THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
英文故事TheGiftoftheMagi附理解练习
The Gift of the MagiO.HenryIt was Christmas, and Della and Jim wanted to give each other special gifts.They had no extra money, but they each could sacrifice something dear.Once dollar and eighty – seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bargaining with the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eight –seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but rather looked as if it were “begging.”In the doorway below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name “Mr. James Dillingham Young.” But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called “Jim” and greatly hugged by Mr. James Dillingham Young, already introduced to you as Della. Which is all very good.Della finished her cry and attended to her cheek with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at the gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard.Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling – something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being Jim’s wife.Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the mirror. Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its color within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Young’s in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s. The other was Della’s hair. Had the Queen of Sheba lived the flat across the way, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty’s jewels and gifts. Had King Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluck at his beard from envy.So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. It reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her. And then she did it up again nervously and quickly. Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.On went her old brown jacket, on went on old brown hat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eye, she fluttered out the door and down the stairs to the street.Where she stopped the sign read: “Mme. Sofronie. Hair Goods of All kinds.” One flight up Della ran, and collected herself, panting, Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the “Sofronie.”“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della.“I buy hair,” said Madame. “Take yet hat off the let’s have a sight at the looks of it.”Down rippled the brown cascade.“Twenty dollars,” said Madame, lifting the mass with a practiced hand.Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking the stores for Jim’s present.She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim’s. It was like him. Quietness and value – the description applied to both. Twenty-one dollars they took from her for it, and she hurried home with the 87 cents. With that chain on his watch Jim might be properly anxious about the time in any company. Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain.When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason. She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by generosity added to love. Which is always a tremendous task, dear friends – a mammoth task.Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls thatmade her look wonderfully like a schoolboy. She looked at her reflection in the mirror long, carefully, and critically.“If Jim doesn’t kill me,” she said to herself, “before he takes a second look at me, he’ll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl. But what could I do – oh! What could I do with a dollar and eight-seven cents?”At 7 o’clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops.Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair way down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. She had a habit of saying little silent prayers about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: “ Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. He looked thin and very serious Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two and to be burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he was with gloves.Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for. He simple stared at her fixedly with at peculiar expression on his face. Della wriggled off the table and went for him.“Jim, daring.” She cried, “do n’t look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold it because I couldn’t have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It’ll grow out again – you won’t mind, will you? I just had to do it. My hair growsawfully fast. Say ‘Merry Christmas!’ Jim, and let’s be happy. You don’t know what a nice – what a beautiful, nice gift I’ve got for you.”“You’ve cut off your hair?” ask Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet even after the hardest mental labor.“Cut it off and sold it,” said Della. “Don’t you like me just as well, anyhow? I’m me without my hair, aren’t I?” Jim looked about the room curiously.“You say your hair is gone!” he said, with an air almost of idiocy.“You needn’t look for it,” said Della. “It’s sold, I tell you – sold and gone, too. It’s Christmas Eve, boy. Be good to me, for it went for you. Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered,” she went on with a sudden serious sweetness, “but nobody could even count my love for you. Shall I put the chops on, Jim?”Out of his trance Jim seemed quickly to wake. He enfolded his Della. For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction. Eight dollars a week or a million a year –what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer. The magic brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them. This dark assertion will be illuminated later on.Jim drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threw it upon the table. “Don’t make any mistake, Della.” he said, “about me. I don’t think there’s any thing in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less. But if you’ll unwrap that package you may see why you had me going a while at first.”White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper. And then an ecstatic scream of joy, and then, alas! A quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails,necessitating the immediate employment of all the comforting powers of the lord of the flat.For there lay the Combs –the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped for long in a Broadway window. Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jeweled 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 hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone. 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!”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.“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 it looks on it.” Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.“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.”The magi, as you know, were wise men – wonderfully wise men – who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you theuneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.ExercisesPre-Reading/Listening Exercises:1. Vocabulary2. Expressionsbargaining flung to the breezehowl, sobs, sniffles no mortal fingersterling full lengthdepreciate took a mighty prideintoxication with a practiced handchorus girl ransacking the storesterrify repairingsentiments you had me goingpeculiar isn’t it a dandy?trancecombs2. Questions:a. If you had no money and wanted to give a very special friend a gift, what would you give them?b. What makes a gift special?c. If you had to sell something you owned in order to get some money,what would be the hardest thing to sell?3. Note: When reading the story, have the students stop at the paragraph which begins: “The door opened and Jim stepped in.”Then have them make guesses for how the story will end.Post-Reading/Listening Exercises:1. Comprehension Questions:a. What did Della want to do for Jim?b. Why was Della so very sad?c. Where did Della go to get more money?d. What did Della buy for Jim?e. What did Jim buy for Della?f. Why are these two people called “the magi”?2. Understanding the Meaning:a. What was so special about the gifts they gave each other?b. What had they really done for each other?c. If you were Jim/Della, what would you have done? How would you have reacted?3. Discussion: Possible discussion questions:a. What qualities of giving are reflected in these givers?b. What was so special about their love for each other?c. What was a special gift you once received?d. How is it possible for poor people to be generous in their hearts?e. What makes people generous?f. Are some people born generous and kind?g. Can such generosity be repaid?。
评刘若瑞版《麦琪的礼物》
评中文翻译《麦琪的礼物》《The Gift of Magi 》即《麦琪的礼物》是美国著名文学家欧·亨利写的一篇短篇小说，它通过写在圣诞节前一天，一对小夫妻互赠礼物，结果阴差阳错，两人珍贵的礼物都变成了无用的东西，而他们却得到了比任何实物都宝贵的东西——爱，告诉人们尊重他人的爱，学会去爱他人，是人类文明的一个重要表现。
这篇文章在初中时就已经被学习，今天我从英汉互译的角度来评价一下中文版的《麦琪的礼物》。
众所周知，“反译法”是英译汉中常用的翻译技巧之一，所谓反译法就是指原文从正面表达的,译文可以从反面着笔翻译,如把肯定句译成否定句,或者把否定句译成肯定句。
不同民族的思维方法和用来反映思维的方法往往是不同的，例如，英语民族从正面来表达一个思想，而汉语则可以、有时甚至是必须从反面来表达。
例如《麦琪的礼物》中的一句话：in the vestibule below was a letter box into which no letter would go ,and an electric button f rom which no mortal finger could coax a ring.汉语译为楼下的甬道里有一个信箱，但是永远不会有信件投进去，还有一个电铃，鬼才能把它按响。
译者把原文from which no mortal finger could coax a ring 用反译法译译得十分传神，但如果按照原文的否定形式译，恐怕意识就不会那样贴切，译文也会令人感到索然无味。
欧·亨利是美国最著名的短篇小说家之一，虽然The Gift of the Magi ①是其广为流传的优秀作品，曾被收录中学课本，但对于这篇小说的翻译版本，一直存在许多的争论。
对于翻译的标准和原则，我国学者严复最早提出“信、达、雅”的标准——“信”即忠实于原文，“达”即翻译的流畅，“雅”即译文的典雅。
这一翻译标准至今仍对我国翻译界存在影响。
the gift of the magi-麦琪的礼物(课堂PPT)
As we know, During this period, the United States was experiencing a severe economic crisis. So the novel also depicted the tragic life of the working people, exposed the brutal nature of the bourgeois monopoly indirectly, accused the persecution of the people by rulers ,reflected the people's dissatisfaction with the rule of the bourgeoisie;
Christmas is a religious festival. It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus. And now Christmas is both a holiday and a holy day. In America it is one of the biggest event of the year (especially for kids), and for members of the Christian religions it is an important day on the religious calendar. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas in the world.
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O. Henry 's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings.
高中英语课文文本
《高中英语课文文本》一、课文内容概述1. 《The Gift of the Magi》：讲述了一对年轻夫妇为了给对方买礼物，不惜卖掉自己最珍贵的东西。
这个故事传递了爱与牺牲的精神，让学生在阅读中感受人性的美好。
2. 《The Old Man and the Sea》：海明威的经典作品，讲述了一个老渔夫与一条大马林鱼搏斗的故事。
课文通过描绘老渔夫的坚韧不拔，传递了勇敢面对困难、永不放弃的精神。
3. 《The Million Pound Bank Note》：讲述了一个美国人如何在英国凭借一张百万英镑的钞票，赢得尊重和信任的故事。
课文揭示了金钱与道德的关系，引导学生正确看待金钱。
4. 《Robinson Crusoe》：丹尼尔·笛福的经典之作，讲述了主人公鲁滨逊漂流到一个荒岛，独自生活28年的故事。
课文展示了人类在面对困境时的顽强生存意志。
5. 《A Tale of Two Cities》：查尔斯·狄更斯的著名小说，以法国大革命为背景，讲述了两个城市、两个家庭的故事。
课文通过对比，展现了人性的善恶与命运的无常。
二、课文特点1. 语言地道：高中英语课文文本选材广泛，涉及不同国家的文化背景，为学生提供了地道的英语表达。
2. 贴近生活：课文内容与学生的生活实际紧密相关，便于学生理解和运用。
3. 寓教于乐：课文故事性强，情节引人入胜，让学生在轻松愉快的氛围中学习英语。
