2 Boarding School

Chapter 2 Boarding school When Sara came down the next morning, everyone stared at her. All the girls had heard that the new pupil was as rich as a princess.

第二天早上萨拉下楼时，每个人都盯着她看。 所有的女孩都听说这个新来的学生像公主一样富有。

"She's even got a French maid," whispered Jessie, one of the older pupils. "And I saw her trunk. It's full of fur coats." "Well," Jessie's friend Lavinia added spitefully, "I heard Miss Minchin say her clothes were ridiculously grand for a child."

“她甚至请了一个法国女佣，”年纪大一点的学生杰西小声说。 我看到了她的箱子。里面全是毛皮大衣。” “嗯，”杰西的朋友拉维尼娅恶狠狠地补充道，“我听明钦小姐说，她的衣服对于一个孩子来说太华丽了。”

Until Sara arrived, Lavinia had been Miss Minchin's best-dressed pupil. Now Sara would take her place. You go at the front, Sara. The other girls soon adored Sara. She held tea parties in her sitting-room for the younger children, and let them play with her doll, Emily.

在萨拉到来之前，拉维尼娅一直是明钦小姐最会穿衣服的学生。 现在莎拉将取代她的位置。 你去前面，莎拉。 其他女孩很快就爱上了萨拉。 她在客厅里为年幼的孩子们举办茶话会，让他们和她的洋娃娃埃米莉一起玩。

In the evenings she made up stories of kings and queens and beautiful princesses. The others sat before her and listened, entranced. Sara had been at Miss Minchin's school for two years when, one foggy afternoon, she came back to her room...

晚上，她编了一些国王、王后和美丽公主的故事。 其他人坐在她面前，听得入神了。 萨拉在明钦小姐的学校已经两年了，一个雾蒙蒙的下午，她回到了自己的房间。

...to find someone asleep in her chair. Looking down, Sara saw it was Becky, the scullery maid. "Poor thing. She must be exhausted," thought Sara. At that moment, Becky opened her eyes with a frightened gasp.

…发现有人睡在她的椅子上。 萨拉低头一看，原来是厨房的女佣贝基。 “可怜的东西。她一定累坏了，”萨拉想。 这时，贝基睁开眼睛，吓得倒吸了一口气。

"Oh miss! Oh miss!" she stuttered. "I beg yer pardon. It was the warm fire, and me being so tired..." "Don't worry," said Sara, laughing. "You couldn't help it." Becky stared at Sara. She was used to being ordered about and scolded. She couldn't believe this girl was being kind to her. "Ain't yer angry, miss?" gasped Becky.

“哦,小姐!哦，小姐！”她结结巴巴地说。 “请原谅。那是温暖的炉火，加上我太累了……” “别担心，”萨拉笑着说。 “你没办法。”贝基盯着萨拉。 她习惯了被命令和挨骂。 她不敢相信这个女孩对她这么好。 “你不生气吗，小姐？”贝基喘着气说。