Teresa

长庚

The day before they went on the 周air硕pla选ne译， Teresa said，“Dolls！ Dolls！ I can takemy dolls. I want to take all my dolls.”“One！ ”said her mom. “You can bring justone doll.”

在上飞机的前一天，特雷莎说：“娃娃！娃娃！我可以带我的娃娃。我想带上我所有的娃娃。”“一个！”她妈妈说，“你只能带一个娃娃。”

“But，”said Teresa，“I will be very sad without all my dolls.”“Two！ ”saidher mom. “You can bring just two dolls. You cant bring all your dolls. You have500 dolls.”

“但是，”特雷莎說，“不带上我所有的娃娃，我会很难过。”“两个！”妈妈说，“你只能带两个娃娃。你不能带上所有的娃娃。你有500 个娃娃。”

“Ha！ ”said Teresa， “I have just 27 dolls. You know that I have just 27 dolls， not500 dolls.”“Two！ ”said Teresas mom.“You can bring just two dolls.”“OK！ OK！ ”said Teresa.

“哈！”特雷莎说，“我只有27 个娃娃。你知道我只有27 个娃娃，没有500个。”“两个！”妈妈说，“你只能带两个娃娃。”“好吧！好吧！”特雷莎说。

So when Teresa came to the airport， she was carrying two dolls. She was alsocarrying a backpack that had 10 dolls in it， but her mom did not know about that.

于是当特雷莎来到机场时，她拿着两个玩具娃娃。她还背着一个背包，里面装了10 个玩具娃娃，但她妈妈并不知道。

After they got their tickets， a man said to the mom， “Can I look in yourbackpack？”“Yes，”said her mom. And another man said to Teresa， “Can I look inyour backpack？”“No！ ”said Teresa. “You may not look in my backpack. Mybackpack is top secret. Even my mom does not know what is in my backpack.”

她们拿到机票后，一个人对妈妈说：“我可以看看你的背包吗？”“可以。”妈妈说。另一个对特雷莎说：“我可以看看你的背包吗？”“不行！”特雷莎说道，“你不能看我的背包。我的背包是绝密。甚至我妈妈都不知道我的背包里装着什么。”

“Right，”said the man.“But if I do not look in your backpack， then you do notget on the airplane.”“Well，”said Teresa，“OK.”So the man opened the backpackand all the dolls flew out and fell over the floor. “Oh my！ ”shouted the man.“Itsjust dolls，”shouted Teresa. The man said， “Sorry about that.”Then he put the dollsback into the backpack.

“好吧。”那人说，“但如果我不看你的背包，那你就上不了飞机。”“嗯，”特雷莎说，“那好吧。”于是那人打开背包，所有的娃娃都飞了出来，掉了一地。“哦，天哪！”那人喊道。“只是玩具娃娃。”特雷莎喊道。那人说：“对不起。”然后他把那些娃娃装回了背包里。

When Teresa got to her seat on the plane， a stewardess1 said， “What is in thatbackpack？ It is a really full backpack.”“Watch it！ ”said Teresa， and the stewardessopened the backpack. Dolls fell on the floor again.“Oh my！ ”shouted the stewardess.“Its just dolls，”shouted Teresa. The stewardess said，“I guess I am just nervous2.”

当特雷莎上了飞机坐到座位上时，一名空姐说：“那个背包里有什么？真是一个满当当的背包。”“小心！”特雷莎说，然后空姐就打开了背包，娃娃又掉了一地。“哦，天哪！”空姐喊道。“只是玩具娃娃。”特雷莎喊道。空姐说：“我想我只是有点紧张。”

Then the plane took off. After a while the stewardess came back and said，“There are 3 kids from China in the back of the plane and they couldnt stop cryingbecause their mommy did not let them bring their dolls. Can I please borrow 3 ofyour dolls？”“Sure，”said Teresa.

然后飞机起飞了。过了一会儿，那位空姐走过来说：“飞机的后排座位上有三个来自中国的孩子，他们不停地哭，因为他们的妈妈不让他们带玩具娃娃。你能借我三个娃娃吗？”“当然可以。”特雷莎说。

After a while the stewardess came back and said， “There are 3 kids fromAfrica in the front of the plane and they couldnt stop crying because their mommydid not let them bring their dolls. Can I please borrow 3 more of your dolls？”“Sure，”said Teresa.

过了一会儿，那位空姐又过来说：“飞机的前排座位上有三个来自非洲的孩子，他们不停地哭，因为他们的妈妈不让他们带玩具娃娃。你能再借三个娃娃吗？”“当然可以。”特雷莎说。

After a while the stewardess came back again and said， “There are 3 kids fromIreland in the back of the plane and they couldnt stop crying because their mommydid not let them bring their dolls. Can I please borrow 3 more of your dolls？”“Sure，”said Teresa.

又过了一会儿，那位空姐过来说：“飞机的后排座位上有三个爱尔兰孩子，他们不停地哭，因为他们的妈妈不让他们带玩具娃娃。我能再借三个你的娃娃吗？”“当然可以。”特雷莎说。

Then everybody went to sleep. When the plane landed and they had to hurry upand get to the next plane. And Teresa did not get back her dolls. She only had onedoll left when she got to her grandmother. Happily， Teresas grandmother madeexcellent3 dolls， and she made Teresa 3 more dolls， but Teresa still missed the dollsshe had given away.

接著大家都睡觉了。当飞机降落时，她们不得不抓紧时间去搭乘下一班飞机。特雷莎没有拿回她的玩具娃娃。当她来到祖母身边时，只剩下一个娃娃了。幸运的是，特雷莎的祖母会做很棒的娃娃，她又给特雷莎做了三个娃娃，但特雷莎仍然很想念她送出去的那些娃娃。

Three months later， a big truck came to Teresas house and three men put threebig packages4 at the door. One package was from China. One package was fromIreland. One package was from Africa. Teresa opened the boxes and there were hernine dolls and also ten Chinese dolls， 10 African dolls and also 10 Irish dolls.

三个月后，一辆大卡车来到特雷莎家，三个人把三个大包裹放在了她家门口。其中一个包裹来自中国，一个包裹来自爱尔兰，还有一个包裹来自非洲。特雷莎打开三个盒子，里面除了她那九个娃娃，还多出来十个中国娃娃、十个非洲娃娃和十个爱尔兰娃娃。

“My dolls came back with even more dolls！ ”said Teresa.“How did they knowwhere to send them？”Her mom said，“While you were asleep in the airplane， I wentand put name tags5 on all your dolls because I was afraid that they might get lost.”“Thanks， Mom！ ”

“我的娃娃回来了，还有更多的娃娃！”特雷莎说，“他们怎么知道把它们送到哪里？”妈妈说：“当你在飞机上睡着的时候，我去给你所有的娃娃都贴上了名字标签，因为我担心它们会丢失。”“谢谢妈妈！”

Notes

1. stewardess 船舶；飞机或火车上的女服务员；女乘务员

2. nervous 神经紧张的；担忧的

3. excellent  极好的；卓越的

4. package 包裹

5. tag 标签