George and Martha 两只小河马 1

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Martha was very fond of making split pea soup.

玛莎非常喜欢做豌豆汤。

Sometimes she made it all day long. 

有时候，她可以做上一整天。

Pots and Pots of split pea soup. 

一罐又一罐的豌豆汤。

if there was one thing that George was not fond of ,

如果说有什么是乔治不喜欢的，

it was split pea soup.

那便是豌豆汤。

As a matter of fact,George hated split pea soup

事实上，乔治讨厌豌豆汤

more than anyting else in the world ,

超过了世界上所有的的东西。

But it was so hard to tell Martha.

但是，对于乔治来说告诉玛莎这件事太难了。

One day after George had eaten ten bowls of Martha's soup, 

有一天，在乔治喝了10碗玛莎做的汤之后，

he said to himself ,

他自言自语道：

"I just can't stand another bowl.

“我再也不想多喝一碗了，

Not even another spoonful."

甚至一勺也不想喝。”

so, while Martha was out in the kitchen, 

所以，趁着玛莎在厨房的时候，

George carefully poured the rest of his soup

乔治小心翼翼地把剩余的汤

into his loafers under the table.

倒入了桌子底下的皮鞋里。

"Now she will think I have eaten it ."

“这样的话，她会认为我都喝完了。”

But Martha was watching from the kitchen.

但是，玛莎在厨房里看到一切。

"How do you expect to walk home with your loafers

full of split pea soup?"

“你怎么会想穿着装满豌豆汤的皮鞋走回家呢？”

she asked George.

她问乔治。

"Oh dear,"said George."You saw me."

“哦，亲爱的，”乔治说道，“你看到了。”

"And why didn't you tell me that you hate my split pea soup?"

“为什么不告诉我你讨厌喝我做的豌豆汤呢？”

“I didn't want to hurt your feelings,” said George.

"我不想伤害你的感情。"乔治说道。

"That's silly," said Martha.

“这样做太傻了，”玛莎说。

" Friends should always tell each other the truth.

“朋友之前应该告诉对方事实。

As a matter of fact, I don't like split pea soup very much myself.

实际上，我自己也不太喜欢喝豌豆汤，

I only like to make it.

我只是喜欢做豌豆汤。

From now on , you'll never have to eat that awful soup again."

从现在开始，你再也不用吃讨厌的豌豆汤啦。”

"What a relief!" George sighed.

“终于解脱了！”乔治叹了一口气。

"Would you like some chocolate chip chookies instead?"

“你想吃点巧克力豆饼干吗？”

asked Martha.

玛莎问道。

"Oh, that would be lovely," said George.

“噢，那真是太好啦！”乔治说。

"Then you shall have them," said his friend.

“你最好尝尝。”他的朋友们说。