受期待的《小婦人》最新改編電影于12月25日在北美上映，該片聚集了西爾莎·羅南、艾瑪·沃森、“甜茶”提莫西·查拉梅、梅麗爾·斯特里普等眾多明星大腕，堪稱“神仙陣容”。
距離《小婦人》原著出版已經過去了150年，但它還是打動了一代又一代讀者，這本書的影響力可見一斑。也許你已經讀過路易莎·梅·奧爾科特的《小婦人》，但下面這些事實你可能從來沒有聽說過。
2019年版《小婦人》海報 圖片來源：豆瓣
1. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT DIDN'T WANT TO WRITE LITTLE WOMEN.
路易莎·梅·奧爾科特本來不想寫《小婦人》
Louisa May Alcott was writing both literature and pulp fiction when Thomas Niles, the editor at Roberts Brothers Publishing, approached her about writing a book for girls. Alcott said she would try, but she wasn’t all that interested, later calling such books “moral pap for the young.”
羅伯茨兄弟出版社的編輯托馬斯·奈爾斯找上路易莎·梅·奧爾科特時，她正在寫文學作品和通俗小說。奈爾斯請路易莎為女孩們寫一本書。路易莎說她會寫寫看，但不是很感興趣，她后來將這種書稱為“給年輕人讀的道德教化書”。
When it became clear Alcott was stalling, Niles offered a publishing contract to her father, Bronson Alcott. Although Bronson was a well-known thinker who was friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, his work never achieved much acclaim. When it became clear that Bronson would have an opportunity to publish a new book if Louisa started her girls' story, she caved into the pressure.
奈爾斯看出路易莎有意拖延，就給她父親布朗森·奧爾科特發了一份出版合同。雖然布朗森是一位著名思想家，也是拉爾夫·沃爾多·愛默生和亨利·戴維·梭羅的朋友，但他的作品始終沒有得到多少贊譽。當出版方明確表示如果路易莎開始寫這個女孩故事，布朗森就有機會出版一本新書時，路易莎迫于壓力才答應。
cave[ke?v]: v. 屈服
2. LITTLE WOMENTOOK JUST 10 WEEKS TO WRITE.
《小婦人》只花了10個星期就寫完了
Alcott began writing the book in May 1868. She worked on it day and night, becoming so consumed with it that she sometimes forgot to eat or sleep. On July 15, she sent all 402 pages to her editor. In September, a mere four months after starting the book, Little Womenwas published. It became an instant bestseller and turned Alcott into a rich and famous woman.
1868年5月，路易莎動筆寫這本書。她夜以繼日地寫作，有時候甚至專注到廢寢忘食的地步。7月15日，她將402頁的原稿寄給編輯。同年9月，距離她開始寫這本書才過了四個月，《小婦人》就出版了。它迅速成為了暢銷書，也讓路易莎變成了富有的女名人。
3. MEG, BETH, AND AMY WERE BASED ON ALCOTT'S SISTERS.
梅格、貝絲和艾米的原型是路易莎的姐妹
Meg was based on Louisa’s sister Anna, who fell in love with her husband John Bridge Pratt while performing opposite him in a play. The description of Meg’s wedding in the novel is supposedly based on Anna’s actual wedding.
梅格的原型是路易莎的姐姐安娜，她在一場戲劇中愛上和她演對手戲的約翰·布里奇·普拉特并與之結為夫婦。小說中對梅格婚禮的描寫應該是基于安娜的真實婚禮。
Beth was based on Lizzie, who contracted scarlet fever in 1856. Though she recovered, the disease permanently weakened her; Lizzie passed away in her sleep from a “wasting condition” on March 14, 1858—just shy of her 23rd birthday. Like Beth, Lizzie caught the illness from a poor family her mother was helping.
貝絲的原型是麗茲，她于1856年感染了猩紅熱。盡管她康復了，但這場病讓她從此以后身體一直很虛弱。1858年3月14日，麗茲因油盡燈枯在睡夢中去世，時年不足23周歲。和貝絲一樣，麗茲是從母親幫助的一個窮困家庭那里感染了猩紅熱。
Amy was based on May (Amy is an anagram of May), an artist who lived in Europe and whose paintings were displayed in the Paris Salon.
艾米的原型是梅（艾米是梅的變位詞），她是一個住在歐洲的藝術家，她的畫作曾在巴黎藝術沙龍展出。
anagram[??n?ɡr?m]: n. 相同字母異序詞，易位構詞，變位詞
Jo, of course, is based on Alcott herself.
