Little Women · chapter 3 of 31
The Laurence Boy
劳伦斯家的男孩
Meg and Jo are invited to a party on the last night of the year, but Jo has one old dress with a burned back, and dirty gloves.
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- Narrator 新年前一天，乔在楼上看书，吃苹果。
Xīnnián qián yì tiān, Qiáo zài lóushàng kàn shū, chī píngguǒ.
On the last day of the year, Jo was upstairs, reading and eating apples.
- Meg 乔，加德纳太太请我们今天晚上去跳舞！
Qiáo, Jiādénà tàitai qǐng wǒmen jīntiān wǎnshang qù tiàowǔ!
Jo, Mrs. Gardiner has asked us to a dance tonight!
- Jo 跳舞？我就这件旧衣服，后边还烧了！
Tiàowǔ? Wǒ jiù zhè jiàn jiù yīfu, hòubiān hái shāo le!
A dance? I've only got this old dress, and the back is burned!
- Meg 你又站在火边了，是不是？你的手套呢？
Nǐ yòu zhàn zài huǒ biān le, shì bu shì? Nǐ de shǒutào ne?
You stood by the fire again, didn't you? And where are your gloves?
- Jo 脏了。有了！我们一人戴一只干净的，拿一只脏的！
Zāng le. Yǒu le! Wǒmen yì rén dài yì zhī gānjìng de, ná yì zhī zāng de!
Dirty. I've got it! We'll each wear one clean glove and carry a dirty one!
- Meg 好吧。可是你的手比我的大！你就站着别动。
Hǎo ba. Kěshì nǐ de shǒu bǐ wǒ de dà! Nǐ jiù zhànzhe bié dòng.
All right. But your hands are bigger than mine! And you just stand still.
- Narrator 那天晚上在加德纳太太家，乔躲到了窗帘后边。
Nà tiān wǎnshang zài Jiādénà tàitai jiā, Qiáo duǒ dào le chuānglián hòubiān.
That night at Mrs. Gardiner's, Jo slipped behind a curtain to hide.
- Jo 天哪！你是劳伦斯家的那个男孩吧？我们是邻居！
Tiān na! Nǐ shì Láolúnsī jiā de nàge nánhái ba? Wǒmen shì línjū!
Goodness! You're the Laurence boy, aren't you? We're neighbors!
- Laurie 别走。马奇小姐，你家的猫好吗？
Bié zǒu. Mǎqí xiǎojiě, nǐ jiā de māo hǎo ma?
Don't go. How's your cat, Miss March?
- Jo 很好，劳伦斯先生。可是我不是马奇小姐，我就叫乔。
Hěn hǎo, Láolúnsī xiānsheng. Kěshì wǒ bú shì Mǎqí xiǎojiě, wǒ jiù jiào Qiáo.
Very well, Mr. Laurence. But I'm not Miss March, I'm only Jo.
- Laurie 我也不是劳伦斯先生，我就叫劳里。
Wǒ yě bú shì Láolúnsī xiānsheng, wǒ jiù jiào Láolǐ.
And I'm not Mr. Laurence, I'm only Laurie.
- Jo 劳里？这个名字真好玩！
Láolǐ? Zhège míngzi zhēn hǎowán!
Laurie? What a funny name!
- Laurie 我的真名叫西奥多，可是我不喜欢。
Wǒ de zhēn míng jiào Xī'àoduō, kěshì wǒ bù xǐhuan.
My real name's Theodore, but I don't like it.
- Jo 我的是约瑟芬，我也不喜欢！你为什么躲在窗帘后边？
Wǒ de shì Yuēsèfēn, wǒ yě bù xǐhuan! Nǐ wèishénme duǒ zài chuānglián hòubiān?
Mine's Josephine, and I don't like it either! Why are you hiding behind the curtain?
- Laurie 我有点害羞。我以前在瑞士上学，这儿谁都不认识。
Wǒ yǒudiǎn hàixiū. Wǒ yǐqián zài Ruìshì shàngxué, zhèr shéi dōu bú rènshi.
I'm a bit shy. I went to school in Switzerland, and I don't know anyone here.
- Jo 我不是害羞，我是怕别人看见我的衣服后边！
Wǒ bú shì hàixiū, wǒ shì pà biérén kànjiàn wǒ de yīfu hòubiān!
It's not that I'm shy. I'm afraid people will see the back of my dress!
- Laurie 我不会笑你。那边没有人，我们去跳舞吧！
Wǒ bú huì xiào nǐ. Nàbiān méiyǒu rén, wǒmen qù tiàowǔ ba!
I won't laugh at you. There's nobody over there. Let's go and dance!
- Jo 你很会跳舞！你多大了？
Nǐ hěn huì tiàowǔ! Nǐ duō dà le?
You dance so well! How old are you?
- Laurie 再过一个月就十六了。
Zài guò yí gè yuè jiù shíliù le.
I'll be sixteen in a month.
- Meg 乔！我的脚好疼，走不了路了！
Qiáo! Wǒ de jiǎo hǎo téng, zǒu bu liǎo lù le!
Jo! My foot hurts so much, I can't walk!
- Laurie 我爷爷的车就在外边，我送你们回家！
Wǒ yéye de chē jiù zài wàibian, wǒ sòng nǐmen huí jiā!
Grandpa's carriage is right outside. I'll take you home!
- Jo 劳里人真好！梅格，你说是不是？
Láolǐ rén zhēn hǎo! Méigé, nǐ shuō shì bu shì?
Laurie's so nice! Don't you think so, Meg?
- Meg 乔，你一晚上都在说劳里！
Qiáo, nǐ yì wǎnshang dōu zài shuō Láolǐ!
Jo, you've talked about Laurie all night!
- Narrator 新年以后，一个星期过去了。
Xīnnián yǐhòu, yí gè xīngqī guòqù le.
A week went by in the new year.
- Jo 他家的窗户后边一直没有人。劳里，你怎么了？
Tā jiā de chuānghu hòubiān yìzhí méiyǒu rén. Láolǐ, nǐ zěnme le?
No one's been at his window all week. Laurie, what's happened to you?
What changed in the story?
- Why doesn't Jo want to go to the dance at first?
“我就这件旧衣服，后边还烧了”
- How does Jo solve the glove problem?
“我们一人戴一只干净的，拿一只脏的”
- Why is Laurie hiding behind the curtain?
“我有点害羞”
- How old will Laurie be in a month?
“再过一个月就十六了”
- What does Laurie do when Meg hurts her foot?
“我爷爷的车就在外边，我送你们回家”