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1、英语故事（一）ABrotherLikeThatAfriendofminenamedPaulreceivedanautomobi1efromhisbrotherasaChristmaspresent.OnChristmasEvewhenPaulcameoutofhisoffice,astreeturchin[l]waswalkingaroimdtheshinynewcar,admiringit・，zTsthisyourcar,Mister?"hesaid・Paulnodded.〃MybrothergaveittomeforChrist
2、mas.Theboywasastounded[2]・"Youmoanyourbrothergaveittoyouanditdidntcostyounothing?Boy,Iwish•••〃Hehesitated・OfcoursePaulknewwhathewasgoingtowishfor.Hewasgoingtowishhehadabrotherlikethat.ButwhattheladsaidjarredPaulal1thewaydowntohisheels.〃Iwish,"theboywenton,"ThatIcouldbe
3、abrotherlikethat."Pau1lookedattheboyinastonishment[3],thenimpulsivelyheadded,"Wouldyouliketotakearideinmycar?""Ohyes,Idlovethat・“Afterashortride,theboyturnedwithhiseyesaglow[4],said,"Mister,wouldyouminddrivinginfrontofmyhouse?"Paulsmiledalittle.Hethoughtheknewwhatthela
4、dwanted.Hewantedtoshowhisneighborsthathecouldridehomeinabigautomobile.ButPaulwaswrongagain."Willyoustopwherethosetwostepsare?z，theboyasked.Heranupthesteps.TheninalittlewhilePaulheardhimcomingback,buthewasnotcomingfast.Hewascarryinghislittlecrippled[5]brother.Hesathimdo
5、wnonthebottomstep,thensortofsqueezedupagainsthim[6]andpointedtothecar."Theresheis,Buddy[7],justlikeItoldyouupstairs・HisbrothergaveittohimforChristmasanditdidntcosthimacent.AndsomedayImgonnagiveyouonejustlikeit...thenyoucanseeforyourselfal1theprettythingsintheChristmasw
6、indowsthatTvebeentryingtotellyouabout-Paulgotoutandliftedtheladtothefrontseatofhiscar・Theshining-eyedolderbrotherclimbedinbesidehimandthethreeofthembeganamemorablehoiidayride・ThatChristmasEve,PaullearnedwhatJesusmeantwhenhesaid:〃Itismoreblessedtogive[8]•••〃DanClark注释：1
7、.urchin：淘气鬼，顽童，尤其是指男孩了。比如，astreeturchin,街头流浪儿。1.astounded：astound,使（人）大吃一惊，但它一般多用于被动语态。Hewasastoundedatthenews.那消息让他大吃一惊。2.inastonishment：和insurprise意思差不多,表示很惊讶。但吃惊的程度要深一些。3.aglow：这是一个形容词，它的意思是“炽热的，脸上发热的”。4.crippled：cripple即可作名词，也可作动词，意为跛子，或使跛足。在这里用crippled,是用分词做形容词，跛足
8、的。5.squeezedupagainsthim：squeeze是挤压的意思，在这里，很形象地说明小男孩紧紧抱着跛脚的弟弟，怕他摔倒了。6.buddy：老兄，老弟。这是美国俚语屮常见的说法，一般只用于打招呼。7.Itismoreble
