My favorite bedtime story

我最喜欢的睡前故事

Every night when I was little, my mother would read me a bedtime story.

小时候，妈妈每天晚上都会给我读一个睡前故事。

My favorite story was Tom’s Midnight Garden.

汤姆的深夜花园是我最喜欢的故事。

This was a story by Philippa Pearce.

这是菲利帕·皮尔斯的故事。

It was quite a long book, and it took quite a few nights for my mother to read the entire book to me.

这是一本很长的书，我妈花了好几个晚上才把整本书读给我听。

In Tom’s Midnight Garden Tom moves to the city to stay with his aunt and uncle.

在汤姆的深夜花园里，汤姆搬到城里和他的叔叔阿姨住在一起。

He is very bored at their apartment.

他对他们的公寓感到厌烦。

They have no children, so Tom has nothing to do.

他们没有孩子，所以汤姆无事可做。

One night, the clock strikes thirteen times.

一天晚上，钟敲了十三下。

Tom knows that this is impossible.

汤姆知道这是不可能的。

A clock can only strike up to twelve times.

时钟最多只能敲十二次。

He sneaks downstairs and goes outside.

他偷偷下楼出去。

When he gets outside, there is a wonderful garden that wasn’t there the day before.

当他出去的时候，有一个美丽的花园，前一天没有。

The next day, Tom goes outside and finds that there is no garden.

第二天，汤姆出去，发现没有花园。

The garden only seems to appear at night.

花园似乎只出现在夜晚。

Every night, Tom slips out to this wonderful garden, and he meets some people in the garden.

每天晚上，汤姆溜进这个美丽的花园，他在花园里遇到了一些人。

He meets a girl named Hattie.

他遇到了一个叫海蒂的女孩。

在这个花园里，海蒂和汤姆成了好朋友。

Some very strange things happen in this book.

书中发生了一些很奇怪的事情。

There are some coincidences that keep you guessing about what is really going on.

有些巧合让你一直在猜测到底发生了什么。

The surprise ending is wonderful.

意想不到的结局非常精彩。

I really enjoyed Tom’s Midnight Garden and I was very sad when my mother and I came to the end of the book.

我真的很喜欢汤姆的深夜花园，当我和妈妈读到这本书的结尾时，我很难过。

I felt that I had visited the magical garden with Tom.

我想我和汤姆一起参观了魔法花园。

It is a book that I will remember all of my life.

这是一本我永远不会忘记的书。