1 Canterville Castle

The Canterville Ghost

坎特维尔幽灵

Chapter 1 Canterville Castle Mr. Otis looked at the castle with delight. "I'll buy it!" he cried. "Excellent," replied his guide, Lord Canterville. "But perhaps I should warn you... Canterville Castle is haunted."

第一章坎特维尔城堡奥蒂斯先生高兴地望着城堡。 “我要买！”他叫道。“太好了，”他的向导坎特维尔勋爵回答。 “但也许我应该警告你…… 坎特维尔城堡闹鬼。”

"My family had to move out many years ago, after my great- aunt had a dreadful experience." A skeleton! "She never recovered."

“许多年前，在我的姑母经历了一次可怕的经历之后，我们家不得不搬出去。” 一具骷髅!“她再也没有康复。”

Mr. Otis wasn't worried. He didn't believe in ghosts. I'm sure my family and I will be very happy here. Well, don't say I didn't warn you.

奥蒂斯并不担心。他不相信有鬼。 我相信我的家人和我在这里会很开心。 别说我没警告过你。

A week later, Mr. and Mrs. Otis arrived with their children, Washington, Virginia and the twins. They were greeted by an old woman, who was neatly dressed in a white apron and cap. Welcome to Canterville Castle. "I'm Mrs. Umney, the housekeeper," she said. "Come inside. There's tea for you in the library."

一周后，奥蒂斯夫妇带着他们的孩子华盛顿、弗吉尼亚和双胞胎来到了这里。 迎接他们的是一位穿着白围裙、戴着白帽子、衣着整洁的老妇人。 欢迎来到坎特维尔城堡。 “我是乌姆尼太太，管家，”她说。 ”进来。图书馆里有茶给你。”

"Cake!" shouted the twins, diving in. Virginia wasn't interested in the food. She had spotted a poem in the library window. If a child will enter the secret room And stay till the dead of the night Then at last Sir Simon can sleep in his tomb And at Canterville all will be right. What does it mean? Before she could show her father, Mrs. Otis cried out. "Oh dear! I'm afraid we've spilled something on the carpet, Mrs. Umney."

“蛋糕！”双胞胎喊着，跳了进去。 弗吉妮娅对食物不感兴趣。 她在图书馆的窗户上看到了一首诗。 如果一个孩子能进入密室一直待到深夜那么西蒙爵士就能睡在他的坟墓里在坎特维尔一切都会好起来的。 这是什么意思？奥蒂斯太太还没来得及给父亲看，就叫了起来。 “哦,亲爱的!乌姆尼太太，恐怕我们把什么东西洒在地毯上了。”