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0今天，多吉讲凯特·迪卡米洛的《傻狗温迪克》。
Today, Duoji brings you Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo.
这部二〇〇一年纽伯瑞荣誉奖作品，从一只流浪狗讲起，触及一个孩子难以启齿的心事。
This 2001 Newbery Honor Book begins with a stray dog and a question a child finds hard to ask.
妈妈已经离开多年，欧宝还能向爸爸问些什么？
Her mother has been gone for years. What can Opal ask her father about her?
这个夏天，小狗没能带回她的妈妈，却带她认识了许多人。
Over the summer, the dog will not bring her mother back. But he will lead her to many other people.
十岁的欧宝跟随当牧师的爸爸，搬到了佛罗里达州的内奥米。
Ten-year-old Opal has moved to Naomi, Florida, with her father, a preacher.
妈妈在她三岁时离开，她对妈妈的记忆正一点点变淡。
Opal was three when her mother left, and her memories of her mother are fading.
她在镇上没有朋友。爸爸很少提起妈妈，父女俩也总是避开这个话题。
She has no friends in town. Her father rarely mentions her mother, and they both avoid the subject.
一天，欧宝去温迪克超市购物，遇见一只正在闯祸的大狗。
One day, Opal goes shopping at a Winn-Dixie supermarket and finds a big dog causing trouble.
狗又脏又瘦，经理准备把它送去动物收容所。
The dog is dirty and thin. The manager wants to send him to the pound.
欧宝赶紧认下了它，可要把狗叫走，她得先想出一个名字。
Opal quickly claims him as her own. But to call him over, she needs a name.
她索性叫它“温迪克”，就用超市的名字。狗真的跟她走了。
She calls him Winn-Dixie, borrowing the store’s name. The dog actually follows her.
回到家，她替狗向爸爸求情，终于说服爸爸让它留下。
Back home, she pleads with her father until he agrees to let the dog stay.
给温迪克洗澡、梳毛时，欧宝把自己的经历讲给它听。
While washing and brushing Winn-Dixie, Opal tells him about her life.
它身边没有妈妈，她也一样。那些一直憋在心里的问题，她决定去问爸爸。
He has no mother with him, and neither does she. She decides to ask her father the questions she has been keeping to herself.
她请爸爸说十件关于妈妈的事，一岁对应一件。
She asks for ten things about her mother—one for each year of her own life.
爸爸告诉她，妈妈喜欢种花草，也喜欢听故事、讲故事，笑起来很好听。
Her father says her mother loved growing things, listening to stories, and telling them. She had a lovely laugh.
但妈妈不喜欢当牧师的太太，还喝太多酒。
But she did not like being a preacher’s wife, and she drank too much.
爸爸没有回避这些难堪的往事，也告诉欧宝，妈妈非常爱她。
Her father does not hide the painful details. He also tells Opal that her mother loved her very much.
欧宝把每件事都记下来。妈妈依然没有回来，但她对妈妈的模样多了一点认识。
Opal remembers every detail. Her mother is still gone, but now Opal has a clearer picture of her.
温迪克受不了独处。欧宝只好带着它出门，去哪里都在一起。
Winn-Dixie cannot bear to be alone, so Opal takes him wherever she goes.
在图书馆，芳妮小姐见到大狗，吓得以为年轻时闯进来的那头熊又回来了。
At the library, the big dog frightens Miss Franny Block. She thinks a bear that once wandered in when she was young has returned.
她讲完那段好笑的往事，又说起当年认识的人都已经去世了。
After telling the funny story, she says that everyone she knew back then has died.
欧宝愿意做她的新朋友，温迪克也是。
Opal offers to be her new friend. Winn-Dixie can be her friend too.
欧宝还想给温迪克买项圈和牵引绳，便去宠物店商量用打扫店铺来抵钱。
Opal also wants a collar and leash for Winn-Dixie. At the pet store, she arranges to pay for them by cleaning the shop.
店员奥蒂斯不太会和人交谈，却弹得一手吉他。
Otis, who works there, finds it hard to talk to people. But he can play the guitar.
一天她来早了，发现动物全出了笼子，安安静静地听奥蒂斯弹琴。
One morning, she arrives early and finds the animals out of their cages, quietly listening to Otis play.
奥蒂斯承认，动物是他放出来的。他坐过牢，明白被关住的滋味。
Otis admits he let them out. He has been in jail and knows how it feels to be locked up.
欧宝不确定自己是否该害怕他。
Opal is not sure whether she should be afraid of him.
