介绍:
▲Twas the last day of December;
what we call New Year’s Eve.
A whole year had flown by, it was hard to believe.
这是十二月的最后一天，
也就是我们说的“新年前夜”。
整整一年已经过去了，真是难以置信呀。
▲We were pretty excited. Our puppy was, too.
We cheered, “Out with the old and in with the new!”
“Oh PLEEEASE,” I begged.
“Can we stay up till midnight?”
For this one special evening my parents told us,
“ All right.”
我们特别兴奋，我家的小狗也是。
我们欢呼着，“辞旧迎新啦！”
“噢，求你了，”我说，
“我们能熬夜到半夜么？”
于是，为了这个特殊的夜晚，我的父母告诉我们，
“好吧。”
▲So we drove to the store to buy party supplies.
Hats! Horns and poppers!
And sparkly bow ties!
所以我们开车去商店买了些派对用品。
帽子，喇叭还有礼花筒
还有闪闪发光的蝴蝶结。
▲At home we put up all the streamers and balloons—
Silver glitter and gold stars to twinkle up our rooms.
A banner was hung by the ceiling with care in hopes that
Baby New Year soon would be there.
回到家里面，我们把所有彩带和气球挂了起来---
房间里银光闪耀，金色的小星星也闪闪发光
新年的横幅被小心翼翼地挂在了天花板上，
盼望着新年能快点到来。
▲We gathered for dinner—a grand, late-night feast!
All our family favorites—
I ate three cupcakes, at least!
我们聚在一起吃晚餐---丰盛的，深夜大餐！
都是我们全家喜欢的---
我吃了至少三个纸杯蛋糕！
▲With a clink of our glasses we all gave a toast,
Making New Year’s resolutions—
My dad had the most!
But I couldn’t come up with one single vow.
“That’sokay,” said Mom.
“You don’t have to right now.”
我们一起碰杯，为了新年干杯，做出新年的决心---
爸爸说得最多了。
但是我没能想出任何决心的话。
妈妈说，“没关系”
“你不需要马上下决心。”
▲After dinner was done,
we played checkers and charades,
then broke out the cards for a long game of spades.
We shared fond memories—oh , there were dozens!
Holidays,camping trips, and new baby cousins.
吃完晚饭，我们玩起了跳棋和猜谜游戏，
然后拿出纸牌玩了好长时间的黑桃游戏。
我们一起分享快乐的回忆---噢，真的太多了！
假期，露营旅行还有新出生的表兄弟。
▲Our eye lids were droopy,
so we ducked out for fresh air.
我们的眼皮开始下垂了，
所以我们溜出去呼吸一下新鲜空气。
▲Then came in to watch the crowd lining Times Square.
“One more hour,” said Dad, “till the New Year is here!”
然后回来观看时代广场拥挤的人群。
“还有一个小时了，”爸爸说道，
“新年就要来了！”
▲“Put on your hats,” said Mom
“Let’spractice our cheer!”
Counting down from ten, without a single mistake,
We tooted horns and popped poppers!
I was now wide awake!
“戴上你们的帽子，”妈妈说道，
“让我们来练习一下我们欢呼仪式！”
从十开始倒数，不要出任何错误。
我们吹响了喇叭，拉响了礼花筒。
我现在无比清醒
▲My brother chased our puppy all through the house,
then Mom and Dad noticed it was as quiet as a mouse.
There was no sound of barking, no little-boy chatter.
So we sprang from the couch to see what was the matter.
本来弟弟追着小狗满屋子跑，可是这会儿，
爸爸妈妈注意到它像老鼠一样安静。
没有小狗的叫声，没有小男孩的追逐声。
于是我们从沙发上起来看看怎么回事。
▲When what to our wondering eyes should appear,
but two party poopers—
Make that three now, oh dear.
当我们怀着好奇之心走近，映入眼帘却是，
两个“晚会的扫兴者”---
现在只剩下我们三个了，噢，天哪。
▲While our puppy curled up on my father’s lap,
My brother and I went upstairs for a five-minute nap.
小狗蜷缩在爸爸的膝上。
弟弟和我上楼，准备小睡5分钟。
▲We both soon were nestled all snug in our beds,
while visions of fireworks dancedin our heads.
The next thing I knew it was sunny and bright.
Rats! We missed ringing in the New Year last night!
我们都不一会就舒服地躺在床上了，
然而烟花的美景还在脑海里跳跃。
接下来我看见的就是阳光和天亮了。
天哪！昨晚我们错过了新年的钟声！
▲But that’s when I came up with my resolution, I believe.
I absolutely will stay up for next New Year’s Eve!
但是，也是这个时候，我相信我想到了我的新年决心，
下一个跨年夜，我一定要熬夜到零点！
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