2007-12-25 19:00:44YV
I have got my own magi. (YV showing off~~)
還記得歐亨利的小說〈聖誕禮物〉嗎？
(Here is the ending.
My students asked me to explain the ending paragraph. I did.
And now I use this ending to thank all those who sent me presents, emails, cards, mobile messages and greetings! Thank you so much!
And I wish you guys a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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http://content.loudlit.org/audio/magi/pages/01_01_magi.htm (Listen to the story,
accompanied by the text.)
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
......
But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look
up with dim eyes and a smile and say: “My hair grows so fast, Jim!”
And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, “Oh,
oh!”
Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held it out to him
eagerly upon her open palm. The dull precious metal seemed to flash
with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit.
“Isn’t it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You’ll
have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. Give me your
watch. I want to see how it looks on it.”
Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.
“Dell,” said he, “let’s put our Christmas presents away and
keep ’em awhile. They’re too nice to use just at present. I sold
the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you
put the chops on.”
The magi, as you know, were wise men—wonderfully wise men—who
brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of
giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt
wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of
duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful
chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely
sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But
in a last word to the wise of these days, let it be said that of all
who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and
receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest.
They are the magi.
(Here is the ending.
My students asked me to explain the ending paragraph. I did.
And now I use this ending to thank all those who sent me presents, emails, cards, mobile messages and greetings! Thank you so much!
And I wish you guys a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
---------------------------------------------------------------------
http://content.loudlit.org/audio/magi/pages/01_01_magi.htm (Listen to the story,
accompanied by the text.)
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
......
But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look
up with dim eyes and a smile and say: “My hair grows so fast, Jim!”
And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, “Oh,
oh!”
Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held it out to him
eagerly upon her open palm. The dull precious metal seemed to flash
with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit.
“Isn’t it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You’ll
have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. Give me your
watch. I want to see how it looks on it.”
Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.
“Dell,” said he, “let’s put our Christmas presents away and
keep ’em awhile. They’re too nice to use just at present. I sold
the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you
put the chops on.”
The magi, as you know, were wise men—wonderfully wise men—who
brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of
giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt
wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of
duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful
chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely
sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But
in a last word to the wise of these days, let it be said that of all
who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and
receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest.
They are the magi.
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