7 Jo Meets Her Match

CHAPTER 7 Jo Meets Her Match Meg and Jo were getting ready for an evening out. Their bedroom was strewn with gloves, scarves, and hairpins. Amy came in and asked, "Where are you going?" Jo snapped, "Never mind. Little girls shouldn't ask questions." Amy still wanted to know, so she turned to

第七章琼遇到了她的另一半梅格和琼正在为晚上外出做准备。 他们的卧室里到处都是手套、围巾和发夹。 艾米进来问：“你要去哪里？”琼厉声说：“没关系。 小女孩不应该问问题。” 艾米还是想知道，所以她转向

the more easy going Meg. "Please tell me. Beth is playing with her dolls. I don't have anything to do. Let me come, too!" Meg replied, "I can't take you because you weren't invited." Jo added, "Stop whining! You simply can't come." "You're going somewhere with Laurie, aren't you?" Meg nodded. "Yes. Now, please stop bothering us." Amy sat quietly for a minute. Then, she saw Meg slip a fan into her pocket and gasped, "I know! You're going to the theater!" Jo became very angry and annoyed. Amy didn't care. "I'll go, too. I've got my pocket money, and Mother said I could see the play in town." She took a deep breath. "It was very mean not to tell me." Meg explained softly, for she had a special

梅格就越随和。“请告诉我。 贝丝正在玩她的洋娃娃。 我无事可做。 让我也来吧！”梅格回答说：“我不能带你去，因为你没有被邀请。” 乔补充道：“别抱怨了！你就是不能来。” “你要和劳里一起去什么地方，是吗？”梅格点点头。 “是的。现在，请不要再打扰我们了。” 艾米静静地坐了一会儿。 然后，她看到梅格把一把扇子塞进口袋，倒吸了一口气：“我知道了！你要去看戏！”琼变得非常生气和烦恼。 艾米不在乎。“我也要去。 我有零用钱，妈妈说我可以去城里看戏。” 她深吸了一口气。“不告诉我真是太刻薄了。” 麦格轻声解释道，因为她特别喜欢

bond with Amy, "Mother doesn't want you to go tonight because you're not well. You'll see it next week with Beth and Hannah." Amy cried, "But that's not as much fun as going with you and Jo and Laurie. I've been sick with this cold for so long. I'm dying to have some fun." Meg turned to Jo. "Well, what if she does come? We can bundle her up." Jo stood firm. "I'm not going if she goes! And if I don't go, Laurie won't like it. He invited only us two, not Amy. I would hope she'd think twice about poking in where she isn't wanted." Jo's anger made Amy even more determined to get her way. She began to pull on her boots. "I am going. Meg just said I could!" "And where will you sit?" Jo retorted. "We've got reserved seats!"

她说：“妈妈不想让你今晚去，因为你身体不舒服。 下周你就能在贝思和汉娜身上看到了。” 艾米叫道：“可那没有你、琼和罗瑞一起去有趣。 我感冒已经很久了。 我很想找点乐子。” 麦格转向琼。“嗯，如果她真的来了呢？” 我们可以把她裹起来。”琼站得很坚定。 “如果她去，我就不去！”如果我不去，劳里会不高兴的。 他只邀请了我们两个人，没邀请艾米。 我希望她在不受欢迎的地方插足时能三思。” 琼的愤怒使艾米更加坚定了要达到目的的决心。 她开始穿靴子。 “我要走了。麦格刚刚说我可以！”“那你坐哪儿呢？”乔反驳道。 “我们已经预订了座位！”

Amy began to cry. Meg tried to comfort her. Laurie called from outside and said it was time to go. Amy wailed on and on. She forgot all of her grown-up airs and acted like a spoiled baby. As Meg and Jo were stepping out the front door, Amy called over the banister, "You'll be sorry for this, Jo March!" "Fiddlesticks!" Jo yelled back, slamming the door. Once again, Jo's fiery spirit was at odds with Amy's stubborn will. When they got back home after the play, Amy was reading in the parlor and refused to speak to them. Jo checked to make sure everything was all right in her room. The last time she and Amy fought, the younger sister had thrown Jo's dresser drawers upside down on the floor. Now, everything seemed normal. Jo decided that Amy had forgiven and forgotten. But Jo was mistaken. The next day, the

艾米哭了起来。麦格试图安慰她。 劳里从外面打来电话，说该走了。 艾米哭个不停。她完全忘记了大人的风度，表现得像个被宠坏的孩子。 麦格和琼走出前门时，艾米隔着栏杆喊道：“你会后悔的，琼·马奇！”“胡说!”琼喊道，砰地关上了门。 乔火爆的脾气又一次与艾米固执的意志发生了冲突。 当他们看完戏回到家时，艾米正在客厅里看书，拒绝和他们说话。 琼检查了一下，确保房间里一切安好。 上次她和艾米吵架时，妹妹把乔梳妆台的抽屉打翻在地。 现在，一切似乎都很正常。 琼认为艾米已经原谅并忘记了。 但是琼错了。第二天，

young author burst into the living room yelling, "Has anyone taken my book of stories?" Both Meg and Beth immediately answered, "No." Jo turned to her youngest sister, who was poking the fire. "Amy—you have it! You must." "No, I don't." "You know where it is then." "No, I don't." Jo cried, "You're lying!" She grabbed her sister by the shoulders. "No! I'm not. I don't know where it is and I don't care." Jo shook her sister a little. "You'd better tell me the truth!" "Get as mad as you like. You'll never see your old stories again." Jo looked extremely upset. "Why not?"

年轻的作家冲进客厅喊道：“有人拿了我的故事书吗？”梅格和白丝立刻回答说：“没有。” 琼转向正在拨火的小妹妹。 “艾米——你拿到了！”你必须。” “不，我不知道。”“那么你知道它在哪儿。” “不，我不知道。”琼叫道：“你在撒谎！”她抓住妹妹的肩膀。 “不!我不是。我不知道它在哪里，我也不在乎。” 琼轻轻摇了摇妹妹。 “你最好告诉我真相！”“你想怎么生气就怎么生气吧。 你再也看不到你以前的故事了。” 琼显得非常不安。 “为什么不?”

"I've burned them in the fire." "You did what?" Jo turned very pale and clamped her hands even harder on Amy's shoulders. "My book that I've worked on for years? The one I intended to finish before Father gets home? Have you really burned it?" "Yes, I did! I told you I would make you pay for—" Jo's temper exploded. She shook her sister so hard that Amy's teeth chattered. "You wicked, wicked girl! I can never write it again. It's lost forever. I will never forgive you as long as I live. Never!" Meg flew to rescue Amy from Jo's grip. Beth tried to pacify Jo, but she was too upset. She gave Amy a final punch on the ear and ran upstairs to the attic to be alone in her misery. Jo's book of fairy-tale stories was her pride

“我把它们放在火里烧了。” “你做了什么？”琼脸色变得很苍白，双手更紧地抓着艾美的肩膀。 “我写了好几年的书？” 我打算在爸爸回家前完成的那个？ 你真的把它烧了吗？”“是的，我说了！”我告诉过你我会让你付出代价的——”乔勃然大怒。 她使劲摇晃妹妹，弄得艾米的牙齿都打颤了。 “你这个坏女孩！”我再也写不出来了。 它永远消失了。我这辈子都不会原谅你。 从来没有!”麦格飞过去把艾美从琼手中救了出来。 白丝试图安抚琼，但她太不安了。 她在艾米的耳朵上打了最后一拳，然后跑到楼上的阁楼去独自忍受她的痛苦。 乔的童话故事书是她的骄傲