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Chapter 3 We decide what to take
3 准备行装
The following evening, we discussed what we wanted to take with us. Harris said, "Now get me a piece of paper, J. , and write everything down. George, you get a pencil, and I'll make the list."
第二天晚上，我们又开始讨论需要带些什么东西。哈里斯说：“来，给我一张纸，杰，你来把需要的东西都记下来。乔治，你去拿笔，我就可以列清单了。”
That's Harris—he tells everybody what to do, and they do all the work. I remember that my Uncle Podger was like Harris…
这是哈里斯一贯的作风：他总是告诉大家要干什么活，让大家忙得不亦乐乎。我不由记起来浦杰叔叔也和哈里斯一样……
Everybody in the house had to help when Uncle Podger did a job. When they bought a picture once, Aunt Podger asked, "Now, where shall we put this?"
浦杰叔叔要是干点什么活，一家人都得帮忙。有一次他们买了一幅画，浦杰婶婶问：“把画挂在什么地方？”
"Oh, I'll do it. Don't worry about it. I'll do it all myself," he said. And then he took off his coat to begin. He sent one of the girls out to buy some nails, and then he sent one of the boys to tell her how big the nails ought to be. "Now, Bill, you go and get my hammer," he shouted. "And bring me a ruler, Tom. And Jim, I need a ladder and a kitchen chair, too. Maria, you stay here to hold the light and Tom, come here! You can give me the picture."
“哦，我来吧，你们谁也甭操心，全交给我一个人得了。”他说着，脱掉外套，就要干活。他先叫了一个女孩子去买钉子，马上又支使一个男孩子赶去告诉她钉子要多大的。“去，比尔，给我拿把锤子，”他喊着，“汤姆，去把尺子拿来。还有吉姆，我还需要个梯子——再要一把厨房里的椅子。玛丽亚，别走开，给我拿着灯照亮——还有，汤姆，快过来，你把画递给我。”
Then he lifted the picture up…and he dropped it. He tried to catch the glass…and he cut himslef.
说着，他把画举起来，没想到一下又给掉了，他赶紧去抓玻璃，却又把手割破了。
