壹蘋派生活美語　秘密花園（一）

　　Mary Lennox, a spoiled 10-year-old girl, lives in British India. Neglected by her indifferent parents, she is mostly raised by the servants. However, everything changes when her parents fall ill and pass away. Mary is sent to England to live with her uncle, Archibald, who is unfriendly and doesn’t spend much time at the house. At first, Mary dislikes her new home, but she eventually bonds with a servant named Martha. Martha tells Mary about a secret walled garden, where roses that belonged to Archibald’s wife are growing.

　　瑪麗．蘭尼克斯是一個住在英屬印度被寵壞的十歲女孩。她被冷漠的父母忽略，大部分時間是由僕人撫養長大的。然而，她的父母生病去世後，一切都變了。瑪麗被送到英國與她的姑丈阿奇博爾德住在一起，他並不友善，待在家裡的時間也不多。起初，瑪麗不喜歡她的新家，但她最終與一位名叫瑪莎的僕人變得親近。瑪莎告訴瑪麗有一個被圍牆築起的祕密花園，裡面種植著阿奇博爾德妻子的玫瑰。

 

生活必備字詞：

spoiled　a. 被寵壞的

unfriendly　a. 不友善的

bond with...　　與……變得親近∕培養感情

It is important for parents to bond with their children soon after birth.

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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見七月號。