圣诞颂歌_中文版_狄更斯
《圣诞颂歌》解读
象征与隐喻
圣诞节象征
小说以圣诞节为背景,通过圣诞 节的各种元素,如圣诞树、礼物、
烤鹅等,传递出节日的温暖和喜 悦。
人物象征
小说中的主要人物都具有象征意义, 如吝啬鬼史克鲁奇象征着贪婪和自 私,而天使象征着善良和仁慈。
情节隐喻
小说中的一些情节也具有隐喻意义, 如史克鲁奇在梦中经历的三个精灵 的故事,隐喻着人生的三个阶段和 三种命运。
斯克鲁奇与杰基、托米
虽然开始时斯克鲁奇对他们的善意表示怀疑,但随着故事的进展, 他逐渐被他们的纯真和善良打动。
斯克鲁奇与精灵们
精灵们是圣诞节神奇力量的象征,他们带领斯克鲁奇体验了过去的、 现在的和未来的圣诞节,使他意识到自己的错误。
角色心理探索
斯克鲁奇
从极度自私到逐渐被感化的心理变化过程, 揭示了人性的可塑性和转变的可能性。
THANKS
谢谢
幽灵的象征意义
三次幽灵的启示作为故事的重要元素,象征着人性的光明与黑暗的斗争。幽灵带 领斯克鲁奇回顾过去、审视现在、展望未来,使他意识到自己的冷漠和自私。
救赎与重生
救赎之路
斯克鲁奇在幽灵的启示下,开始走上救赎之路。他努力弥补过去的错误,向身 边的人表达关爱,逐渐成为一个更好的人。这一过程体现了救赎与重生的主题。
倒叙手法
在描述过去的事件时,作者运用了倒叙手法,使得故 事更加生动有趣。
悬念设置
小说中不断出现悬念,使读者对后续情节充满期待。
语言风格
生动形象
作者运用丰富的修辞手法,如比喻、拟人等,使 得语言生动形象。
幽默诙谐
小说中穿插了许多幽默诙谐的对话和描写,使读 者在阅读过程中感受到轻松愉快的氛围。
《圣诞颂歌》中英文图片简介ppt课件
蜡烛带着斯克鲁奇飘到了过去,从他的童年开始—
—每一个将要入土的老人能有机会看到自己的童年都是一
件非常值得高兴的事,斯克鲁奇也一样——到他妻子的离
开,让我们更加了解了他
斯克鲁奇看到了自己的童年时的显得非常的高兴快
乐,一张张说了熟悉的脸,一目目熟悉的场景,都让他回
到了儿时的感觉。
因此,我们也了解到了斯克鲁奇的童年——孤单、
深的偏见,只要我们有勇气去重新选择,我们就有彻 底改变自己的力量。显然斯克鲁奇在更深入地察觉他 所处的真实情况之前,无法做出改变的选择。三位鬼 魂的造访使史克鲁奇愈来愈清楚地看到自己过去所拒 绝面对的真实情况,看到了自己过去自私和冷酷无情 的真相,也看到了自己目前的真实情况,尤其是那些 他试图逃避的事情真相,他也看到如果以自己现在的 方式继续生活下去,未来可能发生的事情真相……。 到这时他醒过来了,他明白自己可以不做这些真相的 俘虏,明白自己可以有所选择,因此,他选择了改变 自己。
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影子把斯克鲁奇带到未来的方式比起“过去”和“现在”
更加特别,它是用“赶”的。未来到了,斯克鲁奇看到了 自己的死亡,他没有想到,没有人为他哭泣、伤心,有的 只是高兴和揶揄。
小米蒂死了,全家人都伤心欲绝,鲍伯的心更是失
落到了谷底。斯克鲁奇看着鲍伯被哭的红肿的眼睛,心被
揪的难受。
风雪铺天,雪衣着世。这是银色的世界,是影子带
斯克鲁奇将迎来三个圣诞鬼灵——过
去、现在、未来——他们会帮助他。
他三个鬼灵也如期而至。
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第一个圣诞鬼灵 the Ghost of Christmas Past happy childhood
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圣诞颂歌中文版_圣诞颂歌英语读后感
圣诞颂歌中文版_圣诞颂歌英语读后感【--圣诞节祝福语】圣诞颂歌英语读后感(一)In the summer vaca t ion, I r ead a book which i s ca l l ed “The Chr i s tmas Caro l”. I t i s wr i t t en by Char l es Dickens, a famous Engli sh wr i te r.The s to ry i s about Ebenezer Scrooge,a miser. Scrooge a lways sa id about Chr i s t mas,“Bah,hu mbug”. He a l so didn’t l ike spending money and g iv ing money away even more. M arley used to be the par tner s wi th Scrooge. Unfor tuna te ly, he died 7 years ago. One day, Maley’s ghos t came t o h i s home and to ld Scrooge th ree Chr i s tmas ghos t would come to h i s home. Fi rs t ly, Ghos t o f Chr i s t mas Pas t came. He showed Scrooge how he became a mise r f rom a happy boy. Then, Ghos t o f Chr i s t mas Presen t came. He showed h i s employee and h i s nephew’s happy l ives. F ina l l y, Ghos t o f Chr i s tmas Future came.He took Scroogeto h i s g rave in h i s fu tu re and showed him h i s lonely dea th i s t he resu l t o f h i s mean and mi se r ly l i fe.I n the nex t morn ing, Scrooge unders tood. He changed h i s l iv ing way and became generous. He dona ted m oney to the char i ty o rgan iza t ion.I th ink i t i s a good s to ry.I t t e l l s us to be generous and he lp other peopl e more.To be mise r ly and mean only do harm to other peop le and ourse lves. He lp ing others i s a very good v i r tue.I t makes you fee l good,make o thers fee l warm and make o thers reme mber you. As so many advan tages, why you don’t do th i s?圣诞颂歌英语读后感(二)A Chr i s tmas Caro l i s one of the m ost famous works o f Char les Dickens, who i s a Cr i t i c i sm wri te r in the 19th cen tury. His works main ly re f le c t the rea l i t y. So I l ike h i s works very m uch.Char les Dickens was born in 1812,England. He had many di f f icu l t i e s dur ing h i s ch i ldhood. Ho wever, t hese exper i ences enr iched h i s l i f e, a t the s ame t ime, suppor t ing many wr i t i ng mater ia l s fo r h i s wr i t ing.He wro te more than 20nove ls in a l l,re f lec t ing t he ha te to the money and the sympathy t o the com mon people. His works,such as Grea t Expect a t ions,a Tal e0f Tw0 Ci t i e s, were a f fect ed by many r eaders.This nove l t old a peop le who regard m oney as impor tan t as his own l i f e---Scrooge.Even on Chr i s tmas Eve, he was a l so qui te mean t o everybody. There a re f ive chap te r s in a l l. Chap t er 1in t roduced sc rooge’s charac te r and Mar ley, h i s f r i end’s ghos t. The language was ve ry beau t i fu l and ac t ive.I l ike th i s pa r t best. As fo l lowed the re was a par t o f word to descr ibe Scrooge: he was a hard man wi th money, ha rd as a s tone.He was a secre t se l f-con ta ined man; f r i endless and a lone .the co ldness i ns ide him f roze h i s o ld face. Hi s eyes were red. His th in l ips were b l ue. Cold seemed to s t i f fen hi s way of walk ing.(ww w.un j )The ha i r on h i s head and above h i s eyes was whi te,whi te as snow. He car r ies thi s co ldness with h im a l ways wherever he went. Th is par t i l lus t ra t ed Scrooge was a co ld man. He grasped the money t igh t ly.As the fo l lowing s to ry,Scrooge re fused h i s nephew inv i ta t ion to have the dinner wi th his fami ly. And he a lways sco lded the Chr i s tmas i s humbug.He d idn’t be l ieve the ex is tence o f Chr i s tmas and d idn’t want to share h i s happ iness and money with o thers.He had d inner in an inn and then wentho me.He had rooms in a house which had once be longed to M arley. Scolded sa t qu iet ly on the coach. But suddenly there i s a big knocker on the door.I t was Mar ley’s ghos t.The ghos t was bound by the heavy cha i n and to ld Scrooge i t s t r ag ic fa te. The ghos t to ld Scrooge tha t th ree sp i r i t s w i l l come to Scrooge and then faded away.From chap ter 2to chap ter 4,i t t a lked about the th r ee sp i r i t s. The f i r s t sp i r i t s tood fo r the pas t.I t s howed the happy t imes i n the pas t o f Scrooge. In the pas t Scr ooge a lways sa id“Mer ry Chr is tmas”to whoever he met. He loved l i fe and en joyed every th ing i n h i s l i fe.In th i s pa r t the sp i r i t a l so showed the f i r s t work of Scrooge. His boss, Fezz iwig,t r ea ted them very wel l on Chr i s tmas. But Scrooge gradua l ly changed. He loved m oney m ore than his lover. So h i s lover pa r ted wi t h h im. I t’s the m oney tha t made Scrooge los t many th ings. The second s tands fo r the p resent.in th i s par t, Sc rooge i s a g reedy man . He has no mercy to every th ing and was te of h i s t ime. The th i rd s pi r i t s tands fo r the fu tu re.In t his pa r t,i t s howed tha t Scrooge regre t what he had done.And Scrooge was impressed a t l a s t.He unders tood m oney i s not the on ly th i ng tha t i s wor th to rese r ve. Love and care were impor tan t too.At the l as t chap te r, tha t i s chap ter5,Scrooge changed himse l f and gave mercy to the poor.And he had dinner wi th his nephew.All in a l l, t his s to ry has a per fec t end. Form t his s to ry, I rea l ized tha t in th i s world,money i s no t every t hing.We a l so need love and he lp.圣诞颂歌英语读后感(三)This i s a ca r toon abou t t he change.M aste r s o f Scrooge i s a miser ou t of the name, the f i lm a t t he beg inn i ng of the many plo t s have proved th i s poin t. For m oney, he could re luc t an t ly sacr i f i c ia l fe e and then pay the par tner f rom the eyes o f the dead, remove the t wo pence; h i s nephew in the face o f wel l-meaning nephew greet ing sa t i re hypocr i sy,and tha t the re i s no money to make money a l so sen t days can no t be happy; he can in a loving day, the face o f char i ty fund-ra i s ing co ld and m ocking those who re fused. In h i s world, never jus t money, only the income and never squeeze,the wor ld o f love and warmth,in h i s op in i on wor th less, he would l ive the day to day so s tubborn and lone l yl i f e, no f r i ends, no gree t i ng,accompanied h im, only those who save more more money.In ye t ano t her Chr i s tmas Eve,he re tu rned to h i s home a lone, locked the door when the door bu t was s t a r t l ed by the ghos t o f t e r r or,the nex t i n a se r ies o f s t range i s scared to l e t h i m know what t o do. Died s even years a go to becom e a pa r tne r t of ind the ghos t o f h i s pain fu l pas t to regre t h i s a c t ions and told Scrooge s t i l l have the oppor tun i ty t o change, s ay ing tha t t hree ghos t s wi l l come tohi m, and then d i sappear.Sc rooge shaken quick ly encounte red the f i r s t ghos t,tha t i s h i s pas t,the ghos t of the pas t wi t h h i s back t o h i s ch i ldhood Chr i s tmas, the f i lm i s here a t l a s t out o f the horro r f i lm of t he co lor and the wonder f ul s to ry fu l l tu r n. He saw a ch i ld r id ing a