4. 思想性强：课文蕴含丰富的人生哲理，有助于培养学生正确的价值观和人生观。
5. 难度适中：课文难度循序渐进，符合学生的认知规律，助力学生提高英语水平。
《高中英语课文文本》三、课文教学目标1. 提升语言能力：通过学习课文，使学生能够熟练运用英语词汇和语法，提高英语表达能力。
2. 增强文化意识：让学生在了解不同文化背景的基础上，培养跨文化交际能力，拓宽国际视野。
3. 培养思维品质：引导学生深入剖析课文内容，锻炼批判性思维和创造性思维，提升问题解决能力。
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
The characteristics of the fiction
• dramatic • suspensive • concision
Protagonists
• Della：a kind-hearted woman with a beautiful hair Jim‘s wife • Jim：a hard-working man with a precious watch Della's husband
Their Family
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
O.Henry
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
• 书中，社会上那些巧取豪夺，坑蒙拐骗， 利欲熏心，尔虞我诈的“上流人物”，“ 得意之徒”们的丑恶行径，被揭露无遗。 通过他们的种种表现，形象逼真，不拘一 格地向读者展现了“文明社会”的黑暗与 滑稽本质，弱肉强食与天良丧尽的现实， 并喻示在金钱万能，唯利是图的生存环境 中，人性的异化和畸变。
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• Money is everything but not to buy true love. • Although the rich have enough money to gain a bravely decorated house, gold, silver and jewelry, they don't obtian happiness. • The poor may possess little money, but true feelings and real intention out of genuine friendship belong to them.
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the_gift_of_the_magi麦琪的礼物英文版欧亨利pT h e G i f t o f t h e M a g i O NE DOLLAR AND EIGHTY-SEVEN CENTS.That was all. She had put it aside, one cent and then another and then another, in her careful buying of meat and other food. Della counted it three times. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.There was nothing to do but fall on the bed and cry. So Della did it.While the lady of the home is slowly growing quieter, we can look at the home. Furnished rooms at a cost of $8 a week. There is lit-tle more to say about it.In the hall below was a letter-box too small to hold a letter. There was an electric bell, but it could not make a sound. Also there was a name beside the door: “Mr. James Dillingham Young.”When the name was placed there, Mr. James Dillingham Young was being paid $30 a week. Now, when he was being paid only $20 a week, the name seemed too long and important. It should perhaps have been “Mr. James D. Young.” But when Mr. James Dillingham Young entered the furnished rooms, his name became very short indeed. Mrs. James Dillingham Young put her arms warmly about him and called him “Jim.” You have already met her. She is Della.Della finished her crying and cleaned the marks of it from her face. She stood by the window and looked out with no interest. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a gift. She had put aside as much as she couldfor months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week is not much. Everything had cost more than she had expected. It always happened like that.Only $ 1.87 to buy a gift for Jim. Her Jim. She had had many happy hours planning something nice for him. Something nearly good enough. Something almost worth the honor of belonging to Jim.There was a looking-glass between the windows of the room. Per-haps you have seen the kind of looking-glass that is placed in $8 fur-nished rooms. It was very narrow. A person could see only a little of himself at a time. However, if he was very thin and moved very quickly, he might be able to get a good view of himself. Della, being quite thin, had mastered this art.Suddenly she turned from the window and stood before the glass. Her eyes were shining brightly, but her face had lost its color. Quickly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its complete length.The James Dillingham Youngs were very proud of two things which they owned. One thing was Jim’s gold watch. It had once belonged to his father. And, long ago, it had belonged to his father’s father. The other thing was Della’s hair.If a queen had lived in the rooms near theirs, Della would have washed and dried her hair where the queen could see it. Della knew her hair was more beautiful than a ny queen’s jewels and gifts.If a king had lived in the same house, with all his riches, Jim would have looked at his watch every time they met. Jim knew that no kinghad anything so valuable.So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her, shining like afalling stream of brown water. It reached below her knee. It almost made itself into a dress for her.And then she put it up on her head again, nervously and quickly. Once she stopped for a moment and stood still while a tear or two ran down her face.She put on her old brown coat. She put on her old brown hat. With the bright light still in her eyes, she moved quickly out the door and down to the street.Where she stopped, the sign said: “Mrs. Sofronie. Hair Articles of all Kinds.”Up to the second floor Della ran, and stopped to get her breath.Mrs. Sofronie, large, too white, cold-eyed, looked at her.“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della.“I buy hair,” said Mrs. Sofronie. “T ake your hat off and let me look at it.”Down fell the brown waterfall.“Twenty dollars,” said Mrs. Sofronie, lifting the hair to feel its weight.