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Anne’s best friend 安妮最好的朋友
Do you want a friend / whom you could tell everything to,like your deepest feelings and thoughts?你是不是想有一位無話不談推心置腹的朋友呢?
Or are you afraid / that your friend would laugh at you,or would not understand / what you are going through?
或者你是不是擔心你的朋友會嘲笑你,會不理解你目前的困境呢?Anne Frank / wanted the first kind,so she made her diary / her best friend.
安妮•弗蘭克想要的是第一種類型的朋友,于是她就把日記當成了她最好的朋友.Anne / lived in Amsterdam / in the Netherlands / during World War II.安妮在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間住在荷蘭的阿姆斯特丹.
Her family was Jewish / so they had to hide / or they would be caught by the German Nazis.她一家人都是猶太人,所以他們不得不躲藏起來,否則他們就會被德國納粹抓去.She / and her family / hid away for nearly twenty-five months / before they were discovered.她和她的家人躲藏了差不多25個月之后才被發(fā)現(xiàn).During that time / the only true friend was her diary.在這段時間里,她唯一的忠實朋友就是她的日記了.
She said,“I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary / as most people do,but I want this diary itself to be my friend,and I shall call my friend / Kitty.”
她說,“我不愿像大多數(shù)人那樣在日記中記流水賬.我要把這本日記當作我的朋友,我要把我的這個朋友稱作基蒂”.
Now read how she felt / after being in the hiding place / since July 1942.安怩自從1942年7月起就躲藏在那里了,現(xiàn)在來看看她的心情吧.Thursday 15th June,1944（讀法：15th of June,19,44.） 1944年6月15日 星期四 Dear Kitty,親愛的基蒂：
I wonder / if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long / that I’ve grown so crazy / about everything to do with nature.
我不知道這是不是因為我長久無法出門的緣故,我變得對一切與大自然有關的事物都無比狂
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I can well remember / that there was a time / when a deep blue sky,the song of the birds,moonlight and flowers / could never have kept me spellbound.
我記得非常清楚,以前,湛藍的天空、鳥兒的歌唱、月光和鮮花,從未令我心迷神往過.That’s changed / since I came here.自從我來到這里,這一切都變了.
…For example,one evening / when it was so warm,I stayed awake / on purpose / until half past eleven / in order to have a good look at the moon / by myself.
……比方說,有天晚上天氣很暖和,我熬到11點半故意不睡覺,為的是獨自好好看看月亮.But as the moon / gave far too much light,I didn’t dare / open a window.但是因為月光太亮了,我不敢打開窗戶.
Another time / five months ago,I happened to be upstairs / at dusk / when the window was open.還有一次,就在五個月以前的一個晚上,我碰巧在樓上,窗戶是開著的.I didn’t go downstairs / until the window had to be shut.我一直等到非關窗不可的時候才下樓去.
The dark,rainy evening,the wind,the thundering clouds / held me entirely in their power; 漆黑的夜晚,風吹雨打,雷電交加,我全然被這種力量鎮(zhèn)住了.
it was the first time / in a year and a half / that I’d seen the night / face to face… 這是我一年半以來第一次目睹夜晚……
…Sadly… I am only able to look at nature / through dirty curtains / hanging before very dusty windows.
……令人傷心的是……我只能透過臟兮兮的窗簾觀看大自然,窗簾懸掛在沾滿灰塵的窗前.It’s no pleasure looking through these any longer / because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.
但觀看這些已經(jīng)不再是樂趣,因為大自然是你必須親身體驗的.
Yours,你的Anne安妮