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1、A Christmas Carol 圣诞颂歌 CHAPTER 12 A Second Chance 第 12 章 第二次机会 Yes,the bedpost was his.The bed was his,the room was his.Best and happiest of all,the time before him was his to make changes in!是的，床柱是他的。床是他的，房间是他的。最好和最幸福的是，在他之前的时间是他做出改变!“I dont know what to do!”cried Scrooge,laughing and crying at the

2、 same time.“I feel as merry as a school boy.A merry Christmas to everybody!A happy New Year to the entire world.”“我不知道该怎么办!”斯克罗吉喊着，又笑又哭。“我觉得像个小学生一样快乐。祝大家圣诞快乐!祝全世界新年快乐!”“Theres the saucepan that the soup was in!”cried Scrooge,going around the room.“Theres the door,through which the ghost of Jacob Mar

3、ley came in.Theres the corner where the Spirit of Christmas Present sat!Its all right;its all true,it all happened.”Then he said,“I dont know what day of the month it is!”said Scrooge.“I dont know how long Ive been among the spirits.I dont know anything.Im quite a baby.Never mind.I dont care.Id rath

4、er be a baby.”“汤在锅里！”斯克罗吉绕着房间叫道。“就是那扇门，雅各布马利的幽灵魂就是从里面进来的。“现在的圣诞幽灵”就在那个角落里!这都是正确的;这都是真的，都发生过。”他说、今天是几号、我不知道。”斯克罗吉说。“我不知道我沉浸在幽灵之中多久了。我什么都不知道。我真是个婴儿。不要紧。我也不在乎我宁愿当个婴儿。”Suddenly,the church bells began to ring in the distance.Scrooge quickly ran over to the window and looked out.There was no heavy fog.It

5、was a cold day,but it was a fine day.突然，远处教堂的钟声开始响起。斯克罗吉迅速跑到窗前向外看。没有浓雾。天气很冷，但天气很好。“Whats today?”cried Scrooge,calling down to a boy in the street.“今天是什么日子？”斯克罗吉喊道，对街上的一个男孩喊道。“Today?”replied the boy.“Its CHRISTMAS DAY!”“今天?”男孩回答说。“圣诞节!”“Its Christmas Day!”said Scrooge to himself.“I havent missed it.T

6、he spirits have done it all in one night.They can do anything they like.Of course,they can.Of course,they can.”He called again to the boy.“Do you know the shop that sells turkeys?”he asked him.“今天是圣诞节！”斯克罗吉自言自语道我没错过。幽灵魂们在一个晚上完成了这一切。他们可以做任何他们喜欢的事。当然，他们可以。“当然，他们可以。”他又对男孩喊道“你知道卖火鸡的商店吗？”他问他。“Of course,I

7、 do,”replied the boy.“当然，我知道，”男孩回答。“Do you know whether theyve sold that really big turkey that was hanging up there?”“你知道他们有没有把挂在那儿的那只大火鸡卖了吗？”“The one as big as me?”replied the boy.“和我一样大的那个？”男孩回答。“What a clever boy you are,”said Scrooge.“Its a pleasure to talk to you.Yes,thats the one.”“你真是个聪明的孩子，

8、”斯克罗吉说很高兴和你谈话。是的，就是那个。”“Its hanging there now,”replied the boy.“它现在挂在那儿了，”男孩回答。“Is it?”asked Scrooge.“Good.Tell the shopkeeper to bring it here so that I may buy it,and tell him where to take it.Come back with him in less than five minutes,and Ill give you a silver coin!?The boy ran off as fast as h

9、e could.“是吗？”斯克罗吉问很好。告诉店主把它带到这儿来，这样我就可以买了，并告诉他把它带到哪儿去。不到五分钟就跟他回来，我给你一个银币！？那男孩尽可能快地跑掉了。“Ill send the turkey to Bob Cratchits!”Scrooge thought.“But he wont know whos sent it.What a joke.”He went to the door to wait for the man to bring the turkey.When he saw how big it was,he said to the man,“Thats to

10、o big to carry all the way to where Bob Cratchit lives.You must take a cab.Ill pay for it and be happy to.”“我要把火鸡送到鲍勃克拉奇家去！”斯克罗吉想但他不知道是谁寄的。他走到门口等那个人把火鸡带来。当他看到它有多大时，他对那个人说：“那太大了，不能一直带到鲍勃克拉奇住的地方。你必须坐出租车。我会付钱的，我很乐意。”As soon as the man had left and he had given the boy a silver coin,Scrooge went back to

11、 his bedroom and put on his best clothes.Then he set out for a walk.He looked so happy and such a good man that everyone he passed said,“Good morning,sir!A merry Christmas to you!”And Scrooge said often afterward,that of all the beautiful sounds he had ever heard,those were the most beautiful to his

12、 ears.那人一走，给了男孩一枚银币，斯克罗吉就回到卧室，穿上他最好的衣服。然后他出发去散步。他看上去很高兴，是个好人，他经过的每个人都说：“早上好，先生！祝你圣诞快乐！”斯克罗吉后来经常说，在他所听到的所有美妙的声音中，那些声音对他来说是最美妙的。He had not gone far,when coming on toward him he saw one of the men who had come to his office the day before and asked for money for the poor.“My dear sir,”said Scrooge,taki

