作者：Louisa May Alcott
簡(jiǎn)介：小婦人是美國(guó)女作家路易莎·梅·奧爾柯特的代表作，以19世紀(jì)末期的美國(guó)家庭生活為背景跨释，描寫了馬奇一家四姐妹的成長(zhǎng)經(jīng)歷。
Chapter Fifteen ~Twenty-One
四姐妹不知疲倦的工作厌处，貝絲幾乎每天都去探望Hummels一家鳖谈。不幸的是，貝絲染上了猩紅熱阔涉。
黑暗的日子來(lái)臨缆娃，貝絲病得十分嚴(yán)重，馬奇先生康健了很多瑰排，馬奇太太趕了回來(lái)龄恋。
年幼的艾米被送去馬奇嬸嬸家，她每天虔誠(chéng)地替貝絲祈福凶伙，表現(xiàn)乖巧郭毕，還和Esther成了好朋友。她們聊起了馬奇嬸嬸可能會(huì)送一枚戒指給艾米因?yàn)樗牧己帽憩F(xiàn)函荣，由此显押，艾米想象了一下自己的遺囑。
在馬奇太太的照料下傻挂，貝絲開(kāi)始好轉(zhuǎn)乘碑。喬告訴了馬奇太太自己對(duì)于梅格和布魯克先生的擔(dān)憂。馬奇太太也察覺(jué)了這件事金拒，在照料馬奇先生期間兽肤，她覺(jué)得約翰(即布魯克先生）很好。不過(guò)她還是決定先觀察梅格的心思再做決定绪抛。
勞里頑皮地假裝布魯克先生寫信給梅格捉弄了她們资铡，這件事最終被戳破，勞里對(duì)自己的行為感到非常抱歉幢码。
馬奇先生終于回家了笤休，所有人都很高興。他因?yàn)樗膫€(gè)女兒的進(jìn)步夸獎(jiǎng)了她們每個(gè)人症副。
布魯克先生前來(lái)拜訪店雅，撞見(jiàn)了獨(dú)自在家的梅格政基，兩人獨(dú)處有些尷尬，馬奇嬸嬸從中助力闹啦。他們商量著沮明，打算等梅格成年，布魯克先生找到一份穩(wěn)定的工作再談婚論嫁窍奋。
The girls all worked tirelessly. Beth went to visit the Hummels almost every day. Unfortunately, Beth was infected with scarlet fever.
When the dark days came, Beth was very ill. Mr.March was much better, so Mrs.March rushed back.
The young Amy was sent to Aunt March's house. She prayed for Beth every day and behaved well. She became dear friends with Esther. They talked about Aunt March's intention to give Amy a ring for her good bahavior, then Amy imagined her will.
Under the care of Mrs.March, Beth began to get better. Jo told Mrs.March about her worries about Meg and Mr.Brooke. Mrs.March was also aware of this. While taking care of Mr.March, she thought John was a very nice man. However, she still decided to observe Meg's feeling before making any decision.
Laurie mischievously pretended to be Mr.Brooke and wrote to Meg, teased them. The matter was finally exposed, and Laurie was very sorry for his behavior.
Mr.March finally went back home, everyone was very happy. He praised each of his four daughters of their progress.
Mr.Brooke came to visit and bumped into Meg, who was alone at home. The two were a little embarrassed to be alone, and Aunt March helped. They discussed marriage when Meg was an adult and Mr.Brooke had a stable job.
