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Aunt Ruth. [Moving her chair nearer to Priscilla.]
露絲姨媽：[挪了挪椅子，離普麗西拉更近些。]
We have heard of your pumpkin pies. Every cook in Plymouth wants to try making them.
我們聽說過你做的南瓜派，普利茅斯的每個(gè)廚師都想試著做。
There must be many pumpkin pies for the Governor’s Thanksgiving feast.
州長的感恩節(jié)大餐上一定有很多南瓜派。
Priscilla. Tomorrow we must get up early. The days will not be long enough for all we have to do.
普麗西拉：明天我們必須早起，要做的事太多，白天的時(shí)間可能不夠。
Mother. And night is a poor time to work, when our only light is firelight and a fish-oil lamp.
媽媽：晚上干活不好，我們唯一的光源是爐火和魚油燈。
Mary. I wish we had the tallow candles of England.
瑪麗：希望我們有英國的牛油蠟燭。
Father. Have patience. In good time we shall be able to send to England a shipload of things we have raised in this new land.
父親：要有耐心，很快我們就能把在這片新大陸上飼養(yǎng)的東西運(yùn)到英國去。
Then we will ask for cows in return, and we shall no longer be without the milk and butter and cheese, and the beef and tallow, of our English home.
然后，我們就可以換來牛，這樣就會(huì)一直有在英國時(shí)用的牛奶、黃油、奶酪、牛肉和牛油。
John Alden. Governor Bradford says that now the harvest is over we must get together a fine load of beaver-fur and sassafras to send back on the next ship that comes to Plymouth.
約翰·阿爾登：布拉德福德州長說，收獲季節(jié)結(jié)束了，我們必須準(zhǔn)備一批海貍皮毛和黃樟樹，等下一艘船來到普利茅斯時(shí)裝船運(yùn)走。
Priscilla. [Arising.] I must go now, to prepare supper for our household.
普麗西拉：[起身。]我現(xiàn)在必須走了，我得給家人準(zhǔn)備晚飯。
John Alden. [Hastily arising.] I will walk home with you, Priscilla, if I may.
約翰·阿爾登：[匆忙起身。]普麗西拉，如果可以的話，我送你回家。
Priscilla and John Alden go out.
普麗西拉和約翰·阿爾登走出屋子。
Edward. [ Going over to his mother.] Since Priscilla and Mary are to make so many pumpkin pies for the feast, may I have two pieces, Mother?
愛德華：[走向母親。]既然普麗西拉和瑪麗要為盛宴做很多南瓜派，我可以要兩塊嗎，媽媽？
Mother. He who eats must first earn. What can you do for the great feast, Edward?
媽媽：先勞動(dòng)才能吃，你能為這盛宴做些什么，愛德華？
Edward. Oh, I had not thought of that! Let me see! I can bring wood for the fire and carry water.
愛德華：哦，我沒想過啊！我想一下！我可以帶木頭生火，也可以帶水。
Betty. And I can shine the pewter platters.
貝蒂：我可以把镴制盤子擦干凈。
Father. There are lobsters and fish in the ocean, and eels on the shore. There are turkeys and deer and bear in the forest. It may be that your mother will not miss the English dainties, after all.
父親：海里有龍蝦和魚，岸邊有鰻魚。森林里有火雞、鹿和熊，也許你媽媽能做出英式的美味佳肴。
