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勃朗特一家的故事

5 找工作|05 Looking for work

属类： 双语小说 【分类】双语小说 阅读：[3901]
简介：天资到底是什么?它从哪儿来?通常人们认为天资是上帝赋予的，只给那些幸运的人。事实上，我们并不清楚究竟那些人是否算得上幸运。天资似乎并不能使人们幸福，相反会使他们远离人群，因为天资是一种不能共享的东西。
然而勃朗特一家的情形表明，天资被赋予了一个家庭。因为天资，这个家庭的成员远离尘世;离开了家他们就得不到快乐。而在家中，作为一个家庭，他们的天资却得以成长。是谁教会他们写作的?是他们自己!而且几乎没有人比他们写得更出色。
这本书不是他们写的，而是关于他们的故事。这是他们的父亲未曾写却应该写下的：一个关于他们家庭的故事，虽然他只拥有了那么短时间的家庭。
作者简介：这本书的作者蒂姆·维克瑞从事英语教学工作多年，现在约克郡生活和工作。
等级：三级
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我已记不清他们做过的每一件事情了。

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I do not remember everything they did.

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夏洛蒂和安妮做过几个月的家庭教师，在高大的房子里教有钱人家的孩子们。布兰韦尔也暂时找了个类似的工作，但他们都不喜欢这种工作。在家里我的孩子们谈笑风生，可离开家后他们就变得害羞、沉默、很不开心。

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Charlotte and Anne worked as governesses for some months，teaching rich children in big houses， and Branwell got a job like that too，for a while.But they didn’t like their work.At home my children were full of talk and laughter，but away from home they were shy，quiet，unhappy.

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他们为找工作写了许多信，有时是写给大人物的。布兰韦尔想当作家，他就给作家写信，却很少有人回信。那些日子他变得伤心疲倦，经常在乡村酒吧和人喝酒、闲聊。后来他找到一份在火车站卖票的工作，就离开了家。

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They wrote a lot of letters in their search for work—some-times to famous people.Branwell wanted to be a writer，so he wrote to writers;but not many of them wrote back.He began to look pale and sad in those days，and he was often in the vil-lage pub，drinking and talking to the people there.Then he got a job selling tickets on the railways，and left home.

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女儿们另有想法。我还记得她们跟我谈话的那天。夏洛蒂和安妮回家休假，晚饭后我们都坐在客厅里，安妮弹着钢琴，一边弹一边还轻轻地唱着歌。我觉得她是3个女儿中最美的，有一头鬈曲的褐色长发，还有着一张温柔善良的脸。爱米丽坐在她旁边的地板上，抚摸着她那只叫“管家”的狗的耳朵。夏洛蒂坐在我对面的沙发上，看上去像个孩子，却又带着深思熟虑的表情。她个子最小，脚还没有我的手大。

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The girls had an idea.I remember the day when they told me about it.Charlotte and Anne were at home on holiday，and we were all in the sitting-room after dinner one evening. Anne was playing the piano，and singing quietly to herself.She was the prettiest of the three girls，I suppose.She had long wavy brown hair，and a gentle，kind face Emily sat on the floor be-side her，stroking the ears of her dog，Keeper.Charlotte sat op- posite me on the sofa，like a little child with a serious，thought- ful face.She was the smallest;her feet were no bigger than my hands.

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她端详着我，说：“爸爸，我们想开办一所学校。”

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She looked at me carefully.’Papa，’she said.’We want to start a school.’

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“真的，亲爱的?在哪儿?”

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’Really，my dear? Where?’

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“就在这儿。”

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’Here.’

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“可是夏洛蒂，亲爱的，我们没有地方啊!这栋房子已经很满了呀!”

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’But Charlotte，my dear，we have no room.This house is full already.’

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“哦，但我们可以，爸爸。我们可以盖一间大教室。”

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’Oh，but we could change the house，papa.We could build a schoolroom.’

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“嗯，是啊，我觉得行。”我说，“不过为什么你想干这个呢?在别人家的大房子里做家庭教师不是更好吗?”

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’Well，yes，I suppose so，’I said.’But—why do you want to do this?Isn’t it better to work as governesses，in some big fine house?’

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“噢，不，爸爸!”3个女儿一起对我说。安妮停下来，不弹琴了，爱米丽看上去很生气，样子非常吓人。我看得出她们已经好好想过了。

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’Oh no，papa!’All three girls spoke at once.Anne had stopped playing，and Emily looked very angry and frightening.I could see they had thought hard about this.

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夏洛蒂说：“当女家庭教师的生活太可怕了，爸爸!一个家庭教师没有属于自己的时间，没有朋友，没有说话的人。如果对孩子发脾气，他们就会立刻跑到自己母亲那里去。我不可能一辈子都干这个!”

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Charlotte said：’The life of a governess is terrible，papa!A governess has no time of her own，no friends，no one to talk to，and if she gets angry with the children，they just run to their mother.I couldn’t possibly be a governess all my life!’

