【心灵鸡汤】高中英语 增加词汇量 珍视爱的光辉Admire Their Glow素材.doc

2心灵鸡汤:珍视爱的光辉AdmireTheirGlowIlookedatmybeautifulChristmastreeandsighed.Itwastime.TheNewYearwasaweekoldandmytreestillstoodinthecornerofourroomwithitscollectionofmemoriesproudlydisplayedinashowerofcolorfullights.I'dprocrastinatedlongenough.我望着我的美丽圣诞树叹了口气是时候该把树收起来了。新年已经过了一个星期而我的圣诞树依然挺立在我们房间的角落里在缤纷的彩灯光辉中骄傲地展示着它珍藏其中的种种回忆。（对于收起圣诞树）我已经拖了很长时间了。Igotupwenttothegarageandhauledalltheboxesintotheroom.Thegarlandwasthefirsttocomedown.Thetreelookednakedalready.Itookthelargeornamentsoffnext.Theymadealargepileonourbed.AnhourlaterourbedwascoveredwithChristmasmemories.Eachpilecontainedanornamentalongwithitsmatchingbrothersandsistersfromsetspurchasedmanyyearsago.我起身去了车库把所有的盒子都拖进了房间。花环首先被摘了下来圣诞树看上去就显得光秃秃的了然后我又把大的装饰物拿了下来它们在我们的床上堆了很大一堆。一小时后我们的床上堆满了圣诞回忆。每一堆都包含着一件多年前购买的装饰物以及与之相配套的其他装饰品。Ipreparedtheboxesandcarefullyplacedornamentsintheirprotectivepackagingpausingeveryfewminutestoadmireafavorite.“HeylittleSanta!”IheldtheSantafrommychildhood.“Thanksforbeingmyfriendforalmostfiftyyears.”Hewasalittleraggedbutstillgivesmeafloodofwonderfulmemories.“Untilnextyearmydearfriend.”我准备好盒子并把这些装饰物小心地放进包装袋内每过几分钟就会停下来欣赏一件我最爱的饰品。“嗨小圣诞老人！”我拿着自童年起就陪伴我的圣诞老人“谢谢你和我做了将近50年的朋友。”圣诞老人有一点破旧了但仍然带给我如潮般的美好回忆“明年再见啦我亲爱的朋友。”Therewasacollectionofhandmadeones.Mychildrenmadeintheirfirstyearsofschoolmorethantwentyyearsago.Madebytinyhandstheyarefarfromperfectindesignbuteveryyeartheygoonmymemorytree–memoriesofyounggigglesonChristmasmorningandasmilingfacewhentheyhandedthemtomewhenIcamehomefromwork.“LookwhatwemadeDaddy!”还有许多手工制作的装饰品是我的孩子们刚上学的头几年制作的已经是二十多年前的事情了。这些由小手制成的装饰品设计绝非精美但每年它们都被挂到我的回忆树上让我忆起圣诞节清早纯真的欢笑忆起我下班回家他们把这些饰品递给我时微笑的脸庞“看我们做了什么爸爸！”“Oh!Itisbeautiful.Let'sfindaspecialspotonthetreeforit.”Everyyearsincetheyaredisplayed.“唔真漂亮让我们在树上找个特别的地方挂它。”自那以后每年它们都被挂到树上。Afewhoursafter