名著精讀:《小婦人》第二章:聖誕快樂 第3節

"How good Meg is! Come, Amy, let's do as they do. I'll help you with the hard words, and they'll explain things if we don't understand," whispered Beth, very much impressed by the pretty books and her sisters, example.

“梅格真好！來，艾美，我們也一起讀吧。我幫你解釋生詞，我們不懂的地方就由她們來講解好了，”貝思輕聲說。她被漂亮的小書和兩位姐姐全神貫注的模樣深深感動了。

"I'm glad mine is blue," said Amy. and then the rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned, and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.
　　
“真開心，我的封面是藍色的，”艾美說。接下來除了輕輕的翻書聲外，屋裏一片寧靜。這時，冬日的陽光悄悄潛入屋內，輕柔地撫摸着她們亮麗的頭髮和嚴肅的臉龐，向她們致以聖誕節的問候。
　
"Where is Mother?" asked Meg, as she and Jo ran down to thank her for their gifts, half an hour later.
　
“媽媽哪兒去了？”半個小時後，梅格和喬跑下樓，要找媽媽道謝。

"Goodness only knows. Some poor creeter came a-beggin', and your ma went straight off to see what was needed. There never was such a woman for givin' away vittles and drink, clothes and firin'," replied Hannah, who had lived with the family since Meg was born, and was considered by them all more as a friend than a servant.
　　
“老天才知道。一些窮人來討東西，你媽馬上就去看他們需要什麼。她是天底下最菩薩心腸的女人，”罕娜答道。老嬤嬤自打梅格出生以來就一直和她們一家生活在一起，儘管她是個傭人，大家都拿當朋友。

ess [im'pres] n. 印象,特徵,印記 vt. 使...有印象,影響,印刻,傳送 vi. 給人印象

She impressed me as a scholar.
她給我留下了學者的印象。

p [kri:p] n. 爬, 徐行, 蠕動 v. 爬, 蔓延

Ivy had crept up the castle walls.
常春藤爬上了城堡的圍牆。