马蒂
And I couldn't tell anyone, not even my brother Matty, what I knew--that there'd be no bicycle for Matty, no dolls' house for me and no machine for Mum to help her with all that washing and make her smile
而我不能告诉任何人我所知道的这一切--即使是我的哥哥马蒂我也不能告诉--我知道马蒂不可能会有什么自行车,我也不会有什么小玩具屋,妈妈也不会有什么洗衣机来帮她洗所有的衣服而使她脸上出现笑容。
But when Dad rolled in tired for his supper, he'd tell us about how busy he was working on a paper that he was writing, and how it'd get him a big promotion and more money. Matty would have a bike, and I'd have a dolls' house.
可当爸爸匆匆忙忙而又面带疲倦地赶回来吃晚饭时,他总会对我们说,他正在写一篇论文,忙得不可开交,这篇论文对他的提升及薪水的增加很重要,这样马蒂将拥有一辆自行车,我将拥有一个玩具屋。
And I felt particularly bad about-Matty getting into so much trouble because he was one of the big boys and was held responsible--even though it’d been mostly my idea but I had to do it.
尤其让我感到不安的是,这给马蒂带来这么大的麻烦--因为他是我们中最大的,要负主要责任--尽管那是我的主意。但我不得不这样。