雙語對(duì)照 | 書蟲二級(jí)《歐·亨利短篇小說集》：1.圣誕禮物

1.The Christmas Presents
1.圣誕禮物

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Every day, when she went to the shops, she spent very little money. She bought the cheapest meat, the cheapest vegetables. And when she was tired, she still walked round and round the shops to find the cheapest food. She saved every cent possible.
1塊8毛7分錢。就這么多。她每天去商店都盡量少花錢，買最便宜的肉、最便宜的蔬菜。即便是累了，她還是在商店里一圈又一圈地轉(zhuǎn)悠，尋找最便宜的食品。已經(jīng)是能省一分就省一分了。
Della counted the money again. There was no mistake. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And the next day was Christmas.
德拉又把錢數(shù)了一遍。沒錯(cuò)，就是1塊8毛7分錢。就這些。可明天就是圣誕節(jié)了。
She couldn't do anything about it. She could only sit down and cry. So she sat there, in the poor little room, and she cried.
她無計(jì)可施，只有坐下來哭了。于是她坐了下來，在這破破爛爛的小屋子里哭了起來。
Della lived in this poor little room, in New York, with her husband, James Dillingham Young. They also had a bedroom, and a kitchen and a bathroom — all poor little rooms. James Dillingham Young was lucky, because he had a job, but it was not a good job. These rooms took most of his money. Della tried to find work, but times were bad, and there was no work for her. But when Mr James Dillingham Young came home to his rooms, Mrs James Dillingham Young called him 'Jim' and put her arms round him. And that was good.
德拉和丈夫詹姆斯•迪林厄姆•揚(yáng)住在紐約這所破爛的小屋子里。他們還有一間臥室、一間廚房和一個(gè)衛(wèi)生間——都是又小又差的房間。詹姆斯•迪林厄姆•揚(yáng)很幸運(yùn)，因?yàn)樗幸环莨ぷ?，不過不是什么好工作。他掙的大部分錢都花在這所小屋子的租金上了。德拉努力地找過工作，但世道太糟，她沒找到工作。不過每當(dāng)詹姆斯•迪林厄姆•揚(yáng)先生回家時(shí)，詹姆斯•迪林厄姆•揚(yáng)太太都會(huì)叫他“吉姆”，并擁抱他。這還是幸福的。
Della stopped crying and she washed her face. She stood by the window, and looked out at a grey cat on a grey wall in the grey road. Tomorrow was Christmas Day, and she had only one dollar and eighty-seven cents to buy Jim a Christmas present. Her Jim. She wanted very much to buy him something really fine, something to show how much she loved him.
德拉不哭了，洗了洗臉。她站在窗口望出去，灰色的路上有一堵灰色的墻，墻上有只灰色的貓。明天就是圣誕節(jié)了，可她只有1塊8毛7分錢給吉姆買圣誕禮物。她的吉姆!她非常想給他買件不錯(cuò)的禮物，一件能代表她有多愛他的禮物。
Suddenly, Della turned round and ran over to look in the glass on the wall. Her eyes were bright.
突然，德拉轉(zhuǎn)身跑到墻上的鏡子前。她的眼前一亮。
Now, the James Dillingham Youngs had two very special things. One was Jim's gold watch. It once belonged to his father, and, before that, to his grandfather. The other special thing was Della's hair.
詹姆斯•迪林厄姆•揚(yáng)夫婦有兩樣非同尋常的東西。一樣是吉姆的金表。那表過去屬于他父親，再之前是他祖父的。另一樣就是德拉的頭發(fā)。
Quickly, Della let down her beautiful, long hair. It fell down her back, and it was almost like a coat around her. Then she put her hair up again, quickly. For a second or two she stood still, and cried a little.
德拉飛快地放下她那美麗的長(zhǎng)發(fā)。長(zhǎng)發(fā)滑落到背上，幾乎像一件上衣一樣裹著她。然后她又迅速地把頭發(fā)挽起來。有那么一會(huì)兒，她愣愣地站在那兒。輕輕地哭泣。
Then she put on her old brown coat, and her old brown hat, turned, and left the room. She went downstairs and out into the road, and her eyes were bright.
