom also I got a competent knowledge of the mathematics and the rules of navigation, learned how to keep an account of the ship's course, take an observation, and, in short, to understand some things that were needful to be understood by a sailor; for, as he took delight to instruct me, I took delight to learn; and, in a word, this voyage made me both a sailor and a merchant; for I brought home five pounds nine ounces of gold-dust for my adventure, which yielded me in London, at my return, almost 300 pounds; and this filled me with those aspiring thoughts which have since so completed my ruin.
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《傲慢与偏见》是简·奥斯汀的代表作。小说讲述了乡绅之女伊丽莎白·班内特的爱情故事。下面读文网小编为大家带来《傲慢与偏见》经典段落英文,欢迎大家阅读!
They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank; and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others. They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother's fortune and their own had been acquired by trade.
Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly an hundred thousand pounds from his father, who had intended to purchase an estate, but did not live to do it. -- Mr. Bingley intended it likewise, and sometimes made choice of his county; but as he was now provided with a good house and the liberty of a manor, it was doubtful to many of those who best knew the easiness of his temper, whether he might not spend the remainder of his days at Netherfield, and leave the next generation to purchase.
His sisters were very anxious for his having an estate of his own; but though he was now established only as a tenant, Miss Bingley was by no means unwilling to preside at his table, nor was Mrs. Hurst, who had married a man of more fashion than fortune, less disposed to consider his house as her home when it suited her. Mr. Bingley had not been of age two years, when he was tempted by an accidental recommendation to look at Netherfield House. He did look at it and into it for half an hour, was pleased with the situation and the principal rooms, satisfied with what the owner said in its praise, and took it immediately.
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《双城记》的情节感人肺腑,是世界文学经典名著之一,今天读文网小编为大家带来一些《双城记》英文经典段落,欢迎大家阅读!
In England, there was scarcely an amount of order and protectionto justify much national boasting. Daring burglaries by armed men, andhighway robberies, took place in the capital itself every night;families were publicly cautioned not to go out of town withoutremoving their furniture to upholsterers' warehouses for security; thehighwayman in the dark was a City tradesman in the light, and, beingrecognised and challenged by his fellow-tradesman whom he stopped inhis character of "the Captain," gallantly shot him through the headand rode away; the mail was waylaid by seven robbers, and the guardshot three dead, and then got shot dead himself by the other four, "inconsequence of the failure of his ammunition:" after which the mailwas robbed in peace; that magnificent potentate, the Lord Mayor ofLondon, was made to stand and deliver on Turnham Green, by onehighwayman, who despoiled the illustrious creature in sight of all hisretinue; prisoners in London gaols fought battles with theirturkeys, and the majesty of the law fired blunderbusses in among them,loaded with rounds of shot and ball; thieves snipped off diamondcrosses from the necks of noble lords at Court drawing-rooms;musketeers went into St. Giles's, to search for contraband goods,and the mob fired on the musketeers, and the musketeers fir on themob, and nobody thought any of these occurrences much out of thecommon way. In the midst of them, the hangman, ever busy and everworse than useless, was in constant requisition; now, stringing uplong rows of miscellaneous criminals; now, hanging a housebreaker onSaturday who had been taken on Tuesday; now, burning people in thehand at Newgate by the dozen, and now burning pamphlets at the door ofWestminster Hall; to-day, taking the life of an atrocious murderer,and to-morrow of a wretched pilferer who had robbed a farmer's boyof sixpence.
All these things, and a thousand like them, came to pass in andclose upon the dear old year one thousand seven hundred andseventy-five. Environed by them, while the Woodman and the Farmerworked unheeded, those two of the large jaws, and those other two ofthe plain and the fair faces, trod with stir enough, and carried theirdivine rights with a high hand. Thus did the year one thousand sevenhundred and seventy-five conduct their Greatnesses, and myriads ofsmall creatures- the creatures of this chronicle among the rest- alongthe roads that lay before them.
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爱情是人与人之间的强烈的依恋、亲近、向往,以及无私专一并且无所不尽其心的情感。下面读文网小编为大家带来经典爱情英文语录摘抄,欢迎大家阅读!
1.不是不让你知道我的存在,只是不奢求爱情会降临到我头上,有时候想,我们是不同水域的动物,虽然我很艳羡你那个世界的美丽,但是浅水区的我一走近,就会被深水淹死。
I never let you not to know my existence, but I just never thought that love will fall upon on my head. Sometimes, I just wonder, we are from different waters, although I admire your world, I will be drowned if I get close to you.
2.当你认为被抛弃的时候,受损失的其实是对方:因为他失去了一个真正喜欢他的人,而你只不过少了一个不喜欢你的人罢了。
When someone abandons you, it is him that gets loss because he lost someone who truly loves him but you just lost one who doesn't love you.
3.被自己所爱的人深爱着是什么样的感觉呢?会是什么样子呢?想要立刻回答的人,你要知道自己是多么幸福的人。虽然一直强辩说,单恋也是一种爱情,但单用一边的手掌是拍不出声音的。
How it feels when you are loved by the one you love? How could it be like? If you want to answer it immediately, you shall know how happy you are. Although you insist loving on your own is also called love, one palm can not make noises.
4.年轻的时候会想要谈很多次恋爱,但是随着年龄的增长,终于领悟到爱一个人,就算用一辈子的时间,还是会嫌不够。慢慢地去了解这个人,体谅这个人,直到爱上为止,是需要有非常宽大的胸襟才行。
When you are young, you may want several love experiences. But as time goes on, you will realize that if you really love someone, the whole life will not be enough. You need time to know, to forgive and to love. All this needs a very big mind.
5.什么是爱情的完成呢?如果结婚才是爱的完成的话,那离婚又算什么呢?当我开始爱一个人的时候就是爱的完成。
What's the accomplishment of love? If marriage is the accomplishment, how about divorce? When I begin to love someone, it is the accomplishment of love.
6.人原本就是在星星上出生的,暂时居住在这颗叫做地球的星星上,因此,任何一个人,都是具有星星般美好的心灵,生命尽管有限,依然不断用微笑和爱向他人散发光芒。
People are used to born in the stars. They just temporarily live in the star which is called the earth. Therefore, everyone has a star-like heart. The life is limited, but they still shine with their smiles and love.
7.原来爱情的世界很大,大到可以装下一百种委屈;原来爱情的世界很小,小到三个人就挤到窒息;原来爱情的世界很大,塞了多少幸福还是有空隙;原来爱情的世界很小,被一脚踩过就变成废墟
The love world is big, which can hold hundreds of disappointments; the love world is small which is crowded even with three people inside. The love world is big, it still has space for more happiness; the love world is small which will be ruined after one tread.
