The Gifts
Adapted from O·Henry’s novel--THE GIFT OF MAGI
CHARACTERS; Della-D, Jim-J, Madame-M
Narration:Tomorrow will be Christmas. But Della feels very sad. Because she don’t have money to buy a present for her husband Jim. She has only one dollar and eighty-seven cents. And they have only 20 dollars a month, it’s hard for saving.
旁白:明天是圣誕節(jié)歹河,但是德拉覺(jué)得很難過(guò)扁达,因?yàn)樗龥](méi)有錢(qián)為她丈夫吉姆買(mǎi)圣誕禮物邀泉,她只有1.87美元。他們一個(gè)月只有20美元的收入顽馋,那很難再?gòu)闹惺″X(qián)了。
In fact, Della and Jim have two possessions in which they both take very great pride. One is Jim’s gold watch, which has been his father’s and his grandfather’s. The other is Della’s long beautiful hair.
事實(shí)上,德拉和吉姆有兩件讓他們引以為豪的寶貝炕倘,一件是吉姆的金表,那是從他祖父和父親那里留傳下來(lái)的翰撑,還有一件是德拉那一頭美麗的長(zhǎng)發(fā)罩旋。