13、ng the old gentleman by both his hands.“How do you do?I hope you succeeded yesterday.It was very kind of you.A merry Christmas to you,sir!”他还没走多远，就走到他跟前，看见一个人前天到他办公室来，向穷人要钱“我亲爱的先生，”斯克罗吉说，握住老先生的双手你好？我希望你昨天成功了。你真是太好了。祝您圣诞快乐，先生！”“Mr.Scrooge?”“斯克罗吉先生？”“Yes,”said Scrooge.“That is my name.I am sorry about

14、 the way I spoke to you.Come and see me at my office tomorrow,and I will give you some money.”Scrooge whispered a huge sum of money into the old gentlemans ear.“是的，”斯克罗吉说那是我的名字。我对我和你说话的方式感到抱歉。“明天到我办公室来见我，我会给你一些钱。”斯克罗吉在老先生耳边低声说了一大笔钱。“My dear,Mr.Scrooge,are you serious?”cried the old gentleman,as if h

15、is breath were taken away.“Such generosity.”“亲爱的，斯克罗吉先生，你是认真的吗？”老先生喊道，好像他的呼吸被打断了如此慷慨。”“Dont say anything,please,”said Scrooge.“Come and see me.”“请什么也别说，”斯克罗吉说。“快来看我。”Scrooge went to church and then walked about the streets,watched the people hurrying here and there,patted children on the head,questi

16、oned beggars,and looked down into the kitchens of houses and up to the windows and found that everything could give him pleasure.He had never dreamed that any walkthat anythingcould give him so much happiness.In the afternoon,Scrooge walked toward his nephews house.A servant girl answered the door.斯

17、克罗吉去教堂，然后在街上走来走去，看着人们来来往往地匆匆忙忙，拍着孩子们的头，审问乞丐，低头看着房子的厨房和窗户，发现一切都能给他带来快乐。他做梦也没想到任何一次散步都能给他带来如此多的幸福。下午，斯克罗吉朝他侄子家走去。一个女仆应门而来。“Is your master at home,my dear?”asked Scrooge to the servant girl.“亲爱的，你的主人在家吗？”斯克罗吉问女仆。“Yes,sir.”“在的，先生。”“Where is he,my dear?”said Scrooge.“他在哪儿，亲爱的？”斯克罗吉说。“Hes in the dining ro

18、om,sir.Come this way,please.”“他在餐厅，先生。请这边走。”When Scrooge entered the dining room,he said,“May I have dinner with you?”当斯克罗吉走进餐厅时，他说：“我可以和你一起吃晚饭吗？”His nephew and niece were very pleased to have him to dinner.With friends and other relatives,they had a happy dinner party.他的侄子和侄女很高兴请他吃饭。他们和朋友及其他亲戚一起举行了

19、一个愉快的晚宴。The next morning,Scrooge was at the office early.He hoped to catch Bob Cratchit arriving late.And he did.The clock struck nine.No Bob.A quarter past.No Bob.He was eighteen minutes and a half late.Scrooge sat with his door wide open so that he would see him arrive.“Hello!”shouted Scrooge,tryi

20、ng to make his voice sound as angry as it usually was.“What do you mean by coming here at this time of day?”第二天早上，斯克罗吉很早就到了办公室。他希望赶上鲍勃克雷奇迟到。他做到了。钟敲了九下。不，鲍勃。一刻过去。不，鲍勃。他迟到了十八分半。斯克罗吉坐着，门开得很大，这样他就能看见他来了。”你好！”斯克罗吉大声喊道，试图使他的声音听起来像往常一样愤怒你这个时候来这里是什么意思？”“I am very sorry,sir,”said Bob.“I woke up late.”“非常抱歉，先

21、生，”鲍勃说我醒得很晚。”“Come over here.”“过来。”“Its only once a year,sir,”said Bob.“I wont be late again.”“一年只有一次，先生，”鲍勃说我不会再迟到了。”“I will not allow you to be late again,”said Scrooge,“therefore,I will raise your salary!”“我不允许你再迟到了，”斯克罗吉说，“因此，我要提高你的工资！”Bob did not know what to say or do.“Yes,Bob,”Scrooge said.“I

22、 will raise your salary and try to help your family,and we will talk about your problems this afternoon.Now,make up the fires so that we can both be warm.鲍勃不知道该说什么，该做什么。”是的，鲍勃，”斯克罗吉说我会提高你的工资，帮助你的家庭，今天下午我们会讨论你的问题。现在，把火烧起来，这样我们俩都能暖和起来。Scrooge kept his word.He did it all and more.And,to Tiny Tim,who di

23、d not die,he became a second father.He became as good a friend,as good an employer,and as good a man as this city,or any other city,knew.Some people laughed to see the change in him,but he let them laugh and did not pay attention to them,for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on t

24、his earth at which some people did not laugh.His own heart laughed,and that was quite enough for him.Ever afterward,and it was always said of him,he knew how to keep Christmas better than any man alive.May that be truly said of all of us!斯克罗吉信守诺言。他做得越来越多。对小提姆来说，他并没有死，他成了第二个父亲。他成了一个好朋友，一个好雇主，一个像这座城市或任何其他城市所知道的那样好的人。有些人笑着看他身上的变化，但他让他们笑，却不去理会他们，因为他很聪明，知道在这个世界上从来没有发生过一些人不笑的事情。他自己的心在笑，这对他来说已经足够了。从那以后，人们总是说他比任何人都懂得如何更好地过圣诞节。愿我们大家都这样说！