【英中对照】Springtime a la Carte 菜单上的春天 欧·亨利(7)
一天下午，萨拉在她那高雅的厅堂卧室冻得瑟瑟发抖；“屋子通上暖气，打扫得一灰不染，安装各种方便设施，真令人羡慕不已呵。”除了打舒伦伯格的菜单之外，她再也没有工作可干。萨拉坐在吱吱哼叫的柳条摇椅上望着窗外。墙壁上的日历对她不停地吼叫，“春天来了，萨拉——春天来了，我敢肯定。看着我，萨拉，我的数字明明白白。你的身材匀称，漂漂亮亮，萨拉，正洋溢着青春的气息。为什么你要这么忧伤地望着窗外呢？”
Sarah's room was at the back of the house. Looking out the window she could see the windowless rear brick wall of the box factory on the next street. But the wall was clearest crystal; and Sarah was looking down a grassy lane shaded with cherry trees and elms and bordered with raspberry bushes and Cherokee roses.
萨拉的房间在这座楼的背面，从窗口望出去，可以看到邻街的一家制盒厂的没开窗子的后砖墙。但在萨拉眼里，这墙晶莹透明，她看见一条长满青草的小径，掩藏在樱桃树和榆树之下，两旁是山莓树丛和金樱子。
Spring's real harbingers are too subtle for the eye and ear. Some must have the flowering crocus, the wood-starring dogwood, the voice of bluebird--even so gross a reminder as the farewell handshake of the retiring buckwheat and oyster before they can welcome the Lady in Green to their dull bosoms. But to old earth's choicest kin there come straight, sweet messages from his newest bride, telling them they shall be no stepchildren unless they choose to be.
Sarah's room was at the back of the house. Looking out the window she could see the windowless rear brick wall of the box factory on the next street. But the wall was clearest crystal; and Sarah was looking down a grassy lane shaded with cherry trees and elms and bordered with raspberry bushes and Cherokee roses.
萨拉的房间在这座楼的背面，从窗口望出去，可以看到邻街的一家制盒厂的没开窗子的后砖墙。但在萨拉眼里，这墙晶莹透明，她看见一条长满青草的小径，掩藏在樱桃树和榆树之下，两旁是山莓树丛和金樱子。
Spring's real harbingers are too subtle for the eye and ear. Some must have the flowering crocus, the wood-starring dogwood, the voice of bluebird--even so gross a reminder as the farewell handshake of the retiring buckwheat and oyster before they can welcome the Lady in Green to their dull bosoms. But to old earth's choicest kin there come straight, sweet messages from his newest bride, telling them they shall be no stepchildren unless they choose to be.
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