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1、第 1 页 圣诞贺词 11 特征码 MIqvQCsQfmrgifiBhKGQ For many of us, one Christmas stands out from all the others, the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest. My own “truest“ Christmas began on a rainy spring day in the bleakest year of my life. 对我们许多人来说，总有某一个圣诞节因为我们充分感受到这 一天的意义而显得格外难忘。我自己的“最真实”的圣诞节发 生在我一
2、生中最为凄凉的那一年。 Recently divorced, I was in my 20s, had no job and was on my way downtown to go the rounds of the employment offices. I had no umbrella, for my old one had fallen apart, and I could not afford another one. I sat down in the streetcar-and there against the seat was a beautiful silk umbrel
3、la with a silver handle inlaid with gold and necks of bright enamel. I had never seen anything so lovely. 第 2 页 话得从春季的一个雨天开始说起，20 多岁的我，刚刚离婚，没 有工作，正再一次赶往市中心的求职处。我没带伞，旧伞已经 破损，而新的又买不起。我在有轨电车里坐下来，发现座位边 有一把漂亮的丝质伞，银把手上面还镶嵌着金子和亮丽的小片 珐琅。我从没见过这么漂亮的东西。 I examined the handle and saw a name engraved among the g
4、olden scrolls. The usual procedure would have been to turn in the umbrella to the conductor, but on impulse I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself. I got off the streetcar in a downpour and thankfully opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a telephone book for the nam
5、e on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered. 我查看了把手，发现在金色的卷轴中刻着一个名字。在这种情 况下，人们通常的做法是把伞交给售票员，但我一时冲动决定 把伞留着，自己去找失主。我在倾盆大雨中下了车，感激不尽 地打开那把伞遮雨。随后我在电话簿里查找伞上的名字，确有 其人。我打了个电话，接电话的是一位女士。 Yes, she said in surprise, that was her umbrella, which 第 3 页 her parents, now dead, had given her for a
6、birthday present. But, she added, it had been stolen from her locker at school (she was a teacher) more than a year before. She was so excited that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house. She took the umbrella, and her eyes filled with tears. 是的，她诧异地说那是她的伞，那是她已故的双亲送给她的
7、生 日礼物。但是，她补充说，伞一年多前被人从学校的柜子里偷 走了（她是个教师） 。我听出她很激动，我竟忘了自己还在找工 作，直接到她家去了。她热泪盈眶地接过伞。 The teacher wanted to give me a reward, but-though twenty dollars was all I had in the world-her happiness at retrieving this s special possession was such that to have accepted money would have spoiled something. We ta
8、lked for a while, and I must have given her my address. I dont 第 4 页 remember. 那老师要给我酬金，尽管我当时身边一共也不过 20 元钱，可看 到她找回这件特别之物的巨大幸福时，接受她的钱无疑会破坏 这种感觉。我们聊了一会儿。我很可能留下了我的地址。我记 不得了。 The next six months were wretched. I was able to obtain only temporary employment here and there, for a small salary. But I put aside twenty-five or fifty cents when I could afford it for my lithe girls Christmas presents. My last job ended the day before Christm