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Little Women (2) |
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小婦人 (2) |
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The March girls passed the rest of the harsh winter with music and storytelling. Jo, the ringleader, wrote imaginative plays for her sisters to perform in the big old house. |
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As the war continued, Meg looked after the children of a well-to-do family in town. Jo was hired to be a companion to her Aunt March, and young Amy tried her best to behave at school. Jo became fast friends with the boy in the grand house next door, and they got into all sorts of mischief together. Laurie, as he was called, had only his grandfather for company and was drawn to the busy excitement of the March household of women.
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News arrived that their father was gravely ill, and Mrs. March worried how she would raise the money to visit him. Jo solved the problem one day by cutting and selling her long chestnut locks of hair. |
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Shy, quiet Beth took over her mother's charitable duties, looking after the less fortunate. After completing her housecleaning chores, she looked in on Mrs. Hummel, who had a household of sick and hungry children. As she wasn't fond of complaining, it took the March family some time to notice that their darling Beth was herself quite ill. |
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這年寒冬接下來的日子，馬爾契家的女孩們就在音樂與故事聲中渡過。帶頭的喬寫了幾部虛構的話劇讓姊妹們在這棟古老的大房子裡表演。 |
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戰事持續著，梅格為鎮上的一戶富有人家照顧小孩。喬受雇去和馬爾契嬸嬸作伴；年幼的艾美則在學校裡盡力表現好。喬和住在隔壁豪宅的男孩成為好朋友，兩人一起做盡各種搗蛋事。這位名叫勞瑞的男孩和爺爺為相依為命，也因而被馬爾契女孩們熱鬧的生活所吸引。 |
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當她們父親病危的消息傳來時，馬爾契太太煩惱該如何籌錢去探望先生。某一天，喬剪下她棕栗色的長髮拿去變賣而解決了這個難題。 |
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害羞又寡言的貝絲接手了母親照顧窮苦人家的慈善工作。在完成家務清掃工作後，她前去拜訪漢默太太，她的家中有一群飢病交迫的孩子。但因為貝絲不愛抱怨，馬爾契家過了好一陣子才注意到她們親愛的貝絲自己也病得不輕。 |
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| harsh |
adj. |
嚴酷的；惡劣的 |
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| ringleader |
n. |
帶頭者；元兇 |
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| imaginative |
adj. |
虛構的；富有想像力的 |
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| companion |
n. |
陪伴 |
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| mischief |
n. |
搗蛋；惡作劇 |
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| household |
n. |
家庭；戶 |
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| gravely |
adv. |
嚴重地；嚴肅地 |
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| chestnut |
adj. |
栗子色的 |
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| lock |
n. |
一撮（頭髮） |
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| charitable |
adj. |
慈善的；仁慈的 |
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| chores |
n. |
家事；雜務（作此義時常用複數） |
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