7 Brave Tom

CHAPTER 7 Brave Tom At recess time, Tom liked nothing better than to head home for one of Aunt Polly's tasty lunches. Today, however, he barely touched his food. Finally, Tom decided once and for all to make things right with Becky, and he felt his spirits began to lift. A half hour later, he was headed back to school when he came across Becky walking down Meadow Lane. Without a moment's hesitation, he ran over to her. "I acted mighty mean today, Becky, and I'm so sorry. I won't ever, ever act that way again as long as I ever live. Please, make up

第七章勇敢的汤姆课间休息时，汤姆最喜欢回家吃波莉姨妈做的美味午餐。 然而今天，他几乎没有碰过食物。 最后，汤姆终于下定决心要和贝基言归于好，他觉得自己的精神开始好转了。 半小时后，在他回学校的路上，他遇到贝基正沿着草地巷走着。 他毫不犹豫地向她跑去。 “我今天太刻薄了，贝基，我很抱歉。 只要我还活着，我再也不会那样做了。 请和好吧

with me, won't you?" The girl stopped and looked at him with her eyes full of scorn. "I'll thank you to keep to yourself, Mr.Thomas Sawyer. I'll never speak to you again." She then tossed her head and walked on. Tom was so stunned that he didn't even think to say, "Who cares, Miss Smarty?" until long after she had left him. Instead, he moped into the schoolyard feeling angrier and angrier and even wishing she were a boy, and how he would trounce her in a fight if she were. But Becky would soon enough find herself in trouble. Every day, their schoolmaster, Mr.Dobbins, would take a mysterious book out of his desk. The book was his prize possession, and he kept it under lock and key and read it when the class was busy. Every

跟我一起，好吗？”女孩停下来，用轻蔑的眼神看着他。 “托马斯·索亚先生，请您别乱说。 我再也不跟你说话了。” 然后她摇了摇头，继续往前走。 汤姆吓呆了，甚至都没想说：“管他呢，聪明小姐？”直到她离开他很久以后，他才开口说。 相反，他闷闷不乐地走进校园，感到越来越愤怒，甚至希望她是个男孩，如果她是个男孩，他会在打架时痛打她。 但是贝基很快就会发现自己有麻烦了。 每天，他们的校长杜宾斯先生都会从他的书桌里拿出一本神秘的书。 这本书是他最珍贵的财产，他把它锁起来，在班级忙的时候读。 每一个

child in the school had a different theory about the book, and all of them were dying to get a glimpse at it. Now, as Becky was passing Dobbins' desk, she noticed that the key was in the lock! The next instant she had the book in her hands. The title page—Professor Somebody's History of Old England—meant nothing to her, so she began to turn the pages. The first thing she saw was a handsomely engraved color image of a knight in armor sitting on his horse. Just then, a shadow fell on the page. Tom Sawyer was behind her. Becky quickly grabbed the book to close it. In doing so, she tore the picture half down the middle. She put the book back into Dobbins' desk, turned the key, and burst out crying with anger. "Tom Sawyer, you are just as mean as can be, to sneak up on a person and look at what they're looking at."

学校里的孩子们对这本书有不同的看法，他们都渴望能看一眼。 现在，当贝基经过多宾斯的办公桌时，她注意到钥匙在锁里！紧接着她就把书拿在手里了。 扉页——某某教授的《古英格兰史》——对她毫无意义，于是她开始翻页。 她首先看到的是一幅雕刻精美的彩色图像，上面是一位身穿盔甲的骑士骑在马上。 就在这时，一个影子落在了纸上。 汤姆·索亚在她后面。 贝基迅速抓起书合上。 她这样做时，把画从中间撕了一半。 她把书放回多宾斯的书桌，转动钥匙，愤怒地哭了起来。 “汤姆·索亚，你真是太卑鄙了，偷偷靠近一个人，还偷看他们正在看的东西。”

"How could I know you was looking at anything?" "You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Tom Sawyer; now you're going to tell on me. Oh, what shall I do, what shall I do! I've never been punished in school." And with that she ran out of the room. Tom, however, stood still. Feeling rather flustered, he mumbled to himself: "What a curious kind of a fool girl she is. Well, of

“我怎么知道你在看什么？”“你应该为自己感到羞耻，汤姆·索亚；现在你要告发我了。 啊，我该怎么办，我该怎么办！我在学校从来没有受到过惩罚。” 说完，她就跑出了房间。 汤姆却一动不动地站着。 他感到有些慌乱，自言自语道：“她真是个奇怪的傻姑娘。 好,的

course I ain't going to tell old Dobbins on this little fool, but what of it? He'll ask who tore his book. Nobody'll answer. Then he'll do just as he always does, asking one and then the other and when he comes to the right girl he'll know it, without any telling. Girls' faces always tell on them. They ain't got any backbone. So let her sweat it out." Tom then joined a mob of his classmates who were chattering and playing games outside. A few moments later, schoolmaster Dobbins arrived, and all his pupils quieted down and followed him inside. Class started but Tom was too distracted by his latest fight to pay attention. He kept looking at the girls' side of the room, and Becky's worried face troubled him. He did not want to feel sorry for her, but he couldn't help it. A whole hour somehow drifted past. By and by, Mr.Dobbins yawned, unlocked his

我当然不会把这个小傻瓜的事告诉老杜宾斯，但那又怎样？ 他会问是谁撕了他的书。 没有人会回答。然后他会像往常一样，问一个又问另一个，当他遇到合适的女孩时，他会知道的，没有任何告诉。 女孩的脸总是能说明问题。 他们没有骨气。 所以让她自己来吧。”然后，汤姆加入了一群在外面聊天和玩游戏的同学。 过了一会儿，杜宾斯校长来了，他所有的学生都安静下来，跟着他走了进去。 上课了，但汤姆被最近的打架弄得心烦意乱，根本没注意听讲。 他一直看着房间里女生的那一边，贝基忧心忡忡的脸让他很不安。 他不想为她感到难过，但他忍不住。 不知怎么过去了整整一个小时。 过了一会儿，杜宾斯先生打了个哈欠，打开了他的锁

desk, and reached for his book. As soon as he took it out of the desk, Tom shot a look at Becky. Her face reminded him of how a rabbit looks when a hound dog starts chasing it. Instantly, he forgot his fight with her. Something must be done and done quick! But what? He racked his brain but came up with nothing. There was a brief silence, long enough to count schoolmaster spoke: to ten. Then the "Who tore this book?" There wasn't a single sound as Dobbins searched face after face for signs of guilt. "Benjamin Rogers, did you tear this book?" "No sir." "Joseph Harper, did you?" Another denial. The schoolmaster scanned the ranks of the boys—thought awhile—and then turned to

然后伸手去拿他的书。 汤姆一把它从桌子上拿出来，就看了贝基一眼。 她的脸让他想起一只兔子被猎狗追赶时的样子。 他立刻忘记了和她的争吵。 必须做点什么，而且要快！但是什么? 他绞尽脑汁，但什么也想不出来。 一阵短暂的沉默，长得足以数出校长说话的时间：到十分钟。 然后是“谁撕了这本书？”杜宾斯在一张又一张脸上寻找内疚的迹象，没有一点声音。 “本杰明·罗杰斯，这本书是你撕的吗？”“不,先生。” “约瑟夫·哈帕，是吗？”另一个否定。 校长扫视了一下孩子们的队伍——想了一会儿——然后转身