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When my mother and father got married, they did not have much money.
我母親和父親結(jié)婚時(shí)，他們沒有多少錢。
The situation got worse when they had children.
他們有小孩時(shí)，更是雪上加霜。
When we were very young, my father had an extra job as a hotel porter,
我們很小的時(shí)候，父親兼職做賓館搬運(yùn)工，
and he also mopped the floor of a hotel every night so that he could give us a special treat or a vacation.
每天晚上他還在一個(gè)賓館拖地，以便可以給我們一份特殊的款待或者一次假期。
At the start of last year, my father began putting at least fifty cents every day into a jar on a shelf in his bedroom.
去年年初，我父親每天至少存15分到他臥室里書架上的罐子里。
We all wondered what he was saving the money for, but he refused to tell us.
我們都好奇他存錢的動(dòng)機(jī)，但是他沒有告訴我們。
Then, in December, I noticed that the jar was empty.
之后，在12月，我發(fā)現(xiàn)罐子是空的。
That evening, my father came home with some great Christmas presents, including candy, balloons and a huge turkey for our Christmas dinner.
那晚，我父親拿著一些漂亮的圣誕禮物回家了，禮物有糖果，氣球和圣誕晚餐的大火雞。
It was the best Christmas ever.
這曾是最棒的圣誕節(jié)。
My father also helps our local community.
我父親還幫助當(dāng)?shù)氐纳鐓^(qū)干活。
As chairman of the community center, he has set up a committee to help senior citizens in the area.
作為社區(qū)活動(dòng)中心的會(huì)長，他成立了一個(gè)委員會(huì)來幫助這個(gè)地區(qū)的老年市民。
This committee cooks and delivers healthy meals to the senior citizens who are too old to cook for themselves, or too poor to buy good food.
這個(gè)委員會(huì)為年老無法做飯的老年市民或太窮苦無法買食物的人烹飪并提供健康食物。
My father also helps arrange a Sunday brunch at the community center so that the senior citizens can get together with their friend.
在社區(qū)活動(dòng)中心，我父親還幫助安排了周日早午餐，讓老年市民能和朋友聚在一起。