8.爱,有何必多问?问得太多,只怕就不爱了。成熟的人不问过去;聪明的人不问现在;豁达的人不问未来。
Why to ask so much when you are in love? If you ask too much, maybe you no longer love. The mature never ask the past, the wise never ask the present and the open-minded never ask the future.
9.你以为最酸的感觉是吃醋吗?不是的,最酸溜溜的感觉是没权吃醋,根本就轮不到你吃醋,那才是最酸最酸的。
Do you think that the sourest feeling is to be jealous? No, the sourest thing is that you have no rights to be jealous. That's the sourest thing.
10.当明天变成了今天成为了昨天,最后成为记忆里不再重要的某一天,我们突然发现自己在不知不觉中已被时间推着向前走,这不是静止火车里,与相邻列车交错时,仿佛自己在前进的错觉,而是我们真实的在成长,在这件事里成了另一个自己。
When tomorrow turns in today, yesterday, and someday that no more important in your memory, we suddenly realize that we r pushed forward by time. This is not a train in still in which you may feel forward when another train goes by. It is the truth that we've all grown up. And we become different.
11.两人相爱是,渴求无限甜蜜的吻。但为何在争吵时,却要用接吻的嘴互相伤害呢?每当我忧郁困惑,疲惫不堪时,我只能给自己一个吻。
When two people are in love, they are eager to have more sweet kisses. But why they are in quarrel, they are hurting each other by the mouths that once used for kissing? Every time when I was upset or tired, I can only kiss by myself.
12.缘分不是人海中两个人的擦身,缘分是不可能的相遇。比如我是空中的鸟,你是林中的豹,只是我们碰巧相爱。
Love is not about running into each other in crowds. Love is an impossible meeting. For example, I am a bird flying in sky, you r a leopard in forest. We just fall in love accidentally.
13.自己爱的人同时也爱着自己,这简直是一种奇迹,神明为这种奇迹取了一个名字,叫做恋爱。
The one you love also loves you. This is a miracle. And the god names this as falling in love with each other.
14.人生并非都是选择题或是是非题,大部分是应用题,要我们一点一滴的论证,取舍的过程,做错了也没关系。
The life is not always full of multiple choices or the yes-or-no questions, but application questions which need us to prove little by little. During the process, we need to make choice to get or lose. It matters not even if we get wrong answers.
15.当你的心真的在痛,眼泪快要流下来的时候,那就赶快抬头看看,这片曾经属于我们的天空;当天依旧是那么的广阔,云依旧那么的潇洒,那就不应该哭,因为我的离去,并没有带走你的世界。
When you feel hurt and your tears are gonna to drop. Please look up and have a look at the sky once belongs to us. If the sky is still vast, clouds are still clear, you shall not cry because my leave doesn't take away the world that belongs to you.
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爱情是人与人之间的强烈的依恋、亲近、向往,以及无私专一并且无所不尽其心的情感。下面读文网小编为大家带来经典爱情句子英文摘抄,欢迎大家阅读!
1、当我们失去的时候,才知道自己曾经拥有。
when we lose, just know oneself。
2、华丽的转身,华丽的落泪,华丽的说,不爱你。
luxuriant turned, tears, said, don't love you。
3、大家都知道,最后一次的别离就是死亡。
as you all know, the last time the parting is death。
4、到了最后,最悲哀的分手竟然是悄无声息。
in the end, the saddest breakup is quietly。
5、我的心,这只野鸟,在你的眼睛里找到了天空。
my heart, the only wild birds, found the sky in your eyes。
6、我听到了花开的声音,也看到了花落的结局。
i heard the voices of flowers, also saw the flower falls end。
7、当爱情一旦成为了习惯,就会一辈子也摆脱不了的。
once when love has become a habit, you will never get rid of。
8、生命太过短暂,今天放弃了明天不一定能得到。
life is too short, tomorrow to give up today can not get it。
9、守住一个不变的承若,却守不住一刻善变的心。
keep a constant a commitment, but keep the moment fickle heart。
10、有相逢就有别离,可是每个人都害怕别离。
the meeting is the separation, but everyone is afraid of separation。
11、抓住男人的不二法门,应该就是,永远不要让他满足。
catch a man's way, should be, don't let him meet forever。
12、烟花易冷,人事易分,而你再问我是否还在等。
fireworks easy cold personnel easy points, and you ask me whether i still waiting。
13、怎么牵过的手可以随便放空,那些温柔,被你带走。
how to hold a hand can literally empty, those soft, being taken away by you。
14、不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。
don't for those who are not willing to spend their time on you waste your time。
15、你给我的伤害,像烙印一样烙在心里怎么也无法抹去。
you gave me the damage, like stamp branded in my mind how also cannot erase。
16、能开口说出的委屈,便不是委屈。能离开的人,便不算是爱人。
can speak of injustice, it is not a grievance。 to leave, not a lover。
17、时间会让你了解爱情,时间能够证明爱情,也能够把爱推翻。
time will let you know love, time can prove love, also can love overturn。
18、有一天,我们把它拿出来,才知道它最鲜活的日子已经永远过去。
one day, we take it out, just know it the most fresh day has past forever。
19、如果人生最坏的只是死亡,生活中怎会有面对不了的困难。
if life is just the worst death, how don't have to face the difficulties of life。
20、婚姻就像打篮球,有进攻,有防守,有的时候还要有假动作。
marriage is like playing basketball, attack, defense, sometimes even false action。
21、我们总是要求男人有孩子一样的眼神,但要有父亲一样的能力。
we always ask a man took a child's eyes, but to have the ability of a father。
22、痴情的一方注定伤的最深,自古痴情终成空。
spoony party was destined to hurt the deepest, spoony will become empty since ancient times。
23、离开我就别安慰我,要知道每一次缝补也会遭遇穿刺的痛。
if you leave me, please don't comfort me because each sewing has to meet stinging pain。
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下面读文网小编为大家带来经典英文名言警句摘抄,欢迎大家阅读!
1、Be honest rather clever.
诚实比聪明更要紧。
2、Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
随遇而安。
3、Be just to all, but trust not all.
要公正对待所有的人,但不要轻信所有的人。
4、Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.
眼见的不能全信,耳闻的也不能半信。
5、Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
不轻诺,诺必果。
6、Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
多听少说。
7、Better an empty purse than an empty head.
宁可钱袋瘪,不要脑袋空。
8、Better an open enemy than a false friend.
明枪易躲,暗箭难防。
9、Better good neighbours near than relations far away.
远亲不如近邻。
10、Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
功亏一篑。
11、Between two stools one falls to the ground.
脚踏两头要落空。
12、Beware beginnings.