“Give it to me quick,” said Della.Oh, and the next two hours seemed to fly. She was going from one shop to another, to find a gift for Jim.She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the shops, and she had looked in every shop in the city.It was a gold watch chain, very simply made. Its value was in its rich and pure material. Because it was so plain and simple, you knew that it was very valuable. All good things are like this.It was good enough for The Watch.As soon as she saw it, she knew that Jim must have it. It waslike him. Quietness and value—Jim and the chain both had quietness and value. She paid twenty-one dollars for it. And she hurried home with the chain and eighty-seven cents.With that chain on his watch, Jim could look at his watch and learn the time anywhere he might be. Though the watch was so fine, it had never had a fine chain. He sometimes took it out and looked at it only when no one could see him do it.When Della arrived home, her mind quieted a little. She began to think more reasonably. She started to try to cover the sad marks of what she had done. Love and large-hearted giving, when added together, can leave deep marks. It is never easy to cover these marks, dear friends—never easy.Within forty minutes her head looked a little better. With her short hair, she looked wonderfully like a schoolboy. She stood at the looking-glass for a long time.“If Jim doesn’t kill me,” she said to herself, “before he looks at me a second time, he’ll say I look like a girl who sings and dances for money. But what could I do—oh! What could I do with a dollar and eighty-seven cents?”At seven, Jim’s dinner was ready for him.Jim was never late. Della held the watch chain in her hand and sat near the door where he always entered. Then she heard his step in the hall and her face lost color for a moment. She often said little prayers quietly, about simple everyday things. And now she said: “Please God, make him think I’m still pretty.”The door opened and Jim stepped in. He looked very thin and he was not smiling. Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two—and with a fam-ily to take care of! He needed a new coat and he had nothing to cover his cold hands.Jim stopped inside the door. He was as quiet as a huntingdog when it is near a bird. His eyes looked strangely at Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not understand. It filled her with fear. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor anything she had been ready for. He simply looked at her with that strange expression on his face.Della went to him.“Jim, dear,” she cried, “don’t look at me like that. I had my hair cut off and sold it. I couldn’t live through Christmas without giving you agift. My hair will grow again. You won’t care, will you? My hair grows very fast. It’s Christmas, Jim. Let’s be happy. You don’t know what a nice—what a beautiful nice gift I got for you.”“You’ve cut off your hair?” asked Jim slowly. H e seemed to labor to understand what had happened. He seemed not to feel sure he knew.“Cut it off and sold it,” said Della. “Don’t you like me now? I’m me, Jim. I’m the same without my hair.”Jim looked around the room.“You say your hair is gone?” he said.“You don’t have to look for it,” said Della. “It’s sold, I tell you—sold and gone, too. It’s the night before Christmas, boy. Be good to me, because I sold it for you. Maybe the hairs of my head could be counted,” she said, “but no one could ever cou nt my love for you. Shall we eat dinner, Jim?”Jim put his arms around his Della. For ten seconds let us look in another direction. Eight dollars a week or a million dollars a year— how different are they? Someone may give you an answer, but it will be wrong. The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them. My meaning will be explained soon.From inside the coat, Jim took something tied in paper. Hethrew it upon the table.“I want you to understand me, Dell,” he said. “Nothing like a haircut c ould make me love you any less. But if you’ll open that, you may know what I felt when I came in.”White fingers pulled off the paper. And then a cry of joy; and then a change to tears.For there lay The Combs—the combs that Della had seen in a shop window and loved for a long time. Beautiful combs, with jewels, perfect for her beautiful hair. She had known they cost too much for her to buy them. She had looked at them without the least hope of owning them. And now they were hers, but her hair was gone.But she held them to her heart, and at last was able to look up and say: “My hair grows so fast, Jim!”And then she jumped up and cried, “Oh, oh!”Jim had not yet seen his beautiful gift. She held it out to him in her open hand. The gold seemed to shine softly as if with her own warm and loving spirit.“Isn’t it perfect, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You’ll have to look at your watch a hundred times a day now. Give me your watch.I want to see how they look together.”Jim sat down and smiled.“Della,” said he, “let’s put our Christmas gifts away and keep them a while. They’re too nice to use now. I sold the watch to get the money to buy the combs. And now I think we should have our dinner.”The magi, as you know, were wise men—wonderfully wise men— who brought gifts to the newborn Christ-child. They were the first to give Christmas gifts. Being wise, their gifts weredoubtless wise ones. And here I have told you the story of two children who were not wise. Each sold the most valuable thing he owned in order to buy a gift for the other. But let me speak a last word to the wise of these days: Of all who give gifts, these two were the most wise. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are the most wise. Everywhere they are the wise ones. They are the magi.。
thegiftofthemagi麦琪的礼物
This film was presented in 1998, then I was in the third grade of senior middle school, and maybe some of you were in nursery school at that time.
