双语畅销书|《这不是告别》第三十二章

　　《这不是告别》作为全美媒体和读者的年度之选，一出版就迅速横扫《纽约时报》畅销书榜长达45周，席卷全球三十多国。故事讲述了一头红发、穿着肥大男款衬衫的Eleanor，与沉默寡言、沉迷于音乐和漫画世界的Park之间的故事。

The box of pineapple arrived on Christmas Eve. You'd have thought Santa Claus had shown up in person with a bag of toys for each of them.

平安夜那天，装着菠萝的箱子到了，那场面简直让人以为是圣诞老人背了一大袋玩具分给她家每个人。

# Eleanor #

#埃莉诺#

Maisie and Ben were already fighting over the box. Maisie wanted it for her Barbies. Ben didn't have anything to put in it, but Eleanor still hoped he'd win.

班恩和梅西已经在抢夺箱子，梅西想拿来装芭比娃娃。班恩没东西可放，但埃莉诺还是希望他赢得箱子。

Ben had just turned twelve, and Richie said he was too old to share a room with girls and babies. Richie had brought home a mattress and put it in the basement, and now Ben had to sleep down there with the dog and Richie's free weights.

班恩快十二岁了，雷奇认为他太大了，不该跟姐妹们还有小婴儿挤一个房间，他带回一张床垫放在地下室，现在班恩得跟那只狗还有雷奇的举重器材睡一起。

In their old house, Ben wouldn't even go down to the basement to put clothes in the wash -- and that basement had at least been dry and mostly finished. Ben was scared of mice and bats and spiders and anything that started moving when the lights went out. Richie had already yelled at him, twice, for trying to sleep at the top of the stairs.

在老家时，班恩连走到地下室把衣服放进洗衣机都不敢，而那里的地下室至少还铺过地面，是干的。班恩害怕老鼠、蝙蝠、蜘蛛，以及一切关了灯后就出来活动的东西。因为班恩企图爬到地下室楼梯口睡觉，已经被雷奇吼过两次。

The pineapple came with a letter from their uncle and his wife. Eleanor's mom read it first, and it made her get all teary. "Oh, Eleanor," she said excitedly, "Geoff wants you to come up for the summer. He says there's a program at his university, a camp for gifted high school students…"

和菠萝一起来的还有一封她舅舅和舅妈的信。埃莉诺妈妈先读，她感动得哭了，兴奋地说：“哇，埃莉诺，基奥夫要你暑假去他们那儿，他说大学里有个计划是替高中尖子生设的暑期营…”