snow mobil e and good par tners happy runn ing;he saw s i t t ing in tha t school a lone the i r own c lass roo m; he saw h i s s i s t e r had been concerned; he s aw his fo rmer t e acher; he saw his acqua i ntance wi th his g i r l f r i end. Every th ing i s so beau t i fu l,when t hese me mori e s f resh in our me mory when Scrooge cu te smi le,t his i s the beginn ing of the ha te fu l o ld man movie very d i f fe rent, in fac t, i n h i s hea r t, the me mor ies a r e s t i l l the re,he can s t i l l r eme mber, only the in te r es t s of these good years and bur ied in the dep ths o f the sou l,so hedid no t remember. Then the ghos t of the pas t brough t h im the day he and hi s wi fe separa ted,the young Scrooge was g rowing up,l i f e and soc ia l p ressure make h i m more a f raid o f pover t y, he began to become more and more emphas i s on money, have begun to s lowly lose s ight o f the i r lover, when she was angry he was no t a l lowed to pu t f orward when the d i s so lut ion o f mar r i age, fac ing her,"Do you s t i l l pursue a l egacy o f poor paren t s d id not l eave the g i r l s?"The ques t ion, he speech less i ndi f fe rence can only be looked a t love to l eave.I t i s a l so s ince then become a rea l Scrooge mise r, s ince the love fo r money are ab le to give, and what s hould he go to nos ta l gia.S i t in the o ld Scrooge looked a t i t a l l,a f te r a l l,di f f icu l t to f ace,angry,f igh t ing the f i r e back to the pas t now. Video here, the ins ide of Scrooge has played some smal l changes, and t he nex t s to r y, then le t him make grea ter changes.Back home af te r Scrooge soon to see the second ghos t,tha t i s h i s now.No w the soul o f humor make h im the perspec t ive o f look ing down f rom heaven,the whole wor ld,l e t him take a l ook a t the human good and ev i l,joy and b i t t e rness,a nd took h im to a s t range house s ta f f Klein,when he saw because o f h i s harshClay s t range resu l t because o f the f ami ly money, on ly when Chr i s tmas Eve to ea t roas t duck; when he saw the r e su l t because of h i s b i t t e r swee t l i t t l e Ra imi can no t hea l when the l a me; Chr i s tmas dinner t ab le when he heard s t range Kle in thanks to him,h i s cold hear t f ina l ly has a t r ace o f warmth,he was ashamed, and regre t t ed t ha t he knew, tha t he"s cold and mean to others has brought so m uch harm, and l a te r t he scene o f h i s nephew home a l so l e t him know he"s mean to b r ing the major i ty of people only ha te and r id icu le,and only h i s dear nephew and loya l s ta f f has done on his cho ice t o fo rg ive, i n th i s be tween love and ha t e, he began gradua l ly unders tand the meaning of l i f e. Then the soul i s now brought h im to the end of l i fe by the ghos t of the fu ture t ake h im to his dea th in the wor ld, no compass ion, no one i s sad,the re a re only curs ing and r id icu le,he was more pa infu l to look a f te r Because o f h i s own sa rcas t i c to vo luntee r Kle in led the ch i ld ren unfor tuna te ly dead s t range end ing,f ina l ly, the ghos t o f the fu ture brought h im be fo re a g r ave, to see the name and t he da te on t he graves tone, he f ina l l y know tha t the Chr i s tmas dead man i s hi s own,face the harsh real i ty, he f ina l ly began to t ru l y re f l ec t on his l iv ing f rom the hear t,because the m oney he had los t too much, missed too much, hur t too much,in the face o f dea th,he f ina l ly unders tood how my l i f eshould"ve been, he regre t ted and s t r uggled,and vowed f rom the pas t, p resen t and fu ture al l in the l essons lea rned and re-change yourse l f.Thi s t ime,Scrooge has rea l ly changed in the fu t ure ghos t s and he opened a smal l joke, th rew h i s "dea th"o f the cof f in. When Scrooge awoke,they were p leasant ly surpr i sed to f ind h imse l f s t i l l a l ive,g lad to have hand,f oot and dance toge ther, wi t h the mos t e nthus iasm to mee t the new day, he no longer mean the money,buy a turkey and generous people pecu l ia r to the Clay fami ly,hugging h i s s ervan ts,to a sk fo rg iveness to the ph i l an th rop is t and dona ted money to h i s nephew to s pend a beau t i fu l Chr i s tmas a t home,t o pay s ta f f a nd to he lp t ake care o f Ra i mi. P lo t and the f i lm se r i es here a t the beginn ing of the ha rsh bi t t e r Scrooge in sharp cont ras t, in th i s sense, Sc rooge i s indeed dead, dead i s the sou l o f the mean,and now he i s new, generous, k ind-heart ed Scrooge, he began his new l i fe,and a l l th i s,just h i s a t t i tude changed i t.Videos in t his wi th love and peace in a per fect end ing, I was deep ly moved.Throughout t he whole f i lm,they m ust express and show, and what we need in l i f e a nd exper ience to face many prob lems,and our r igh t a t t i tude towards l i f e. F rom an objec t ive poin t o f v iew,we a re a l l s t ingy Sc rooge t ha t,s tubborn ly c l ing to someth ing, perhaps the money, i t may be power,s ta t us,f ame ……to p ro tec t those who do no t represen t the i r own th i ngs, too many people Se lec t a c old, c losed,t reachery, ha t red,they c losed the door to co m munica t i on with the ou t s ide wor ld r ea l ly,and then,some people choose to comple te ly s e l f-c los ing,whi le o thers choose to fal se face to face the wor ld. Thus, the wor ld s t a r t e d to become d i r ty, o r m ore prec i se ly in the eyes of those who ge t d i r ty, because in the i r wor ld,long los t love. Thi s i s our sor r ow, we foo l i sh ly thought was to ge t t hem happy, bu t the fac t i s we a re wrong,we t ake advantage o f these th ings, we los t more,and those who a re lost, i t i s p rec i se l y The mos t i m por tan t th i ng in l i fe. As the eyes o f Scrooge"s pas t,he was a l so a young man ful l o f love and kindness,he has a warm fami ly, be loved wi fe, good f r i ends, kind of the boss,in h i s f i r s t f ew decades o f l i f e, Every Chr i s t mas, he f l i es makes sense,s ince tha t t ime,he a l so innocence. Co ming back to our own,too, g r ew up wi t h the i r own,began to s tudy, work, l i f e has been the p ressure, we have gr adua l ly los t the i r innocence, l oss o f the kind of ca r ef ree, reck l ess l i fe, r ight , growing up i s no t so se l f-wi l l ed,i s to shou lder the i r respons ib i l i t i e s, bu t we can no t lose peop le because o f the na ture of g rowing up in tha t warm th ings f or the i r love,ca re fo r o thers,soc ia l ca re,t his wor ld i s bui l t on pe rsona l bas i s,a nd to fa l se f ace to the wor ld,the wor ld i s f a l se;to love the wor ld f ace to face,the wor ld i s fu l l o f love.F rom Chr i s tmas Eve to Chr i s t mas, Scrooge in t he i r pas t exper ience, p resen t and fu tu r e, h i s eyes t he whole wor l d has changed,the o r ig ina l bor ing,c rue l wor ld beco mes f i l l ed wi th love and joy, bu t in fac t the wor ld and not changed, on l y change Scrooge h imsel f.From the p r esen t and fu t ure in Scrooge saw because o f h i s harsh to o t hers and b ring the i r own in ju ry, the re la t ionsh ip be tween people i s mutual,i f you mean to o thers,and even dea th when you lose the t ime no one wi l l f e e l sad fo r you.We a re now done, have de te rmined the i r own fu ture,the f i lm ha l f, Sc rooge cr ied request to change al l tha t, he a l r eady knows his fu tu re i s now caused by the behavio r. Ad mi t t edly, Sc rooge i s lucky in his im minent dea th the n ight be fore, he go t the guide l ines, those guide l ines t hrough the r edempt ion tha t he won,he deep ly repen ted of the i r pas t behavior, and vowed to make changes. Ho wever, t his i s an ima t ion, in re a l i ty,we seldom have the oppor tun i ty to mee t a sa i nt,l e t h im guide us to the los t l ives,we can on ly re l y on the i r own, a lways rev iew your l i f e, and the areas where poor cor responding changes, so as no t to a l l owthemse lves a f ew years back and regre t your l i f e.In add i t ion,the f i lm"s p lo t makes me fee l a p rofound meaning,r eme mber, when the sou l i s now dead, h i s f ee t h idden in two te r r ibl e ch i ld ren,he to ld Scrooge, the re a re two people in th i s wor ld, a i s ca l l ed ignorance, c a l led g reed,we mus t a lways guard aga