《长腿叔叔》第三章（上）_美文_双语阅读-查字典英语网

《长腿叔叔》第三章（上）

To recapitulate (that's the way the English instructor begins every other sentence), I am very much obliged for my seven presents. I'm pretending to myself that they came in a box from my family in California. The watch is from father, the rug from mother, the hot water bottle from grandmother who is always worrying for fear I shall catch cold in this climate--and the yellow paper from my little brother Harry. My sister Isabel gave me the silk stockings, and Aunt Susan the Matthew Arnold poems; Uncle Harry (little Harry is named after him) gave me the dictionary. He wanted to send chocolates, but I insisted on synonyms.

总而言之（英语教师每句话都会带上这个词），我对您送的这7件礼物都心存感激。我假装它们是装在一个大箱子里，从加州的家里寄来的。爸爸送表，妈妈送毯子，祖母送热水袋——她老怕我在这种季节着凉——稿纸是弟弟哈里送的，妹妹伊莎贝尔送我长统袜，苏珊姨妈送诗集，哈里舅舅（小哈里与他同名）送词典。他本想送巧克力，可我坚持要同义词词典。

You don't object, do you, to playing the part of a composite family?

您不会反对扮演所有这些家庭成员吧？

And now, shall I tell you about my vacation, or are you only interested in my education as such? I hope you appreciate the delicate shade of meaning in 'as such'. It is the latest addition to my vocabulary.