罕娜嬷嬷收拾桌子时,大家开始讨论新计划,然后取出四个装活计的小篮子,姐妹们开始飞针走线,为马奇太太缝制被单。针线活是个沉闷的活儿,不过今天晚上谁也没有抱怨。她们采纳乔的建议,把长长的缝口分为四段,分别称为欧洲、亚洲、非洲和美洲。这样果然缝得快多了。她们一边缝一边谈论针线穿越的不同国家,更觉进展神速。
At nine they stopped work, and sang, as usual, before they went to bed. No one but Beth could get much music out of the old piano, but she had a way of softly touching the yellow keys and making a pleasant accompaniment to the simple songs they sang. Meg had a voice like a flute, and she and her mother led the little choir. Amy chirped like a cricket, and Jo wandered through the airs at her own sweet will, always coming out at the wrong place with a croak or a quaver that spoiled the mostpensivetune. They had always done this from the time they could lisp . . .
九点钟的时候大家停下活儿,像平时那样先唱歌再去睡觉。家里有架老掉牙的钢琴,除了贝思,大家都不大会弹。她轻轻触动泛黄的琴键,大家随着悠扬的琴声唱了起来。梅格的嗓音像芦笛一样动听,她和母亲担任这支小演唱队的领唱。
Crinkle, crinkle, 'ittle 'tar, and it had become a household custom, for the mother was a born singer. The first sound in the morning was her voice as she went about the house singing like a lark, and the last sound at night was the same cheery sound, for the girls never grew too old for that familiarlullaby.
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