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1、Yes，Virginia，ThereIsaSantaClaus是的，弗吉尼娅，世界上有圣诞老人！　　Eight-year-oldVirginiaO'HanlonwrotealettertotheeditorofNewYork'sSun，andthequickresponsewasprintedasanunsignededitorialSept.21，1897.Theworkofveteran2）newsmanFrancisPharcellusChurchhassincebecomehistory's

2、mostreprintednewspapereditorial，appearinginpartorwholeindozensoflanguagesinbooks，movies，andothereditorials，andonpostersandstamps.　　八岁的弗吉尼娅?奥汉隆给《纽约太阳报》的编辑写了一封信，很快该报就在1897年9月21日那天的报纸上以无署名社论的形式刊载了回信。从那以后，这封由资深新闻记者弗朗西斯?法塞勒斯?丘奇所撰写的回信便成为历史上重印次数最多的报纸社论，其部分内容或

3、全文被翻译成多种语言，在各类书籍、电影和其他社论中以及海报和邮票上均可见其身影。　　1.《纽约太阳报》最初刊登的社论标题是“IsThereaSantaClaus？”这是美国新闻史上最有名的一篇社论。虽然距今已有一百多年了，但是每当圣诞节来临，美国各地的报纸、杂志总会重新刊登一次。　　2.veteran[?vet?r?n]adj.经验丰富的，老练的　　3.skepticism[?skept?s?z?m]n.怀疑态度　　4.abound[??ba?nd]vi.大量存在5　　5.extinguish[?k

4、?st???w??]vt.熄灭，扑灭（火等）　　6.conceive[k?n?si?v]vt.设想；想出　　7.rattle[?r?tl]n.摇铃（一种幼儿玩具）　　8.supernal[sju??p??n?l]adj.超凡的；崇高的　　9.abiding[??ba?d??]adj.永久的　　10.nay[ne?]adv.[用以对已叙内容作更确切或强调的补充]不；不仅如此　　TheLettertoVirginia给弗吉尼娅的回信　　Virginia，yourlittlefriendsarewrong

5、.Theyhavebeenaffectedbytheskepticism3）ofaskepticalage.Theydonotbelieveexcepttheysee.Theythinkthatnothingcanbewhichisnotcomprehensiblebytheirlittleminds.Allminds，Virginia，whethertheybemen'sorchildren's，arelittle.Inthisgreatuniverseofoursmanisamereinsect

6、，anant，inhisintellect，ascomparedwiththeboundlessworldabouthim，asmeasuredbytheintelligencecapableofgraspingthewholeoftruthandknowledge.　　Yes，Virginia，thereisaSantaClaus.Heexistsascertainlyasloveandgenerosityanddevotionexist，andyouknowthattheyabound4）and

7、givetoyourlifeitshighestbeautyandjoy.Alas！HowdrearywouldbetheworldiftherewerenoSantaClaus.ItwouldbeasdrearyasiftherewerenoVirginias.There5wouldbenochildlikefaiththen，nopoetry，noromancetomaketolerablethisexistence.Weshouldhavenoenjoyment，exceptinsensean

8、dsight.Theeternallightwithwhichchildhoodfillstheworldwouldbeextinguished5）.　　NotbelieveinSantaClaus！Youmightaswellnotbelieveinfairies！YoumightgetyourpapatohirementowatchinallthechimneysonChristmasEvetocatchSantaClaus，buteveniftheydidnot