like Mr. Superintendent Bell."

"It's very naughty of you to speak so about Mr. Bell," said



Marilla severely" target="_blank" title="ad.剧烈地；严格地">severely. "Mr. Bell is a real good man."

"Oh, of course he's good," agreed Anne, "but he doesn't seem to



get any comfort out of it. If I could be good I'd dance and sing

all day because I was glad of it. I suppose Mrs. Allan is too



old to dance and sing and of course it wouldn't be dignified in a

minister's wife. But I can just feel she's glad she's a Christian



and that she'd be one even if she could get to heaven without it."

"I suppose we must have Mr. and Mrs. Allan up to tea someday



soon," said Marilla reflectively. "They've been most everywhere

but here. Let me see. Next Wednesday would be a good time to



have them. But don't say a word to Matthew about it, for if he

knew they were coming he'd find some excuse to be away that day.



He'd got so used to Mr. Bentley he didn't mind him, but he's

going to find it hard to get acquainted with a new minister, and



a new minister's wife will frighten him to death."

"I'll be as secret as the dead," assured Anne. "But oh, Marilla,



will you let me make a cake for the occasion? I'd love to do

something for Mrs. Allan, and you know I can make a pretty good



cake by this time."

"You can make a layer cake," promised Marilla.



Monday and Tuesday great preparations went on at Green Gables.

Having the minister and his wife to tea was a serious and



important undertaking, and Marilla was determined not to be

eclipsed by any of the Avonlea housekeepers. Anne was wild with



excitement and delight. She talked it all over with Diana

Tuesday night in the twilight, as they sat on the big red stones



by the Dryad's Bubble and made rainbows in the water with little

twigs dipped in fir balsam.



"Everything is ready, Diana, except my cake which I'm to make in

the morning, and the baking-powder biscuits which Marilla will



make just before teatime. I assure you, Diana, that Marilla and

I have had a busy two days of it. It's such a responsibility



having a minister's family to tea. I never went through such an

experience before. You should just see our pantry. It's a sight



to behold. We're going to have jellied chicken and cold tongue.

We're to have two kinds of jelly, red and yellow, and whipped



cream and lemon pie, and cherry pie, and three kinds of cookies,

and fruit cake, and Marilla's famous yellow plum preserves that



she keeps especially for ministers, and pound cake and layer

cake, and biscuits as aforesaid; and new bread and old both, in



case the minister is dyspeptic and can't eat new. Mrs. Lynde

says ministers are dyspeptic, but I don't think Mr. Allan has been



a minister long enough for it to have had a bad effect on him.

I just grow cold when I think of my layer cake. Oh, Diana, what



if it shouldn't be good! I dreamed last night that I was chased

all around by a fearfulgoblin with a big layer cake for a head."



"It'll be good, all right," assured Diana, who was a very comfortable

sort of friend. "I'm sure that piece of the one you made that we had



for lunch in Idlewild two weeks ago was perfectly elegant."

"Yes; but cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when



you especially want them to be good," sighed Anne, setting a particularly

well-balsamed twig afloat. "However, I suppose I shall just have to



trust to Providence and be careful to put in the flour. Oh, look, Diana,

what a lovely rainbow! Do you suppose the dryad will come out after we



go away and take it for a scarf?"

"You know there is no such thing as a dryad," said Diana.



Diana's mother had found out about the Haunted Wood and had been

decidedly angry over it. As a result Diana had abstained from



any further imitative flights of imagination and did not think it

prudent to cultivate a spirit of belief even in harmless dryads.



"But it's so easy to imagine there is," said Anne. "Every night

before I go to bed, I look out of my window and wonder if the



dryad is really sitting here, combing her locks with the spring

for a mirror. Sometimes I look for her footprints in the dew in



the morning. Oh, Diana, don't give up your faith in the dryad!"

Wednesday morning came. Anne got up at sunrise because she was



too excited to sleep. She had caught a severe cold in the head

by reason of her dabbling in the spring on the preceding evening;



but nothing short of absolutepneumonia could have quenched her

interest in culinary matters that morning. After breakfast she



proceeded to make her cake. When she finally shut the oven door

upon it she drew a long breath.



"I'm sure I haven't forgotten anything this time, Marilla. But

• farewell [feə´wel] int.再见 n.&a.告别 (初中英语单词)


• spelling [´speliŋ] n.拼法；缀字 (初中英语单词)


• handkerchief [´hæŋkətʃif] n.手帕，手绢 (初中英语单词)


• beginning [bi´giniŋ] n.开始，开端；起源 (初中英语单词)


• dreadfully [dredfuli] ad.可怕地；糟透地 (初中英语单词)


• whenever [wen´evə] conj.&ad.无论何时 (初中英语单词)


• despair [di´speə] vi.&n.绝望 (初中英语单词)


• minister [´ministə] n.部长；大臣 v.伺候 (初中英语单词)


• motive [´məutiv] n.动机；主题 a.运动的 (初中英语单词)


• weakness [´wi:knis] n.虚弱；弱点，缺点 (初中英语单词)


• charge [tʃɑ:dʒ] v.收费；冲锋 n.费用 (初中英语单词)


• moreover [mɔ:´rəuvə] ad.再者，此外，而且 (初中英语单词)


