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He pointed to his empty "tipping plate." The young sailor finished his meal and got up to leave. Putting on his coat, he walked over to the flower woman's table.
鋼琴師指了指身旁的那只空空如也的“小費盤”。年輕的海員已吃完，起身準備離開。他穿上外套，走到賣花老太太的桌前。
Happy Christmas, he said, smiling and picking out two flowers. "How much are they?"
他笑著說了聲“圣誕快樂！”，一邊挑出兩朵小小的花，“多少錢？”
Two francs, monsieur.
“兩個法郎，先生?！?/div>
Pressing one of the small flowers flat, he put it into the letter he had written, then handed the woman a twenty-franc note.
他把其中的一朵花壓平，放進已經(jīng)寫好的信里，然后將一張20法郎面額的鈔票遞給了老婦。
I don't have change, monsieur, she said. "I'll get some from the waiter."
“我沒有零錢找您，先生?！彼f，“我去跟服務員換一點來?！?/div>
No, ma'am, said the sailor, leaning over and kissing the ancient cheek. "This is my Christmas present to you."
“不用了，夫人。”說著，水手俯身吻了吻那張老邁的臉，“這是我送給您的圣誕禮物?！?/div>
Straightening up, he came to our table, holding the other flower in front of him. "Sir," he said to me, "may I have permission to present this flower to your beautiful daughter?" In one quick motion he gave my wife the flower, wished us a Merry Christmas, and departed.
他直起身，朝我們的餐桌走來，另一朵鮮花舉在他的胸前。“先生，”他對我說，“我可以將這花作為禮物送給您漂亮的女兒嗎？”說著，他迅速地將那朵花塞到我妻子的手中，道了聲“圣誕快樂”，就離去了。
Everyone had stopped eating. Everyone had been watching the sailor. Everyone was silent. A few seconds later, Christmas exploded throughout the restaurant like a bomb. The old flower woman jumped up, waving the twenty-franc note. Hobbling to the middle of the floor she did a lively folk dance and shouted to the piano player, "Joseph, my Christmas present! And you shall have half, so you can have a feast, too."
人們都停止吃飯，大家一直關(guān)注著水手的一舉一動，整個餐廳鴉雀無聲。幾秒鐘后，圣誕的歡樂激情像炸彈似地爆炸開來。賣花老婦騰身站起，揮動著她手中的那張20法郎的鈔票。她蹣跚著走到餐廳的中央，歡快地踏起了舞步，沖著鋼琴師嚷道：“約瑟夫，我收到圣誕禮物了！我也讓你分享一半，讓你也能吃上一頓豐盛的圣誕晚餐?！?/p>
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| sailor | ['seilə] |
想一想再看 n. 海員，水手，扁平的硬邊草帽 |
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| pressing | [presiŋ] |
想一想再看 adj. 緊迫的，緊急的 press的現(xiàn)在分詞 |
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| permission | [pə'miʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 同意，許可，允許 |
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| lively | ['laivli] |
想一想再看 活潑的，活躍的，栩栩如生的，真實的 |
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