原文翻译:
圣诞精神
当我们想到圣诞节时,我们可能会想到礼物、圣诞树和圣诞老人,很多人都会同意这种观点。但是隐藏在圣诞节背后的含义才是圣诞节的真谛:分享和给予我们身边人爱与欢乐。《圣诞颂歌》中的故事或许最好的例子。
《圣诞颂歌》是查尔斯·狄更斯写的一篇著名小说。这篇小说讲述的是一位叫斯克鲁奇的老人的故事,这位老人从来都不笑。他吝啬自私,只考虑自己,从不与人为善。他只关心自己能否挣到更多的钱,并且厌恶圣诞节。
在一个圣诞前夕,斯克鲁奇看到了他死去的生意伙伴雅各布·马利的鬼魂。马利过去曾经就像斯克鲁奇一样,所以在他死后就受到了惩罚。他告诫斯克鲁奇如果他不想最终像落得像他一样的下场,就要改变他自私的想法。他还告诉斯克鲁奇将有三个幽灵来拜访他。
那天晚上,三个幽灵拜访了斯克鲁奇。首先,“圣诞过去之灵”带他回到了他的童年时代,使斯克鲁奇回想起自己孩提时代的欢乐时光。然后,第二个幽灵“圣诞现在之灵”,带他去看其他人是如何度过今年的圣诞节的。每个人都很幸福,即使是穷人。最后一个,“圣诞未来之灵”带他去了未来。斯克鲁奇看到他死了,但没人在意他。他从睡梦中惊醒,发现已经是圣诞节的早晨了。
他决定改变自己的生活,下定决心做个更好的人。他同亲朋好友们一起快乐地庆祝圣诞节。他还送给需要帮助的人礼物。现在无论走到哪里,他都用善良与热情待人,传播着爱与欢乐。在才是真正的圣诞精神
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文中涉及的英文短语释义:
Santa Claus 圣诞老人
A Christmas Carol 《圣诞颂歌》
Charles Dickens 查尔斯·狄更斯
Scrooge 斯科齐鲁(守财奴)
mean v.用意;意味着;adj. 吝啬的;刻薄的;平均的;n. 平均值;
ghost 幽灵;鬼魂
warn sb. of sth. 警告/通知某人某事
1、主角
吝啬鬼克鲁奇,他积攒了很多钱,然而他却不舍得为职员的炉火加一块儿煤,他的侄子好意的邀请他参加圣诞夜的晚会,他却认为侄子是为了占他的便宜而推辞,社会活动者请他为穷人施舍一点圣诞的饭菜,也被他无情地断然拒绝。
Scrooge, he saved a lot of money, but he was not willing to add a piece of coal to the staff's fire.
His nephew kindly invited him to the Christmas Eve party, but he thought his nephew refused to take advantage of him.
Social activists asked him to give some Christmas food to the poor, which was ruthlessly and categorically rejected by him.
2、故事内容
富有而冷漠无情,连乞丐都不愿向他讨要的自私透顶的吝啬鬼斯克鲁奇在圣诞夜被三个圣诞精灵造访:“过去之灵”、“现在之灵”、“未来之灵”。
“过去之灵” 让他看到在孤单寂寞的童年生活中,他的姐姐对他倍加关爱的情景,以及他当学徒时,仁慈善良的老板菲茨威格在圣诞之夜和大家一起开心跳舞,款待员工的情形。
于是他的心开始被软化,后悔自己对待雇员的态度,也对自己从一个贫穷却快乐的年轻人变成一个富有却失去亲情的老板感到懊悔。
“现在之灵”带他到他的一个属下家里的圣诞聚会上,那是一个拿着可怜薪水的小职员,没有圣诞礼物,没有火鸡,可每个人脸上都洋溢着幸福的微笑。
“未来之灵”让他看到在他衰老之后病卧在床, 连圣诞节也没有亲人朋友来看望的孤苦景象。
于是,他开始重新思考生活的意义,才发现原来施与比接受更快乐。
Scrooge, a selfish miser who is rich and indifferent, and even beggars don't want to beg him, was visited by three Christmas elves on Christmas Eve: "the spirit of the past", "the spirit of the present" and "the spirit of the future".
"Spirit of the past" showed him how his sister loved him in his lonely childhood, and how kind-hearted boss fitzweig danced happily with everyone and entertained employees on Christmas Eve when he was an apprentice.
So his heart began to soften, regretting his attitude towards employees, and regretting that he had changed from a poor but happy young man to a rich but lost family boss.
The spirit of the present took him to a Christmas party at one of his subordinates' homes. It was a small clerk with a poor salary. There were no Christmas gifts or turkeys, but everyone's face was filled with a happy smile.
"The spirit of the future" showed him the lonely scene that he was lying in bed after his aging and had no relatives or friends to visit at Christmas.
So he began to rethink the meaning of life and found that giving is happier than receiving.