Charlie the Bridesmaid

Charlie the bridesmaid

伴娘查理

Chapter 1. Charlie was in the garden playing basketball by herself. Her jeans were muddy but Charlie didn't care. She didn't mind getting dirty. Charlie ran up to the basket and was just about to shoot when her mother called her. Charlie, I've got a surprise for you! Charlie was excited. Great! I wonder what it is, she thought, as she ran into the house.

第一章。 查理正在花园里一个人打篮球。 她的牛仔裤沾满了泥，可查理毫不在意。 她才不怕弄脏自己呢。 查理跑到篮筐下，正准备投篮，突然妈妈喊她了。 查理，我有个惊喜要给你！ 查理兴奋极了。 太棒啦！ 她一边往屋里跑，一边心里想着：会是什么呢？

There was a large white box lying on the table. Charlie got even more excited when she saw it. She never got packages in the post. The bridal shop sent it, said Charlie's mother. It's your bridesmaids dress. Oh, Charlie's face fell. She really didn't want to be a bridesmaid at her aunt's wedding. Go on, open it, said her mother. Charlie looked inside the box and felt sick. The dress was purple and it had frills all over it. It's… it's horrible, she gasped. Nonsense, it's lovely, said her mother. Now put it on and let's see how it looks.

桌子上放着一个大大的白色盒子。 查理看到盒子，更兴奋了。 她从来都没收到过邮寄的包裹呀。 查理的妈妈说："这是婚纱店寄来的。" 是你的伴娘裙。 哦，查理的脸一下子垮了下来。 她才不想在姑姑的婚礼上当伴娘呢。 妈妈说："快呀，打开看看。" 查理往盒子里一看，顿时觉得不舒服。 那条裙子是紫色的，上面缀满了褶边。 "它……它好难看啊。"她倒抽了一口气。 妈妈说："胡说，它多好看呀。" 现在穿上它，我们看看合不合身。

Charlie made a face. Come on Charlie, said her mother. No arguments please! Charlie went to her room and came down with the dress on. She felt really stupid in it. There, you look so pretty, said her mother. I look stupid, Charlie said. I'm not wearing it, no way! Her mother frowned. What will Aunt Beth say? I don't care, Charlie yelled as she pulled the dress off. I hate it! We'll talk about this later, said her mother sharply. Now take it up to your bedroom.

查理做了个鬼脸。 妈妈说："听话呀查理。" 不许顶嘴！ 查理回到自己房间，穿上裙子下了楼。 穿着这条裙子，她觉得自己蠢极了。 妈妈说："你看，你多漂亮呀。" 查理说："我看起来好傻。" 我才不穿它，绝不可能！ 妈妈皱起了眉头。 贝丝姑姑会怎么想呀？ "我才不在乎。"查理一边大喊，一边把裙子脱了下来。 我讨厌它！ 妈妈厉声说："这事我们晚点再说。" 现在把它拿回你房间去。

Charlie grabbed the bridesmaid dress and stormed out of the room. Why couldn't she wear her jeans to Aunt Beth's wedding instead of a silly dress? Charlie was so angry she wasn't looking where she was going. She tripped over a big plastic bag which was lying in the hall. The bag was full of clothes. Charlie's mother had sorted them out for a jumble sale that afternoon.

查理一把抓过伴娘裙，气冲冲地走出了房间。 为什么她不能穿牛仔裤去贝丝姑姑的婚礼，偏要穿这种傻兮兮的裙子呢？ 查理太生气了，走路都没看路。 她被放在走廊里的一个大塑料袋绊倒了。 袋子里装满了衣服。 这些是妈妈整理出来的，准备下午拿去旧货义卖。

Suddenly, Charlie had an idea. She pushed the dress into the bag, underneath all the other clothes and ran upstairs. Then Charlie's father came in, picked up the bag and carried it out to the car. He drove off with the bag to the sale.

突然，查理想到了一个主意。 她把裙子塞进袋子里，压在所有衣服下面，然后跑上了楼。 这时候查理的爸爸走了进来，拿起袋子放到了车上。 他开车带着袋子去义卖现场了。