2级-《欧·亨利短篇小说集》-第14课

前情提要 

漂亮的艾琳和胖乎乎不太漂亮的提尔蒂在博格尔家庭餐馆做服务员，顾客大多是男人，并且他们都喜欢艾琳，而提尔蒂一直备受冷落，内心也一直渴望被爱。有天席德斯先生来吃饭的时候喝多了就吻了提尔蒂，提尔蒂此时想把自己的秘密公之于众。

故事原文 

O. Henry's Short Stories L14

欧·亨利短篇小说集 L14

‘Do you know what a man in the restaurant did to me today?’ she said.' He put his arm round me(1) and he kissed me!'

“您知道今天店里有个男人对我干了什么吗？”她说。“他搂住我，亲了我一下儿！”

‘Really!' Bogle answered. This was good for business.' Next week you' ll get a dollar a week more.'

“真的？”博格尔应道。这可对生意有好处。“下礼拜开始，你每个礼拜的工资加一块钱。”

And when, in the evening. the restaurant was busy again, Tildy put down the food on the tables and said quietly,' Do you know what a man in the restaurant did to me today? He put his arm round me and kissed me!'

到了晚上。餐馆又忙了起来。提尔蒂把饭菜送到桌上，总会悄悄地说：“您知道今天店里有个男人对我干了什么吗？他搂住我，亲了我一下儿！”

Some of the men in the restaurant were surprised; some of them said, ‘Well done!(2)’Men began to smile and say nice things to her. Tildy was very happy. Love was now possible in her grey life.

有些客人很惊讶；还有人说：“干得好！”男人们开始冲着她笑了，跟她说些甜言蜜语。提尔蒂快活极了。现在她灰色的生活里也有爱情了。

For two days Mr Seeders did not come again, and in that time Tildy was a different woman. She wore bright clothes, did her hair differently, and she looked taller and thinner. Now she was a real woman because someone loved her. She felt excited, and a little afraid. What would Mr Seeders do the next time he came in?

两天了，席德斯先生没有再来。不过这段时间里，提尔蒂完全换了个人。她穿上了鲜艳的衣服，换了发型，看上去也高了点儿、瘦了点儿。现在她成了真正的女人，因为有人爱她。她激动不已，还有点儿怕。席德斯先生下次来的时候，会干点儿什么呢？

At four o' clock in the afternoon of the third day. Mr Seeders came in. There were no people at the tables, and Aileen and Tildy were working at the back of the restaurant. Mr Seeders walked up to them(3).

第三天的下午4点钟，席德斯先生走了进来。还没人来吃饭，艾琳和提尔蒂都在餐馆后边儿干活儿，席德斯先生走到她们面前。

Tildy looked at him, and she could not speak. Mr Seeders' face was very red, and he looked uncomfortable(4).

提尔蒂看看他，说不出话来。席德斯先生的脸红得厉害，似乎很不自在。

‘Miss Tildy,’ he said.'I want to say that I'm sorry for what I did to you a few days ago. It was the drink, you see.I didn't know what I was doing.I'm very sorry.'

“提尔蒂小姐。”他说，“我想为几天前的事儿道个歉。您知道，那都是因为喝多了。我都不知道自己在干什么。很抱歉。”

And Mr Seeders left.

然后，席德斯先生走了。

But Tildy ran into the kitchen, and she began to cry. She could not stop crying(5). She was no longer beautiful. No man loved her. No man wanted her. The kiss meant nothing(6) to Mr Seeders. Tildy did not like him very much, but the kiss was important to her-and now there was nothing.

可是提尔蒂跑到厨房，哭了起来，哭得止不住。她不再漂亮了。没有男人爱她。没人想要她。那个吻对席德斯先生来说什么也不算，提尔蒂并不是那么喜欢他，但那个吻对她很重要——但现在什么都没了。

But she still had her friend, and Aileen put her arm round Tildy. Aileen did not really understand, but she said,' Don't be unhappy, Tildy. That little Seeders has got a face like a dead potato! He's nothing.A real man never says sorry!'

好在她还有朋友。艾琳搂着提尔蒂。艾琳不太明白究竟是怎么回事儿，可还是说：“别难过了，提尔蒂。席德斯那么矮，脸还像个干土豆！他算什么啊。真正的男人可从不说抱歉！”

（原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1. put one’s arm/arms round sb. 用一只手臂/两只手臂拥抱某人

2. Well done. 做的真棒！（夸赞别人）

3. walk up to sb. 走到某人跟前

例句：

The students walked up to the teacher. 

学生走到老师面前。

4. uncomfortable 不舒服的，不自在的

    un+adj. 表示形容词的否定形式

例句：

unnecessary 不必要的

5. could not stop doing sth. 抑制不住做某事

例句：

could not stop crying 

哭的止不住

could not stop laughing 

笑的止不住

6. mean nothing to sb. 对于某人来说毫无意义

    mean a lot to sb 对于某人来说有很大意义

    mean everything to sb. 对于某人来说意味着全部

例句：

It means a lot to me. 

这对我来说非常重要。

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