Everybody is joyous and carefree (все радостные и беззаботные), for vacation's coming (так как каникулы близятся), and with that to look forward to (и в предвкушении этого: «и с ними, чтобы предвкушать /их/ с удовольствием»), examinations don't count (экзамены не имеют значения;
Isn't that a happy frame of mind to be in (разве это не счастливое расположение духа;
I'm sorry now for all my past badnesses (я сожалею о всех моих прошлых дурных поступках). I'm sorry I was ever impertinent to Mrs. Lippett (я сожалею, что я бывала дерзкой с миссис Липпетт).
I'm sorry I ever slapped Freddie Perkins (я сожалею, что я когда-то шлепала Фредди Перкинса).
I'm sorry I ever filled the sugar bowl with salt (я сожалею, что я заполняла сахарницу солью).
I'm sorry I ever made faces behind the Trustees' backs (я сожалею, что я корчила рожи за спинами попечителей;
joyous ['dZOIqs], nursemaid ['nq:smeId], typewriter ['taIp"raItq], bookkeeper ['bVk"ki:pq]
Everybody is joyous and carefree, for vacation's coming, and with that to look forward to, examinations don't count.
Isn't that a happy frame of mind to be in? And oh, Daddy! I'm the happiest of all! Because I'm not in the asylum any more; and I'm not anybody's nursemaid or typewriter or bookkeeper (I should have been, you know, except for you).
I'm sorry now for all my past badnesses. I'm sorry I was ever impertinent to Mrs. Lippett.
I'm sorry I ever slapped Freddie Perkins.
I'm sorry I ever filled the sugar bowl with salt.
I'm sorry I ever made faces behind the Trustees' backs.
I'm going to be good (я буду хорошей) and sweet (милой;
That's the way with everybody (так с каждым происходит). I don't agree with the theory (я не согласна с той теорией) that adversity (что превратности судьбы) and sorrow (горе) and disappointment (и разочарования) develop moral strength (развивают силу духа;
exalted [Ig'zO:ltId], character ['kxrIktq], adversity [qd'vq:sItI]
I'm going to be good and sweet and kind to everybody because I'm so happy. And this summer I'm going to write and write and write and begin to be a great author. Isn't that an exalted stand to take? Oh, I'm developing a beautiful character! It droops a bit under cold and frost, but it does grow fast when the sun shines.
That's the way with everybody. I don't agree with the theory that adversity and sorrow and disappointment develop moral strength. The happy people are the ones who are bubbling over with kindliness.