ins t them. Yes ah,ignorance and gr eed,i s i t no t the fa i lu re of many peopl e l i f e i s i t?I t i s because o f ignorance and greed, people wi l l go to f i rmly grasp someth ing, to the neg lec t o f the mos t va luab le weal th o f hu man na tu re; a l so because o f ignorance and greed, people wi l l be faced wi t h the hypocri sy o f th i s wor ld,s tubbornly tha t the wor l d i s the i r eyes tha t way. So,means tha t too many t r aged ies.Fina l ly t a lk abou t death.Video makes sense fo r the e labora t ion of dea th, see ing the past and p resent, the fu tu re o f the sou l went wi th h im af t e r the dea t h of Scrooge"s wor ld, buta l so a t that t ime,Scrut ton Wizards thoroughly done t he i r penance in t he pas t, He f ina l ly rea l iz ed tha t,in the end of l i fe, not t ake wha t i s, no ma t te r wha t you s t i ck in the wor ld the m o ment you leave,you can t ake away,p robab ly on ly fond me mor ies of the i r l i f e t i me the.So,why no t l e t your l i fe be meaningfu l, some of i t?When Scrooge a f te r hi s dea th in tha tpleasan t ly s urpr i sed to f ind h imse l f s t i l l a l ive,I t hink I have seen the words"What i s happiness,when you see ea r ly in the m orning when you a re al ive,tha t i s happiness."W hen we have a l i f e,cher i sh i t a l l in f ron t o f i t,no t to order some of the th ings they do no t own the t enac i ty o f the peop le a round th i s wor ld al i t t l e more l ove and ca re,so tha t l i f e wil l be more meaningfu l.Time f l i es,t ime i s good,change the face o f l i f e,we need i s gra te fu l and cher i shed.L i fe i s a n a t t i tude,as long as t he menta l i ty has changed,e very th ing wil l ge t be t t e r,to change,j us t a mo ment. This a r t i c le would l ike t o remind ourse lves and to those who are im mersed in the so l i tude au t i s t i c, l i f e los t, no di rec t ion,then le t your l i fe on the road in the fu ture, b roader and be t te r.Bes t wishes,g ive you.themse lves a f ew years back and regre t your l i f e.In add i t ion,the f i lm"s p lo t makes me fee l a p rofound meaning,r eme mber, when the sou l i s now dead, h i s f ee t h idden in two te r r ibl e ch i ld ren,he to ld Scrooge, the re a re two people in th i s wor ld, a i s ca l l ed ignorance, c a l led g reed,we mus t a lways guard aga ins t them. Yes ah,ignorance and gr eed,i s i t no t the fa i lu re of many peopl e l i f e i s i t?I t i s because o f ignorance and greed, people wi l l go to f i rmly grasp someth ing, to the neg lec t o f the mos t va luab le weal th o f hu man na tu re; a l so because o f ignorance and greed, people wi l l be faced wi t h the hypocri sy o f th i s wor ld,s tubbornly tha t the wor l d i s the i r eyes tha t way. So,means tha t too many t r aged ies.Fina l ly t a lk abou t death.Video makes sense fo r the e labora t ion of dea th, see ing the past and p resent, the fu tu re o f the sou l went wi th h im af t e r the dea t h of Scrooge"s wor ld, buta l so a t that t ime,Scrut ton Wizards thoroughly done t he i r penance in t he pas t, He f ina l ly rea l iz ed tha t,in the end of l i fe, not t ake wha t i s, no ma t te r wha t you s t i ck in the wor ld the m o ment you leave,you can t ake away,p robab ly on ly fond me mor ies of the i r l i f e t i me the.So,why no t l e t your l i fe be meaningfu l, some of i t?When Scrooge a f te r hi s dea th in tha tpleasan t ly s urpr i sed to f ind h imse l f s t i l l a l ive,I t hink I have seen the words"What i s happiness,when you see ea r ly in the m orning when you a re al ive,tha t i s happiness."W hen we have a l i f e,cher i sh i t a l l in f ron t o f i t,no t to order some of the th ings they do no t own the t enac i ty o f the peop le a round th i s wor ld al i t t l e more l ove and ca re,so tha t l i f e wil l be more meaningfu l.Time f l i es,t ime i s good,change the face o f l i f e,we need i s gra te fu l and cher i shed.L i fe i s a n a t t i tude,as long as t he menta l i ty has changed,e very th ing wil l ge t be t t e r,to change,j us t a mo ment. This a r t i c le would l ike t o remind ourse lves and to those who are im mersed in the so l i tude au t i s t i c, l i f e los t, no di rec t ion,then le t your l i fe on the road in the fu ture, b roader and be t te r.Bes t wishes,g ive you.themse lves a f ew years back and regre t your l i f e.In add i t ion,the f i lm"s p lo t makes me fee l a p rofound meaning,r eme mber, when the sou l i s now dead, h i s f ee t h idden in two te r r ibl e ch i ld ren,he to ld Scrooge, the re a re two people in th i s wor ld, a i s ca l l ed ignorance, c a l led g reed,we mus t a lways guard aga ins t them. Yes ah,ignorance and gr eed,i s i t no t the fa i lu re of many peopl e l i f e i s i t?I t i s because o f ignorance and greed, people wi l l go to f i rmly grasp someth ing, to the neg lec t o f the mos t va luab le weal th o f hu man na tu re; a l so because o f ignorance and greed, people wi l l be faced wi t h the hypocri sy o f th i s wor ld,s tubbornly tha t the wor l d i s the i r eyes tha t way. So,means tha t too many t r aged ies.Fina l ly t a lk abou t death.Video makes sense fo r the e labora t ion of dea th, see ing the past and p resent, the fu tu re o f the sou l went wi th h im af t e r the dea t h of Scrooge"s wor ld, buta l so a t that t ime,Scrut ton Wizards thoroughly done t he i r penance in t he pas t, He f ina l ly rea l iz ed tha t,in the end of l i fe, not t ake wha t i s, no ma t te r wha t you s t i ck in the wor ld the m o ment you leave,you can t ake away,p robab ly on ly fond me mor ies of the i r l i f e t i me the.So,why no t l e t your l i fe be meaningfu l, some of i t?When Scrooge a f te r hi s dea th in tha tpleasan t ly s urpr i sed to f ind h imse l f s t i l l a l ive,I t hink I have seen the words"What i s happiness,when you see ea r ly in the m orning when you a re al ive,tha t i s happiness."W hen we have a l i f e,cher i sh i t a l l in f ron t o f i t,no t to order some of the th ings they do no t own the t enac i ty o f the peop le a round th i s wor ld al i t t l e more l ove and ca re,so tha t l i f e wil l be more meaningfu l.Time f l i es,t ime i s good,change the face o f l i f e,we need i s gra te fu l and cher i shed.L i fe i s a n a t t i tude,as long as t he menta l i ty has changed,e very th ing wil l ge t be t t e r,to change,j us t a mo ment. This a r t i c le would l ike t o remind ourse lves and to those who are im mersed in the so l i tude au t i s t i c, l i f e los t, no di rec t ion,then le t your l i fe on the road in the fu ture, b roader and be t te r.Bes t wishes,g ive you.themse lves a f ew years back and regre t your l i f e.In add i t ion,the f i lm"s p lo t makes me fee l a p rofound meaning,r eme mber, when the sou l i s now dead, h i s f ee t h idden in two te r r ibl e ch i ld ren,he to ld Scrooge, the re a re two people in th i s wor ld, a i s ca l l ed ignorance, c a l led g reed,we mus t a lways guard aga ins t them. Yes ah,ignorance and gr eed,i s i t no t the fa i lu re of many peopl e l i f e i s i t?I t i s because o f ignorance and greed, people wi l l go to f i rmly grasp someth ing, to the neg lec t o f the mos t va luab le weal th o f hu man na tu re; a l so because o f ignorance and greed, people wi l l be faced wi t h the hypocri sy o f th i s wor ld,s tubbornly tha t the wor l d i s the i r eyes tha t way. So,means tha t too many t r aged ies.Fina l ly t a lk abou t death.Video makes sense fo r the e labora t ion of dea th, see ing the past and p resent, the fu tu re o f the sou l went wi th h im af t e r the dea t h of Scrooge"s wor ld, buta l so a t that t ime,Scrut ton Wizards thoroughly done t he i r penance in t he pas t, He f ina l ly rea l iz ed tha t,in the end of l i fe, not t ake wha t i s, no ma t te r wha t you s t i ck in the wor ld the m o ment you leave,you can t ake away,p robab ly on ly fond me mor ies of the i r l i f e t i me the.So,why no t l e t your l i fe be meaningfu l, some of i t?When Scrooge a f te r hi s dea th in tha tpleasan t ly s urpr i sed to f ind h imse l f s t i l l a l ive,I t hink I have seen the words"What i s happiness,when you see ea r ly in the m orning when you a re al ive,tha t i s happiness."W hen we have a l i f e,cher i sh i t a l l in f ron t o f i t,no t to order some of the th ings they do no t own the t enac i ty o f the peop le a round th i s wor ld al i t t l e more l ove and ca re,so tha t l i f e wil l be more meaningfu l.Time f l i es,t ime i s good,change the face o f l i f e,we need i s gra te fu l and cher i shed.L i fe i s a n a t t i tude,as long as t he menta l i ty has changed,e very th ing wil l ge t be t t e r,to change,j us t a mo ment. This a r t i c le would l ike t o remind ourse lves and to those who are im mersed in the so l i tude au t i s t i c, l i f e los t, no di rec t ion,then le t your l i fe on the road in the fu ture, b roader and be t te r.Bes t wishes,g ive you.。