然后她穿上了那件舊的棕色大衣，戴上了棕色的舊帽子，轉(zhuǎn)身出了家門。她跑下樓去，來到街上，眼中閃著光。
She walked along by the shops, and stopped when she came to a door with 'Madame Eloise — Hair' on it. Inside there was a fat woman. She did not look like an 'Eloise'.
她沿著商店一路走著，在一家門上寫著“埃洛伊絲夫人——買賣頭發(fā)”的店鋪前停了下來。門里面有一個(gè)胖女人，看上去不像是“埃洛伊絲”。
'Will you buy my hair?' Della asked.
“您買我的頭發(fā)嗎?”德拉問道。
'I buy hair,' Madame replied. 'Take your hat off, then, and show me your hair.'
“我買頭發(fā)，”那位夫人回答道，“把帽子摘下來，讓我看看你的頭發(fā)。”
The beautiful brown hair fell down.
美麗的褐色長(zhǎng)發(fā)垂落下來。
'Twenty dollars,' Madame said, and she touched the hair with her hand.
“20塊錢。”夫人說，她摸了摸德拉的頭發(fā)。
'Quick! Cut it off! Give me the money!' Della said. The next two hours went quickly. Della was happy because she was looking round the shops for Jim's present.
“快點(diǎn)!剪吧!把錢給我!”德拉說。接下來的兩個(gè)小時(shí)過得太快了。德拉快樂地在商店里逛來逛去，給吉姆選禮物。
At last she found it. It was a gold chain for The Watch. Jim loved his watch, but it had no chain. When Della saw this gold chain, she knew immediately that it was right for Jim. She must have it.
她終于找到了中意的禮物，那是一條金表鏈，正好配“那塊表”。吉姆非常喜歡那塊表，可是那表沒有表鏈。德拉一看到這條金表鏈就覺得它配吉姆的表再合適不過了。她一定得把它買下來。
The shop took twenty-one dollars from her for it, and she hurried home with the eighty-seven cents.
商店收了她21塊錢，她帶著剩下的8毛7分錢匆匆地回家了。
When she arrived there, she looked at her very short hair in the glass. 'What can I do with it?' she thought. For the next half an hour she was very busy.
回家以后，她從鏡子里打量著自己的短頭發(fā)。“我該怎么打理一下呢?”她想。接下來的半個(gè)小時(shí)里，她忙成了一團(tuán)。
Then she looked again in the glass. Her hair was now in very small curls all over her head. 'Oh, dear. I look like a schoolgirl!' she said to herself. 'What's Jim going to say when he sees me?'
然后她又照了照鏡子?，F(xiàn)在她滿頭都是小卷卷兒。“哦，天哪!我看上去像個(gè)小女生!”她自言自語道，“吉姆看到我會(huì)怎么說呢?”
At seven o'clock the dinner was nearly ready and Della was waiting. 'Oh, I hope he thinks that I'm still beautiful!' she thought.
7點(diǎn)鐘，晚餐就快做好了，德拉等著吉姆回來。“哦，我希望他覺得我還是美麗的。”她想。
The door opened and Jim came in and closed it. He looked very thin and he needed a new coat. His eyes were on Della. She could not understand the look on his face, and she was afraid. He was not angry or surprised. He just watched her, with that strange look on his face.
門開了，吉姆進(jìn)來后，把門關(guān)上。他看上去非常瘦，而且需要一件新大衣。他的目光落在德拉身上。她弄不懂他的表情，有點(diǎn)怕了。他沒生氣，也不是吃驚，只是望著她，一臉古怪的神情。
Della ran to him.
德拉向他跑去。
'Jim,' she cried. 'Don't look at me like that. I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present. It will soon be long again. I had to do it, Jim. Say "Happy Christmas", please. I have a wonderful present for you!'
