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Then Sally understood. Spread out before them was a flag that the girls were making, red and white and blue. Our country was very young in those days, and Congress had just decided on a new American flag. It was to have thirteen red and white stripes. Up in one corner, on a field of blue, were to be thirteen white stars. The girls were making one of these new American flags from their silk dresses.
隨后莎莉就懂了。女孩們面前展開的是她們正在做得國(guó)旗，它有紅、藍(lán)、白三色。那時(shí)我們的國(guó)家非常年輕，國(guó)會(huì)剛剛決定了新的美國(guó)國(guó)旗。它有13條紅白相間的條紋。在國(guó)旗上方一角的藍(lán)色區(qū)域是13顆白色星星。女孩們正用她們的絲綢連衣裙做一面新的美國(guó)國(guó)旗。
And the Captain? Sally knew that it must be the great Captain John Paul Jones, for his ship had just sailed into the harbor. Everybody was talking about the glorious victories he had won over the English warships. Yes, it must be Captain Jones who was coming to supper, her mother had said there would be an important guest.
那么上尉是誰(shuí)呢？莎莉知道他一定是偉大的約翰·保羅·瓊斯上尉，因?yàn)樗拇瑒倓傫側(cè)敫劭凇Ｈ藗兌荚谡務(wù)撍谟?guó)軍艦上贏得的光榮勝利。是的，一定是瓊斯上尉來(lái)吃晚餐，她的媽媽說(shuō)過(guò)將會(huì)有一位重要客人來(lái)訪。
"Oh, we must find some more white silk!" cried Caroline.
“噢，我們必須再找一些白色絲綢！”卡洛琳叫道。
"Would, would my sash do?" said Sally, coming quickly into the room.
“我的，我的裙帶可以嗎？”莎莉快速地進(jìn)了房間，說(shuō)道。
"Oh, Sally, where did you come from?" exclaimed Mary. "How nice you look! Is that the birthday dress mother told me about?"
“噢，莎莉，你從哪兒來(lái)的？”瑪麗喊道。“你好漂亮！這就是媽媽告訴我的生日禮物連衣裙嗎？”
"Yes," answered Sally, "but I will be glad to give the sash to make stars for the flag."
“是的，但是我很愿意把裙帶獻(xiàn)出去為國(guó)旗做星星。”莎莉回答道。
She loved her beautiful silk sash, but she wanted to help as the older girls were doing. With shining eyes she watched the girls' quick fingers cut the ribbon into stars and sew them on the field of blue.
她喜歡她的漂亮絲綢裙帶，但她想幫助大姐姐們制作國(guó)旗。她雙眼閃著光，注視著女孩們快速把絲帶剪成了星星，并把它們縫在國(guó)旗的藍(lán)色區(qū)域。
"And now it's done!" cried Caroline. "Sally, aren't you proud that you gave your sash?"
“它現(xiàn)在做好了！”卡洛琳說(shuō)道。“莎莉，你不為自己獻(xiàn)出裙帶感到驕傲嗎？”
"We shall have to hurry home," said Mary. "Mother will be waiting for us, and perhaps the Captain has already come."
“我們要趕快回家，”瑪麗說(shuō)道，“媽媽會(huì)等我們的，也許上尉已經(jīng)到了。”
When the excited girls reached the Langdon home with the new flag, Captain Jones was sitting before the fire. He rose and bowed as the girls entered.
當(dāng)興奮的女孩們帶著新國(guó)旗到達(dá)蘭登家時(shí)，瓊斯上尉正坐在爐火前。女孩們進(jìn)來(lái)時(shí)，他站了起來(lái)，鞠了一躬。
Then Mary held out the beautiful flag. "Captain Jones," she said, "we have made this new flag for your ship. We shall be honored if you will take it."
然后，瑪麗把美麗的旗子遞了出去。她說(shuō)：“瓊斯上尉，我們?yōu)槟拇谱髁诉@面新國(guó)旗。如果您能接受，我們將不勝榮幸。”
"I am deeply thankful to you, my friends," said the brave Captain. "Wherever my ship goes, she will always carry this bonny flag you have made for us."
“我非常感謝你們，我的朋友們。”勇敢的上尉說(shuō)，“無(wú)論我的船到哪里，她總會(huì)帶著這面你為我們做得漂亮旗子。”
The next day all the girls were very happy. For Captain Jones invited them to come on board his ship so that they might see the lovely flag raised high in the air.
第二天，所有的女孩都非常高興。因?yàn)榄偹股衔狙?qǐng)他們上船，這樣她們就能看見高高升起的可愛旗幟了。
When Sally came home from the ship, she took out her rosebud dress and put it on. How pretty it looked even without the white silk ribbon! She knew she would always love to wear it and think that the stars made from her sash were sailing far away on the ship of Captain Jones.
莎莉從船上回到家時(shí)，拿出了她帶有玫瑰花蕾的連衣裙并穿上了。即使沒有白絲帶，它看起來(lái)也很漂亮。她知道自己會(huì)一直喜歡穿它，并且想著裙帶制作的星星在瓊斯上尉的船上遠(yuǎn)航。