a christmas carol课文翻译
a christmas carol课文翻译
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目录
1.介绍《圣诞颂歌》
2.《圣诞颂歌》的作者查尔斯·狄更斯
3.《圣诞颂歌》的主要内容
4.《圣诞颂歌》的社会影响
5.《圣诞颂歌》的课文翻译
正文
《圣诞颂歌》是英国著名作家查尔斯·狄更斯的一部经典作品,它讲述了一位名叫斯克鲁吉的吝啬鬼在圣诞前夕遭遇了一系列神秘的访客,从而改变了他的人生观和价值观的故事。
查尔斯·狄更斯是 19 世纪英国最伟大的小说家之一,他的作品深刻揭示了当时英国社会的众多问题,对社会产生了深远的影响。
《圣诞颂歌》就是其中一部反映社会问题的作品,它通过一个简单的故事,展示了社会中的贫富差距和人性的缺陷。
《圣诞颂歌》的主要内容包括了斯克鲁吉的改变,以及他周围的人的生活状态。
故事从圣诞前夕开始,斯克鲁吉的一位已故合伙人的鬼魂拜访他,警告他改变自己的生活方式。
随后,斯克鲁吉又遇到了其他几个鬼魂,他们分别代表过去、现在和未来,他们带领斯克鲁吉参观了他的过去、现在和未来,让他深刻认识到自己的错误,并决定改变自己的生活方式。
《圣诞颂歌》的社会影响深远,它不仅在当时的英国社会引起了巨大的反响,而且在今天的世界范围内,仍然被广泛地阅读和传颂。
故事中的斯克鲁吉的改变,象征着人性的觉醒和善良的回归,它鼓励人们关注社会问题,关注身边的人,关爱他人,以善良和爱心来面对生活。
《圣诞颂歌》的课文翻译,可以让我们更好地理解和欣赏这部作品。
通过翻译,我们可以更深入地理解作品中的文化和历史背景,更好地理解作者的意图和思想,从而更好地欣赏和理解这部作品。
a christmas carol课文翻译
a christmas carol课文翻译摘要:I.简介- 介绍《圣诞颂歌》的故事背景和作者II.故事情节- 斯克鲁吉的过去与现在- 三个幽灵的显现- 斯克鲁吉的救赎之路III.作品主题- 仁爱、慷慨与善良的力量- 社会批判与道德教化IV.作品影响- 对后世的启示和影响- 在圣诞节传统中的地位正文:《圣诞颂歌》是英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯创作的一部脍炙人口的小说,讲述了一个关于仁爱、慷慨与善良的感人故事。
作为一部经典的圣诞文学作品,它深刻地揭示了人性的光辉与黑暗,对社会进行了深刻的批判,对后世产生了深远的影响。
故事的主人公斯克鲁吉是一个贪婪、吝啬、毫无人情味的商人。
他对员工苛刻、对社会冷漠,甚至在圣诞节这样的节日里也毫不在意。
然而,在一个圣诞前夕,斯克鲁吉被三个幽灵带领,穿越时空,回顾了自己的过去、现在和未来。
在这段旅程中,斯克鲁吉看到了自己曾经的仁慈与慷慨,也看到了自己如今的冷酷与自私。
这使他意识到,自己的所作所为给他人带来了极大的痛苦,也让自己失去了幸福。
在最后一个幽灵的引导下,斯克鲁吉开始了自己的救赎之路。
他重新找回了仁爱、慷慨与善良的品质,改变了自己的为人处世方式。
在故事的最后,斯克鲁吉成为了社区中的一个榜样,用爱心与关怀温暖了身边的人们。
《圣诞颂歌》作为一部深入人心的作品,传递了仁爱、慷慨与善良的价值观。
它通过斯克鲁吉这个角色的转变,强烈地批判了当时的英国社会对穷人的冷漠与忽视。
同时,作品以温馨的笔触展示了人性的美好,为人们提供了一个美好的愿景。
因此,这部作品不仅在文学史上具有重要地位,而且在圣诞节传统中也具有特殊的意义。
总的来说,《圣诞颂歌》是一部充满智慧和启示的小说。
它以生动的故事和深刻的主题,引导人们追求善良与幸福,为社会带来了积极的影响。
狄更斯圣诞颂歌英文版 (2)
狄更斯圣诞颂歌英文版Title: A Review of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in EnglishIntroduction:Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a timeless classic that has captured the hearts of readers for generations. This article aims to provide an accurate and comprehensive review of the English version of this beloved novel. The article will be structured as follows: an introduction, a main body consisting of five major points with several sub-points, and a conclusion.Main Body:1. The Plot:1.1 The Setting: The story takes place in 19th-century London during the Christmas season.1.2 The Characters: The protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge, is a wealthy but miserly businessman. Other important characters include Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's impoverished employee, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.1.3 The Conflict: Scrooge's encounter with the ghosts forces him to confront his own greed and transform into a more compassionate person.1.4 The Themes: The novel explores themes of redemption, the importance of family and community, and the spirit of Christmas.2. Social Commentary:2.1 Poverty and Social Injustice: Dickens highlights the stark contrast between the wealthy elite and the impoverished working class, shedding light on the social inequalities of the time.2.2 The Industrial Revolution: The novel reflects the impact of industrialization on society, emphasizing the plight of workers and the need for social reforms.2.3 The Power of Money: Dickens criticizes the obsession with wealth and materialism, emphasizing the importance of human connection and empathy.3. Writing Style:3.1 Descriptive Language: Dickens' vivid descriptions bring the characters and settings to life, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the story.3.2 Dialogue: The dialogue is engaging and reveals the personalities and motivations of the characters.3.3 Symbolism: Dickens masterfully uses symbols, such as the chains worn by Marley's ghost, to convey deeper meanings and enhance the narrative.4. Impact and Legacy:4.1 Cultural Significance: A Christmas Carol has become synonymous with the holiday season and has inspired numerous adaptations in literature, film, and theater.4.2 Philanthropy and Generosity: The novel's message of compassion and generosity has had a lasting impact on society, encouraging charitable acts during the Christmas season.4.3 Dickens' Influence: A Christmas Carol solidified Dickens' reputation as a social reformer and one of the greatest Victorian novelists.5. Critical Reception:5.1 Contemporary Reviews: The novel received favorable reviews upon its publication, with critics praising Dickens' storytelling abilities and moral message.5.2 Enduring Popularity: A Christmas Carol continues to be widely read and celebrated, with its themes and characters resonating with readers of all ages.5.3 Literary Analysis: Scholars have analyzed the novel's structure, symbolism, and social commentary, cementing its status as a literary masterpiece.Conclusion:In conclusion, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in English is a captivating and thought-provoking novel that explores themes of redemption, social injustice, and the true meaning of Christmas. Through its engaging plot, rich characters, and powerful social commentary, the book continues to inspire readers and remind us of the importance of compassion and generosity during the holiday season and beyond.。
狄更斯圣诞颂歌英文版
狄更斯圣诞颂歌英文版Title: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - An OverviewIntroduction:A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a timeless classic that has captivated readers for generations. This article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the English version of this beloved novel. The article will be structured with an introduction, followed by five main points, each containing three to five subpoints, and a conclusion summarizing the key aspects of the novel.Main Point 1: Plot Summary1.1 Introduction of Ebenezer Scrooge1.2 Encounter with the Ghost of Jacob Marley1.3 Visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come1.4 Redemption of Scrooge1.5 Transformation of Scrooge's characterMain Point 2: Themes Explored2.1 The Importance of Redemption and Second Chances2.2 The Spirit of Christmas and Generosity2.3 The Consequences of Ignorance and Greed2.4 The Power of Reflection and Self-Improvement2.5 The Value of Human Connection and CompassionMain Point 3: Character Analysis3.1 Ebenezer Scrooge: A Miserly and Cold-hearted Businessman3.2 Bob Cratchit: A Dedicated and Humble Clerk3.3 Tiny Tim: A Symbol of Hope and Innocence3.4 Jacob Marley: A Warning of the Afterlife's Consequences3.5 The Ghosts: Catalysts for Scrooge's TransformationMain Point 4: Social Commentary4.1 Depiction of Victorian Society and Its Injustices4.2 Critique of the Industrial Revolution's Impact on the Working Class4.3 Examination of Wealth Disparity and Its Consequences4.4 The Role of Education and Ignorance in Society4.5 Reflection on the Importance of Family and CommunityMain Point 5: Literary Techniques5.1 Symbolism: The Use of Ghosts, Chains, and Christmas5.2 Foreshadowing: Clues Throughout the Story5.3 Irony: Scrooge's Transformation and the Spirit of Christmas5.4 Imagery: Vivid Descriptions of Characters and Settings5.5 Narrative Structure: The Three Stave FormatConclusion:In conclusion, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a remarkable work that explores themes of redemption, generosity, and the true spirit of Christmas. Through a captivating plot, memorable characters, and Dickens' masterful use of literary techniques, the novel delivers a powerful social commentary on Victorian society. It serves as a reminder of the importance of compassion, self-reflection, and the value of humanconnection. A Christmas Carol continues to resonate with readers worldwide, reminding us of the true meaning of the holiday season.。
《圣诞颂歌》解读
1.what kind of person he is?
