【36 The Gift of the Magi 麥琪的禮物】
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For there lay The Combs—the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped long in a Broadway window. Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jewelled rims—just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair. They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart had simply craved and yearned over them without the least hope of possession. And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.
原來（包裹裡的東西）是一套梳子——全套梳子，包括梳兩鬢的，梳後麵的，樣樣俱全。這套梳子是德拉很久之前在百老彙的櫥窗裡見過的，自此她就非常喜歡這套梳子。這些美麗的發梳，是純玳瑁做的，邊上鑲著珠寶——其色彩正好同她失去的秀發相配。隻是她知道這套梳子很貴，她一點兒都不敢奢求自己可以擁有這套梳子。現在，這套梳子屬於她了，但是她卻不再擁有美麗的長發來襯托這垂涎已久的裝飾品。
But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look up with dim eyes and a smile and say：“My hair grows so fast, Jim!”
不過，她依然把發梳抱在胸前，過了好一陣子才抬起含淚的雙眸，微笑著說：“我的頭發長得很快的，吉姆！”
And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, “Oh, oh!”
隨後，德拉活像一隻因被燙傷而跳起來的小貓，歡快地叫著：“對了，對了！”
Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held it out to him eagerly upon her open palm. The dull precious metal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit.
吉姆還沒有瞧見他的美麗的禮物呢。她迫不及待地把手掌攤開，遞到他麵前。那暗色的貴重金屬閃著光，似乎反射著她開朗又熱忱的心情。
“Isn’t it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You’ll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. Give me your watch. I want to see how
“它漂亮嗎，吉姆？我搜
it looks on it.”
遍了全城才找到了它。現在，你會每天看一百次時間的。把表給我，我要看看它配在表上怎麼樣。”
Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.
吉姆沒有拿出表，反而倒在沙發上，兩手撐著後腦勺，臉上還掛著微笑。
“Dell,” said he, “let’s put our Christmas presents away and keep ‘em a while. They’re too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on.”
“親愛的，”他說，“讓我們先把各自的聖誕禮物收起來保存一陣子吧。現在它們還派不上用場。我把我的金表賣了，換回了你的梳子。現在去準備排骨吧。”
單詞解析 Word Analysis
滅消，亡消；見不然突；失消.v]ʃɪnævˈ[hsinav
.niaga nees reven saw dna dehsinav tsuj eH 例
𝘄𝘁.𝗽𝗼𝗼問訪請，節章新最受享間時一第您讓
。他過到見人沒也再，了失消麼這就他
望渴；求請，求懇.v]vɪerk[evarc
.tnemeticxe devarc syawla sah ehS 例
。激刺望渴總她
覦覬，求貪.v]təvʌkˈ[tevoc
naicisum suomaf a htiw krow ot ecnahc eht detevoc gnol dah eH 例