慎始为上。
13、Big mouthfuls ofter choke.
贪多嚼不烂。
14、Bind the sack before it be full.
做事应适可而止。
15、Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚,人以群分。
16、Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身固然重要,教养更且重要。
17、Bite off more than one can chew.
贪多咽不下。
18、Bite the hand that feeds one.
恩将仇报。
19、Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
良药苦口利于病。
20、Blind men can judge no colours.
不宜问道於盲。
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下面读文网小编为大家带来英语名人名言,欢迎大家阅读!
1、法律的力量应当跟随着公民,就像影子跟随着身体一样。——贝卡利亚
the force of law should follow the citizen, like a shadow along with the body。
2、我不同意你说的话,但是我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。——伏尔泰
i don't agree with what you say, but i will defend to the death your right to say it。
3、法律一旦成为人们的需要,人们就不再配享受自由了。——毕达哥拉斯
law once become people's needs, people no longer deserve to enjoy free。
4、没有哪个社会可以制订一部永远适用的宪法,甚至一条永远适用的法律。——杰斐逊
no society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law。
5、犯罪总是以惩罚相补偿;只有处罚才能使犯罪得到偿还。——达雷尔
always to punish crime phase compensation; can only make the crime punishment be paid back。
6、实际上,我们想要的不是针对犯罪的法律,而是针对疯狂的法律。——马克·吐温
in fact, what we want is not laws, against crime, but a law a -gainst insaity。
7、法律是无私的,对谁都一视同仁。在每件事上,她都不徇私情。——托马斯
the law is selfless, for everybody alike。 on everything, she swayed by personal considerations。
8、用道德的示范来造就一个人,显然比用法律来约束他更有价值。——希腊
to make a person with moral demonstration, apparently more valuable than using law to restrain him。
9、假如没有法律他们会更快乐的话,那么法律作为一件无用之物自己就会消灭。——洛克
if there is no law they will be more happy, then the law as a worthless things will destroy yourself。
10、法律的真正目的是诱导那些受法律支配的人求得他们自己的德行。——阿奎那
the real purpose of law is the induced those controlled by the law of the people get their own virtue。
11、公正的法律限制不了好的自由,因为好人不会去做法律不允许的事情。——弗劳德
fair legal restrictions on freedom of not good, because good people won't go to do the law does not allow。
12、法律的制定是为了保证每一个人自由发挥自己的才能,而不是为了束缚他的才能。——罗伯斯庇尔
legislation is to ensure that each and every one of free use of their talents, rather than to his ability。
13、法律不可能给每个人以方便,如果它有益于全体和大多数人,我们就该满足了。——李维
law cannot give everyone with convenient, if it is good for all and most of the people, we should meet again。
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I was always a little in awe of Great-aunt Stephina Roos. Indeed, as children we were all frankly terrified of her. The fact that she did not live with the family, preferring her tiny cottage and solitude to the comfortable but rather noisy household where we were brought up-added to the respectful fear in which she was held.
我对斯蒂菲娜老姑总是怀着敬畏之情。说实在话,我们几个孩子对她都怕得要死。她不和家人一块生活,宁愿住在她的小屋子里,而不愿住在舒舒服服、热热闹闹的家里--我们六个孩子都是在家里带大的--这更加重了我们对她的敬畏之情。
We used to take it in turn to carry small delicacies which my mother had made down from the big house to the little cottage where Aunt Stephia and an old colored maid spent their days. Old Tnate Sanna would open the door to the rather frightened little messenger and would usher him-or her - into the dark voor-kamer, where the shutters were always closed to keep out the heat and the flies. There we would wait, in trembling but not altogether unpleasant.
我们经常轮替着从我们住的大房子里带些母亲为她做的可口的食品到她和一名黑人女仆一块过活的那间小屋里去。桑娜老姨总是为每一个上门来的怯生生的小使者打开房门,将他或她领进昏暗的客厅。那里的百叶窗长年关闭着,以防热气和苍蝇进去。我们总是在那里哆哆嗦嗦、但又不是完全不高兴地等着斯蒂菲娜老姑出来。
She was a tiny little woman to inspire so much veneration. She was always dressed in black, and her dark clothes melted into the shadows of the voor-kamer and made her look smaller than ever. But you felt. The moment she entered. That something vital and strong and somehow indestructible had come in with her, although she moved slowly, and her voice was sweet and soft.
一个像她那样身材纤细的女人居然能赢得我们如此尊敬。她总是身穿黑色衣服,与客厅里的阴暗背景融成一体,将她的身材衬托得更加娇小。但她一进门,我们就感到有一种说不清道不明、充满活力和刚强的气氛,尽管她的步子慢悠、声调甜柔。
She never embraced us. She would greet us and take out hot little hands in her own beautiful cool one, with blue veins standing out on the back of it, as though the white skin were almost too delicate to contain them.
她从不拥抱我们,但总是和我们寒暄,将我们热乎乎的小手握在她那双秀美清爽的手里,她的手背上露出一些青筋,就像手上白嫩的皮肤细薄得遮不住它们似的。
Tante Sanna would bring in dishes of sweet, sweet, sticky candy, or a great bowl of grapes or peaches, and Great-aunt Stephina would converse gravely about happenings on the farm ,and, more rarely, of the outer world.
桑娜阿姨每次都要端出几碟粘乎乎的南非糖果和一钵葡萄或桃子给我们吃。斯蒂菲娜老姑总是一本正经他说些农场里的事,偶尔也谈些外边世界发生的事。
When we had finished our sweetmeats or fruit she would accompany us to the stoep, bidding us thank our mother for her gift and sending quaint, old-fashioned messages to her and the Father. Then she would turn and enter the house, closing the door behind, so that it became once more a place of mystery.
待我们吃完糖果或水果,她总要将我们送到屋前的门廊,叮嘱我们要多谢母亲给她送食品,要我们对父母亲转达一些稀奇古怪的老式祝愿,然后就转身回到屋里,随手关上门,使那里再次成为神秘世界。
As I grew older I found, rather to my surprise, that I had become genuinely fond of my aloof old great-aunt. But to this day I do not know what strange impulse made me take George to see her and to tell her, before I had confided in another living soul, of our engagement. To my astonishment, she was delighted.
让我感到吃惊的是,随着我逐渐长大,我发现打心眼里喜欢起我那位孤伶伶的老姑姑来。至今我仍不知道那是一种什么样的奇异动力,使我在还没有透露给别人之前就把乔治领去看望姑姑,告诉她我们已经订婚的消息。不成想,听到这个消息以后,她竟非常高兴。
"An Englishman,"she exclaimed."But that is splendid, splendid. And you,"she turned to George,"you are making your home in this country? You do not intend to return to England just yet?"
