The Diary of Anne Frank（7）

Now I'm back to the point that prompted【v. [计] 提示（prompt的过去时，过去分词）；引起 me to keep a diary in the first place：I don't have a friend.

现在我又回到了当初促使我写日记的原因:我没有朋友。

Let me put it more clearly，since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I'm not.  I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister，and there are about thirty people I can call friends.  I have a throng【n. 人群；众多】 of admirers who can't keep their adoring【adj. 崇拜的；敬慕的】 eyes off me and who sometimes have to resort to using a broken pocket mirror to try and catch a glimpse【 n. 一瞥，一看】of me in the classroom.  I have a family，loving aunts and a good home.  No，on the surface I seem to have everything，except my one true friend.  All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time.  I can't bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things.  We don't seem to be able to get any closer，and that's the problem.  Maybe it's my fault that we don't confide in each other.  In any case，that's just how things are，and unfortunately they`re not liable to change.  This is why I`ve startvery the diary.

让我说得更清楚些，因为没有人会相信一个十三岁的女孩在这个世界上是完全孤独的。我并不是。我有慈爱的父母和一个16岁的姐姐，大约有30个人可以称为朋友。我有一大群爱慕我的人，他们无法将爱慕的目光从我身上移开，有时他们不得不用一个破口袋镜子来试图在教室里偷窥我。我有一个家庭，慈爱的阿姨和一个美好的家。不，表面上我似乎什么都有，除了一个真正的朋友。当我和朋友们在一起的时候，我所想的就是享受美好的时光。我不能让自己谈论任何事情，除了日常的事情。我们似乎不能再靠近了，这就是问题所在。也许这是我的错，我们不互相信任。无论如何，事情就是这样，不幸的是，它们不容易改变。这就是我开始写日记的原因。

To enhance【vt. 提高；加强；增加】 the image of this long—awaited friend in my imagination，I don't want to jot【vt. 略记；摘要记载下来】 down the facts in this diary the way most people would do，but I want the diary to be my friend，and I’m going to call this friend Kitty.

为了增强我想象中这个期待已久的朋友的形象，我不想像大多数人那样在日记中记下事实，但我希望日记成为我的朋友，我要叫这个朋友基蒂。

Since no one would understand a word of my stories to Kitty if I were to plunge【v. 使突然地下落；猛插；骤降；陡峭地向下倾斜；颠簸；跳进；（使）陷入；栽种】 right in，I'd better provide a brief sketch【n. 素描；略图；梗概】 of my life，much as I dislike doing so.

如果我一头扎进去的话，没有人会明白我对凯蒂讲的故事，所以我最好简要介绍一下我的生活，尽管我不喜欢这样做。