喬的原型當然是路易莎自己。
2017年版電視劇《小婦人》劇照 圖片來源：豆瓣
4. THE BOOK AS WE KNOW IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN TWO PARTS.
我們現在所熟悉的《小婦人》原先是分成兩部分出版的
The first half was published in 1868 as Little Women: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. The Story Of Their Lives. A Girl’s Book. It ended with John Brooke proposing marriage to Meg. In 1869, Alcott publishedGood Wives, the second half of the book. It, too, only took a few months to write.
第一部《小婦人：梅格、喬、貝絲和艾米的人生故事（女孩篇）》于1868年出版，以約翰·布魯克向梅格求婚結尾。1869年，路易莎出版了第二部《好妻子》，這本書也是只花了幾個月就寫成了。
5. ALCOTT REFUSED TO HAVE JO MARRY LAURIE.
路易莎拒絕讓喬嫁給勞里
Alcott, who never married herself, wanted Jo to remain unmarried, too. But while she was working on the second half of Little Women, fans were clamoring for Jo to marry the boy next door, Laurie. “Girls write to ask who the little women marry, as if that was the only aim and end of a woman’s life," Alcott wrote in her journal. "I won’t marry Jo to Laurie to please anyone.”
終身未婚的路易莎想讓喬也不結婚。但是在她寫第二部《小婦人》時，粉絲們強烈要求讓喬嫁給鄰居勞里。路易莎在她的日記中寫道：“女孩們寫信來問小婦人嫁給了誰，似乎這是一個女人一生的唯一目標和結局。我不會為了取悅任何人而把喬嫁給勞里?！?/p>
As a compromise—or to spite her fans—Alcott married Jo to the decidedly unromantic Professor Bhaer. Laurie ends up with Amy.
作為折衷方案——或許是為了讓粉絲們氣惱——路易莎讓喬嫁給了一點也不浪漫的巴爾教授。勞里最后和艾米結了婚。
6. THERE ARE LOTS OF THEORIES ABOUT WHO LAURIE WAS BASED ON.
關于勞里的原型是誰有很多種理論
People have theorized Laurie was inspired by everyone from Henry David Thoreau to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s son Julian, but this doesn’t seem to be the case. In 1865, while in Europe, Alcott met a Polish musician named Ladislas Wisniewski, whom Alcott nicknamed Laddie. The flirtation between Laddie and Alcott culminated in them spending two weeks together in Paris, alone. According to biographer Harriet Reisen, Alcott later modeled Laurie after Laddie.
人們提出理論說，勞里的靈感來自很多人，從亨利·戴維·梭羅到納撒尼爾·霍桑的兒子朱利安，但這似乎又說不通。1865年，路易莎在歐洲遇到了一位名為拉迪斯拉斯·維希涅夫斯基的波蘭音樂家，路易莎對他的昵稱是拉迪。拉迪和路易莎的調情最后發展成孤男寡女在巴黎共度兩星期。據傳記作者哈里特·雷森稱，路易莎后來以拉迪為原型塑造了勞里的人物形象。
How far did the Alcott/Laddie affair go? It’s hard to say, as Alcott later crossed out the section of her diary referring to the romance. In the margin, she wrote, “couldn’t be.”
路易莎和拉迪的這段情后來發展到什么程度了呢？很難說，因為路易莎后來劃掉了日記中提到這段浪漫史的部分。在日記的邊緣處，她寫道：“不能”。
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7. YOU CAN STILL VISIT ORCHARD HOUSE, WHERE ALCOTT WROTE LITTLE WOMEN.
你仍然可以拜訪路易莎寫作《小婦人》的果園屋
Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts was the Alcott family home. In 1868, Louisa reluctantly left her Boston apartment to write Little Womenthere. Today, you can tour this house and see May’s drawings on the walls, as well as the small writing desk that Bronson built for Louisa to use.
馬薩諸塞州康科德的果園屋是奧爾科特一家住的房子。1868年，路易莎不情愿地離開了她在波斯頓的公寓，到果園屋來寫作《小婦人》。今天，你可以到果園屋游覽，看梅留在墻上的畫，還有布朗森給路易莎做的小書桌。
8. LIKE THE MARCH FAMILY, THE ALCOTTS KNEW POVERTY.
和馬奇家一樣，奧爾科特一家嘗過貧窮的滋味
Bronson Alcott’s philosophical ideals made it difficult for him to find employment—for example, as a socialist, he wouldn't work for wages—so the family survived on handouts from friends and neighbors. At times during Louisa’s childhood, there was nothing to eat but bread, water, and the occasional apple.
