現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語(yǔ)第十三課講解帶中文翻譯

　　He did not know what to say. His heart was bursting with love.

　　"Well. I guess I can go back to sleep," his father said after a moment. "No, come to think of it, son, I've never seen you children when you first saw the Christmas tree. I was always in the barn. Come on!"

　　He pulled on his clothes again, and they went down to the Christmas tree, and soon the sun was creeping up to where the star had been. Oh, what a Christmas morning, and how his heart had nearly burst again with shyness and pride as his father told his mother about how he, Rob, had got up all by himself.

　　"The best Christmas gift I ever had, and I'll remember it, son, every year on Christmas morning, as long as I live."

　　They had both remembered it, and now that his father was dead he remembered it alone: that blessed Christmas dawn when, along with the cows in the barn, he had made his first gift of true love. Outside the window now the stars slowly faded. He got out of bed and put on his slippers and bathrobe and went softly downstairs. He brought in the tree, and carefully began to trim it. It was done very soon. He then went to his library and brought the little box that contained his special gift to his wife, a diamond brooch, not large, but beautiful in design. But he was not satisfied. He wanted to tell her—to tell her how much he loved her.

　　How fortunate that he had been able to love! Ah, that was the true joy of life, the ability to love! For he was quite sure that some people were genuinely unable to love anyone. But love was alive in him; it still was.

　　It occurred to him suddenly that it was alive because long ago it had been born in him when he knew his father loved him. That was it: love alone could waken love. And this morning, this blessed Christmas morning, he would give it to his beloved wife. He could write it down in a letter for her to read and keep forever. He went to his desk and began: My dearest love.

　　When it was finished, he sealed it and tied it on the tree. He put out the light and went tiptoing up the stairs. The stars in the sky were gone, and the first rays of the sun were gleaming in the east, such a happy, happy Christmas!

　　他不知道說(shuō)什么好，心里滿是愛(ài)意。

　　“恩，我想我可以回去睡覺(jué)了，”等了一會(huì)兒，父親說(shuō)，“不，兒子，你想想，我從來(lái)沒(méi)有看到你第一個(gè)來(lái)看圣誕樹(shù)，我一直在馬棚里，跟我來(lái)！”

　　他又穿上衣服，他們一起去看圣誕樹(shù)，很快，原來(lái)有星星的天空，已經(jīng)升起了太陽(yáng)。啊，圣誕節(jié)的早晨這么美！父親告訴母親，兒子Rob已經(jīng)一個(gè)人起來(lái)了，聽(tīng)到這里，他的心里再次充滿了害羞和驕傲。

　　“這是我收到的最好的圣誕節(jié)禮物，我會(huì)記住的，兒子，每年的圣誕節(jié)早晨都會(huì)記起的，一直到我死�！�

　　他們都記著這件事，現(xiàn)在，父親已經(jīng)去世，只有他還記得：在那個(gè)神圣的圣誕節(jié)早晨，馬棚里母牛的身邊，他奉獻(xiàn)了出自真心的第一個(gè)禮物。現(xiàn)在，窗外的.星星滿滿消隱，他下了床，穿上拖鞋和睡衣，輕輕地走下樓來(lái)。他把圣誕樹(shù)拿過(guò)來(lái)，仔細(xì)地修建它，很快就弄完了。然后，進(jìn)入藏書(shū)室，取出那個(gè)小盒子，里面是送給妻子的特殊禮物--一枚鉆石胸針，不大，但設(shè)計(jì)美觀。他并不滿足于此，他想告訴她，告訴她自己多么愛(ài)她。

　　自己還有能力去愛(ài)，這是多么寶貴啊！啊，這是生命中真正的樂(lè)趣，愛(ài)的能力！他相信，一些人已經(jīng)真的沒(méi)有愛(ài)任何人的能力了。但他的心中仍有愛(ài)意，一直都有。

　　他突然想起，這種愛(ài)意一直在心中，是因?yàn)楹芫靡郧八�就知道父親愛(ài)他，那個(gè)時(shí)候這種愛(ài)意就已經(jīng)在心里扎根了。就是這樣，愛(ài)本身是可以喚醒愛(ài)意的。

　　這是早晨，神圣的圣誕節(jié)早晨，他會(huì)把這個(gè)早晨奉獻(xiàn)給至愛(ài)的妻子。他會(huì)給她寫(xiě)一封信，使她永遠(yuǎn)保存。他走到書(shū)桌前，開(kāi)始寫(xiě)著：親愛(ài)的....寫(xiě)完了，他封好，把信綁到圣誕樹(shù)上。他熄滅燈，踮著腳上樓。天上的星星已經(jīng)隱去，太陽(yáng)的第一縷光已經(jīng)在東方閃現(xiàn)，多么幸福、快樂(lè)的圣誕節(jié)！

　　1.creeping n.adj. 爬行(的)

　　例句：

　　You did give me a scare, creeping up on me like that!

　　你那樣悄悄地過(guò)來(lái), 真把我嚇了一大跳!

　　2.bathrobe n. 睡衣,浴衣

　　例句：

　　He threw on his bathrobe.

　　他匆匆穿上浴袍。

　　3.brooch n. 胸針,領(lǐng)針

　　例句：

　　My aunt give me one of her brooch as a keepsake.

　　我的姑母把她的一只胸針?biāo)徒o我作紀(jì)念。

　　4.seal n. 印章,封條,海豹 v. 蓋印,封閉,獵海豹

　　例句：

　　The envelope was firmly sealed.

　　這個(gè)信封封得很?chē)?yán)實(shí)。

　　5.tiptoe n. 踮著腳走 vi. 1 踮著腳走 2 轉(zhuǎn)彎抹角地談?wù)?/strong>

　　例句：

　　She tiptoed across to the bed where the child was lying asleep.

　　孩子睡了，她掂著腳走到床前。

　　1.It occurred to him suddenly that it was alive because long ago it had been born in him when he knew his father loved him.

　　【參考譯文】他突然想起，這種愛(ài)意一直在心中，是因?yàn)楹芫靡郧八�就知道父親愛(ài)他，那個(gè)時(shí)候這種愛(ài)意就已經(jīng)在心里扎根了。

　　【結(jié)構(gòu)解析】"it occue to sb."的意思是“某人突然想起”。