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Mother. [ Cheerfully.] Wipe away those tears, Mary, and let us think of the many things we can still be thankful for.
媽媽：[樂呵呵地]快擦擦眼淚，瑪麗，讓我們想想我們還能心存感激的許多事吧。
The best cure for sorrow is work, and you have had plenty of work here. You have been a great help to us.
治療悲傷最好的方法就是工作，你在這兒做了很多工作，幫了我們大忙了。
I am glad that you were sent here when the homeless children were divided among us.
我很高興分派無家可歸的孩子時，你能來我們家。
Betty. I am glad, too, that you live with us, Mary. You teach me so many useful things.
貝蒂：瑪麗，我也很高興你和我們住在一起。你教會了我很多有用的東西。
May I get my sampler and work on it now, Mother, while you spin?
媽媽，你紡紗時，我能拿著刺繡樣本繡嗎？
Will you show me what stitches to take next?
你能告訴我下面要怎么繡嗎？
Mother. Not for a little while, Betty. Just now you must watch the porridge, and stir it when necessary.
媽媽：得等一會，貝蒂。你現在必須看著粥鍋，需要攪拌攪拌。
Edward. [Eagerly.] I hear steps, Mother!
愛德華：[急切地]我聽到腳步聲了，媽媽！
Mother. It must be your father. Run quickly, Betty, and open the door. Stir that log, Edward.
媽媽：一定是你們的父親。貝蒂，快去開門。愛德華，翻圓木。
Betty. [Looking out of window.] It is Father, and John Alden is with him.
貝蒂：[看著窗外]是父親，約翰·奧爾登和他在一起。
Father and John Alden enter.
父親和約翰·奧爾登走進屋。
Father. Come in, John, and sit by our fire for a while.
父親：進來，約翰，在爐火旁做一會兒。
The good wife will be glad to have a chat with you before you go on your way.
繼續上路前，我善良的妻子會很高興和你聊會天。
John Alden. [Nodding to all.] Good day to you.
約翰·奧爾登：[向所有人點頭]你們好。
How warm and comfortable you are here!
你們這里真是溫暖又舒適啊！
Mother. Yes, things are much better with Plymouth Colony than they were a year ago.
媽媽：是的，普利茅斯殖民地的情況比一年前好多了。
Mary. Oh, that terrible winter! I can never forget it.
瑪麗：哦，那可怕的冬天啊！我永遠也無法忘記。
Mother. It is better to think of the good we have than to be unhappy over what we cannot change.
媽媽：想想我們擁有的美好，總比為那些無法改變的事情而難過要好。
Father. We have much to be thankful for. Less than a year ago we had nothing to eat except our small supply of Indian corn, and were afraid that even that would soon be gone.
父親：我們要感謝的事有很多。不到一年前，除了少量的玉蜀黍外，我們什么也吃不到，而且我們擔心連玉蜀黍都會很快吃完。
John Alden. Well do I remember the day when our share was but five kernels of corn each.
約翰·奧爾登：我還記得那時候我們每人的份額只有五個玉米粒。
Now we have food in plenty. [He goes to the fire and warms his hands.]
現在我們擁有充足的食物。[他走向壁爐，讓火溫暖雙手。]
Aunt Ruth. How thankful we should be that our lives were spared in that dreadful time, and that our harvest has been so large.
露絲姨媽：我們應該感激我們在那么可怕的時刻能夠得以幸免，而且還能大豐收。