布朗森·奧爾科特的哲學理想讓他很難找到工作——舉例來說，作為社會主義者，他不愿為工資而工作——因此一家人只能靠朋友和鄰居的接濟過活。在路易莎的童年時期，有時候家里除了面包和水沒有任何吃的東西，偶爾可以吃個蘋果。
When she got older, Alcott worked as a paid companion and governess, like Jo does in the novel, and sold “sensation” stories to help pay the bills. She also took on menial jobs, working as a seamstress, a laundress, and a servant. Even as a child, Alcott wanted to help her family escape poverty, something Little Womenmade possible.
年紀大一點后，路易莎便去做有償伴侶和女家庭教師，就像喬在小說里做的事一樣，并為了貼補家用出售“聳人聽聞的”故事。她還做過一些卑微的工作，比如針線活、洗衣、幫傭。路易莎從小就想幫助家庭擺脫貧困，而《小婦人》讓她成功做到了。
menial[?mi?ni?l]: adj. 卑微的；仆人的；適合仆人做的
1994年版《小婦人》劇照 圖片來源：豆瓣
9. LITTLE WOMENHAS BEEN ADAPTED A NUMBER OF TIMES.
《小婦人》被改編過很多次
In addition to a 1958 TV series, multiple Broadway plays, a musical, a ballet, and an opera, Little Womenhas been made into more than a half-dozen movies. The most famous are the 1933 version starring Katharine Hepburn, the 1949 version starring June Allyson (with Elizabeth Taylor as Amy), and the 1994 version starring Winona Ryder. It's also been adapted for the small screen a number of times, most recently in 2018 for PBS's Masterpiece, byCall the Midwifecreator Heidi Thomas. Oscar nominee Greta Gerwig’s version of the story, which will star Saoirse Ronan as Jo and Timothée Chalamet as Laurie, will arrive in theaters on Christmas Day 2019.
除了1958年版電視劇，《小婦人》還被改編成多部百老匯戲劇、一部音樂劇、一部芭蕾劇、一部歌劇，還有不止6部電影。最著名的改編作品是1933年凱瑟琳·赫本主演的電影、1949年瓊·阿利森主演的電影（伊麗莎白·泰勒飾演艾米）和1994年薇諾娜·瑞德主演的電影。《小婦人》還被多次搬上小熒幕，最近的一次是2018年《呼叫助產士》制作人海蒂·托馬斯為公共電視網Masterpiece欄目制作的劇集。獲得奧斯卡獎提名的格蕾塔·葛韋格導演的新版《小婦人》電影將由西爾莎·羅南飾演喬，提莫西·查拉梅飾演勞里，2019年圣誕節登陸各大院線。
圖片來源：豆瓣
10. IN THE 1980S, A JAPANESE ANIME VERSION OF LITTLE WOMENWAS RELEASED.
20世紀80年代曾播出過日本動畫版《小婦人》
In 1987, Japan made an anime version of Little Womenthat ran for 48 half-hour episodes.
1987年，日本制作了動畫版小婦人，一共48集，每集半小時。
英文來源：Mental Floss
翻譯&編輯：丹妮
來源：中國日報網
Lesson46 My Dream
1.Do you have any dreams or interests? What are they?你有夢想或興趣嗎？它你是什么？
1.1dream夢想; interest興趣，都是可數名詞。
2.What would you like to do but feel afraid to try?你想做但又感到不敢去嘗試的是什么？
2.1feel afraid to do sth.感到害怕/不敢去做某事。
3.My name is Cathy. I love singing opera. Even when I was a little girl, I dreamed of being an opera singer.我的名字叫凱西。我喜愛唱歌劇。甚至當我還是一個小女孩兒的時候，我就夢想著能成為一名歌劇演唱家。
3.1sing opera唱歌劇
3.2opus[???p?s]名詞，作品，樂曲，復數是opera
opera[??pr?]名詞，歌劇;歌劇劇本;歌劇藝術;歌劇團;歌劇院。
an opera singer一名歌劇演唱家。
3.3even副詞，即使;(強調出乎意料)甚至;連;(用以加強比較)甚至更;還;(引出更精確的說法)甚至可以說;實際上。
3.4dream of/about(doing) sth.夢想做某事;渴望做某事。dream跟介詞of連用時,除表示“夢見”“夢到”外,還可表示一種虛幻的想象,即“幻想”“夢想”,也可表示一種渴望已久且有可能實現的愿望,即“渴望”。與not, little或never連用時表示“想不到”。
The boy had dreams of being a hero.那個男孩夢想成為英雄。
3.4have a dream做夢。
4.I often sang with my hair brush as my microphone.我常常用木梳作為我的麥克風來演唱。
4.1介詞with用法
①和……一起；由……陪同；有……在場
Would you like to go to the theatre with us?
