美国语文第四册 第62期:苏西的作文(1)

 　　Susie Smith came home from school one day, and had no sooner entered the sitting room than she burst¹ into tears. 一天，苏西.史密斯从学校回到家，一进客厅就泪流满面地哭了起来。

　　"What is the matter, my dear child?" said her mother, drawing her daughter to her side and smiling. “因为什么事啊，我亲爱的宝贝？”妈妈把女儿拉到身边，微笑着说。

　　"O mother, matter enough," sobbed² Susie. All our class must bring in compositions to-morrow morning, and I never, never can write one. “哦，妈妈，相当重要的事，”苏西抽泣着，“我们班上的所有学生明天都必须带去一篇作文，而我一直写不出来。

　　We must write twelve lines at least, and I have written only a few words after trying nearly all the afternoon. 我们要写至少12行，我整个下午只写了几个词。

　　See what work I have made of it! 您看看我写出来的。

　　Mrs. Smith took the rumpled³, tear-stained paper which Susie held in her hand, and glanced at what she had written. 史密斯夫人接过苏西手里拿着的那张皱巴巴、沾满泪水的纸张，飞快地看了一眼她已经写下的东西。

　　In a careful hand she had tried to write upon three themes: "Time," "Temperance," and "Industry." 她很认真的试图展开写三个主题：“时间”，“自制”和“勤奋”。

　　Time is short. We should all improve our time. Temperance is a very useful thing. 时间很短暂。我们应该改善对时间的利用。自制是非常有用的事。

　　We should all be industrious⁴ if we wish to do anything in the world. These sentences were all she had written. 如果我们想在世界上做成任何事都要勤奋。这些是所有她写下来的句子。

　　"Now," said Susie, I can't think of another word to say upon any of these subjects, “现在，”苏西说，“我想不出任何与这些主题相关的其他词语了，

　　and I know I shall have to go to school without a composition, 我想明天上学我肯定交不了作文了，

　　for I won't be so mean as to copy one from a book, or to ask you or papa to write one for me. 因为我也不会恶劣到从书上抄一篇，或是让您或爸爸给我写一篇。

　　"That is right, my dear," said her mother. “那就对了，我的宝贝，”妈妈说，

　　You will be far happier with a poor composition, if it is all your own, than with a fine one written by somebody else. 只要是你自己写出的作文，就算稍微差些，你也会感觉比别人给你写一篇快乐得多。

　　But cheer up. You have not begun right—you have been trying to write upon subjects that you know nothing about. 振作起来。你的开头没有写好——你一直在想写些你不了解的主题。

1 burst   

vi.（burst，burst）爆炸；爆破；爆裂；爆发；vt.使…破裂；使…炸破；n.突然破裂；爆发

参考例句：

• We all held our breath till the bomb burst.我们屏住呼吸直到炸弹爆炸。
• She suddenly burst into song.她突然唱起歌来。

2 sobbed   

哭泣，啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 )； 哭诉，呜咽地说

参考例句：

• She sobbed out the story of her son's death. 她哭诉着她儿子的死。
• She sobbed out the sad story of her son's death. 她哽咽着诉说她儿子死去的悲惨经过。

3 rumpled   

v.弄皱，使凌乱( rumple的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She rumpled his hair playfully. 她顽皮地弄乱他的头发。
• The bed was rumpled and strewn with phonograph records. 那张床上凌乱不堪，散放着一些唱片。 来自辞典例句

4 industrious   

adj.勤劳的，刻苦的，奋发的

参考例句：

• If the tiller is industrious,the farmland is productive.人勤地不懒。
• She was an industrious and willing worker.她是个勤劳肯干的员工。