4 Morning at Green Gables

CHAPTER 4 Morning at Green Gables Sunlight poured through the window when Anne awoke and sat up in bed. A cherry tree was in full bloom, so close its branches brushed against the house. Anne was delighted—until she remembered she wouldn't be staying at Green Gables because she wasn't a boy! Anne could see the Lake of Shining Waters

第四章绿山墙的早晨安妮醒来，从床上坐起来，阳光从窗户射进来。 一棵樱花树开得正盛，枝干紧贴着房子。 安妮很高兴——直到她想起她不会住在格林·盖布尔斯，因为她不是男孩！安妮可以看到闪闪发光的湖水

and the house where the Barrys lived. Oh, how could she leave all of this? Marilla stepped into the room. "Time to get dressed," she said curtly. Marilla had no idea how to speak to the child so she sounded meaner than she intended. "Isn't it lovely?" said Anne. "It's a big tree but it doesn't give much fruit. Always small and wormy," said Marilla. "I don't mean just the tree, Miss Cuthbert. I mean everything is so lovely." Anne was once again close to tears. "Don't you feel as if you just love the whole world on a morning like this? And I hear the brook laughing all the way up here. I know you think it's silly since I won't be staying, but it doesn't matter. I want to remember everything!" "You'd better get dressed and come downstairs," Marilla said. "Never mind your dreaming."

还有巴里家的房子。 她怎么能丢下这一切？ 玛丽拉走进房间。 “该穿衣服了，”她简短地说。 玛丽拉不知道怎么和孩子说话，所以她听起来比她想的要刻薄。 “很可爱吧？”安妮说。 “这是一棵大树，但却结不了多少果实。 总是又小又虫，”玛丽拉说。 “我指的不仅仅是那棵树，卡斯伯特小姐。 我是说，一切都那么可爱。” 安妮又一次几乎要哭了。 “在这样一个早晨，你难道不觉得自己爱上了整个世界吗？” 我听到小溪的笑声一直流到这里。 我知道你觉得这很傻，因为我不会留下来，但没关系。 我要记住一切！”“你最好穿好衣服下楼来，”玛丽拉说。 “别管你的梦了。”

Anne dressed and was at the kitchen table in ten minutes. "I'm pretty hungry this morning, Miss Cuthbert. Mornings are lovely, don't you think? It means the day is fresh and anything is possible." "Oh, please hold your tongue!" Marilla said as she sat down. "You talk too much, Anne Shirley." Anne did as Marilla asked and kept quiet. They ate the rest of their meal in silence. Marilla knew that Matthew—even though he said nothing—still wanted to keep Anne. Once Matthew set his mind to something, he rarely gave in. Marilla, however, was not convinced. "Can you wash dishes?" Marilla asked. "Pretty well," Anne said. "But I'm better with children. I've done so much of that!" "Fine." Marilla didn't dare ask about the children. She knew Anne would have a lot to

安妮穿好衣服，十分钟后就到了厨房的餐桌旁。 “今天早上我很饿，卡斯伯特小姐。 早晨很可爱，你不觉得吗？ 这意味着天气新鲜，一切皆有可能。” “哦，请住嘴！”玛丽拉坐下来说。 “你话太多了，安妮·雪莉。” 安妮按照玛丽拉的要求做了，保持沉默。 他们默默地吃完了剩下的饭。 玛丽拉知道马修——尽管他什么也没说——仍然想留住安妮。 马修一旦下定决心要做什么事，就很少放弃。 然而，玛丽拉并不相信。 “你会洗盘子吗？”玛丽拉问道。 “很好，”安妮说。“但我更擅长和孩子们在一起。 我已经做了很多次了！”“很好。” 玛丽拉不敢问孩子们的情况。 她知道安妮有很多事要做

say on the subject. "When we've finished with the morning chores we'll go ask Mrs. Spencer to clear up this mess." Marilla kept a close eye on Anne while she washed the dishes. The girl did a fine job. However, Marilla didn't like the way she made her bed. But she decided to say nothing. "Why don't you go outside and play," Marilla said. "We'll leave shortly." Anne clapped her hands with joy and raced outside. She stopped suddenly on the porch and turned around. She came back into the kitchen with a sad face. "I don't dare go out," said Anne. "There's no use my loving Green Gables if I can't stay here. I would just get to know and love the brook and trees and then have to leave. It would be too hard, Miss Cuthbert. I know I