"是英国人!"她惊讶地大声说道,"好极了。你,"她转向乔治,"你要在南非安家吗?你现在不打算回国吧?"
She seemed relieved when she heard that George had bought a farm near our own farm and intended to settle in South Africa. She became quite animated, and chattered away to him.
当她听说乔治已经在我们农场附近购置了一片农场并打算定居下来时,好像松了一口气。她兴致勃勃地和乔治攀谈起来。
After that I would often slip away to the little cottage by the mealie lands. Once she was somewhat disappointed on hearing that we had decided to wait for two years before getting married, but when she learned that my father and mother were both pleased with the match she seemed reassured.
从那以后,我常常到那所位于玉米地边的小屋。有一次,当斯蒂菲娜老姑听说我们决定再过两年结婚时,露出了失望的神色,但一听说我的父母亲都对这门亲事满意时,她又放宽了心。
Still, she often appeared anxious about my love affair, and would ask questions that seemed to me strange, almost as though she feared that something would happen to destroy my romance. But I was quite unprepared for her outburst when I mentioned that George thought of paying a lightning visit to England before we were married."He must not do it,"she cried."Ina, you must not let him go. Promise me you will prevent him."she was trembling all over. I did what I could to console her, but she looked so tired and pale that I persuaded her to go to her room and rest, promising to return the next day.
但她对我的婚姻大事还是经常挂在嘴边。她常常问一些怪怪的问题,几乎像担心我的婚事会告吹一样。当我提到乔治打算在婚前匆匆回一趟国时,她竟激动了起来。只见她浑身哆嗦着大声嚷道:"他不能回去!爱娜!你不能放他走,你得答应我不放他走!"我尽力安慰她,但她还是显得萎靡不振。我只得劝她回屋休息,并答应第二天再去看她。
When I arrived I found her sitting on the stoep. She looked lonely and pathetic, and for the first time I wondered why no man had ever taken her and looked after her and loved her. Mother had told me that Great-aunt Stephina had been lovely as a young girl, and although no trace of that beauty remained, except perhaps in her brown eyes, yet she looked so small and appealing that any man, one felt, would have wanted to protect her.
我第二天去看她时,她正坐在屋前的门廊上,流露出抑郁孤寂的神情。我第一次感到纳闷:以前怎么没有人娶她、照料和爱抚她呢?记得母亲曾经说过,斯蒂菲娜老姑以前曾是一个楚楚可爱的小姑娘。尽管除了她那褐色的眼睛尚能保留一点昔日的风韵之外,她的美貌早已荡然无存。但她看上去还是那样小巧玲珑、惹人爱怜,引起男人们的惜香怜玉之情。
She paused, as though she did not quite know how to begin.
Then she seemed to give herself, mentally, a little shake. "You must have wondered ", she said, "why I was so upset at the thought of young George's going to England without you. I am an old woman, and perhaps I have the silly fancies of the old, but I should like to tell you my own love story, and then you can decide whether it is wise for your man to leave you before you are married."
我走到她的跟前。她拍着身边的椅子,淡淡一笑。"坐下吧,亲爱的," 她说,"我有话要告诉你。"她欲言又止,好像不知道话从何说起似的。接着,她仿佛振作了起来。她说:"我听你说乔治要回国,又不带你走,心里非常不安。我这份心事你是不明白的。我是一个老婆子了,大概还怀着老人们的那颗痴心吧。不过,我想把自己的爱情故事讲给你听。这样你就能明白在你们结婚之前让你的未婚夫离开你,是不是一个明智之举。"
"I was quite a young girl when I first met Richard Weston. He was an Englishman who boarded with the Van Rensburgs on the next farm, four or five miles from us. Richard was not strong. He had a weak chest, and the doctors had sent him to South Africa so that the dry air could cure him. He taught the Van Rensburg children, who were younger than I was, though we often played together, but he did this for pleasure and not because he needed money.
"我第一次遇见理查德·威斯顿时还是一个年轻姑娘。他是一个英国人,寄宿在我家附近四、五英里一个农场上的范·伦斯堡家里。他身体不好,胸闷气短。医生让他去南非让干燥的气候治好他的病。他教伦斯堡的孩子们念书,他们都比我小,尽管我们经常在一块玩。理查德是以教书为乐,并不是为了赚钱。
"We loved one another from the first moment we met, though we did not speak of our love until the evening of my eighteenth birthday. All our friends and relatives had come to my party, and in the evening we danced on the big old carpet which we had laid down in the barn. Richard had come with the Van Rensburgs, and we danced together as often as we dared, which was not very often, for my father hated the Uitlanders. Indeed, for a time he had quarreled with Mynheer Van Rensburg for allowing Richard to board with him, but afterwards he got used to the idea, and was always polite to the Englishman, though he never liked him.
"我和理查德是一见钟情,尽管直到我18岁生日那天我们才表示彼此的爱慕之情。那天晚上的舞会上,我们的亲友都来了。我们在仓房里铺上一条宽大的旧毛毯,翩翩起舞。我和他壮起胆子频频起舞。但事实上,没有多少次,因为我的父亲很讨厌'洋人'。有一次,他曾抱怨说伦斯堡先生不应该让理查德寄住在他的家里,为此还跟他吵过一场,他后来就习以为常了。虽谈不上喜欢,但对这个英国人以礼相待。"
"That was the happiest birthday of my life, for while we were resting between dances Richard took me outside into the cool, moonlit night, and there, under the stars ,he told me he loved me and asked me to marry him. Of course I promised I would, for I was too happy to think of what my parents would say, or indeed of anything except Richard was not at our meeting place as he had arranged. I was disappointed but not alarmed, for so many things could happen to either of us to prevent out keeping our tryst. I thought that next time we visited the Van Ransburgs, I should hear what had kept him and we could plan further meetings…
"那是我一生中最快乐的一个生日,因为理查德在跳舞间歇将我领到外面清凉的月光中,在点点繁星之下对我倾诉爱慕之情,并向我求婚。我二话没说答应了他的要求,因为我早已心醉神迷,想不到父母亲会说什么。我的心中除了理查德和他的爱情,什么也顾不上了。 "从那以后,我们就尽可能多地见面,但往往是秘密进行。我们就这样度过了将近1年时间。后来有一天,在他安排的约会处,理查德爽约没有来。失望之际,我没有大惊小怪,因为我们俩谁碰到形形色色的事都可能使我们无法幽会。我想我们以后去范·伦斯堡家看望之时,我就会明白理查德未能赴约的原因,再安排以后的约会……
"So when my father asked if I would drive with him to Driefontein I was delighted. But when we reached the homestead and were sitting on the stoep drinking our coffee, we heard that Richard had left quite suddenly and had gone back to England. His father had died, and now he was the heir and must go back to look after his estates.