你愿意和我們一起去劇院看戲嗎？
The money is on the table with the shopping list.
錢和購物清單都在桌子上呢。
②隨著
With time passing by, they have grown into big boys and girls.
隨著時間的流逝，他們都長成大小伙子和大姑娘了。
The shadows lengtheded with the approach of sunset.
隨著太陽下落，影子也逐漸伸長。
③帶有（可以作定語，也可以表伴隨）
We need a person with a knowledge of European markets.
我們需要一個熟悉歐洲市場的人。
He looked at her with a hurt expression.
他帶著受傷的神情看著她。
④用（表示使用工具或器具）
It is easy to translate with a dictionary.
借助字典進行翻譯就會很容易。
You can see it with a microscope.
用顯微鏡就能看見它了。
⑤因為；由于
The small child trembled with fear.這小孩嚇得直打哆嗦。
It is very stuffy in the room, with all the windows closed.
由于窗戶都關著，屋子里非常悶。
⑥盡管
With all her faults he still loves her.盡管她有那么多缺點，可他仍然愛著她。
⑦用以表示方式、情況、環境或條件
I'll do it with pleasure.
我很高興做這件事。
She fell asleep with the light on.
她開著燈睡著了。
4.2microphone[?ma?kr?f??n]名詞，麥克風；話筒。
5.My family is poor, and I never had any singing lessons.
我的家里很窮，我從沒有上過聲樂課。
5.1have some singing lessons上一些聲樂課。
6.But I taught myself by listening to the radio and watching TV programs.但是我通過聽收音機，看電視節目自學。
6.1teach oneself自學=learn...by oneself
6.2by的用法
6.2.1by + 地點
By + 地點，意為“靠近，在…旁邊”，相當于 beside，at the side of，next to，close to，例如：
I live by a football stadium.
我住在足球場旁邊。
The telephone is by the window.
電話在窗戶旁邊。
注意：near 和 by 意思相近，但是 by 通常指更近的地方，例如：
大衛住在火車站附近。
David lives by a train station.
David lives near a train station.
解析：當用 by 時，表示火車站就在邊上，而用 near 時，表示鄰近的地方。
6.2.2by + 運輸方法
①By + 運輸方法，表示如何到達某個地方，常見的運輸方法有 train，car，boat，plane，taxi，bus 和 coach 等，例如：
My parents often go to France by boat.我父母經常乘船去法國。
It’s easier to get there by car.
開車去那里比較容易。
注意：by 與運輸方法之間不能有如 a/an，the，some，my 或 his 等之類的其他限定詞；當 by 與運輸方法之間有其他限定詞時，用介詞 in 或 on，例如：
芭芭拉正在安的車里旅行。
Barbara is travelling in Ann’s car. (正確)
Barbara is travelling by Ann’s car. (錯誤)
②當表示靠步行到達某個地方時，用 on foot，而不用 by foot，例如：
I used to go to work on foot.
我往常都是步行去上班。
He vainly hope to travel round the world on foot.他夢想步行周游世界。
6.2.3by + 通信方法
表示如何與他人交流，常見的通信方法有 telephone，fax，mail 和 post 等，例如：
I'll send the original to you by post.我將把原件郵寄給你。
6.2.4by + 付款方式
By + 付款方式，表示如何付款，常見的通信方法有 credit card 和 cheque 等，例如：
It is very convenient to pay by credit card.用信用卡付款非常方便。
I have no cash with me, may I pay by cheque?
我沒有帶現金，可以付支票嗎？
注意：用現金支付時，不能用 by cash，而用 in cash，而且在口語中，in 有時可以省略，例如：
假如你支付現金的話，我會不勝感激。
I would appreciate it if you paid by cash. (錯誤)
I would appreciate it if you paid in cash. (正確)
6.2.5by 與被動語態
在被動語態中，by 表示誰執行了動作，例如：
大衛正在打掃廚房。
David is cleaning the kitchen. (主動)→The kitchen is being cleaned by David. (被動)
我被那響聲嚇壞了。
The noise frightened me. (主動)
→I was frightened by the noise. (被動)
6.2.6by + 反身代詞
By + 反身代詞，表示單獨做某事，總共有8個反身代詞 myself，yourself，himself，herself，itself，ourselves，yourselves 和 themselves，有時用 all 來表示強調，例如：
Let’s do something by ourselves.
