为你读书：《有爱就有了一切》Love is Everything

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爱能清除悲伤的瓦砾，推倒绝望的断壁，也能点燃希望的灯。有爱就有希望，有爱就有奇迹，让爱永驻心田，愿情温暖人间。

 

 

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It was payday and she cashed her check. Two Santas and one Salvation Armycaptain and she was minus ten dollars but what did it matter? She had a place to sleep, something decent to eat, and she had Drew.

今天是发薪日，她把支票兑换成了现金。路遇两个圣诞老人和一个救世军领队，她的钱减少了十元，但这又怎样呢？她有地方睡觉，有像样的东西吃，而且她还有德鲁。

Drew with his kindness, his caring and his humor to lighten her day. Thanksgiving was nigh and they were collecting early for the hungry and the children that would have no Christmas without them. She was so much more lucky than most of them but perhaps not as lucky as those that scurried in the Wednesday night sleet, shopping early before the pickings became slim. Life was not always easy but sometimes it could always be safe.

德鲁的亲切、爱心和幽默总能照亮她的每一天。感恩节近了，他们早早地开始为那些饥饿的人筹款，孩子们过圣诞节也少不了他们。她要比这些人幸运得多，当然可能比不上那些在周三雨夹雪的夜晚赶着去购物的人，他们要早早把东西买好以免货物变少而无法挑选。生活并不总是很容易，但总是很安全。

 

 

She had Drew, and Smat, the ugly little terrier that nobody wanted. She had comfort and warmth in the apartment. She had dinner for tomorrow thawing in the small turkey and the little Thanksgiving bonus from her boss.

她有德鲁，还有那条丑得没人要的小猎狗斯迈特；她有公寓里的舒适和温暖；她有明天的晚餐（小火鸡正在解冻着呢）；她还有老板给的一小笔感恩节奖金。

But most of all, she had love. It was the most important of all.

而且她还有爱，这是所有事情中最重要的。

 

词汇及短语用法点津

 

1. pay day  发工资的日子

短语：pay somebody   给某人付款

例句：I pay them by the hour.

我按小时付给他们钱。

 

2. matter  v.  有关系，要紧

例句：It doesn’t matter.

没关系。

 

3.  decent   体面的，正派的

例句：The majority of people around here are decent people.

这儿的大多数人都是正派人。

 

4.  nigh   在附近的

短语：Nigh on   接近

例句：I had to pay nigh on forty dollars for it.

我不得不为它支付了接近40美元。

 

5.  scurry   v.  急着跑

例句：The attack began, sending residents scurrying for cover.

袭击开始了，使得居民们急促奔跑寻找藏身之处。

 

6.  the hungry    饥饿的人们

结构：the+形容词    表示“某某类型的人们”

例句：The new policy will not touch the rich.

新政策不会对富人有影响。