Unit 8 More practice

The last leaf 最后一片叶子

At the top of a house Sue and Johnsy had their studio.

在一所房子的顶部，Sue 和 Johnsy 拥有他们自己的画室。

In November, Johnsy became very ill, and was lying on her bed and looking through the window at the wall of the next house.

十一月，Johnsy 病得很严重，她躺在床上，透过窗户，望着下一幢房子的墙。

“Her only chance,” the doctor said, “is for her to want to live.”

“她唯一的机会，”医生说，“是她想要活下去。”

After the doctor had gone, Sue came into Johnsy's room. Johnsy was looking out of the window and counting.

医生走后，Sue 走进 Johnsy 的房间。Johnsy 正望着窗外计数。

“Six,” said Johnsy. “There goes another one, there are only five left now.”

“6，”Johnsy 说。 “那又掉了一片，只剩 5 片了”。

“Five what, dear?”

“5 片什么呀，亲爱的？”

“Leaves. On the ivy vine. I want to see the last one fall. Then I'll die.”

“叶子，长春藤上的。我想看看最后一片落下，然后我就要死了。”

“Johnsy, dear,” said Sue, “try to sleep. I must to and ask Behrman to be my model.”

“Johnsy，亲爱的，”Sue 说，“试着睡一下吧，我必须去找 Behrman 做我的模特。”

Old Behrman was a painter. He was past 60 and earned a little money by being a model. Sue found Behrman and told him what Johnsy had said.

老 Behrman 是一个画家。他已 60 多岁了，以做模特赚点小钱为生。Sue 找到 Behrman 并告诉他 Johnsy 说的话。

Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. They looked out of the window at the ivy vine. A cold rain was falling.

他们上楼时，Johnsy 正睡着觉。他们看着窗外那棵长春藤。一场冷雨正在下着。

The next morning, there stood one ivy leaf.

第二天早上，还剩一片叶子。

“It's the last one,” said Johnsy. “It'll fall today, and I'll die.”

“这是最后一片了，”Johnsy 说。 “今天就会落下，我就会死了。”

At night, the wind began to blow. The next morning, the leaf was still there.

到了晚上，风开始吹。第二天早上，叶子仍然还在。

“Something has made that last leaf stay there. It's wrong to want to die,” said Johnsy to Sue. “Please bring me a little soup now.”

“是有什么力量让那最后一片叶子留在那里的，警示我想死的念头是错误的，”Johnsy 对Sue 说，“现在请给我一点汤。”

A few days later, the doctor said to Sue, “She's out of danger.”

几天后，医生对 Sue 说：“她已脱离了生命危险。”

That afternoon, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay.

这天下午，Sue 来到 Johnsy 躺的床前。

“Mr Behrman died today,” she said. “He was wet and icy cold from being out all night.

“Behrman 先生今天去世了，”她说，“他出去了一整个晚上，浑身淋透了，冰冷冰冷的。

- Do you know why the leaf never moved? Behrman painted it on the wall the night that the last leaf fell.”

- 你知道为什么那片叶子从没动过吗？最后一片叶子掉下那晚，Behrman 把它画到墙上了。”