镇上的邓拉普和斯蒂夫兄弟，又告诉她格洛丽亚是个巫婆。
Two brothers in town, Dunlap and Stevie, tell her that Gloria Dump is a witch.
可当温迪克跑进那个院子，她追进去，看见的只是一位视力很差的老妇人，在喂狗吃花生酱。
But when Winn-Dixie runs into Gloria’s yard and Opal follows, she finds an older woman with poor eyesight feeding him peanut butter.
格洛丽亚看不清欧宝，就请她说说自己的事。欧宝讲家里、讲镇上，她一直听。
Gloria cannot see Opal clearly, so she asks her to talk about herself. Opal talks about home and the town, and Gloria listens.
后来，欧宝问起奥蒂斯的过去。格洛丽亚给她看一棵挂满空酒瓶的树。
Later, Opal asks about Otis’s past. Gloria shows her a tree covered with empty bottles.
格洛丽亚喝过瓶子里的酒，也留下瓶子提醒自己曾经的过错。
Gloria drank the alcohol that was in those bottles. She keeps them to remind herself of her mistakes.
她劝欧宝看看别人现在怎样待人，别只用过去判断他们。欧宝想到了奥蒂斯，也想到了妈妈。
She asks Opal to notice how people treat others now, rather than judging them only by their past. Opal thinks of Otis, and of her mother.
在芳妮小姐那里，欧宝还尝了一颗利特摩斯糖：甜味里，竟藏着悲伤。
At Miss Franny’s, Opal tries a Littmus Lozenge, a candy with sadness tucked into its sweetness.
同一种糖，勾起每个人不同的伤心事。欧宝想念妈妈，其他人也都有自己的失去。
The same candy brings back different sorrows for each person. Opal misses her mother. The others have their own losses too.
欧宝决定在格洛丽亚家办聚会，让这些朋友坐到一起。
Opal decides to hold a party at Gloria’s house and bring these friends together.
格洛丽亚同意，但也要邀请邓拉普和斯蒂夫。欧宝虽然不情愿，还是答应了。
Gloria agrees, but wants Dunlap and Stevie invited too. Opal is reluctant, but she agrees.
芳妮小姐和小女孩甜心派都收到了邀请。奥蒂斯却怕面对这么多人。
Miss Franny and a little girl called Sweetie Pie receive invitations. Otis, however, is afraid of being around so many people.
欧宝反复劝，还答应多做些活儿，他才同意带着吉他来。
Opal keeps asking and offers to do extra work. At last, he agrees to come with his guitar.
聚会开始后，一场雷雨突然袭来。大家赶着把食物搬进屋。
After the party begins, a thunderstorm breaks out. Everyone hurries to carry the food indoors.
欧宝这才想起温迪克。它一听打雷就会惊慌乱跑，现在却不见了。
Then Opal remembers Winn-Dixie. Thunder sends him running in a panic, and now he is missing.
她和爸爸出去，一处接一处地冒雨寻找。
She and her father go out into the rain, searching one place after another.
爸爸说该回去了，欧宝积压多年的委屈一下涌了上来。
When her father says it is time to go back, Opal’s years of hurt come pouring out.
为什么不接着找？当年妈妈走的时候，他是不是也这样放弃了？
Why will he not keep looking? Did he give up like this when her mother left?
爸爸哭了。他也想留住妈妈，可是留不住。
Her father cries. He wanted her mother to stay too, but he could not make her stay.
妈妈不会回来了，但她留下了欧宝。欧宝终于看见，爸爸也一直在难过。
Her mother will not be coming back, but she left him with Opal. At last, Opal sees that her father has been hurting too.
回到格洛丽亚家，他们才知道温迪克原来躲到了床下。
Back at Gloria’s house, they learn that Winn-Dixie had hidden under a bed.
原来，奥蒂斯弹吉他时，温迪克打了个喷嚏，暴露了藏身处。
While Otis was playing his guitar, Winn-Dixie had sneezed and given away his hiding place.
狗找回来了，朋友们也没走，聚会继续进行。
The dog is safe, the friends are still there, and the party goes on.
欧宝独自到院子里，在心里把这个夏天讲给妈妈听。
Opal goes into the yard alone and silently tells her mother about the summer.
她还是想妈妈。但如今，她有爸爸可以谈心，也有朋友可以拜访。
She still misses her mother. But now she has her father to talk to and friends to visit.
邓拉普伸出手，她这次没有躲开。随后，欧宝走回亮着灯的屋子，歌声还在。
Dunlap offers his hand, and this time she does not pull away. Then Opal walks back toward the lighted house. The singing is still going on.