Unprecedented, The first time, the school organized all of us to watch this film. that was the only one film in my senior middle school career.
economic crisis
O. Henry In prison for Economic disputes
Jim and Della Work hard but poor yet
No money to buy christmas gift for
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No money to buy christmas gift for
O. Henry 's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings.
His best known short stories consisted of ： The Cop and the Anthem, The Gift of the Magi , The Last Leave et al.
About love
It appears that the gifts they gave each other have been useless. But I think they gave each other the best of what they had to make the other happy. Isn't that true love We can image, in such rough conditions, as it said in the story, " Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating." It is absolutely reasonable for them to be beaten by the misery. But the fact is that no ma tter how rough life had been, they wouldn't lose heart. Wit h strong faith and their love , they did their best to make the other pleased.
The Gift of the Magi剧本
The Gift of the MagiDELLA:Madame:Jim：Boss:道具：硬币、红酒雨伞、小风扇、旧大衣、镜子、手链ACT 1It was the day before Christmas .Della counted the money again and again .She looked very sad.Della：Pennies saved one and two at a time by negotiating with the men at the market who sold vegetables and meat..It was Three times i counted the money. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And the next day would be Christmas.(我们可以准备18个一角的硬币。
背景音乐《平安夜》)There was clearly nothing to do but sit down and cry. So Della cried. Which led to the thought that life is made up of little cries and smiles, with more little cries than smiles.DELLA坐下并哭Let’s have a look at the home .Everything in this house was so old ,the old desk ,the old shelf and the old bed. (背景ppt)Della finished her crying and dried her face（动作）. She stood by the window and looked out unhappily at a gray cat walking along a gray fence in a gray back yard.DELLA: Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and I had only one dollar and eighty-seven cents to buy MY husband Jim a gift. I had been saving every penny I could for months, with this result. Expenses had been greater than i had expected. Many a happy hour i had spent planning to buy something nice for him. Something fine and rare -- something close to being worthy of the honor of belonging to Jim.There was a tall glass mirror between the windows of the room. Suddenly Della turned from the window and stood before the glass mirror and looked at herself.DELLA: OH, How beautiful my hair is. It’s just like waterfall. OH, my god. I can sell my hair for some money.(Magi展示自己的长发，穿上破旧的外套，拿着雨伞匆忙地出去了。
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THEGIFTOFTHEMAGI麦琪的礼物中英对照
介绍：美国著名作家殴亨利的短篇小说《麦琪的礼物》描写了一对相爱至深的情侣在圣诞节互送礼物的故事。
故事情节虽简单，但我们还是能透过作者细腻的笔触感受到浓浓的温情，可谓是非常适合在圣诞季阅读的温暖小说。
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI 麦琪的礼物by O. Henry ［美］欧•亨利/著潘明元/译One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.一元八角七。
全都在这儿了，其中六角是一分一分的铜板。
这些分分钱是杂货店老板、菜贩子和肉店老板那儿软硬兼施地一分两分地扣下来，直弄得自己羞愧难当，深感这种掂斤播两的交易实在丢人现眼。
德拉反复数了三次，还是一元八角七，而第二天就是圣诞节了。
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. 除了扑倒在那破旧的小睡椅上哭嚎之外，显然别无他途。
THEGIFTOFTHEMAGI麦琪的礼物中英对照
介绍：美国著名作家殴亨利的短篇小说《麦琪的礼物》描写了一对相爱至深的情侣在圣诞节互送礼物的故事。
故事情节虽简单，但我们还是能透过作者细腻的笔触感受到浓浓的温情，可谓是非常适合在圣诞季阅读的温暖小说。
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI麦琪的礼物by O. Henry [美]欧·亨利／著潘明元／译One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.一元八角七。
全都在这儿了，其中六角是一分一分的铜板。
这些分分钱是杂货店老板、菜贩子和肉店老板那儿软硬兼施地一分两分地扣下来，直弄得自己羞愧难当，深感这种掂斤播两的交易实在丢人现眼。
德拉反复数了三次，还是一元八角七，而第二天就是圣诞节了。
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.除了扑倒在那破旧的小睡椅上哭嚎之外，显然别无他途。
高中英语选修课英语文学欣赏欧亨利Thegiftofthemagi《麦琪的礼物》学生版讲义资料
The Gift of the MagiO. HenryOne dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Andsixty cents of it was in pennies. Three times Della counted it.One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would beChristmas.There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on theshabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Whichinstigates(鼓动、煽动) the moral reflection that life is made upof sobs and smiles, with sobs predominating（支配、统治）.Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with thepowder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully ata gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrowwould be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with whichto buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling--something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.There was a pier-glass between the windows of the room.Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass. Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its color within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair.So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling(轻柔的起伏) and shining like a cascade of brown waters. It reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her. And then she did it up again nervously and quickly. Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brown hat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she fluttered out the door and down the stairs to the street.Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking（彻底搜索）the stores for Jim's present.She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. It was a platinum fob chain（白金表链）simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim's. It was like him. Quietness and value--the description applied to both. Twenty-one dollars they took from her for it, and she hurried home with the 87 cents. With that chain on his watch Jim might be properly anxious about the time in any company. Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly（偷偷地，暗中地）on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain.She got out her curling irons（卷发钳）.Within forty minutes her head was covered withtiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfullylike a schoolboy. She looked at her reflection in themirror long, carefully, and critically.Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain inher hand and sat on the corner of the table near the doorthat he always entered. Then she heard his step on thestair away down on the first flight, and she turned whitefor just a moment. She had a habit of saying a littlesilent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: "Please God, make him think I am still pretty."The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. He looked thin and very serious. Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two--and to be burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he was without gloves.Jim stopped inside the door with his eyes fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments（情感）that she had been prepared for. He simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar（特别的）expression on his face.Della wriggled off the table and went for him."Jim, darling," she cried, "don't look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It'll grow out again--you won't mind, will you? I just had to do it. My hair grows awfully fast. Say `Merry Christmas!' Jim, and let's be happy. You don't know what a nice--what a beautiful, nice gift I've got for you.""You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim, laboriously（艰难地、辛苦地）."Cut it off and sold it," said Della. "Don't you like me just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, ain't I?"Jim looked about the room curiously."You say your hair is gone?" he said, with an air almost of idiocy."You needn't look for it," said Della. "It's sold, I tell you--sold and gone, too. It's Christmas Eve, boy. Be good to me, for it went for you. Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered," she went on with sudden serious sweetness, "but nobody could ever count my love for you. Shall I put the chops on, Jim?"Eight dollars a week or a million a year--what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer. The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them. Jim drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threw it upon the table."Don't make any mistake, Dell," he said, "about me. I don't think there's anything that could make me like my girl any less. But if you'll unwrap that package you may see why you had me going a while at first."White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper. And then an ecstatic（狂喜地）scream of joy; and then, alas!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.She hugged them to her bosom（胸口）, and at length she was able to look up with dim eyes and a smile and say: "My hair grows so fast, Jim!"And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, "Oh, oh!"Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held it out to him eagerly upon her open palm. "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 it looks on it."Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch（坐到沙发上）and put his hands under the back of hishead and smiled."Dell," said he, "let's put our Christmas presentsaway 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."The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege（权利）of exchange in case of duplication （重复）. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed（牺牲）for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.。
the gift of the magi 赏析
the gift of the magi 赏析英文原版小说“The gift of the Magi”（麦琪的礼物）中，女主Della卖掉自己视若珍宝的长发为心爱的丈夫换来“宝贵”的圣诞礼物，丈夫深深地将其拥入怀中。
在这里，作者留给男女主人公一些空间享受温存的同时，带领读者做了些深层次的思考：For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction. Eight dollars a week or a million a year---what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer. The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them. This dark assertion will be illuminated later on.让我们先花10秒钟时间换个角度审视一些小问题。
一周8美元或一年100万----有什么区别呢？数学家或者机智风趣的人给出的答案可能是错误的。
