词汇提示

1.orphan 孤儿

2.gables 山墙

3.orphanage 孤儿院

4.buggy 小马车

5.vigilant 警惕

6.freckle 雀斑

7.complexion 肤色

8.descent 血统

9.stern 严厉的

原文

Red-haired Ann

The story of Anne Shirley, the red-haired orphan, has been popular around the world for almost a century.
The opening chapters of "Anne of Green Gables" tell how a brother and sister, living together on a farm, have decided to adopt a boy.
Matthew Cuthbert is now 60 years old and needs help working the farm.
They have sent away to the orphanage, and the boy will be arriving by train.
When Matthew goes to the train station with his horse and buggy, there is no boy,only a girl - Ann Shirley.
Anne is no ordinary girl.
She has a vivid imagination and loves to talk about things that interest her.
Matthew,who is shy and quiet, takes an immediate liking to her.
When they arrive home, however, his sister Marilla is very upset.
She doesn't see what good a girl would be to them.
Matthew says, "We might be some good to her. "
After a while, Marilla begins to feel sorry for the thin little orphan and decides to keep her.
But Marilla finds that teaching Anne how to behave properly is quite a challenge.
Anne often does things without thinking first, and Marilla has to be vigilant to keep her out of trouble.
As time goes by, Anne becomes accepted in the community and doesn't get into as many difficulties.
One characteristic of the little orphan is a love of big words.
While she lived a life of hard work, Anne liked to imagine beautiful things that she didn't have.
This was her way of dealing with unhappiness when she worked as a servant for unkind people.
Living at Green Gables makes her happy, but she doesn't lose her love of special words or beautiful things.
Anne is also unhappy because she has red hair and freckles.
In Anne's day, beautiful women were thought to have light clear complexions and black hair.
Her coloring seemed unromantic.
However,red hair and freckles are very common on Prince Edward Island, where many of the people are of Scottish descent.
This story tells us a lot about how to be happy.
When Matthew and Marilla stop worry about needing a boy, and start taking care of Anne, they find that they enjoy having her around.
Their lives become much more interesting now that they have someone who needs them.
So happiness involves looking after others, and being needed by them.
There were many stories about orphans when "Anne of Green Gables" was written.
Before modern medicine, many parents died before their children were grown up.
A lot of mothers died in childbirth.
Since fathers didn't usually try to raise young children in those days, someone else had to take the responsibility.
This is what happened to Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of "Anne."
Her mother died when she was a baby, and her father left her with her mother's parents.
Montgomery's grandparents provided a good home for her, but they were very strict and stern and didn't have a lot of sympathy with the little girl.
In her story, Montgomery is imagining how she would have liked her own life tohave happened.
What if her grandparents had been more like Matthew and Marilla?
What if they had allowed her to do more of the things she wanted to do?
The story shows how young children are hurt by bad treatment from the adults looking after them?
Even if the adults don't mean to be unkind, sometimes they say or do things that make children very unhappy.
"Anne"teaches parents and grandparents to encourage their children and help them to be happy and successful.
Anne Shirley is one little person who changes a whole community and makes it better.
We all have special gifts and talents, and if we are allowed to use those abilities, they will benefit everyone around us.

翻译

红发安妮

一个世纪以来，红发孤儿安妮·雪莉的故事一直风靡全球。
《绿山墙的安妮》的开头几章讲述了一对住在农场的兄妹决定收养一个男孩的故事。
马修·卡斯伯特(Matthew Cuthbert)现在60岁了，他在农场需要帮助。
他们已经送孩子去孤儿院了，这个男孩将乘火车到达。
当马修骑着马车去火车站时，没有男孩，只有一个女孩——安·雪莉。
安妮不是一个普通的女孩。
她有丰富的想象力，喜欢谈论她感兴趣的事情。
马修害羞而安静，他立刻就喜欢上了她。
然而，当他们回到家时，他的妹妹玛丽拉非常沮丧。
她不知道女孩对他们有多好。
马修说:“我们可能对她有好处。”
过了一段时间，玛丽拉开始为这个瘦小的孤儿感到难过，并决定留下她。
但是玛丽拉发现教安妮如何举止得体是一个相当大的挑战。
安妮经常不假思索地做事情，玛丽拉必须保持警惕，让她远离麻烦。
随着时间的推移，安妮逐渐被社区所接受，也没有遇到那么多的困难。
这个小孤儿的一个特点是爱说大话。
虽然安妮过着艰苦的生活，但她喜欢想象她没有的美好事物。
这是她为不友好的人当仆人时处理不幸的方式。
住在格林·盖布尔斯使她很快乐，但她并没有失去对特殊词语和美丽事物的热爱。
安妮也不开心，因为她有红头发和雀斑。
在安妮的时代，漂亮的女人被认为是肤色明亮，头发乌黑。
她的肤色似乎不浪漫。
然而，红头发和雀斑在爱德华王子岛上很常见，那里的许多人都是苏格兰后裔。
这个故事告诉我们很多关于如何快乐。
当马修和玛丽拉不再担心需要一个男孩，并开始照顾安妮时，他们发现他们喜欢有她在身边。
因为有人需要他们，他们的生活变得有趣多了。
所以幸福包括照顾别人，被别人需要。
《绿山墙的安妮》写的时候，有很多关于孤儿的故事。
在现代医学出现之前，许多父母在孩子长大之前就去世了。
很多母亲死于分娩。
在那个年代，父亲通常不会抚养年幼的孩子，所以必须由其他人来承担这个责任。
这就是《安妮》的作者露西·莫德·蒙哥马利(Lucy Maud Montgomery)的遭遇。
她的母亲在她还是婴儿的时候就去世了，她的父亲把她留给了她的父母。
蒙哥马利的祖父母为她提供了一个很好的家，但他们非常严厉，对这个小女孩没有太多的同情。
在她的故事中，蒙哥马利想象着她希望自己的生活是怎样发生的。
如果她的祖父母更像马修和玛丽拉呢?
如果他们允许她做更多她想做的事情呢?
这个故事展示了小孩子是如何被照顾他们的成年人的虐待所伤害的。
即使大人们不是故意不友好，有时他们说的话或做的事情让孩子们非常不开心。
“安妮”教父母和祖父母鼓励他们的孩子，帮助他们快乐和成功。
安妮·雪莉是一个小人物，她改变了整个社区，让它变得更好。
我们都有特殊的天赋和才能，如果我们被允许使用这些能力，它们将使我们周围的人受益。

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