► He earns a lot of money but never do the charity. ► He means to others, even to himself.
On the Christmas Eve, it is cold outside, he had a very small fire, but the clerk's fire was so much smaller that it looked like one coal.
► A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published on 19 December 1843.
► A Christmas Carol tells a story: Scrooge, a man, rich but selfish and indifferent, even beggars do not want to beg for him, is visited on Christmas Eve by three Christmas Elf: the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, the Ghost of Yet to Come.
when the the Ghost of Christmas Present came
精神家园的守望——由《圣诞颂歌》看狄更斯的生态关怀
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由《 圣诞颂歌》 看狄更斯 的生态关怀
王 静, 张 坊
( 河南科技大学 外国语学 院 , 河南 洛阳 4 7 1 0 0 3 )
批判现实主义的杰出代表。
妙笔下 , 一 位焕然一新 的人物形象巍然屹立 。最初那个贪婪 自 私冷血无情 的斯科鲁奇 已渐渐地远离人们的视野 , 取而代
之 的是一位慷慨大方 、 乐 善好 施的慈善家。通过塑造斯科鲁
奇这一 由自私冷漠到慷慨大方 , 由心灵荒芜走 向精神富饶 的 典型人物 , 狄更斯辛辣地讽 刺了资本主义的虚伪贪婪和金钱 之上的功利主义 , 并 以此 寄托了 自己对美好 的精神家园的守
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引言
查尔斯 ・ 狄更斯 ( C h a d e s D i c k e n s , l 8 1 2 —1 8 7 O ) 是英国
文学史上继莎士 比亚之后 的又 一文 学 巨匠。狄更斯 一生刻 苦写作 , 为世人 留下了一大批优秀 的经典著作 。众 所周知 的
冒着寒冷在风雪交加 的夜 晚赶 到舅舅 的商铺去邀请 他参加
家里的聚会 。但 是这 一善 意并没有 赢得斯 科鲁奇 的感 动反
圣诞颂歌
它是善与爱的颂歌。 因为它告诉我们,拥 有什么样的人生,自 己是可以选择的。
为了每一个绚烂美好的生命, 向善而生,以爱为盾。
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主要讲述了性情刻薄、冷酷的守财奴吝 啬鬼埃比尼泽·斯克鲁奇以一种始终如 一的贪婪、一毛不拔、不管不顾的守财 奴嘴脸,开始进入圣诞假期的准备工作, 然后继续想尽办法去剥削他那忠诚可靠 的雇员鲍勃·克莱切特以及爽朗快乐的 侄子弗莱德„„
• 让埃比尼泽想象不到的是,他竟然意外遭遇了他那刚死去 不久的合伙人约瑟夫·马利的鬼魂,虽然约瑟夫人已经不 在这个世上了,但约瑟夫告诉埃比尼泽,在他之后还会有 三个幽灵来拜访他„„很快,这三个分别被称为圣诞节的 \\\"过去之灵\\\"、\\\"现在之灵\\\"和\\\"未来之灵 \\\"的鬼魂就找到了他,然后带领着这位铁公鸡一样吝啬 的老人展开了一场令人瞠目结舌且很有启发作用的时空之 旅,揭开了一些他一直不愿意面对和直视的真相--在这个 过程中,埃比尼泽不得不重新打开心结,在一切还来得及 的时候,消除这么多年以来积累下来的憎恨斯是19世纪英国 批判现实主义小说家,他的作 品代表着英国维多利亚盛世小 说的最高成就。他描写生活在 英国社会底层的“小人物”的 生活遭遇,深刻地反映了当时 英国复杂的社会现实,为英国 批判现实主义文学的开拓和发 展做出了卓越的贡献。他笔下 的许多人物成为英国文学史上 的经典代表形象。狄更斯用讽 刺的笔触批判现实,写作手法 纯熟,人物个性鲜明,表达了 对社会改革的深切忧思。
A Christmas Carol狄更斯《圣诞颂歌》大意及读后感
A Christmas Carol狄更斯《圣诞颂歌》大意及读后感General Idea(大意): Scrooge was an old man who was hard, clever and mean. Therewas nothing warm or open about him. He lived a secretive, lonely life. OneChristmasEve,hisnephewwishhimaMerryChristmas,buthesaidcrossly,“Christmasishum bug”. The spirit of his parents Marleg, who died seven ago came and called onhim. He told Scrooge that he had done lots of bad things, and told him to save himselffrom what was happened to him. Next three spirits visited him. They showed his past,now and future. He saw he would had a sad future and he realized that he was wrong.So he changed, he made himself be kind to others. He offered help to people in need,and lived a happy life.Feelings and thoughts(读后感): Money cannot buy everything. In our life, manythings are more important than money. Without them, our life will lose its point. Themeaning of life is giving, but not taking. Money cannot buy a happy life.Beautiful Sentences(优美句子):The spirit of every man who dose not help other people in life has to travel endlesslythrough the world after his death.We have to carry the chains that we made for ourselves in our lifetime.The happiness that he gives is just as valuable as money.Money cannot buy a happy life, or a peaceful death.1/ 1。
狄更斯 圣诞颂歌
《匹克威克外传》 (ThePickwickPapers)——1836年 《雾都孤儿》 (OliverTwist)——1837年-1839年 《老古玩店》(TheOldCuriocityShop) ——1840年-1841年 《圣诞颂歌》(AChristmasCarol)— —1843年
《圣诞颂歌》(AChristmasCarol) ——1843年 《大卫· 科波菲尔》 (DavidCopperfield)——1849年1850年 《双城记》(ATaleofTwoCities)— —1859年 《远大前程》(GreatExpectations) ——1860年-1861年
查尔斯· 约翰 · 赫芬姆· 狄 更斯 Charles John Huffam Dickens 1812年2月7日英国 1870年6月9日
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No one is useless in the world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. 在世界上为他人 减轻负担,任何人都有所作为。 There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. 世界有阴影, 但亮光在对比下显得更强。 Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. 要有一颗永不变硬的心,一付永不厌倦的脾 气,以及一种永不受损的风格。
That night, before the ghost of Christmas and now the ghost of Christmas and the future of the ghost of Christmas respectively to find Scrooge, and he showed that when a person too much emphasis on money, lack of humanity after the unfortunate fate. Then Scrooge was really afraid and decided to change herself..