• curiosity [,kjuəri´ɔsiti] n.好奇；奇事；珍品 (初中英语单词)


• affection [ə´fekʃən] n.友爱；慈爱 (初中英语单词)


• variety [və´raiəti] n.变化；多样(性)；种类 (初中英语单词)


• preach [pri:tʃ] v.宣扬；鼓吹 n.训诫 (初中英语单词)


• imagination [i,mædʒi´neiʃən] n.想象(力) (初中英语单词)


• haunted [´hɔ:tid] a.常出现鬼的，闹鬼的 (初中英语单词)


• dignity [´digniti] n.尊严，尊贵；高官显贵 (初中英语单词)


• thoroughly [´θʌrəli] ad.完全地，彻底地 (初中英语单词)


• doctrine [´dɔktrin] n.教义；主义；学说 (初中英语单词)


• combination [,kɔmbi´neiʃən] n.结合；联合；团体 (初中英语单词)


• cheerful [´tʃiəful] a.快乐的；高兴的 (初中英语单词)


• promptly [´prɔmptli] ad.敏捷地；即时地 (初中英语单词)


• wednesday [´wenzdi] n.星期三 (初中英语单词)


• frighten [´fraitn] vt.吓唬，使惊惧 (初中英语单词)


• twilight [´twailait] n.黎明；黄昏 (初中英语单词)


• bubble [´bʌbəl] n.水泡 vi.冒泡；沸腾 (初中英语单词)


• fearful [´fiəfəl] a.可怕的；担心的 (初中英语单词)


• cultivate [´kʌltiveit] vt.耕作；培植；培养 (初中英语单词)


• belief [bi´li:f] n.相信；信仰，信条 (初中英语单词)


• severe [si´viə] a.严厉的；苛刻的 (初中英语单词)


• absolute [´æbsəlu:t] a.绝对的 n.绝对 (初中英语单词)


• horrid [´hɔrid] a.令人讨厌的；极糟的 (高中英语单词)


• pastor [´pɑ:stə] n.牧师 (高中英语单词)


• gossip [´gɔsip] n.&vi.说闲话；聊天 (高中英语单词)


• regularly [´regjuləli] ad.有规律地；经常地 (高中英语单词)


• israel [´izreiəl] n.以色列 (高中英语单词)


• delivery [di´livəri] n.送交；分娩；交货 (高中英语单词)


• sermon [´sə:mən] n.说教；训诫；讲道 (高中英语单词)


• kindred [´kindrid] n.亲属关系；同源关系 (高中英语单词)


• perfectly [´pə:fiktli] ad.理想地；完美地 (高中英语单词)


• picnic [´piknik] n.郊游 vi.(去)野餐 (高中英语单词)


• melancholy [´melənkəli] n.忧郁 a.忧郁的 (高中英语单词)


• superintendent [,su:pərin´tendənt, ,sju:-] n.管理人，负责人 (高中英语单词)


• naughty [´nɔ:ti] a.顽皮的；下流的 (高中英语单词)


• severely [si´viəli] ad.剧烈地；严格地 (高中英语单词)


• dignified [´dignifaid] a.尊贵的 (高中英语单词)


• undertaking [,ʌndə´teikiŋ] n.任务；事业；计划 (高中英语单词)


• pantry [´pæntri] n.食品室；餐具室 (高中英语单词)


• cherry [´tʃeri] n.樱桃(树) (高中英语单词)


• goblin [´gɔblin] n.恶鬼，小妖精 (高中英语单词)


• harmless [´hɑ:mləs] a.无害的，无恶意的 (高中英语单词)


• sunrise [´sʌnraiz] n.日出，黎明 (高中英语单词)


• muslin [´mʌzlin] n.平纹细布，薄纱织物 (英语四级单词)


• worldly [´wə:ldli] a.现世的；世俗的 (英语四级单词)


• preceding [pri(:)´si:diŋ] a.在先的；前面的 (英语四级单词)


• sojourn [´sɔdʒə:n] vi.&n.旅居；逗留 (英语四级单词)


• intercourse [´intəkɔ:s] n.交际；往来；交流 (英语四级单词)


• theology [θi´ɔlədʒi] n.神学 (英语四级单词)


• unmarried [,ʌn´mærid] a.未婚的，独身的 (英语四级单词)


• congregation [,kɔŋgri´geiʃən] n.集合；团体 (英语四级单词)


• honeymoon [´hʌnimu:n] n.蜜月 (英语四级单词)


• setting [´setiŋ] n.安装；排字；布景 (英语四级单词)


• afloat [ə´fləut] ad.&a.漂浮；在海上 (英语四级单词)


• providence [´prɔvidəns] n.天意，天命，上帝 (英语四级单词)


• lacking [´lækiŋ] a.缺少的，没有的 (英语六级单词)


• departed [di´pɑ:tid] a.已往的；已故的 (英语六级单词)


• housekeeping [´haus,ki:piŋ] n.家务管理，家政 (英语六级单词)


• emphatic [im´fætik] a.强调的；断然的 (英语六级单词)


• assured [ə´ʃuəd] a.确实的 n.被保险人 (英语六级单词)


• pneumonia [nju:´məuniə] n.肺炎 (英语六级单词)