讓我們自己做點什么吧。
I was all by myself in the house last night but I didn’t mind.
昨晚我一個人在屋里，但我不介意。
6.2.7by + V-ing
By + V-ing，描述了如何做某事，它提供了更多關于如何實現特定結果的信息，例如：
You can turn onthe radio by pressing that button.
按那個按鈕你可以打開收音機。
6.2.8by + 時間表達式
By + 時間表達式，用來暗示不遲于某個時間做完某事，也就是這個時間點是做完某事的最后時間，通常后面接確定的時間，如幾點或星期幾等，意為”不遲于“，例如：
Guests must vacate their hotel rooms by 11 am.
客人必須在上午11點前離開酒店房間。
Please send us the payment by tomorrow.
請在明天之前把貨款寄給我們。
They said that the plumber would be here by Monday.他們說水管工星期一會到。
The postman is always here by 11 am.郵遞員總是在上午11點以前到這兒。
注意：此時的 by 與 before 的在時間上是有很大差別的，例如：
a. She has to submit her homework before Friday.
b. She has to submit her homework by Friday.
解析：句a的內在意思是作業最遲必須在星期四交上來，而句b的內在意思是作業必須在星期五午夜前交，兩句差了12個小時，所以它們表示的截止時間還是有差距的，要認真使用，特別是在上級交代下屬任務的時候。
6.2.9by + 數量或度量
By + 數量或度量，用來討論度量和數量的增減，例如：
The price of fuel has increased by 12% this year.
今年燃料價格上漲了12%。
The room measures fifteen feet by twenty feet.
房間15英尺寬20英尺長。
It was getting worse by the minute .
情況急速惡化。
當用于表示購買、出售或測量某物的時間或數量時，by 后面常跟如 day，hour 或 metre 等基本計量單位，此時在 by 和計量單位之間加定冠詞 the，且經常跟 pay 或 sell 連用，意為“按…計算（出售）”等，例如：
They're paid by the hour.
他們的報酬是按小時計算的。
We only sell it by the metre.
我們只按米出售。
6.2.10by + 人體部位或物的部分
By + 人體部位或物的部分，表示觸及或抓住的人或物的部分，例如：
She seized her by the hair.
她揪住她的頭發。
Pick it up by the handle!
抓著手柄把它提起來！
6.2.11by 用來補充有關出生地、職業等的信息用于提供更多關于某人來自何處、某人做什么等的信息，例如：He was an electrician by profession.
他的職業是電工。
6.2.12by + 特殊的名詞
By + 特殊的名詞，表示原因，常見的特殊的名詞有 chance，mistake 和 misadventure，意為“由于”，例如：
I sawthe letter purely by chance.
我看見這封信純屬偶然。
He has been arrested by mistake.
警方誤抓了他。
6.2.13by 表示經過
By 表示經過，相當于 pass，例如：
He walked by me without speaking.
他一言不發地從我身邊走過。
此時的 by 也常用作副詞，例如：
He hurried by without speaking to me.
他沒和我說話就匆匆過去了。
Time goes by so quickly.
時光飛逝。
6.2.14by 意為“從…看，依，按照”
此時相當于 according to，例如：
By law, you are a child until you are 18.按照法律規定，18歲之前是未成年人。
By my watch it is two o'clock.
我的表是兩點鐘。
6.2.15by 用于乘除運算
5 multiplied by 3 equals 15.
5乘以3等于15。
15 divided by 3 equals 5.
15除以3等于5。
6.2.16by 表示短暫拜訪
此時 by 是副詞，例如：
You just go on ahead. I'll come by later.你只管先往前走。我隨后就來。
Drop by sometime.有空兒來坐坐。
7.One year, our school organized a talent show. Some students wanted to tell jokes, and others wanted to dance.有一年，我們學校組織了一場才藝秀。一些學生想要講笑話，其他人想要跳舞。
7.1a talent show一場才藝秀。
7.2tell jokes講笑話。
7.3some...other...一些……又一些
8.I wanted to sing, but I wasn't confident.我想唱歌，但是我沒有自信。
8.1confident形容詞，自信的；有把握的。
be confident of對……有把握。
9."Maybe I'm not good enough to be a singer," I said to myself.