麦琪（为耶稣）带来了宝贵的礼物，但这却无关乎财富的多与少。
稍后你就会明白我为什么这么说了。
这段内容的难点在最后两句话：“The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them. This dark ass ertion will be illuminated later on.”the Magi：指的是耶稣诞生时，过来送礼物的三个贤人（wise men)，有时也被说成是三个国王；他们送给耶稣的礼物有黄金、乳香和殁药（分别象征尊贵、圣洁和希望），有人说他们开创了圣诞节送礼物的传统。
the gift of magi长难句解析
the gift of magi长难句解析"The Gift of the Magi" 是一个著名的短篇小说，由美国作家 O. Henry 于 1906 年创作。
这个故事主要讲述了一对年轻的夫妇，为了给对方买圣诞礼物，各自卖掉了自己最珍贵的财产。
故事中充满了惊喜和感人的情节。
以下是对故事中长难句的解析：“...the room was aglow with the wattage of electric bulbs, and the open hearth gaped redly at the back like a hungry mouth gaping open.”这句话使用了比喻的修辞手法，把房间里的灯光比作电灯泡的瓦数，把壁炉比作一个饥饿的嘴巴。
这种比喻形象地描绘了房间里的灯光和壁炉的火焰，给人一种视觉上的感受。
“‘The best Christmas gift of all,’ he said, handing her a flat box with a pretty bow on top. ‘The gift of the Magi, wife.'”这句话中的“the gift of the Magi”指的是耶稣诞生时，东方三贤士送给耶稣的礼物——黄金、乳香和没药。
在这个故事中，“the gift of the Magi”被用来比喻最珍贵的礼物。
通过这句话，我们可以感受到这位年轻的丈夫对自己的妻子有多么珍爱，因为他愿意花费自己最珍贵的财产来给她买礼物。
“‘Jim, for three days I’ve eaten nothing but your hard Christmas candy. Save your money, Jim, and buy for yourself a last-minute gift of something that will do you good.’”这句话表达了妻子对丈夫的爱和关心。
【名著阅读】麦琪的礼物
【名著阅读】欧·亨利：麦琪的礼物The gift of the Magi 麦琪的礼物作者：欧·亨利译者：崔爽ONE DOLLAR AND EIGHTY-SEVEN CENTS. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheek burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.一块八毛七分钱。
全在这儿了。
其中六毛钱还是铜子儿凑起来的。
这些铜子儿是每次一个、两个向杂货铺、菜贩和肉店老板那儿死乞白赖地硬扣下来的；人家虽然没有明说，自己总觉得这种掂斤播两的交易未免太吝啬，当时脸都躁红了。
黛拉足足数了三遍。
数来数去还是一块八毛七分钱，明天就是圣诞节了。
There was clearly nothing left to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.显然，这时一个人能做的也只剩下扑倒在简陋的小沙发上号哭一场了吧。
《高考英语晨读美文六100篇》
名著诗歌节选1. The Gift of the Magi (1)导读：《麦琪的礼物》是美国著名作家欧·亨利的著名短篇小说。
吉姆和黛拉生活窘迫，但都深爱着对方。
圣诞节前一天，他们都想送对方一件特别的礼物，结果阴差阳错，两人珍贵的礼物都变成了无用的东西，而他们却得到了比任何实物都宝贵的东西——爱。
Della finished her crying and dried her face. She stood by the window and looked out unhappily at a gray cat walking along a gray fence in a gray back yard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only one dollar and eighty-seven cents to buy her husband Jim a gift. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result.There was a tall glass mirror between the windows of the room. Suddenly Della turned from the window and stood before the glass mirror and looked at herself. Her eyes were shining, but her face had lost its color within twenty seconds. Quickly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.Della and Jim had two possessions which they valued. One was Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair. So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her, shining like a brown waterfall. It reached below her knees and made itself almost like a covering for her. And then quickly she①put it up again. She stood still while a few tears fell on the floor.She②put on her coat and her old brown hat.With a quick motion and brightness still in her eyes, she danced out the door and down the street. Where she stopped the sign read: "Madame Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds." Della ran up the steps to the shop,③out of breath."Will you buy my hair?" asked Della."I buy hair," said Madame. "④Take your hat off and let us have a look at it.”⑤Down came the beautiful brown waterfall of hair."Twenty dollars," said Madame, lifting the hair with an experienced hand."Give it to me quick," said Della.The next two hours went by as if they had wings. Della looked in all the stores to choose a gift for Jim. She found it at last. It was a chain —simple round rings of silver. It was perfect for Jim’s gold watch. She gave the shopkeeper twenty-one dollars and she hurried home with the eighty-seven cents that was left.When Della arrived home she began to repair what was left of her hair. The hair had been ruined by her love and her desire to give a special gift. Repairing the damage was a very big job. Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny round curls of hair that made her look wonderfully like a schoolboy. She looked at herself in theglass mirror long and carefully.麦琪的礼物（1）黛拉停止了哭泣，擦干了脸。
适合初三的英语美文
适合初三的英语美文以下是适合初三水平的英语美文：1. 《The Gift of the Magi》by O. Henry（奥亨利的《玛吉的礼物》）：这是一篇讲述爱情和牺牲的美丽故事，描绘了一对年轻夫妇为了给对方购买圣诞礼物而做出的牺牲。
2. 《The Necklace》by Guy de Maupassant（莫泊桑的《项链》）：这个故事讲述了一个女人为了追求虚荣心而改变她生活的决定，以及这个决定对她的生活造成的影响。
3. 《The Boy in the Striped Pajamas》by John Boyne（约翰·博因的《条纹睡衣男孩》）：这是一部让人深思的小说，以纳粹德国背景为背景，通过一个纳粹军官儿子和一个在集中营里的犹太男孩之间的友谊，探讨了战争、无辜和人性的话题。
4. 《The Old Man and the Sea》by Ernest Hemingway（海明威的《老人与海》）：这是一部简短而充满哲理的小说，讲述了一个老渔夫和他的极具挑战性的捕鱼经历，以及对生命、困境和希望的深刻思考。
5. 《The Diary of Anne Frank》by Anne Frank（安妮·弗兰克的《安妮日记》）：安妮·弗兰克在二战期间的隐藏生活中写下的日记，记录了她的思想、感情以及对生命和人性的深刻洞察。
6. 《The Little Prince》by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry（安托万·德·圣埃克苏佩里的《小王子》）：这是一部充满哲理的童话故事，通过小王子的冒险经历，让人思考成人世界中的价值和意义。
这些美文适合初三水平的学生阅读，它们深刻探讨了人性、价值观和生活中的各种困境，同时语言简洁明了，适合英语学习的同时提升阅读水平。
初二英语文学作品阅读理解20题
