《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）

It was great fun, though I have seen better candy. When it was finally finished, and ourselves and the kitchen and the door-knobs all thoroughly sticky, we organized a procession and still in our caps and aprons, each carrying a big fork or spoon or frying pan, we marched through the empty corridors to the officers' parlour, where half-a-dozen professors and instructors were passing a tranquil evening. We serenaded them with college songs and offered refreshments. They accepted politely but dubiously. We left them sucking chunks of molasses candy, sticky and speechless.

真的很有趣，虽然我吃过更好吃的麦芽糖。当一切终于结束时，我们每个人、整个厨房连同门板全都粘嗒嗒的，我们依然顶着白帽，围着围裙，每个人都带着一把大汤匙或平底锅，列队穿过空荡荡的大厅到了教师休息室，那里有半打的教授和讲师正在打发宁静的夜晚。我们为他们唱校歌，然后送上麦芽糖。他们彬彬有礼却又犹犹豫豫地接了下来。我们离开了，留下他们吃着大片的麦芽糖，粘嗒嗒而且好吃得说不出话来。

So you see, Daddy, my education progresses!

所以您瞧瞧，叔叔，这就是我的求学过程！

Don't you really think that I ought to be an artist instead of an author?

您真的不认为我应该当个艺术家，而不是作家？

Vacation will be over in two days and I shall be glad to see the girls again. My tower is just a trifle lonely; when nine people occupy a house that was built for four hundred, they do rattle around a bit.