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“真的，爸爸。”安妮说，“那种生活很可怕。我们不得不分开，都那么孤单。为什么我们不能有所自己的学校，就住在这儿呢?这样等您和布兰韦尔姨妈老了我们就可以照顾你们了。”

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’It’s true，papa，’Anne said.’It’s an awful life.We’re so lonely away from each other.Why can’t we have a school，and all live here?Then we can take care of you and Aunt Branwell when you get old.’

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我看着爱米丽，她的眼睛熠熠发光，看得出这主意对她也很重要。

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I looked at Emily.Her eyes were shining;I could see that the idea was important to her too.

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“但是人们为什么要把孩子送到这儿来呢?”我问，“霍沃斯既非大城市，又不是风景区。你们怎么找到孩子来教呢?”

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’But why will people send their children here?’ I asked.’Haworth is not a big town，or a beautiful place.How will you find children to teach?’

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“我们也已经想到这一点了，爸爸。”夏洛蒂说，“我们必须多学一些，成为更好的教师。我和布兰韦尔姨妈谈过了，如果您同意，她会给我们钱的。爱米丽和我想去比利时学法语。如果我们能讲流利的法语，那些父母就会把孩子送来学法语。”

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’We have thought of that too，papa，’Charlotte said.’We must learn more，and become better teachers.I have spoken to Aunt Branwell，and she will give us the money，if you agree.Emily and I want to go to Belgium，to learn French.If we can speak French well，then parents will send their children to us to learn that.’

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“爱米丽会去吗?”我说。一边看着她。爱米丽只离开过家两次，每次她都很不开心。但这回她看上去却相当兴奋。

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’Emily will go?’I said.I looked at her.Emily had only been away from home twice，and each time she had been very un-happy.But now she looked excited.

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“是的，爸爸。”她说，“我要去。夏洛蒂是对的，我们必须做些事情，这还能使我们待在一起。”

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’Yes，papa，’she said.’I will go.Charlotte is right— we must do something.And this will help us to stay together.’

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“那安妮呢?”

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’And Anne?’

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“我还在罗宾逊家里当家庭教师，”安妮难过地说，“我们的钱不够大家都去的，况且罗宾逊家的人也没那么坏。”

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’I will stay as a governess with the Robinson family，’Anne said sadly.’There’s not enough money for us all to go，and ...the Robinsons are not so very bad.’

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事情总是那样。安妮是个温柔的孩子，她不像别人那样努力地去争龋或许正是如此，她的生活倒更轻松些。我不知是否如此。

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It was always like that.Anne was a gentle girl;she did not fight as hard as the others.Perhaps her life was easier because of that.I don’t know.

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不过我还是认为这是个好主意。我写信去比利时，在布鲁塞尔的一所学校为他们找到了去的地方。那所学校是埃热先生的。我同意送她们去那儿，在一个月内我在小笔记本上记下了许多法语单词，以备旅途之需。然后，1842年的一个下午，我们坐上了开往伦敦的火车。

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But I thought it was a wonderful idea.I wrote to Belgium，and found them places in a school in Brussels，which was owned by a Monsieur Héger.I agreed to take the girls there，and for a month I wrote down French words in a little pocket book，to help me on the journey.Then，one afternoon in 1824，we caught the train to London.

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我已有二十多年没去伦敦了，女儿们还从来没去过。我们在伦敦住了三天，然后搭夜班船去比利时，最后到达布鲁塞尔市中心的一座高大美观的学校楼前。

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I had not been to London for over twenty years，and my daughters had never been there.We stayed for three days，and then we took the night boat to Belgium，and arrived at a tall，fine school building in the centre of Brussels.

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埃热本人是一个很有礼貌、很友好的人——非常和气。他并不总能听懂我的法语，但还是带着我在学校转了一圈，他讲了许多话，速度快极了。我微笑着，努力有所应答。

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Héger himself was a very polite，friendly man—very kind.He did not always understand my French，but he showed me round the school，and talked a lot，very fast.I smiled， and tried to answer.

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当我离开时两个孩子非常兴奋。坐在船上我心想：“这也许是件好事，一件妙事。我的女儿们将开办一所好学校，霍沃斯也将因此而出名。我希望布兰韦尔的生活成功，那样我妻子玛丽亚会为我们都感到高兴的。”

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The two girls were very excited when I left them.As I came home on the boat，I thought：’This is a good thing，a fine thing，perhaps.My daughters will start a good school， and Ha-worth will become famous.I hope Branwell can make a success of his life，too.Then my wife Maria will be pleased with us all.’

序号 英文/音标 中文解释 更多操作

governess

[’ɡʌvənəs]

n.女家庭教师

railway

[’reɪlweɪ]

n.【C】铁路

wavy

[’weɪvi]

adj.波浪形的;起伏的

Papa

[pə’pɑː]

n.爸爸

Charlotte

[’ʃɑːlət]

n.1. 夏洛特市(美国北卡罗来纳州)

schoolroom

[’skuːlruːm]

n.教室

papa

[pə’pɑː]

n.爸爸

excite

[ɪk’saɪt]

vt.使兴奋;使激动;刺激;激起

Brussels

[’brʌslz]

n.布鲁塞尔(比利时首都)

mare

[meə(r)]

n.母马;母驴;(月球等)表面阴暗处

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