"Hullo, Alice!""Hullo, Leon!""Say, Alice, gi' me a coupleO' them two for five cigars,Will yer?""Where's your nickel?""My! Ain't you close!Can't trust a feller, can yer.""Trust you! WhyWhat you owe this storeWould set you up in business.I can't think why Father 'lows it.""Yer Father's a sight more neighbourlyThan you be. That's a fact.Besides, he knows I got a vote.""A vote! Oh, yes, you got a vote!A lot o' good the Senate'll be to FatherWhen all his bank accountHas run away in credits.There's your cigars,If you can relish1 smokin'With all you owe us standin'.""I dunno as that makes 'em taste any diff'rent.You ain't fair to me, Alice, 'deed you ain't.I work when anythin's doin'.I'll get a carpenterin' job next Summer sure.Cleve was tellin' me to-day he'd take me on come Spring.""Come Spring, and this December!I've no patience with you, Leon,Shilly-shallyin' the way you do.Here, lift over them crates2 o' orangesI wanter fix 'em in the winder.""It riles yer, don't it, me not havin' work.You pepper up about it somethin' good.You pick an' pick, and that don't help a mite4.Say, Alice, do come in out o' that winder.Th' oranges c'n wait,An' I don't like talkin' to yer back.""Don't you! Well, you'd better make the best o' what you can git.Maybe you won't have my back to talk to soon.They look good in pyramids with the 'lectric light on 'em,Don't they?Now hand me them bananasAn' I'll string 'em right acrost.""What do yer mean'Bout3 me not havin' you to talk to?Are yer springin' somethin' on me?""I don't know 'bout springin'When I'm tellin' you right out.I'm goin' away, that's all.""Where? Why?What yer mean -- goin' away?""I've took a placeDown to Boston, in a candy storeFor the holidays.""Good Land, Alice,What in the Heavens fer!""To earn some money,And to git away from here, I guess.""Ain't yer Father got enough?Don't he give yer proper pocket-money?""He'd have a plenty, if you folks paid him.""He's rich I tell yer.I never figured he'd be close with you.""Oh, he ain't. Not close.That ain't why.But I must git away from here.I must! I must!""You got a lot o' reason in yerTo-night.How long d' you cal'lateYou'll be gone?""Maybe for always.""What ails5 yer, Alice?Talkin' wild like that.Ain't you an' me goin' to be marriedSome day.""Some day! Some day!I guess the sun'll never rise on some day.""So that's the trouble.Same old story.'Cause I ain't got the cash to settle right now.You know I love yer,An' I'll marry yer as soonAs I c'n raise the money.""You've said that any time these five year,But you don't do nothin'.""Wot could I do?Ther ain't no work here Winters.Not fer a carpenter, ther ain't.""I guess you warn't born a carpenter.Ther's ice-cuttin' a plenty.""I got a dret'ful tender throat;Dr. Smiles he told meI mustn't resk ice-cuttin'.""Why haven't you gone to Boston,And hunted up a job?""Have yer forgot the time I went expressin'In the American office, down ther?""And come back two weeks later!No, I ain't.""You didn't want I should git hurted,Did yer?I'm a sight too light fer all that liftin' work.My back was commencin' to strain, as 'twas.Ef I was like yer brother now,I'd ha' be'n down to the city long ago.But I'm too clumsy fer a dancer.I ain't got Arthur's luck.""Do you call it luck to be a disgrace to your folks,And git locked up in jail!""Oh, come now, Alice,`Disgrace' is a mite strong.Why, the jail was a joke.Art's all right.""All right!All right to dance, and smirk6, and lieFor a livin',And then in the endLead a silly girl to give youWhat warn't hers to giveBy pretendin' you'd marry her --And she a pupil.""He'd ha' married her right enough,Her folks was millionaires.""Yes, he'd ha' married her!Thank God, they saved her that.""Art's a fine feller.I wish I had his luck.Swellin' round in Hart, Schaffner & Marx fancy suits,And eatin' in rest'rants.But somebody's got to stick to the old place,Else Foxfield'd have to shut up shop,Hey, Alice?""You admire him!You admire Arthur!You'd be like him only you can't dance.Oh, Shame! Shame!And I've been like that silly girl.Fooled with your promises,And I give you all I had.I knew it, oh, I knew it,But I wanted to git away 'fore7 I proved it.You've shamed me through and through.Why couldn't you hold your tongue,And spared me seein' youAs you really are.""What the Devil's the row?I only said Art was lucky.What you spitfirin' at me fer?Ferget it, Alice.We've had good times, ain't we?I'll see Cleve 'bout that job agin to-morrer,And we'll be married 'fore hayin' time.""It's like you to remind me o' hayin' time.I've good cause to love it, ain't I?Many's the night I've hid my face in the darkTo shut out thinkin'!""Why, that ain't nothin'.You ain't be'n half so kind to meAs lots o' fellers' girls.Gi' me a kiss, Dear,And let's make up.""Make up!You poor fool.Do you suppose I care a ten cent pieceFor you now.You've killed yourself for me.Done it out o' your own mouth.You've took away my home,I hate the sight o' the place.You're all over it,Every stick an' stone means you,An' I hate 'em all.""Alice, I say,Don't go on like that.I can't marry yerBoardin' in one room,But I'll see Cleve to-morrer,I'll make him ----""Oh, you fool!You terrible fool!""Alice, don't go yit,Wait a minit,I'll see Cleve ----""You terrible fool!""Alice, don't go.Alice ----" (Door slams)
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1 relish
n.滋味，享受，愛好，調(diào)味品；vt.加調(diào)味料，享受，品味；vi.有滋味
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I have no relish for pop music.我對(duì)流行音樂不感興趣。 I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜歡挑戰(zhàn)別人拒絕做的工作。
2 crates
n. 板條箱, 簍子, 舊汽車vt. 裝進(jìn)紙條箱
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We were using crates as seats. 我們用大木箱作為座位。 Thousands of crates compacted in a warehouse. 數(shù)以千計(jì)的板條箱堆放在倉庫里。
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3 bout
n.侵襲，發(fā)作；一次(陣，回)；拳擊等比賽
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I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一陣緊張。 That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的發(fā)作使她虛弱了。
4 mite
n.極小的東西；小銅幣
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The poor mite was so ill.可憐的孩子病得這么重。 He is a mite taller than I.他比我高一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。
5 ails
v.生病( ail的第三人稱單數(shù) )；感到不舒服；處境困難；境況不佳
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He will not concede what anything ails his business. 他不允許任何事情來干擾他的工作。 來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》 Measles ails the little girl. 麻疹折磨著這個(gè)小女孩。 來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
6 smirk
n.得意地笑；v.傻笑；假笑著說
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He made no attempt to conceal his smirk.他毫不掩飾自鳴得意的笑容。 She had a selfsatisfied smirk on her face.她臉上帶著自鳴得意的微笑。
7 fore
adv.在前面；adj.先前的；在前部的；n.前部
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Your seat is in the fore part of the aircraft.你的座位在飛機(jī)的前部。 I have the gift of fore knowledge.我能夠未卜先知。
《Amy Lowell - The Grocery》添加時(shí)間：2024-12-14；更新時(shí)間：2025-03-09