初二英语文学作品阅读理解20题1<背景文章>"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry is a heartwarming short story. It is about a young couple, Della and Jim. Della has beautiful long hair that reaches below her knee. She loves her husband Jim deeply. Jim has a precious watch that was passed down from his father. Christmas is approaching, and Della wants to buy Jim a nice gift. But she has very little money. She decides to sell her long hair to a wig maker. With the money, she buys a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch. Meanwhile, Jim has sold his watch to buy beautiful combs for Della's hair.The story shows the true meaning of love and sacrifice. Della and Jim are willing to give up their most precious possessions for each other. Their love is not measured by material things but by the depth of their hearts.1. What does Della have that is very beautiful?A. A nice dress.B. Long hair.C. A pair of shoes.D. A necklace.答案：B。
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D: I’ve cut it off and sold it. It’s sold. I tell you sold and gone, too. It’s Christmas Eve , Jim. Be good to me, for it went for you. J: Well , Della. Don’t make any mistake about me. I don’t think there’s anything about a hair cut that could make me love you any less. I know, it went for me. Look at this package . D:Ah! The combs. They were in the shop windows for many months!
D: But , Jim. They are expensive combs. Now they are mine. Thank you Jim. J; Now, you will see why I was upset at first. D: Jim, you don’t know what a nice –what a beautiful , nice gift I’ve got for you. Can you guess? J: I’m sorry. I won’t guess. D: Look. A gold watch chain. Isn’t it lovely ,Jim? You’ll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. J: Della, Let’s put our Christmas gifts away and keep them a while. They’re too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money. And I bought the combs. Now, Let’s have our supper.
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THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
周文杰2011481425
The Gift of the Magi is a short story wrote by O.Henry.This story tells that in the day before Christmas,a poor young couple exchanged gifts by sold the most precious thing of each,but resulted ordetracted, the two precious gifts all became useless things.While they got the most precious thing than any material objects——love.
After read this story,I learned how to respect others’love and how to love others.In this story,they all lost the most valuable things——Jim’s golden watch and Della’s beautiful hair. Behind this, I saw they loved each other infinitely.They loved their family, they let me feel that cold Christmas Eve has become the warm heaven just because of their gifts. If Della only took one dollar and eighty-seven cents to pick gift,this story will probably lacking of shocking, and also cannot cause readers' thinking.
In this materialistic society, people often use money to measure gifts.When bags of gifts which are packaging delicately in front of us,what can we see except empty and blank? Parents feel happy because of our simple greeting cards in their birthday,because of a few words of blessing.These gifts,simple but true.It can’t be compared with those which built with a lot of money, outlined by luxuriance. What clever gifts! In some sense, they are invaluable.
Y es,in this materialistic society,some people think money is everything,the one who owns money,who owns all.No wonder a great amount of girls became mammonists,and want to marry richers;no wonder more and more men think that there is no true love,what girls love is their money. But I always believe sincere love is existed and it’s priceless. Even if you have millions of money, you can’t change it into true love. Maybe money can let you get some feelings from girls, but those are hypocritical. When you no longer possess vast wealth, the hypocritical feelings will ended and left you extremely painful finally.Jim and Della were a happy couple, although they were poor, living in short of money.In their hearts, money is not important, the important thing is the affection from each other.As long as they have it, they felt happier than any millionaire. Maybe some people will pour scorn on it and cannot understand what their done. If there is a good fortune and a sincere feeling in front of you at the same time, which one will you choose? I wouldn't hesitate to choose the later, because sincere feeling is priceless! I believe that true pay will have sincere return finally, and the one who have true love can have his or her happiness. Nowadays,more and more people have been pressed to lose their breath by the reality.They forgot the persons they love,and the persons who love them.We need to care about others,no matter how much money we have.What our loved one need is how our concern about him or her. In some important days,don’t forget to bring him or her some gifts.No matter what is it,how valuable is it,he or she would like it anyway.
Because it is the gift of the Magi.。