圣诞颂歌(中英双语插图本)
【第292本|狄更斯《圣诞颂歌》】什么是圣诞节?是深红色的窗帷,把寒冷和黑暗挡在屋外,屋内满是欢 声笑语;是挂满彩球的圣诞树,顶上一颗明星,底下堆满了礼物;是千家万户的厨房、客厅以及各个房间壁炉里 燃起的熊熊炉火,映出一席丰盛的晚餐。被新冠疫情偷走的这两年,让我们深切意识到:世事的安排,最为公正 无私不偏不倚,非人力所能左右。
情节一点点老套的故事,有点古代传奇的感觉,但是对于细节比如风声音表情动作场景心的描写都很细腻, 很戳人能让人红眼眶。
作者介绍
查尔斯·狄更斯(全名:查尔斯·约翰·赫法姆·狄更斯,英文:Charles John Huffam Dickens,1812年 2月7日—1870年6月9日),英国作家。生于朴次茅斯市郊的海军小职员家庭,少时因生活窘迫,断断续续入校求 学,后被迫做童工,当过律师事务所学徒、录事、法庭记录员、报馆采访员。1837年完成第一部长篇小说《匹克 威克外传》的创作,一生创作多部描写生活在英国社会底层的“小人物”生活遭遇的作品,深刻地反映了当时英 国复杂的社会现实,为英国批判现实主义文学的开拓和发展做出了卓越的贡献,对英国文学发展起到了深远影响。
读书笔记
两年前看了Guy Pearce版的‘BBC电视短剧,BBC的出品dark是肯定的,Guy扮演的Scooge毫无血色的臭脸印 象深刻。
劝人行善的作品总是经久不衰,正如我们向来倡导的那样。
距离圣诞节还有一周。耶稣死后一千余年,人们终于大规模地庆祝圣子降临,又在合家欢的气氛中冲淡了神 子的苦楚,为圣诞节赋予了人类的温馨。是God所说“love your neighbors” "forgive your debtors".而斯 克掳奇的转变也理所应当。
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写作背景
《圣诞颂歌》是英国大作家狄更斯创作的一系列圣诞故事中最著名的一篇,被称为“有史以来第二个最伟大 的圣诞故事”(第一个最伟大的圣诞故事无疑是指福音书中记载的耶稣基督诞生的故事)。《圣诞颂歌》问世 160年来,千百万人为之陶醉,受其鼓舞。许许多多的版本和译本以及根据它改编的舞台、电视、电影剧本层出 不穷。然而鲜为人知的是,这个“欢快、辉煌的”的圣诞故事竟产生于作家创作生涯的一个阴郁时期。狄更斯当 时濒临破产,情绪极为低落,他写作此书原是为了摆脱债务(他称之为“一个小小的图谋”),但很快便发生了 不可思议的变化。当他在写自己喜爱的圣诞故事时,沮丧的情绪一扫而光。《圣诞颂歌》成了作家一项出自爱心 的劳作。狄更斯曾谈到他是怎样在创作时“哭泣、大笑、又哭泣”的,他从未怀疑过,《圣诞颂歌》会受人喜爱, 但此书带来的压倒一切的轰动效应,却是他和出版商都始料未及的。狄更斯后来回忆道,第一版的6000册在圣诞 节前夜销售一空,后来不断重印,仍供不应求,一时颇有“英伦纸贵”之势。这种现象在维多利亚时代的图书市 场上是极为罕见的。在某种意义上,《圣诞颂歌》永远地改变了作家的一生。1843年以后,在短短几年间,狄更 斯又发表了若干与圣诞节有关的中篇小说,如《古教堂的钟声》等。
1843年的伦敦是个相当肮脏的城市。房屋拥挤,人们用煤火取暖(斯克鲁奇在办公室就是这样取暖的)。煤烟 同低空的云混在一起,所产生的浓雾远远比今天的要严重。但如果没有雾,而烟尘能够上升的话,寒冷的天气带 来的是更洁净的空气——当时没有小汽车、卡车和以燃油为动力的引擎——雪也是洁白而干净的。
在圣诞节介 Chapter1Marley'sghost 第1章马利的鬼魂 Chapter2ThefirstofthethreeSpirits 第2章三个幽灵中的第一个 Chapter3TheSecondofthethreeSpirits 第3章三个幽灵中的第二个 Chapter4Thelastofthethreespirits 第4章三个幽灵中的最后一个 Chapter5Theendof
圣诞颂歌
内容简介
内容简介
《圣诞颂歌》封面富有而冷漠无情,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。这一切渐渐唤醒他人性的另一面——同情、仁慈、爱心及喜悦。瞬间,他那固有的自私及冷酷迅速 崩塌,消失殆尽,从此变成了一个乐善好施的人。于是在鬼魂拜访过的第二天早上,也就是圣诞节的早晨,雇员 鲍勃(Bob)上班迟到了,他原以为斯克鲁奇会生气的。可是相反,斯克鲁奇对他说,“我的好伙计,祝你圣诞快 乐!我要给你加薪,而且还要尽力去帮助你贫困的家庭。快点把火生着,再去买一个煤筐。”接着他又买了一只 特别大的火鸡叫人给鲍勃家送去。随后,他第一次去拜访了自己的外甥,在街上逢人便招呼道“圣诞快乐”,而 人们也都报以和善的微笑。斯克鲁奇平生第一次感到了真正的快乐。“他的心在笑”,从乐善好施中他真正体会 到了生活的乐趣。
谢谢观看
狄更斯时年31岁,生有4个孩子,正处在事业的顶峰上。《匹克威克外传》(The Pickwick Papers)、 《雾都孤儿》(Oliver Twist)和 《尼古拉斯·尼可贝》(Nicholas Nickleby)这三本书颇受读者青睐,在 世界文坛上享有盛名。可是此时此刻,这位作家却陷于严重的困境之中。
重读狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》
重读狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》作者:阿普里尔·奥斯汀来源:《英语世界》2020年第12期Each December I reread Charles Dickens’s 1843 classic A Christmas Carol, and every time,for different reasons, it moves me deeply. I picked the book out of a remainder pile at one of the big chain bookstores in the 1990s, and it sat untouched on my shelf for years. I found it again about 10 years ago when searching for an antidote to the usual holiday frenzy of buying and doing.A Christmas Carol,like Handel’s Messiah and Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, is such a reliable holiday chestnut1 that it’s easy to take it for granted. Modern readers might find some parts of the book mawkish2 or too sentimental, but Dickens knew what he was doing. He understood how to wring sympathy from his Victorian audience, and how to influence public opinion toward the social reform that lies at the heart of his tale.The emotions in A Christmas Carol are as outsize as any melodrama,but in Dickens’s masterful hands,I’m swept along, as eager as ever to witness Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation from unfeeling miser to warmhearted benefactor. The three ghosts who haunt Scrooge on the night before Christmas are not only peddling cautionary tales, but also teaching him how to live more generously and with kindness toward his fellow beings.I’m in thrall to3 the words of the ghost of Scrooge’s old business partner, Jacob Marley, who comes to warn Scrooge of the arrival of the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future. Scrooge asks Marley why he is shackled and receives the chilling reply:“I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”Like Scrooge, I find myself looking around, metaphorically speaking, to see if I, too,am weighted down by fetters of my own design. It’s a powerful moment early in the story, and it sets a tone of self-reflection that is clearly warranted in the case of Scrooge. Marley’s ghos t is tormented by the “incessant torture of remorse” for the fact that in life he never lifted a hand to help others, so focused was he, like Scrooge, on making money. Now, he wants to save his partner from a similar fate.Dickens is not only comm enting on one particular old skinflint; he’s indicting an entire society for failing to look after the poorest and neediest, especially children. Originally, Dickens had wanted to write a pamphlet called An Appeal to the People of England on Behalf of the Poor Man’s Child but wisely discarded this idea, reasoning that people were more likely to absorb his message if it came wrapped in an entertaining story. He wrote A Christmas Carol in less than six weeks, and it was an immediate success. The book helped sway public attitudes toward the poor.As a writer,I stand in awe of4 Dickens’s prose. I enjoy its circumlocutions and switchbacks,the comic and the sly asides, and the boisterous excesses. But more than any other reason, I reread A Christmas Carol to feel. I want to run through the gamut of emotions that Scrooge experiences as he cowers in fear, weeps with remorse, and finally laughs with joy.I want to be reminded that we all have the power to “render [others] happy or unhappy,” as Scrooge observes to the Ghost of Christmas Past. And I long to see my world through transformed eyes as Scrooge does when he goes for a walk on Christmas Day and finds that “everything could yield him pleasure. He had never dreamed that any walk—that anything—could give him so much happiness.” By the time Scrooge promises his long-suffering clerk, Bob Cratchit, a raise, and we’re apprised of5 the fact that Cratchit’s son Tiny Tim did not die as was foretold,there’s not a dry eye in the house.When I reread A Christmas Carol,I’m transported miles away from to-do lists and shopping malls. I won’t say that I escape the seasonal bustle for long, but when I return to it, I feel better for having spent time in pleasant company; I’m more hopeful and perhaps a bit less jaded. As people said of the reformed Scrooge,“he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.”每年12月,我都會重读查尔斯·狄更斯创作于1843年的经典作品《圣诞颂歌》,每次都因不同的缘由而深受触动。
双语阅读《圣诞欢歌》节选
双语阅读《圣诞欢歌》节选双语阅读《圣诞欢歌》节选《圣诞颂歌》是1843年查尔斯·狄更斯创作的小说,该小说是查尔斯·狄更斯三部圣诞小说之一。
该小说主要讲的是一个吝啬鬼的故事。
一个吝啬鬼积攒了很多钱,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沾他的便宜而推辞,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。
他晚上回到了家,夜幕里他看见了一张鬼脸,这真的是鬼?还是他的幻像?然而,鬼的出现却使他发生了天翻地覆的变化。
