英语翻译
The Marches were a happy family.Poverty,hard work,and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg,Jo,Beth,Amy,and Marmee,as the march girls called their mother.
The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults.Pretty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren she taught;boyish Jo was easy to become angry;goldenhaired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up;but Beth,who kept the house,was loving and gentle always.
The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrived for Mrs March."Your husband is very ill,'it said."Come at once."The girl tried to be brave when their mother left for the front.They waited and prayed.Little Beth got scarlet fever(猩红热)when she was taking care of the sick neighbor.She became very ill but began to recover by the time Marmee was back.When Father came home from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together