广州版九年级上册课文中英.pdf

Unit 8 Surprise endings 出其不意的结局 The gifts 礼物 / 麦琪的礼物 By O. Henry ——欧·亨利 One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. 1 美元 87 美分，只有这么多。 Della 数了三次了， 1 美元 87 美分。 And the next day would be Christmas. She could not afford a present, so she sat down and cried. 第二天就是圣诞节了，她买不起礼物，于是她坐 在地上哭了起来。 Jim and Della had two possessions which they were both proud of. Jim 和 Della ，有两件令他们引以为傲的家当。 One was Jims gold watch that was from his father and his grandfather. 一个是 Jim 的金表，那是从他父亲、他祖父那里传下来的； The other was Dellas beautiful hair. It fell about her, and reached below her knee. 另一件是 Della 的一头秀发，披肩而垂，长及膝下。 Della put on her old brown jacket and her old brown hat. Then she went out of the door and down the stairs to the street. Della 穿上她的旧棕夹克，戴上她的旧棕帽，接着开门出去，下楼来到街上。 She stopped at a store. The sign in front of the store read Hair Goods. 她在一家商店前停下来，店门口的牌子上面写着——“发品”。 Will you buy my hair asked Della. Twenty dollars, the woman said. “你买我的头发吗”德拉问。“二十美元。”女人说。 Then Della searched through the stores looking for a present for Jim. 接下来， Della 一家挨一家商店搜寻，给吉姆挑选一个礼物。 She found it at last. It was a watch chain. The bill was twenty-one dollars. 最后她终于找到了，是一个表链，花了她 21 美元。 At seven oclock, the coffee was made and dinner was ready. Jim was never late. Della heard his steps on the stairs. 七点钟，咖啡煮好了，晚饭也一切就绪。 Jim 一贯准时回家，她听见下面楼梯 上响起了他的脚步声。 The door opened and Jim walked in. He stopped inside the door. 门开了， Jim 走了进来，他停了门内。 His eyes were fixed on Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read. 他的眼睛直直地盯着 Della ，她看不出他到底是什 么神情。 Jim, she cried, dont look at me that way. I sold my hair to buy you a Christmas present. “Jim ，”她哭着说，“别这样看着我了，我把我的头发剪掉卖了，来给你买圣 诞礼物了。” Jim drew a box from his pocket and put it on the table. Jim 从口袋里掏出一个盒子，把它放在桌子