Jo put an arm around her sister.Now try it,Beth,she said.
瓊用一只手臂摟住她的妹妹。現在就試試,白絲,她說。
Beth sat down and began to play,
白絲坐下來開始彈琴,
and everyone thought it was the most perfect piano they had ever heard.
每個人都認為這是她們聽過的最好的鋼琴。
Youll have to go and thank him,said Jo,with a smile,
你得去謝謝他,瓊說,面帶微笑。
knowing that Beth was much too shy to do anything like that.
她深知白絲太害羞了,肯定不會去做那種事。
But Beth surprised them all.Ill do it at once,she said bravely,
可白絲讓大家都吃了一驚。我馬上就去,她勇敢地說,
and away she walked,through the garden and into the big house next door.
然后她就走了,穿過花園,來到隔壁的大房子。
She went up to the old gentlemans study and knocked on the door.
她走到樓上老先生的書房,敲了敲門。
Come in,said Mr Laurence.
請進,勞倫斯先生說。
Beth went in.I came to say thank you,sir,she began,in her quiet little voice.
白絲走了進去。我來向您說聲謝謝,先生,她開始用她那平靜細小的聲音說話。
But he looked so friendly that she ran and put both her arms around his neck and kissed him.
可他看上去如此慈詳,她跑過去用雙臂摟住他的脖子吻了他一下。
The old gentleman was so surprised that he nearly fell off his chair.
老先生太吃驚了,他幾乎從他的椅子上掉了下來。
But he was very pleased indeed by that shy little kiss,and soon the two of them were talking like old friends.
可他實際上被那個羞澀的輕輕的吻弄得很高興,不久他們倆就像老朋友一樣地散步了。
Later,he walked home with Beth.
之后,他陪白絲走回家。
The girls,watching with great interest from the window,could not believe their eyes.
其他的孩子們從窗戶中以極大的興趣看著這一幕,簡直不敢相信她們的眼睛。
Well,Meg said,I do believe the world is coming to an end!
哎,麥格說,我相信世界末日就要到了。

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