广州版九年级上册课文中英

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 Jim's 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 Della's 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 o'clock, 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, "don't 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，把它放在桌子上。

Della opened it. There lay the set of combs that she had always wanted.Della 打开它，里面躺着的，正是她一直想拥有的一套梳子。

Now they were hers, but her hair was gone.可现在，她拥有了，但她的头发已经不见了。

She smiled and held out Jim's present. "I hunted all over town to find it. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it."她微笑起来，拿出了给 Jim 的礼物。

“我找遍了全城才找到它。

把表给我，我要看看它配上去怎么样。

”Instead of obeying, Jim sat down, put his hands behind his head and smiled.Jim 并没有听从她的吩咐，而是倒在睡椅上，双手放脑后，笑了。

"Della," he said, "I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs."“Della，”他说，“我卖掉了金表，换钱给你买了梳子。

”The last leaf最后一片叶子At the top of a house Sue and Johnsy had their studio.在一所房子的顶部，Sue 和 Johnsy 拥有他们自己的画室。

In November, Johnsy became very ill, and was lying on her bed and looking through the window at the wall of the next house.十一月，Johnsy 病得很严重，她躺在床上，透过窗户，望着下一幢房子的墙。

“Her only chance,” the doctor said, “is for her to want to live.”“她唯一的机会，”医生说，“是她想要活下去。

”After the doctor had gone, Sue came into Johnsy's room. Johnsy was looking out of the window and counting.医生走后，Sue 走进 Johnsy 的房间。

Johnsy 正望着窗外计数。

“Six,” said Johnsy. “There goes another one, there are only five left now.”“6，”Johnsy 说。

“那又掉了一片，只剩 5 片了”。

“Five what, dear”“5 片什么呀，亲爱的”“Leaves. On the ivy vine. I want to see the last one fall. Then I'll die.”“叶子，长春藤上的。

我想看看最后一片落下，然后我就要死了。

”“Johnsy, dear,” said Sue, “try to sleep. I must to and ask Behrman to be my model.”“Johnsy，亲爱的，”Sue 说，“试着睡一下吧，我必须去找 Behrman 做我的模特。

”Old Behrman was a painter. He was past 60 and earned a little money by being a model. Sue found Behrman and told him what Johnsy had said.老 Behrman 是一个画家。

他已 60 多岁了，以做模特赚点小钱为生。

Sue 找到Behrman 并告诉他 Johnsy 说的话。

Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. They looked out of the window at the ivy vine. A cold rain was falling.他们上楼时，Johnsy 正睡着觉。

他们看着窗外那棵长春藤。

一场冷雨正在下着。

The next morning, there stood one ivy leaf.第二天早上，还剩一片叶子。

“It's the last one,” said Johnsy. “It'll fall today, and I'll die.”“这是最后一片了，”Johnsy 说。

“今天就会落下，我就会死了。

”At night, the wind began to blow. The next morning, the leaf wasstill there.到了晚上，风开始吹。

第二天早上，叶子仍然还在。

“Something has made that last leaf stay there. It's wrong to want to die,” said Johnsy to Sue. “Please bring me a little soup now.”“是有什么力量让那最后一片叶子留在那里的，警示我想死的念头是错误的，”Johnsy 对Sue 说，“现在请给我一点汤。

”A few days later, the doc tor said to Sue, “She's out of danger.”几天后，医生对 Sue 说：“她已脱离了生命危险。

”That afternoon, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay.这天下午，Sue 来到 Johnsy 躺的床前。

“Mr Behrman died today,” she said. “He was wet and icy cold from being out all night.“Behrman 先生今天去世了，”她说，“他出去了一整个晚上，浑身淋透了，冰冷冰冷的。