"所以,当父亲问我是否愿意和他一块开车去德里方丹时,我就高兴地答应了。但待我们赶到范·伦斯堡家,坐在他们家屋前的门廊上喝咖啡时,却听说理查德已经不辞而别回英国去了。他的父亲死了,他是继承人,不得不回去料理遗产。
"I do not remember very much more about that day, except that the sun seemed to have stopped shining and the country no longer looked beautiful and full of promise, but bleak and desolate as it sometimes does in winter or in times of drought. Late that afternoon, Jantje, the little Hottentot herd boy, came up to me and handed me a letter , which he said the English baas had left for me. It was the only love letter I ever received, but it turned all my bitterness and grief into a peacefulness which was the nearest I could get, then, to happiness. I knew Richard still loved me, and somehow, as long as I had his letter, I felt that we could never be really parted, even if he were in England and I had to remain on the farm. I have it yet, and though I am an old, tired woman, it still gives me hope and courage."
"那天的事我记不大清楚了,只记得当时阳光惨淡,田野也失去了美丽的丰采和欣欣向荣的景象,萧瑟凄凉得跟冬天或大旱时一样。那天傍晚,在我和父亲动身回家之前,霍但托特族的小牧童詹杰交给我一封信,他说是那位英国老爷留给我的。这可是我有生以来收到的唯一的情书!它将我的忧伤一扫而光,使我的心情变得平静--当时对我来说几乎类似幸福的平静。我知道理查德仍在爱着我。不知怎么回事,有了这封信,我便觉得我们不可能真正分开,哪怕他到了英国、我还留在南非的农场。这封信我至今仍保留着,尽管我已经年迈体衰,但它仍能带给我希望和勇气。"
"I must have been a wonderful letter, Aunt Stephia,"I said.
"斯蒂菲娜老姑,那封信一定美极了吧,"我说。
The old lady came back from her dreams of that far-off romance."Perhaps," she said, hesitating a little, "perhaps, my dear, you would care to read it ?"
老太太从她那久远的爱之梦中醒过神来。"也许,"她带着犹豫的神情说,"也许,亲爱的,你想看看那封信吧?"
"I should love to , Aunt Stephia,"I said gently.
"我很想看,斯蒂菲娜老姑,"我轻声说。
She rose at once and tripped into the house as eagerly as a young girl. When she came back she handed me a letter, faded and yellow with age, the edges of the envelope worn and frayed as though it had been much handled. But when I came to open it I found that the seal was unbroken.
她猛地站起身,奔进屋里,急切得像个小姑娘。她从屋里出来后,递给我一封信。由于天长日久,那信已经褪色发黄,信封边已经磨损,好像曾被摩挲过好多次。但在取信时,我发现封口还没有拆开。
"Open it ,open it,"said Great-aunt Stephia, and her voice was shaking.
"拆开,拆开吧!"斯蒂菲娜老姑声音颤抖地说。
I broke the seal and read.
我撕开封口,开始念信。
It was not a love letter in the true sense of the word, but pages of the minutest directions of how"my sweetest Phina"was to elude her father/'s vigilance, creep down to the drift at night and there meet Jantje with a horse which would take her to Smitsdorp. There she was to go to "my true friend, Henry Wilson",who would give her money and make arrangements for her to follow her lover to Cape Town and from there to England ," where, my love, we can he be married at once. But if, my dearest, you are not sure that you can face lift with me in a land strange to you, then do not take this important step, for I love you too much to wish you the smallest unhappiness. If you do not come, and if I do not hear from you, then I shall know that you could never be happy so far from the people and the country which you love. If, however, you feel you can keep your promise to me, but are of too timid and modest a journey to England unaccompanied, then write to me, and I will, by some means, return to fetch my bride."
严格说来,它算不上是一封情书,实际是只是几页内容详尽的行动指南。信里称"我最亲爱的菲娜"该怎么摆脱她父亲的监视,夜里逃出家门,詹杰会在浅滩上牵马等着她,然后将她驮到史密斯多普,到了那里再去找理查德的"知心朋友亨利·威尔逊",他会给她钱为她作好安排,使她能跟随她的情人到开普敦,随后转道英国。"亲爱的,这样我们就可以在英国结婚了。但是我的至爱,如果你不能保证你能在一个陌生的地方和我一块生活,你就不必采取这个重大行动,因为我太爱你了,不能让你感到丝毫不快。如果你不来,如果我听不到你的回信,我就会知道,如果你离开你挚爱的亲人和乡土,你是不会幸福的。但如果你能实践你对我的许诺而由于你生性持重胆怯不愿单身前往英国,就来信告诉我,那我就会设法回南非来迎接我的新娘。"
I read no further.
我没有再念下去。
"But Aunt Phina!"I gasped. "Why…why…?"
"可是,菲娜老姑,"我气喘吁吁地说,"为什么……?为什么……"
The old lady was watching me with trembling eagerness, her face flushed and her eyes bright with expectation."Read it aloud, my dear,"she said."I want to hear every word of it. There was never anyone I could trust…Uitlanders were hated in my young days…I could not ask anyone."
老太太的身子由于渴望知道信的内容而颤抖,她的眼睛炯炯有神地凝视着我,脸庞因急切的期待一片绯红。"亲爱的,大声念吧!"她说,"信里的一字一句,我都要听!当时我找不到可靠的人给我念……我年轻时,'洋人'是被人深恶痛绝的……我找不到人给我念啊!"
"But, Auntie, don't you even know what he wrote?"
"可是老姑,难道你一直不知道信里的事吗?"
The old lady looked down, troubled and shy like a child who has unwittingly done wrong.
老太太低头俯视着,像一个无心做错事的孩子一样怯生生的,不知说什么才好。
"No, dear," she said, speaking very low."You see, I never learned to read.
"不知道,亲爱的,"她用低沉的声调说,“你知道,我从来没有念过书啊!”
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励志,即是唤醒一个人的内在创造力。惟有从内心深处展开的力量,用心灵体验总结出的精华,才是一个人真正获得尊严和自信的途径。下面读文网小编为大家带来励志英文句子段落摘抄,欢迎大家阅读!