《圣诞欢歌》A Christmas CarolThe end of the storyYes!and the bedpost was his own.The bed was his own,the room was his own.Best and happiest of all, the future was his own, to change his life in!‘I will remember the past,and think of the future,’repeated Scrooge,as he jumped out of bed.‘God bless you,Jacob Marley!And God bless Christmas!’In his excitement he found it difficult to speak.His face was still wet from crying.‘Here are my bed-curtains!’he cried delightedly.‘They aren't stolen! And I'm alive!Those were only shadows of things that may be!The future will be different!I know it will!’All this time his hands were busy,hurriedly putting on his clothes.He put his left foot in his right shoe,couldn't find the buttons on his shirt,and forgot to brush his hair.‘I don't know what I'm doing!’said Scrooge,laughing and crying at the same time.‘A merry Christmas to everybody!A happy new year to all the world!Hurrah! There's the door which Jacob's ghost came through!There's the corner where the ghostof Christmas Present sat!There's the window where I saw the travelling ghosts!It's all true,it all happened!Ha ha h a!’Really,for a man who hadn't laughed for so many years,it was an excellent laugh.The father of a long line of excellent laughs!‘I don't know what day of the month it is!’said Scrooge.‘I don't know how long I've been with the spirits!I don't know anything.I'm just like a baby.Never mind!I prefer being a baby!Hurrah!’Just then he heard the church bells ring out louder than he had ever heard before.Running to the window,he opened it and looked out.No fog at all,a clear,bright,cold day,golden sunlight,blue sky,sweet clean air,merry bells.Oh,wonderful!wonderful!‘What's today?’he cried,calling down to a boy in the street.‘Today?’replied the boy,in great surprise.‘Why,it's Christmas Day!’‘So I haven't missed it!’thought Scrooge.‘The spirits have done it all in one night!’He called down to the boy again,‘Hallo, young man!Do you know the meat shop at the corner of the next street? ’‘Of course I do,’replied the boy.‘What an intelligent boy!’said Scrooge.‘Do you know if they've sold the big turkey that was in the shop window yesterday?’‘What,the one as big as me?’asked the boy.‘What a delightful boy!’said Scrooge.‘It's wonderful talking to him.Yes,that's the one!’‘It's still there in the window,’said the boy.‘Is it?’said Scrooge.‘Well,go and buy it.’‘You don't mean it!’cried the by.‘I do,I do.I'm serious.Go and buy it,and tell the man to bring it back e back with the man and I'll give you a e back in less than five minutes and I'll give you three shillings!’The by went off like a bullet from a gun.‘I'll send the turkey to Bob Cratchit's! laughed Scrooge.‘He'll never know who's sent it!It's twice as big as Tiny Tim!Ha ha ha!’He went on laughing as he wrote Bob's address,gave it to the man with the turkey,and paid for a taxi,because the turkey was much too heavy to carry all the way to Camden T own.Now he finished dressing,and went out into the streets,wearing his best clothes.The town was full of happy,busy people,and Scrooge smiled at all of them.Three or four men said cheerfully to him,‘Good morning,sir! And a merry Christmas to you!’scrooge thought these were the best sounds that he had ever heard.As he was walking,he suddenly noticed one of the comfortable-looking gentlemen who had come to his office to ask for money for the poor.Scrooge went straight up to him,took the old gentleman by both hands,and said,‘My dear sir,how are you? A merry Christmas to you,sir!’‘Mr Scrooge?’asked the gentleman,surprised.‘Yes, that's my name.I'm very sorry for what I said to you when you visited me yesterday.Will you please—’and he spoke very quietly in the gentleman's ear.‘Good Heavens!’cried the gentleman.‘My dear Mr Scrooge,are you serious?’‘I am.Not a shilling less.I must tell you,I haven't given anything to anyone for years.’‘My dear sir!’said the gentleman,shaking hands with him.‘I don't know how to thank you for—’Don't say anything,please,’replied Scrooge.‘Will you come and see me tomorrow about it?’‘I will!’cried the old gentleman happily.‘Thank you,and God b less you!’said Scrooge.He went to church,and watched the people,and gave children money for sweets, and discovered that he had never been so happy in his life.In the afternoon he went to his nephew's house He passed the door several times before he was brave enough to knock.But at last he did it,and was taken into the sitting-room,where Fred and his pretty wife were waiting for their friends to arrive for dinner.‘Fred!’said Scrooge.‘It's your uncle Scrooge.I've come to dinner.Will you let me stay,Fred?’Let him stay!Fred almost shook his uncle's arm off.Scrooge felt at home in five minutes.Nothing could be merrier.And what a wonderful dinner they had!Wonderful party,wonderful games,wonderful happiness!But he was early at the office next morning.Oh,he was there early.He wanted to catch Bob Cratchit arriving late.And he did!The clock struck nine.No Bob.A quarter past.No Bob.He was eighteen and a half minutes late when he finally hurried in.Scrooge was sitting with his office door open.‘Hallo!’said Scrooge in his old,hard voice.‘What do you mean by coming here so late?’I'm very sorry,sir,said Bob.‘I am late.It's only once a year.We were rather merry yesterday,sir.’‘Now I'll tell you what,my friend,said Scrooge,‘I'm not going to have this any longer.And s o’,he continued, jumping off his chair and shaking Bob's hand,‘I'm going to pay you twice as much!’Bob's face went white.For a second or two he thought that Scrooge had gone crazy.‘A merry Christmas,Bob!’said Scrooge,and it was clear that he meant It.‘A merrier Christmas,Bob,than I've given you for a long time.I'm going to pay you well,and help you with your family,and we'll discuss it all this afternoon over a Christmas drink, Bob! Put more wood on the fire at once, Bob Cratchit,and let's be comfortable!’Scrooge did everything that he had promised,and more.To Tiny Tim,who did NOT die,he became a second father.He became as good a friend,employer and man,as anyone in London or in the world.Some people laughed to see the change in him,but he did not care.His own heart laughed inside him,and that was good enough for him.He never had any more conversations with spirits, but kept Christmas cheerfully,and lived a happy life.That is what all of us want, and so,as Tiny Tim said,‘God bless us,every one!’。
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《圣诞颂歌》
戴莉丝
【期刊名称】《中文自修:中学版》
【年(卷),期】2003(0)8
【摘要】A Christmas Carol(《圣诞颂歌》)是查理·狄更斯(Charles Dickens)所有作品中再版次数最多的。
在西方,这个故事脍炙人口、家喻户晓。
该书一些段落中所描述的活动与风俗已经成为现在圣诞节的固定"节目",而主人公 Scrooge 的名字也被收入字典,成为"吝啬鬼"的同义词。
Scrooge 是伦敦的一个小业主,待人苛刻,嗜财如命,是有名的吝啬鬼,恶名昭著,但他本人对此却毫无感觉。
有一年的圣诞节——【总页数】4页(P81-84)
【作者】戴莉丝
【作者单位】
【正文语种】中文
【中图分类】H319.4
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在一个圣诞前夜,老斯克罗吉正在办公室忙碌着。天气寒冷,还有霜冻,雾蒙蒙的。虽然才下午3点,但外面天已经黑了,办公室窗子里都亮起了蜡烛。雾就像一条厚厚的毯子笼罩了一切。
斯克罗吉办公室的门总是敞开着,目的是监督他的雇员,鲍勃.克拉奇蒂有没有怠工。鲍勃整天呆在老板隔壁的一间小黑屋里,它实际是一个壁橱。斯克罗吉房间的火很小,鲍勃的火更小。壁橱里冷极了,鲍勃不得不戴着他那条白色的长围巾取暖。
“我当然生气,”舅舅回答说,“当我生活在一个满是像你这种蠢人的世界里!你说‘圣诞快乐’!但圣诞节是什么?不过是一个让你大把大把花钱的日子,这时你会发现你老了一岁可财富却没有增加半点,而且你还得去付所有的账单。所有到处游逛说‘圣诞快乐’的人的舌头都应被割掉。是的,他会的!”
“舅舅,请不要这么说!”外甥说。“我一直把圣诞看作是一个帮助别人、善待别人的日子。一年中只有这么一天男男女女可以彼此自由地敞开心扉。所以舅舅,尽管我从未发过圣诞的财,我认为对我来说圣诞节一直就是而且也将是美好的时刻!愿上帝保佑你!”
斯克罗吉能够看穿它的躯体。一条长长的锁链缠在腰间,上面挂着钱盒子、钥匙、存折和厚厚的钱包。鬼魂死一般冷漠的眼睛盯着斯克罗吉看。
“哎!”斯克罗吉说,极力装出什么怪事也没发生的样子。“你想要什么?你是谁?”
“活着的时候我是你的合伙人,雅各布.马利。”
“我告诉你,这是骗人的。”斯克罗吉说。“没有鬼魂!”但当他说此话时,鬼魂发出了可怕的叫声,疯狂地摇动着身上的链子。斯克罗吉吓得立刻趴倒在地板上,大声说,“是的!是的!你是真的!我现在明白了!你来干什么?为什么人死后鬼魂要回来?告诉我,雅各布!”
“我睡了一整天吗?难道已经是第二天夜里了吗?”斯克罗吉问自己。“或者是太阳出了问题?也许是正午而不是午夜!但那又不太可能。”
他下了床,摸黑来到窗前,但外面漆黑的、雾蒙蒙的街上一个人也没有,他知道一定是晚上。他又上了床,但是却睡不着。他忧心忡忡,因为他不明白正在发生的一切。“马利的鬼魂是梦吗?”他想知道。“但它似乎是真的。”
夜幕下,要穿过雾和霜,斯克罗吉不得不用手摸索着在街上前行。最后终于来到了他的前门,把钥匙插进锁里。突然,令他大吃一惊的是,他看到门环已不再是门环了,它已变成了雅各布.马利的脸了。
直到今天下午他对来访者说起马利的名字时,他已经有七年没有想过他的合伙人了。但呈现在他面前的是马利的脸,惨白似鬼一般,还有一双怒目圆睁的恐怖的眼睛。
一个奇怪的影子,一半像孩子,一半像老头儿,回头看着他。它的头发又长又白,但它的皮肤柔软而富有弹性。它穿着白色的短袍子,上面满是夏季和冬季的花儿。但最奇怪的是它的头顶上闪耀出明亮的光。
坐在壁橱里的鲍勃未加思索大声表示赞同。但他立刻意识到自己所犯的错误,便又立即埋头工作,但斯克罗吉已经听见了他的话。
“如果我再听到你发出一点声音的话,”斯克罗吉说,“你就会丢掉这份工作!”