“吉姆，”她大聲說，“別這樣看著我。我賣掉了頭發(fā)，因?yàn)槲蚁虢o你買件禮物。頭發(fā)很快會(huì)再長(zhǎng)起來的。我不得不這么做，吉姆。說‘圣誕快樂’吧，求你了。我給你準(zhǔn)備了一樣好得不得了的禮物!”
'You've cut off your hair?' asked Jim.
“你把頭發(fā)剪啦?”吉姆問道。
'Yes. I cut it off and sold it,' Della said. 'But don't you love me any more, Jim? I'm still me.'
“對(duì)，我把它剪了，賣了，”德拉說，“難道你不再愛我了嗎，吉姆?我還是我呀。”
Jim looked round the room.
吉姆環(huán)視了一下屋子。
'You say your hair has gone?' he said, almost stupidly.
“你是說你的長(zhǎng)頭發(fā)沒了?”他傻乎乎地說。
'Yes. I told you. Because I love you! Shall I get the dinner now, Jim?'
“是，我是這么說的。因?yàn)槲覑勰?現(xiàn)在我把晚飯端上來好嗎，吉姆?”
Suddenly Jim put his arms round his Della. Then he took something from his pocket and put it on the table.
突然間吉姆伸出手臂摟住了德拉。然后，他從口袋里掏出一樣?xùn)|西放在桌上。
'I love you, Della,' he said. 'It doesn't matter if your hair is short or long. But if you open that, you'll see why I was unhappy at first.'
“我愛你，德拉，”他說，“你的頭發(fā)是長(zhǎng)是短都沒關(guān)系?？墒悄愦蜷_這個(gè)，就會(huì)明白我開始為什么不高興了。”
Excited, Della pulled off the paper. Then she gave a little scream of happiness. But a second later there were cries of unhappiness.
德拉興奮地拆開紙包。然后她快活地尖叫了一聲，不過隨后就難過地哭起來了。
Because there were The Combs — the combs for her beautiful hair. When she first saw these combs in the shop window, she wanted them. They were beautiful combs, expensive combs, and now they were her combs. But she no longer had her hair!
因?yàn)榧埌锸?ldquo;那套梳子”——正好配她美麗長(zhǎng)發(fā)的那套梳子。她在商店櫥窗里第一次看到的時(shí)候就想要。那真是一套漂亮的梳子，貴重的梳子，現(xiàn)在是她的了。可她的長(zhǎng)發(fā)已經(jīng)沒了!
Della picked them up and held them. Her eyes were full of love.
德拉把梳子拿起來，捧在手里。她眼睛里滿是柔情。
'But my hair will soon be long again, Jim.'
“可是我的頭發(fā)很快會(huì)再長(zhǎng)起來的，吉姆。”
And then Della remembered. She jumped up and cried, 'Oh! Oh!' She ran to get Jim's beautiful present, and she held it out to him.
然后德拉想起自己的禮物。她跳了起來，叫道：“哦，哦!”她跑去把給吉姆的漂亮禮物拿過來，遞給他。
'Isn't it lovely, Jim? I looked everywhere for it. Now you'll want to look at your watch a hundred times a day. Give it to me! Give me your watch, Jim! Let's see it with its new chain.'
“好看嗎，吉姆?我找遍了大街小巷才找到的?，F(xiàn)在你一定想一天看一百次表了。給我，把你的表給我，吉姆!我們看看它配上新鏈子怎么樣。”
But Jim did not do this. He sat down, put his hands behind his head, and he smiled.
但是吉姆沒有給她。他坐下來，把手放在腦后，笑了起來。
'Della,' he said. 'Let's keep our presents for a time. They're so nice. You see, I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now, let's have dinner.'
“德拉，”他說，“我們把禮物擱一段時(shí)間吧。它們太珍貴了。你看，我賣了表，好拿錢給你買梳子?，F(xiàn)在，我們吃飯吧。”
And this was the story of two young people who were very much in love.
這就是兩個(gè)彼此相愛的年輕人的故事。