谈论这个话题。“等我们做完早上的杂务，就去请斯宾塞太太收拾一下。” 玛丽拉在安妮洗碗时密切注视着她。 这女孩干得很好。然而，玛丽拉不喜欢她整理床铺的方式。 但她决定什么也不说。 “你为什么不出去玩呢？”玛丽拉说。 “我们马上就走。”安妮高兴地拍着手跑了出去。 她突然在门廊上停下来，转过身来。 她满面愁容地回到厨房。 “我不敢出去，”安妮说。 “如果我不能留在这儿，我亲爱的格林·盖布尔斯也没用。 我只是想了解并爱上这条小溪和树木，然后离开。 那太难了，卡斯伯特小姐。 我知道我

said just the opposite this morning—that I wanted to remember everything—but I simply can't do it. There's no use loving things if you must be torn from them, is there? If I must go back to the orphanage then I'd rather just go." Anne looked at the windowsill where a flowerpot sat. "Miss Cuthbert? What is the name of that flower?" "It's a tulip," said Marilla without looking up. "Oh, I don't mean that sort of name. I mean the name you gave it. Didn't you give it a name? May I name it? I think I will call it Bonny. That's a good name for a flower, don't you think?" "My goodness," said Marilla as she dropped her knitting into her lap. "What a silly thing, naming a plant! Who would do such a thing?"

今天早上我说的正好相反——我想记住所有的事情——但我就是做不到。 如果你必须与之分离，那么爱是没有用的，不是吗？ 如果我必须回到孤儿院，那我宁愿直接去。” 安妮看着窗台上放着一个花盆。 “卡斯伯特小姐吗?那朵花叫什么名字？”“这是一朵郁金香。”玛丽拉头也不抬地说。 “哦，我不是说那种名字。 我是说你给它起的名字。 你没给它起名字吗？ 我能说出它的名字吗？我就叫它邦尼吧。 这是一朵花的好名字，你不觉得吗？”“我的天哪，”玛丽拉说着，把编织的东西扔到膝盖上。 “多么愚蠢的事情，给一种植物命名！”谁会做这种事？”

"I like to name everything," said Anne. "It makes them seem more like people." "I've never heard such a silly thing." Marilla went back to her knitting. She had to admit that Anne was an interesting girl. It was easy to see why Matthew wanted her to stay. "It simply won't do," she thought to herself. "I will have to be strong." Matthew got the horse and buggy ready. As Marilla and Anne climbed into the seat he said, "Jerry Boot from down the road was here this morning. I told him that he could work here over the summer. So, Marilla, I'll have plenty of help." His sister did not respond. She flicked the reins and the mare started out the gates. They moved down the road and around the bend at a quick pace.

“我喜欢给每样东西起名字，”安妮说。 “这让他们看起来更像人。” “我从来没听过这么愚蠢的事。” 玛丽拉继续做她的毛线活儿。 她不得不承认安妮是个有趣的女孩。 很容易看出马修为什么想让她留下来。 “这可不行，"她心里想。 “我必须坚强起来。” 马修把马车准备好了。 当玛丽拉和安妮爬进座位时，他说：“今天早上路那头的杰里·布特来了。 我告诉他他可以在这里工作整个夏天。 所以，玛丽拉，我会得到很多帮助。” 他的妹妹没有回答。 她轻轻一甩缰绳，母马就跑出了大门。 他们沿着大路快速移动，绕过了拐弯处。