1、Dream is what makes you happy, even when you are just trying。
梦想就是一种让你感到坚持就是幸福的东西。
2、When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on so long in the first place。
每当你想要放弃的时候,就想想是为了什么才一路坚持到现在。
3、Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten。 Alter what is changeable, and accept what is mutable。
记住该记住的,忘记该忘记的。改变能改变的,接受不能改变的。
4、 “You couldn’t see my tears cause I am in the water。” Fish said to water。“But I could feel your tears cause you are in my heart。” Answered water。
鱼对水说你看不到我的眼泪,因为我在水里。水说我能感觉到你的眼泪,因为你在我心里。
5、 Your life only lasts for a few decades, so be sure that you don‘t leave any regrets。 Laugh or cry as you like, and it‘s meaningless to oppress yourself。
人生短短几十年,不要给自己留下了什么遗憾,想笑就笑,想哭就哭,该爱的时候就去爱,无谓压抑自己。
6、Life is like a cup of tea. It won't be bitter for a lifetime but for a short while anyway.
人生就像一杯茶,不会苦一辈子,但总会苦一阵子。
7、 Penitence is something that enervates our spirit, causing a greater loss than the loss itself and making a bigger mistake than the mistake itself。 So never regret。
后悔是一种耗费精神的情绪。后悔是比损失更大的损失,比错误更大的错误。所以不要后悔。
8、Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life。
让每一天都有机会成为你人生中最美好的一天。
9、Whatever your past has been, you have a spotless future。
无论过去如何,未来总是崭新的。
10、Enrich your life today, yesterday is history,and tomorrow is mystery。
充实今朝,昨日已成过去,明天充满神奇。
11、To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
对于世界而言,你是一个人;但是对于某个人,你是他的整个世界。
12、No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
没有人值得你流泪,值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
13、Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
纵然伤心,也不要愁眉不展,因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。
14、Time would heal almost all wounds. If your wounds have not been healed up, please wait for a short while.
时间几乎会愈合所有伤口,如果你的伤口还没有愈合,请给时间一点时间!
15、No need to have a reason to love you. Anything can be a reason not to love you.
喜欢你,不需要理由;不喜欢你,什么都可以成为理由。
16、Life is sad at times, but it is up to you to make your own life happy.
生活有时是令人沮丧的,但你可以努力让自己的过得开心。
17、Because the things you're scared of are usually the most worthwhile.
每天都尝试去一件你害怕的事情,因为,你所害怕的事情,往往是最值得的。
18、When life give you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.
当生活给你一百个理由哭泣时,你就拿出一千个理由笑给它看。
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1.expatiate vi.详述,细说,漫游
2.tavern n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店
3.triumph n.胜利,成功;喜悦vi.获胜,成功
4.elegance n.优雅;优美;精美
5.entertain vt.招(款)待;给……娱(快)乐vi.招待,请客
6.impudent adj.鲁莽的,卑鄙的
7.alacrity n.敏捷,活泼,乐意
8.proportion n.比例;部分,份儿;均衡,相称
9.contrive vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出
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1.fathomless adj.深不可测的,无法了解的
2.plunge v.使投入,跳人,栽进n.投入,跳入
3.clasp n.扣子,钩,紧握 v. 扣紧,紧握,密切合作
4.embrace vt.拥抱;包括;包围,环绕 n.拥抱,怀抱
5.foreshortened adj.(线条)按透视法缩短的
6.jangling adj.吵闹的
7.brawl n&vi.争吵,打架
8.angular adj.有角的,消瘦的,有尖角的
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All over my garden I’ve planted nothing but roses, fragrant and—if looked at from a far—a blaze with color like sunset clouds, I’d be very happy if anyone of my visiting friends should desire to pick and take some for their homes. I trust that any friend of mine carrying the rose would vanish into the distance feeling that his emotions had been rekindled.
我在花园里种了芬芳的玫瑰花,远远望去,像一片燃烧的晚霞。我想等朋友们来做客的时候,让他们带一些玫瑰回家。我相信朋友们捧着火红的玫瑰渐渐消失在远方,一定能被重新点燃往日的情怀。
A close friend came for a visit the other day. I know her to be a lover of flowers and plants. And for that reason I told her at her departure that she should pick a bunch of roses to grace her boudoir. I promised that the scent of the roses would be wafted far, far away.
有一天,一位要好的女友来探望我,我知道她平常最喜爱花花草草。她临别时,我告诉她说,采一束玫瑰装点你的闺房吧,芳香四溢。
That girl friend of mine, tiptoeing into the garden in high spirits, sniffed here and smelt there, but in the end she didn’t pick a single rose. I said there were so many of them that she would pick as many as she’d like to; I told her that I was not a florist and didn’t make a living out of them. Saying so I raised the scissors for the sacrifice of the flowers, but she stopped me, crying no, no, no!
女友轻手轻脚跨进花园,东闻闻西嗅嗅,神采飞扬,就是不肯采摘。我说,没关系,多的是,我又不是花店老板,不靠玫瑰赚钱的。说完,我就举起剪刀准备献美。女友急忙拦住,高声叫着,不可不可。
To cut such beautiful roses would hurt one, she said. With her hands clutching at my sleeves, she told me that by no means should they be cut. Roses are the smiling face of the earth, and who could be so iron-hearted as to destroy a smile so intoxicating?
这么美丽的玫瑰剪下来,让人心疼。她抓紧我的袖子叮咛:千万不能剪啊,玫瑰是泥土的笑脸,谁能忍心毁坏美得醉人的微笑呢?
My mind was thoroughly boggled: the ugly earth, the humble earth, the plain earth—it is for the sake of that smile that it wins the care and pity of people.
我的灵魂猛然一惊:丑陋的泥土,卑微的泥土,朴素的泥土,因为玫瑰,露出了惊艳一笑,正因为这一笑,才赢得了人们的爱惜。
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Time is running out for my friend. While we are sitting at lunch she casually mentions she and her husband are thinking of starting a family. "We're taking a survey,"she says, half-joking. "Do you think I should have a baby?"
"It will change your life," I say, carefully keeping my tone neutral. "I know,"she says, "no more sleeping in on weekends, no more spontaneous holidays..."
But that's not what I mean at all. I look at my friend, trying to decide what to tell her. I want her to know what she will never learn in childbirth classes. I want to tell her that the physical wounds of child bearing will heal, but becoming a mother will leave her with an emotional wound so raw that she will be vulnerable forever.
I consider warning her that she will never again read a newspaper without thinking: "What if that had been MY child?" That every plane crash, every house fire will haunt her. That when she sees pictures of starving children, she will wonder if anything could be worse than watching your child die. I look at her carefully manicured nails and stylish suit and think that no matter how sophisticated she is, becoming a mother will reduce her to the primitive level of a bear protecting her cub.
I feel I should warn her that no matter how many years she has invested in her career, she will be professionally derailed by motherhood. She might arrange for child care, but one day she will be going into an important business meeting, and she will think her baby's sweet smell. She will have to use every ounce of discipline to keep from running home, just to make sure her child is all right.