“也許我還沒有優秀到能成為一名歌手，”我對自己說。
9.1“+...enough+(...)+to do sth...” 意為“.…..足夠.... ......，
①這個句型中，enough意為“足夠的”表示剛好達到某種程度、數量等。enough可以修飾形容詞、副詞和名詞。
enough作形容詞時，用來修飾名詞，可以放在名詞前面，也可以放在名詞后面；enough作副詞時，可以放在所修飾的形容詞或副詞后面。
Do you have enough money to buy a computer?你有足夠的錢買電腦嗎?
②該句型的是否定形式："not+形容詞/副詞+enough(+..)+to do sth.”
My son was not good enough to pass the final exams.
我兒子功課不好，期末考試沒通過。
③...+enough(+名詞)+(for+名詞/代名詞) +to do sth.句型中有時會出現“for+名詞/代名詞”，表示“對.....而言”。
Please write clearly enough for me to read next time.
請你下次寫清楚，好讓我看明白。
10.My teacher encouraged me to take part in the show.
我的老師鼓勵我參加表演。
10.1encourage sb. to do sth.鼓勵某人干某事。
10.2take part in the show.參加表演。
11."Your voice sounds beautiful. Believe in yourself."
“你的聲音聽起來好極了。相信你自己?！?/p>
11.1voice名詞，嗓音; （動詞的）語態; 呼聲，發言權; 歌唱才能。
voice 相關詞組
in a low voice低聲地；
with one voice : 異口同聲地；
lift up ones voice : 高聲叫喊, 大聲疾呼；
at the top of ones voice : 高聲地；放聲地；
raise ones voice : 提高嗓門說, 生氣地大聲說；
find ones voice : 能說話了。sound
11.2sound連系動詞，sound+形容詞，聽起來……
11.3believe in信任；信賴。
believe in oneself 相信某人自己。
12.I chose my favourite opera song and practiced every day.我選擇了我最喜歡的歌劇曲目并且每天練習。
12.1practice doing sth.練習做某事。
13.The day of the talent show came. I waited and waited.Some students were really good. Their performances were excellent. "Would I sound good?" I felt a little nervous.
才藝秀的日子到來了。我等啊等。一些學生確實很出色。他們的表演很精彩?！拔夷艹脝?？”我感到有一點緊張。
13.1performance[p??f??m?ns]可數名詞，表演；演出。
13.2excellent形容詞，杰出的，優秀的=very good
13.3fell a little nervous.感到一點兒緊張。
13.4nervous形容詞，“神經的；緊張不安的；強健有力的”。
14.Finally, it was my turn. I stood on the big stage.The lights were so bright, and there were so many people in front of me.
最后，輪到我了。我站在大舞臺上。聚光燈是如此明亮，我面前人山人海。
14.1stage英[ste?d?]名詞，階段；步驟；舞臺。
14.2in front of在……前面。
15.I felt my heart beating so fast!
我感到我的心臟在飛快地跳動！
15.1fell sb./sth. doing sth.感到某人某物正在……
16.Then I saw my teacher smiling and my friends waving at me.
然后，我看見我的老師在對我微笑，我的朋友們在對我招手。
They were there with me!
他們就在那里，和我在一起！
Slowly I began to relax.
慢慢地，我開始放松。
The music started and I began to sing.音樂奏起，我開始演唱。
16.1see sb. doing sth.看見某人正在干某事。
16.2smile at sb.對/朝某人微笑。
16.3wave at sb.在向某人揮手
①wave to 表示向某人揮手過去,強調一個動作；
②wave at 表示在和某人揮手,強調一種狀態。
16.3relax動詞，放松;休息;寬慰;(使)冷靜，放心，鎮定;(使)放松，松懈;松開;放寬（限制等）;放松精神（或思想）。
17.When my song was over, all of the students clapped loudly.They all loved it!當唱完一首歌的時候，所有學生都大聲地鼓掌。他們都喜歡我的歌！
17clap loudly大聲地鼓掌。
18.After the show, my friends came to see me. "Well done, Cathy! You will be a real opera singer someday."表演過后，我的朋友們來看我?！案傻煤茫瑒P西！你總有一天會成為歌劇演唱家的?！?/p>
18.1Well done干得好；做得漂亮。18.2someday總有一天；(將來的)某一天;有朝一日，用于將來時態。