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Literature Spot 1 A Christmas Carol
文學(xué)作品1《圣誕歡歌》
By Charles Dickens
查爾斯·狄更斯著
Excise 4 Read and listen to the story.
練習(xí)4 讀并聽故事。
It was Christmas Eve. Ebenezer Scrooge was in his office, the office of Scrooge and Marley.
今天是圣誕節(jié)前夕。埃比尼澤·斯克羅奇在辦公室，斯克羅奇和馬里的辦公室。
His clerk, poor Bob Cratchit, was working.
他的職員，可憐的鮑勃·克拉特基特還在工作著。
Suddenly, Scrooge's young nephew came into the office.
突然，斯克羅奇的年輕侄子走進(jìn)辦公室。
"Hello uncle. Merry Christmas!" he said happily.
他高興地說：“你好，叔叔，圣誕快樂！”
"Do you want to come and have Christmas dinner with us tomorrow!"
“你明天想和我們一起吃圣誕晚餐嗎？”
"Christmas?" Scrooge replied. "Bah! Humbug!"
斯克羅奇說：“圣誕節(jié)？哼！胡扯！”
Scrooge hated Christmas and he refused his nephew's invitation for dinner on Christmas Day.
斯克羅奇不喜歡圣誕節(jié)，他拒絕了侄子在圣誕節(jié)共享晚餐的邀請(qǐng)。
His nephew went away. Later two men came to the office, asking for money for the poor.
他侄子離開了。之后，進(jìn)來了兩個(gè)人，他們是為窮人來要錢的。
"Bah! Are there no prisons for these people?" Scrooge refused to give even a penny.
“哼！這些人沒監(jiān)獄去嗎？”斯克羅奇拒絕給錢，甚至是一便士都不給。
Then, when it was time to close the office,
后來，到了關(guān)門的時(shí)候了，
Bob Cratchit asked for the day off, because it was Christmas.
鮑勃·克拉特基特想請(qǐng)一天假，因?yàn)榻裉焓鞘フQ節(jié)。
"All right," Scrooge said, "but be here early the next morning!"
斯克羅奇說：“好吧，但是明天早上要盡早上班。”
That evening Scrooge was sitting in front of his fire at home
那天晚上，斯克羅奇坐在自家火爐的前面，
when, suddenly, he saw a ghost in front of him.
突然他看見前方有一個(gè)幽靈。
"Who are you?" Scrooge asked nervously.
斯克羅奇緊張地問：“你是誰？”
"In life, I was Jacob Marley, your partner.
“我是你一生的合伙人馬里。