I want my friend to know that every decision will no longer be routine. That a five-year-old boy's desire to go to the men's room rather than the women's at a restaurant will become a major dilemma. The issues of independence and gender identity will be weighed against the prospect that a child molester may be lurking in the lavatory. However decisive she may be at the office, she will second-guess herself constantly as a mother.
Looking at my attractive friend, I want to assure her that eventually she will shed the added weight of pregnancy, but she will never feel the same about herself. That her own life, now so important, will be of less value to her once she has a child. She would give it up in a moment to save her offspring, but will also begin to hope for more years—not to accomplish her own dreams—but to watch her children accomplish theirs.
I want to describe to my friend the exhilaration of seeing your child learn to hit a ball. I want to capture for her the belly laugh of a baby who is touching the soft fur of a dog for the first time. I want her to taste the joy that is so real it hurts.
My friend's look makes me realize that tears have formed in my eyes. "You'll never regret it," I say finally. Then, squeezing my friend's hand, I offer a prayer for her and me and all of the mere mortal women who stumble their way into this holiest of callings.
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时光任苒,朋友已经老大不小了。我们坐在一起吃饭的时候,她漫不经心地提到她和她的丈夫正考虑要小孩。“我们正在做一项调查,”她半开玩笑地说。“你觉得我应该要个小孩吗?”
“他将改变你的生活。”我小心翼翼地说道,尽量使语气保持客观。“这我知道。”她答道,“周末睡不成懒觉,再也不能随心所欲休假了……”
但我说的绝非这些。我注视着朋友,试图整理一下自己的思绪。我想让她知道她永远不可能在分娩课上学到的东西。我想让她知道:分娩的有形伤疤可以愈合,但是做母亲的情感伤痕却永远如新,她会因此变得十分脆弱。
我想告诫她:做了母亲后,每当她看报纸时就会情不自禁地联想:“如果那件事情发生在我的孩子身上将会怎样啊!”每一次飞机失事、每一场住宅火灾都会让她提心吊胆。看到那些忍饥挨饿的孩子们的照片时,她会思索:世界上还有什么比眼睁睁地看着自己的孩子饿死更惨的事情呢?我打量着她精修细剪的指甲和时尚前卫的衣服,心里想到:不管她打扮多么考究,做了母亲后,她会变得像护崽的母熊那样原始而不修边幅。
我觉得自己应该提醒她,不管她在工作上投入了多少年,一旦做了母亲,工作就会脱离常规。她自然可以安排他人照顾孩子,但说不定哪天她要去参加一个非常重要的商务会议,却忍不住想起宝宝身上散发的甜甜乳香。她不得不拼命克制自己,才不致于为了看看孩子是否安然无羔而中途回家。
我想告诉朋友,有了孩子后,她将再也不能按照惯例做出决定。在餐馆,5岁的儿子想进男厕而不愿进女厕将成为摆在她眼前的一大难题:她将在两个选择之间权衡一番:尊重孩子的独立和性别意识,还是让他进男厕所冒险被潜在的儿童性骚扰者侵害?任凭她在办公室多么果断,作为母亲,她仍经常事后后悔自己当时的决定。
注视着我的这位漂亮的朋友,我想让她明确地知道,她最终会恢复到怀孕前的体重,但是她对自己的感觉已然不同。她现在视为如此重要的生命将随着孩子的诞生而变得不那么宝贵。为了救自己的孩子,她时刻愿意献出自己的生命。但她也开始希望多活一些年头,不是为了实现自己的梦想,而是为了看着孩子们美梦成真。
我想向朋友形容自己看到孩子学会击球时的喜悦之情。我想让她留意宝宝第一次触摸狗的绒毛时的捧腹大笑。我想让她品尝快乐,尽管这快乐真实得令人心痛。
朋友的表情让我意识到自己已经是热泪盈眶。“你永远不会后悔,”我最后说。然后紧紧地握住朋友的手,为她、为自己、也为每一位艰难跋涉、准备响应母亲职业神圣的召唤的平凡女性献上自己的祈祷
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From the window of my room, I could see a tall cotton-rose hibiscus. In spring, when green foliage was half hidden by mist, the tree looked very enchanting dotted with red blossom. This inspiring neighbor of mine often set my mind working. I gradually regarded it as my best friend.
从我的房间的窗子向外望去,可以看到一株高大的芙蓉树。春日里,芙蓉树在薄雾中若隐若现,红花点点,样子实在迷人。它总是赋予我灵感,让我思如泉涌。时间久了,我竟把这菱蓉视为知已了。
Nevertheless, when I opened the window one morning, to my amazement, the tree was almost bare beyond recognition as a result of the storm ravages the night before. Struck by the plight, I was seized with a sadness at the thought “all the blossom is doomed to fall”. I could not help sighing with emotion: the course of life never runs smooth, for there are so many ups and downs, twists and turns. The vicissitudes of my life saw my beloved friends parting one after another. Isn’t it similar to the tree shedding its flowers in the wind?
然而,一天清晨,当我推开窗子时,愕然发现前夜的一场风雨已将它摧残得落红满地。刹那间,我有一种"花开终有落"的悲凉感觉。这使我不由得发出一声慨叹:人生的旅途中,总是少不了种种羁绊,那些曲折的经历总会伴随着我们。曾经失去过的挚爱的朋友,生命的脆弱不正是像这随风而逝的花吗?
This event faded from my memory as time went by. One day after I came home from the countryside, I found the room stuffy and casually opened the window. Something outside caught my eye and dazzled me. It was a plum tree all scarlet with blossom set off beautifully by the sunset. The surprise discovery overwhelmed me with pleasure. I wondered why I had no idea of some unyielding life sprouting over the fallen petals when I was grieving for the hibiscus.
随着时间的流逝,我渐渐地把那天的感触淡忘了,一次出差回来,感到屋内的空气有些沉闷,于是我不经意的打开了窗,可就在那一瞬,我被眼前的景象惊呆了。窗外,一株李子树开花了,火红火红的花朵,满树都是。在夕阳的映衬下,分外美丽。这意外让我惊喜不已。没想到当初自己只顾悲伤,却没发现那凄凉的背后,竟存在着如此坚强的灵魂。
When the last withered petal dropped, all the joyful admiration for the hibiscus sank into oblivion as if nothing was left, until the landscape was again ablaze with the red plum blossom to remind people of life’s alternation and continuance. Can’t it be said that life is actually a symphony, a harmonious composition of loss and gain.
是啊,当芙蓉的最后一片花瓣凋落之时,人们以往对它的赞许都已成为过眼云烟。可如今,李子树却成长起来了,那火红的花儿正向人们昭示着生命的更迭与繁衍。谁能否认生命原本就是一场得失共存的交响音呢?
