名著精讀:《小婦人》第二章:聖誕快樂 第15節
"Is it fairies?" asked Amy.
“這是小仙女乾的嗎？”艾美問。
"Santa Claus," said Beth.
“是聖誕老人，”貝思說。
"Mother did it." And Meg smiled her sweetest, in spite of her gray beard and white eyebrows.
“是媽媽乾的！”臉上掛着白鬍子白眉毛的梅格笑得又甜又美。
"Aunt March had a good fit and sent the supper," cried Jo, with a sudden inspiration.
“是馬奇嬸嬸心血來潮給我們送來的，”喬靈機一動叫道。
"All wrong. Old Mr. Laurence sent it," replied Mrs. March.
“全都不對，是勞倫斯老先生送來的，”馬奇太太答道。
"The Laurence boy's grandfather! What in the world put such a thing into his head? We don't know him!" exclaimed Meg.
“那男孩的爺爺！他怎麼會想到我們的呢？我們和他素不相識呀！”梅格嚷道。
"Hannah told one of his servants about your breakfast party. He is an odd old gentleman, but that pleased him. He knew my father years ago, and he sent me a polite note this afternoon, saying he hoped I would allow him to express his friendly feeling toward my children by sending them a few trifles in honor of the day. I could not refuse, and so you have a little feast at night to make up for the bread-and-milk breakfast."
“罕娜把你們早上做的事告訴了他的一個傭人。這位老紳士脾氣古怪，但他聽後很高興。他多年前就認識我父親，今天下午便給我送了張十分客氣的字條，說希望我能允許他向我的孩子們表示他的善意，送上一點微不足道的聖誕禮物，我不便拒絕，所以你們晚上就開個小宴會，作爲對面包加牛奶早餐的補償。”
row['aibrau] n. 眉毛
The arch of a raised eyebrow.
呈拱形的揚起的眉毛
iration n. 靈感,吸入,鼓舞人心(的東西)
Her speeches have ever been a fount of inspiration to her audiences.
她的演說對於聽衆來說永遠是靈感之源。
le['traifl] n. 瑣事, 少量 v. 浪費, 玩忽
He told her not to pester him with trifles.
他告訴她別拿些瑣事來煩他。
