英语名人家信之奥格登·纳什(英汉对比读物).docVIP

英语名人家书之奥格登·纳什(英汉对照读物) Ogden Nash to His Daughter February 6，1939 My sweet girls， I wish so that you were here with us．Thenext time we must surely bring you along，soremember to practice your manners and learn to eatall sorts of food．Paris is full of children．Thereare lots of parks，and every park is full of boys andgirls on bicycles and roller skates，or playingfootball and other games all day long．Also，Ithink everybody in Paris has a dog，but none ofthem are as pretty as Spangle．A beautiful river，the Seine，runs right through the middle of thecity，and Mummy and I have already counted 22bridges that cross it．Dont you think that youcould have fun here？The French children are verypolite，as everyone is in France，and I am sure youwould enjoy playing with them；so，Linell，youmust pay great attention to your French teacherand learn very fast，in order to be able tounderstand well when you come here．You mightteach I sabel some of what you learn，too． There are many，many interesting things tosee here．Paris is a very old city，and todayMummy and I saw a beautiful building， that wasstarted by the Romans more than 1 600 years ago．It is called Cluny．We have also been to theLouvre，a museum now full of the most beautifulpaintings and statues；but years ago the kings andqueens of France used to live there，until theFrench people got angry with them and choppedoff their heads． This afternoon we went to a beautiful cathedral on an island in the middle of the river．Itis called the Cathedral of tre Dame，whichmeans the cathedral of Our Lady the Virgin．It ismore than 900 years old，and so high that you canhardly see the top．The windows are of gorgeousstained glass，red and blue and yellow and greenand purple，so that they cast light like a rainbowon the walls．A very good king of France who lived700 years ago and later became Saint Louis wasburied（from） there．Tell Delia that we offered acandle to the Virgin Mary for each of you there，and that we are bringing her back a rosary fromthere also．Mummy