Standing by the window lost in thought for a long time, I realized that no scenery in the world remains unchanged. As long as you keep your heart basking in the sun, every dawn will present a fine prospect for you to unfold and the world will always be about new hopes.
我久久地伫立在窗前,深深感悟到,生命之中本没有一成不变的风景,只要你的心永远向着阳光,那么每一个清晨就会向你展现出一个等待着由你来开启的美景。不管你正经历着怎样的风雨,请相信,这个世界总会带给你新的希望。
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It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.
只有付出的爱是痛苦的,但比这更痛苦是爱一个人却没有勇气让那人知道你的感情。
A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you,only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.
生命中令人悲伤的一件事是你遇到了一个对你来说很重要的人,但却最终发现你们有缘无份,因此你不得不放手。
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with,never say a word,and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
最好的朋友就是那种能和你促膝而坐,彼此不说只字片语,分别时却感到这是你有过的最好的一次交流!
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
的确只有当我们失去时才知道曾拥有的是什么,同样,只有当我们拥有了才知道曾经失去了什么。
It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone,an hour to like someone,and a day to love someone- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
迷上某人只需一分钟,喜欢上某人需要一小时,爱上某人则要一天,然而,忘记某人却是一辈子的事情。
Don't go for looks;they can deceive. Don't go for wealth;even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
别倾心于容貌,因为它具有欺骗性,也别倾心于财富,它也会消散,倾心于那个能带给你笑容的人吧,因为一个笑容能使漫漫长夜如白昼般明亮。
Dream what you want to dream;go where you want to go;be what you want to be,because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
做你想做的梦吧,去你想去的地方吧,成为你想成为的人吧,因为你只有一次生命,一个机会去做所有那些你想做的事。
Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you,it probably hurts the person too.
要设身处地的为别人着想, 如果一双鞋你穿着夹脚, 别人的感觉可能也一样。
A careless word may kindle strife;a cruel word may wreck a life;a timely word may level stress;a loving word may heal and bless.
无心快语可能引发争执,无情之词可能折损生命,适时温语可能消弭压力,而关爱之声可能治愈心灵。
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
幸福之人并非拥有一切,只是尽力享受生活的赐予。
Love begins with a smile,grows with a kiss,ends with a tear. When you were born,you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die,you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.
爱情以笑开始,以吻转浓,以泪结束。当你哭着降临人世时,身边的每个人都在为此欢笑,好好生活吧,这样你就能含笑离开人世,而身边的每个人都在为此哭泣。
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MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1942
I had my birthday party on Sunday afternoon. The Rin Tin Tin movie was a big hit with my classmates. I got two brooches, a bookmark and two books. I'll start by saying a few things about my school and my class, beginning with the students.
Betty Bloemendaal looks kind of poor, and I think she probably is. She lives on some obscure street in West Amsterdam, and none of us know where it is. She does very well at school, but that's because she works so hard, not because she's so smart. She's pretty quiet.
Jacqueline van Maarsen is supposedly my best friend, but I've never had a real friend. At first I thought Jacque would be one, but I was badly mistaken.
D.Q.* [* Initials have been assigned at random to those persons who prefer to remain anonymous.] is a very nervous girl who's always forgetting things, so the teachers keep assigning her extra homework as punishment. She's very kind, especially to G.Z.
E.S. talks so much it isn't funny. She's always touching your hair or fiddling with your buttons when she asks you something. They say she can't stand me, but I don't care, since I don't like her much either.
Henny Mets is a nice girl with a cheerful disposition, except that she talks in a loud voice and is really childish when we're playing outdoors. Unfortunately, Henny has a girlfriend named Beppy who's a bad influence on her because she's dirty and vulgar.
J.R. - I could write a whole book about her. J. is a detestable, sneaky, stuck-up, two-faced gossip who thinks she's so grown-up. She's really got Jacque under her spell, and that's a shame. J. is easily offended, bursts into tears at the slightest thing and, to top it all off, is a terrible show-off. Miss J. always has to be right. She's very rich, and has a closet full of the most adorable dresses that are way too old for her. She thinks she's gorgeous, but she's not. J. and I can't stand each other.
Ilse Wagner is a nice girl with a cheerful disposition, but she's extremely fInicky and can spend hours moaning and groaning about something. Ilse likes me a lot. She's very smart, but lazy.
Hanneli Goslar, or Lies as she's called at school, is a bit on the strange side. She's usually shy -- outspoken at horne, but reserved around other people. She blabs whatever you tell her to her mother. But she says what she thinks, and lately I've corne to appreciate her a great deal.
Nannie van Praag-Sigaar is small, funny and sensible. I think she's nice. She's pretty smart. There isn't much else you can say about Nannie. Eefje de Jong is, in my opinion, terrific. Though she's only twelve, she's quite the lady. She acts as if I were a baby. She's also very helpful, and I like her.
G.Z. is the prettiest girl in our class. She has a nice face, but is kind of dumb. I think they're going to hold her back a year, but of course I haven't told her that.
COMMENT ADDED BY ANNE AT A LATER DATE: To my areat surprise, G.Z. wasn't held back a year after all.
And sitting next to G.Z. is the last of us twelve girls, me.
There's a lot to be said about the boys, or maybe not so much after all.
Maurice Coster is one of my many admirers, but pretty much of a pest. Sallie Springer has a filthy mind, and rumor has it that he's gone all the way. Still, I think he's terrific, because he's very funny.
Emiel Bonewit is G.Z.'s admirer, but she doesn't care. He's pretty boring. Rob Cohen used to be in love with me too, but I can't stand him anymore. He's an obnoxious, two-faced, lying, sniveling little goof who has an awfully high opinion of himself.
Max van de Velde is a farm boy from Medemblik, but eminently suitable, as Margot would say.
Herman Koopman also has a filthy mind, just like Jopie de Beer, who's a terrible flirt and absolutely girl-crazy.
Leo Blom is Jopie de Beer's best friend, but has been ruined by his dirty mind.
Albert de Mesquita came from the Montessori School and skipped a grade. He's really smart.
Leo Slager came from the same school, but isn't as smart.
Ru Stoppelmon is a short, goofy boy from Almelo who transferred to this school in the middle of the year.
C.N. does whatever he's not supposed to.
Jacques Kocernoot sits behind us, next to C., and we (G. and I) laugh ourselves silly.
Harry Schaap is the most decent boy in our class. He's nice.
Werner Joseph is nice too, but all the changes taking place lately have made him too quiet, so he seems boring. Sam Salomon is one of those tough guys from across the tracks. A real brat. (Admirer!)
Appie Riem is pretty Orthodox, but a brat too.
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