Anne of Green Gables( III ）綠山墻的安妮(節(jié)選3）

“所有大人都曾經(jīng)是小孩，只是他們大都忘記了。”小時(shí)候，我們都盼望自己快些長(zhǎng)大，脫離父母的管束，得到大人的尊重;長(zhǎng)大后，我們又懷念兒時(shí)，渴望純真與無憂無慮的時(shí)光。成長(zhǎng)是不可逆的，每個(gè)人都會(huì)在不經(jīng)意間長(zhǎng)大，我們慢慢收獲，也在慢慢失去。希望大家在長(zhǎng)大與收獲的同時(shí)，能繼續(xù)保留我們的童真。

“Mrs. Barry had the very best china set out， Marilla， just as if I was real company. I can't tell you what a 1）thrill it gave me. Nobody ever used their very best china on my account before. And we had fruit cake and pound cake and doughnuts and two kinds of preserves， Marilla.And Mrs. Barry asked me if I took tea and said‘Pa， why don't you pass the biscuits to Anne？' It must be lovely to be grown up， Marilla， when just being treated as if you were is so nice."

“I don't know about that， " said Marilla， with a brief 2）sigh.

“Well， anyway， when I am grown up， ”said Anne 3）decidedly， “I’malways going to talk to little girls as if they were too， and I'll never laugh when they use big words. I know from 4sorrowful experience how that hurts one's feelings. After tea Diana and I made taffy. The taffy wasn’tvery good， I suppose because neither Diana nor I had ever made any before. Diana left me to stir it while she buttered the plates and I forgot and let it burn; and then when we set it out on the platform to cool the cat walked over one plate and that had to be thrown away. But the making of it was 5）splendid fun. Then when I came home Mrs. Barryasked me to come over as often as I could and Diana stood at the window and threw kisses to me all the way down to Lover's Lane. I assure you， Marilla， that I feel like praying tonight and I'm going to think out a special brand-new prayer in honor of the occasion.'

1） thrill [0rIl]n.興奮

2） sigh [sal] n.嘆息

3） decidedly [di'saldndli] adv.明確地

4） sorrowful ['spreufl] adj.傷心的

5） splendid ['splendld] adj. 極好的

“巴里太太用最高級(jí)的茶具為我沏了一壺上等的好茶，就像招待真正的客人一樣。我還從來沒享受過這么好的款待呢。這且不算，巴里太太還特意制作了水果蛋糕、磅餅和炸面包圈，還有兩種果醬，巴里太太問我茶的味道如何，接著又對(duì)她丈夫說再給我拿些餅干來，我簡(jiǎn)直被當(dāng)成一個(gè)大人了。啊，長(zhǎng)大的滋味太美妙了，我真盼望自己快些長(zhǎng)大?！?/p>

“那又怎么樣？”瑪瑞拉嘆了一口氣。

“我要是長(zhǎng)大了，就是對(duì)小女孩也要用平等的態(tài)度說話?！卑材莺孟褚呀?jīng)決定下來似的，“還有，無論別人說多長(zhǎng)的句子，我都不會(huì)笑話人家，不然會(huì)傷害人家，我就不止一次地體驗(yàn)過那種悲傷。喝完茶后，我和黛安娜一起做了奶糖，可不太好吃，畢竟是我們第一次做呀。黛安娜往碟子里涂黃油時(shí)，我在一旁攪拌，不小心弄糊了，接著把它放到臺(tái)子上冷卻，一共做了兩個(gè)，卻不得不扔掉一個(gè)，真可惜。不過，整個(gè)制作過程還是挺有趣的。我臨回來時(shí)，巴里太太還讓我以后常去玩兒。黛安娜一直站在窗戶邊上目送我回家，還用飛吻把我送到‘戀人的小徑’?，斎鹄?，我今晚要好好祈禱番，感謝今天發(fā)生的一切，我要想出一些特別的新禱詞。