“舅舅,别生他的气,”外甥说。“明天来和我们一起吃晚饭吧。”
“和你们吃晚饭?门儿也没有!”
“那你为什么不来呢?为什么?”
斯克罗吉看着看着,它又变成了门环,但他没有表现出他的惧怕。他转动钥匙,打开门走了进去。在关上房门以前,他的确环顾了四周,也的确往门后看了看,其目的是看看是否有人藏在那里,但门后没有人。他“砰”地一声把门关上以示他并不惧怕。
他手举起唯一的一根蜡烛慢慢地上了楼,他无法看见所有黑暗的角落。黑暗便宜得很,所以斯克罗吉喜欢它。但他记起了那张脸,所以他到所有的房间都走了一遍看看是否一切都安然无恙。桌子底下和床底下都没人,门后也没人!卧室微小的炉火上炖着一锅汤,斯克罗吉的碗已经摆在了桌子上。所有房间里都没有人!确信此刻安全无误之后,斯克罗吉随手关上并锁上了卧室的门。他坐在火旁开始喝汤。
“我猜测你想明天一天都放假,是吗?”斯克罗吉问。
“先生,如果你不介意的话。”
“我确实介意,这不公平。你不做任何工作,我还得付你工钱。”
“先生,一年就这么一次,”鲍勃礼貌地说。
“这也并不能成为每年的12月25五日你抢夺我钱财的理由!”斯克罗吉边说边穿上了大衣。“但我想这个节你必须得过。第二天早晨早点到。”
“舅舅,圣诞快乐!上帝保佑你!”一个声音高兴地说。斯克罗吉的外甥已经到了。
“呸!”斯克罗吉恼怒地说。“骗人的东西!”
“圣诞节是骗人的东西!舅舅,当然你不是这个意思?”他外甥说。
“我就是这个意思,”斯克罗吉说。“你为什么管它叫‘快乐’的圣诞节?你太穷了,根本快乐不起来。”
“哎,”外甥笑着回答说,“你为什么这么生气?你很有钱不该不高兴啊。”
“马利先生死了,”斯克罗吉回答说。“他是七年前的今天死的,死在圣诞夜。”
“我肯定你对穷人同你的合伙人的态度一样好,”绅士微笑着说。
事实是斯克罗吉同马利一样的吝啬,马利在世时也曾和斯克罗吉一样吝啬。
“在一年中这个幸福的日子里,斯克罗吉先生,”绅士拿起笔继续说,?我们应该帮助那些没有衣食和无家可归的穷人。”
噢!他是一个刻薄、精明、吝啬的老头儿,斯克罗吉的确是这样的!他没有丝毫热情,也从来不敞开心扉。他过着神秘、孤独的生活,对别人丝毫不感兴趣。他内心的冷漠使他的眼睛呈红色,他的薄唇呈蓝色,他的嗓音既高又暴躁。他的冷漠使他的老脑壳、眉毛和下巴罩上了白色的冰霜。他内心的冰雾使得他周围的空气都变得寒冷。在最炎热的夏日里他的办公室也很冰冷,就像冬天一样寒冷。
他睁着眼睛躺着直到听见钟敲45分。突然他记起了。鬼魂曾警告过他1点钟时有个幽灵要来见他。他决定睁眼等到1点钟过去。15分钟过得极慢,但最后他终于听到钟敲了4刻。
“1点了!”斯克罗吉高兴地大叫道,“而且什么也没发生!”但他是在整点的铃响之前说这番话的。现在钟敲了沉闷悲伤的1点,立刻就有亮光照进了斯克罗吉的卧室。他床周围的帘子被扯开了。斯克罗吉从床上坐起注视着鬼魂般的来访者。
走在街上没有人截住他并面带幸福的微笑向他说,“我亲爱的斯克罗吉,你好吗?你什么时候来我这里坐坐?”穷人没有向他讨过钱,孩子们没有向他问过时间。在他一生中,从没有任何人,无论男女,向他问过路。人和动物都怕他。狗见到他来了就藏到门廊下。但斯克罗吉在乎什么呢!这正是他梦寐以求的。他喜欢处在人们繁忙生活的边缘,他警告所有的人都离他远点儿。
“但你是一个精明的商人,雅各布,”斯克罗吉说,他现在开始担忧起自己的命运来。
“生意!”鬼魂悲惨地说。“我为什么不把人看作是我的生意?我一心想的就是赚钱,但没有想过善待别人或是帮助别人。听我说,埃比尼泽!我今晚来这儿是要警告你,你还有机会拯救你自己避免重蹈我的覆辙。有三个幽灵将来看你:第一个于明天一点钟来,第二个于次日的同一时间来,第三个于大后天的午夜来。你不会再见到我了,为了你自己死后能太平,务必记住我对你说的话!”
“因为圣诞节是个骗人的把戏!再见!”
“我什么也不要你送给我,我什么都不问你要。我们为什么不能成为朋友呢?”
“再见!”斯克罗吉说。
“看到你这样,我真感到难过,我从来就没想过要与你争吵,但我来是为了看看你并邀请你,因为是圣诞节,所以我要说一声,舅舅,圣诞快乐!”
“再见。”斯克罗吉说。
突然它们在同一时间都不响了,紧接着从下面传来了一个奇怪的声音,听上去像是有人拖着沉重的链子从地板上走过。斯克罗吉记起曾听说过有时旧房子里的鬼魂身后拖着链子。然后楼下的一间房门当啷一声开了,声音开始朝楼上走来,朝他的房门走来。
“又是骗人的鬼把戏!”斯克罗吉大声说道,但当声音径直地穿过厚厚的被锁着的房门出现在他面前时,他面无血色。这是马利的鬼魂!
渐渐地,幽灵们和它们的吵闹声消失在雾霭和夜色中,夜晚又恢复了平静。斯克罗吉关上窗户,检查了卧室的门。门依然锁着。他开始说,“骗人的东西!”但突然停住了。也许是因为他太累了,或是太晚了,他连衣服也没脱就上床睡觉了,而且立刻就睡着了。
当斯克罗吉醒来的时候,房间里黑极了。他听见教堂的钟声响了,他听着想知道是几点了。令他大吃一惊的是,沉重的钟声一直敲了12下,然后停了。12点了!他上床睡觉的时候已经是凌晨2点了。一定是钟出了问题!他看了看他的手表,也是12点。
幽灵慢慢地退回到窗前,窗户开始打开。当鬼魂到了窗前时,它举起一只手,斯克罗吉听着。他听见空中传来一声凄惨的叫声。幽灵也开始大叫,它来到了雾蒙蒙、黑漆漆的夜色里,加入到其它幽灵的行列。外面的空中到处都是幽灵,它们都戴着和马利鬼魂一样的锁链,它们都在悲惨地叫着,因为它们过晚地认识到了它们活着的时候所犯下的不可饶恕的错误。
“新年快乐!”
“再见!”斯克罗吉说。
他外甥离开了房间,没有一句愠怒之言。他停下来只是为了祝鲍勃.克拉奇蒂圣诞快乐。
然后进来了另外两位绅士,他们身材魁梧,胖胖的,仪表堂堂,手里拿着书和文件。
“我想,这是斯克罗吉和马利的办公室吧,”其中一位看着手中的文件问到。“你是斯克罗吉先生还是马利先生?”
两位绅士难过地摇摇头,离开了办公室。斯克罗吉又重新开始工作,心中很得意。
现在外面的雾大得不能再大了,天气寒冷刺骨。商店的窗户闪烁出耀眼的光。人们匆忙地穿梭着——有钱人和穷人都一样——去采购他们明天圣诞晚餐所需要的东西。
最后终于到了关门的时间了。斯克罗吉慢慢地从桌子后站起身。鲍勃等的就是这一刻,所以他立即戴上了帽子。
“没有看守所吗?”斯克罗吉冷冷地问。
“有很多看守所,”绅士说。
“还有可供穷人生活和工作的济贫院呢?它们还开着吗?”
“是的,它们开着,很抱歉。”
“我很高兴听到这个Байду номын сангаас”斯克罗吉说。“听你最开始说的,我还以为这些能够提供帮助的地方由于某种原因都关掉了呢。”
“但是我们有些人感到,”绅士回答说,“这些地方无法为穷人提供足够的东西。我们希望为那些需要帮助的人提供一些肉类,饮料和柴火。这个时候我们都应该能够过得开心。你能给多少,先生?”
这是一个旧壁炉,火周围是数以百计的印有图案的瓷砖,但斯克罗吉在每张瓷砖上所看到的都是马利的脸。
“骗人的东西!”斯克罗吉对着瓷砖说,并在屋里踱着步。当他坐下之后,他发现房间的另一面墙上挂着一个铃挡。他看着看着,惊奇而又恐惧地发现铃挡慢慢地开始左右摆动起来,不一会儿,它响了起来,声音很大,紧接着屋里所有的铃铛都响了起来。