灰姑娘的水晶鞋

by anonymous

翻译：鱼又

灰姑娘的水晶鞋

Crystal Shoes of Cinderella

by anonymous

翻译：鱼又

“Hi! John.” Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, “I’m gonna have a dance performance tonight.I hope you’ll come.Here is the ticket.Don’t forget!” She left in a hurry, disappearing in the1)throngs of people quickly.

“What?! What performance? Dance? Is that credible?” I asked myself.Mary was not that kind of girl.She was a quite ordinary one.I had never seen her put on make-up or wearing attractive clothes, moreover, she always wore her big blackframe glasses, for she did not know how to dress up indeed.What a terrible thing, especially for a plain girl!

“I should go to, I must go to.That’s a miracle!” I thought.

“嗨！约翰。”玛丽向我跑来，脸上带着罕见的笑容，对我说：“今晚我有一场舞蹈表演，希望你能来。这是门票。可别忘了啊！”说完她就匆忙离开了，很快消失在人群中。

“什么？！什么表演？舞蹈？这可信吗？”我问我自己。玛丽不是那种女孩。她是一个很普通的女生。我从未见过她化妆或者穿漂亮的衣服，而且她总是戴着那副大大的黑框眼镜，因为她真的不知道该怎么打扮自己。这真是一件糟糕的事情，尤其是对于一个相貌平平的女生来说！

“我应该去，我必须去。这是一个奇迹！”我想。

I arrived at the hall with the ticket, and found my seat.Her performance was the seventh one.I knew I would2)suffer froma hard time before her turn, for I had no sense of art, but her performance was worthy of watching, no matter how long I would wait for it.

Time went slowly, I struggled with myself not to fall asleep.

“Let’s welcome the next exciting dance—Latin!”Applause flled the hall at once.

I opened my eyes as large as possible, fearing to lose anything.Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the3)gloriousstage.Her dress went well with the brilliant lights.Such a scene seemed to be a4)mermaidenshowing up under the5)glitteringsunshine, meanwhile, I could feel all the audience in the hall focus their eyes on her and it was also hard for me to remove my sights from her.She was so beautiful: her6)staturewas slim; her long golden hair lay back in curls over her7)delicateears.Dancing with a charming smile, she was fully absorbed in the Latin music.At this moment, she looked like a pretty butterfly flying on the8)splendidstage…I could hardly believe my eyes.

After the performance ended, I waited for her at the gate.

“Hi!” She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and dressed as she used to be, but the make-up could still be seen.

“How do you feel?” There was even the slightest tired expression appeared on her face.

“Fantastic!” I answered.

“Haha.I knew it would be.” She could not9)concealher excitement, laughing like a child.

“May I lend a hand?”

“Thank you!” She handed her crystal shoes to me which were shining in the wonderful starry night; in the mean time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.

我拿着票走进演出大厅，找到我的位子坐下来。她的表演排在第七位。我知道在轮到她之前，我得忍受一段艰辛的时光，因为我完全没有艺术细胞。但无论等多久，她的表演都值得一看。

时间过得很慢，我努力不让自己睡着。

“让我们欢迎下一场精彩的舞蹈表演—拉丁舞！”掌声立即响彻全场。

我尽量瞪大双眼，生怕漏掉什么。玛丽穿着一条闪闪发光的金色裙子出现在耀眼的舞台上。她的裙子与明亮的灯光交相辉映。这样的场景就像是美人鱼出现在灿烂的阳光下一样美丽。与此同时，我能感觉到全场观众的目光都聚集在她身上，而我也难以将视线从她身上移开。她是如此美丽：她的身材很苗条，长长的金发卷曲在她小巧的耳朵后面。她带着迷人的笑容舞动起来，完全沉醉在拉丁音乐中。在这一刻，她看起来就像是一只美丽的蝴蝶在这个华丽的舞台上翩翩起舞……我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。

表演结束后，我在门口等她。

“嗨！”她提着一个包包和她的水晶高跟鞋出现在我面前，穿着她平常穿的衣服，但还能看到化妆的痕迹。

“你觉得我的表演怎么样？”她的脸上没有显出一丝疲倦的神情。

“无与伦比！”我回答道。

“哈哈！我就知道是这样。”她掩饰不住兴奋，像个孩子一样笑着。

“我帮你拿吧？”

“谢谢！”她把水晶鞋递给我。它们在这美妙的星空下熠熠闪光。这时，我意识到，每个女孩都拥有一双特殊的鞋子，就像灰姑娘的水晶鞋一样。词汇积累

1 ) throng [θrɒŋ] n.人群

2 ) suffer from 忍受

3 ) glorious ['glɔːrIəs] a.辉煌的

4 ) mermaiden ['məːmeIdən] n.美人鱼

5 ) glittering ['glItərIŋ] a.闪闪发光的

6 ) stature ['stætʃə] n.身材

7 ) delicate ['delIkət] a.精巧的

8 ) splendid ['splendId] a.华丽的

9 ) conceal [kən'siːl] v.隐藏