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LESSON 17
第17課
busy
忙碌
mischief
惡作劇
looked
看起來
unto
對
glee
歡樂
contriving
不斷努力
ringlets
卷發
noddle
點頭
drew
吸引了
nun
修女
pressing
緊迫的
fingers
手指
carpet
地毯
wise
明智的
lips
嘴唇
embrace
擁抱
ponder
思考
lashes
睫毛
climb
爬
true
真正的
MY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING
我什么都做不了
"What are you good for, my brave little man?
你能做什么，我勇敢的男子漢？
Answer that question for me, if you can,
如果可以，請回答我的問題。
You, with your fingers as white as a nun, —
你，有修女一樣白的手，
You, with your ringlets as bright as the sun.
你，有陽光一樣明亮的卷發。
All the day long, with your busy contriving,
你忙忙碌碌地搗蛋了一整天，
Into all mischief and fun you are driving;
帶來了所有的淘氣與樂趣。
See if your wise little noddle can tell
看看你聰明的小腦袋是否可以回答，
What you are good for. Now ponder it well."
你能做什么？請仔細思考。
Over the carpet the dear little feet
地毯上可愛的小腳丫，
Came with a patter to climb on my seat;
輕快地爬上了我的座位。
Two merry eyes, full of frolic and glee,
一雙快樂的眼睛在睫毛下看著我，
Under their lashes looked up unto me;
充滿了調皮與歡樂。
Two little hands pressing soft on my face,
一雙小手輕輕地捧著我的臉，
Drew me down close in a loving embrace;
緊緊地摟住我深情地擁抱。
Two rosy lips gave the answer so true,
兩瓣紅潤的嘴唇給我如此真實的答案，
"Good to love you, mamma, good to love you."
“我能愛你呀，媽媽，我能愛你！”
(Emily Huntington Miller)
（艾米麗·亨廷頓·米勒）
