我下了电车一路走回家,空中弥漫着圣诞节的欢乐气氛。铃儿叮当响着,孩子们在寒风刺骨的黄昏里叫喊着;四周是万家灯火,每个人在奔跑着,欢笑着。但我知道,对我来说,将没有圣诞节可言,没有礼物,没有怀念,什么都没有。处在人生低谷的我在暴风雪中艰难地行走着。除非奇迹出现,要不我在1月份便将无家可归,没有食物,也没有工作。我已经坚持祈祷了好几个星期,但没有任何回应,只有这寒冷,这黑暗,这刺骨的风,还有这被遗弃的痛苦。上帝和人类都把我完全遗忘了。我感到自己那么无力,那么孤独。我们的命运将如何呢?
I looked in my mail box. There were only bills in it, a sheaf of them, and two white envelopes which I was sure contained more bills. I went up three dusty flights of stairs and I cried, shivering in my thin coat. But I made myself smile so I could greet my little daughter with a Pretense of happiness. She opened the door for me and threw herself in my arms, screaming joyously and demanding that we decorate the tree immediately.
回到家我打开邮箱,只有一把账单,还有两个白色的信封,肯定里面装的也是账单。我爬上三层积满灰尘的楼梯,禁不住凄然泪下,又加衣衫单薄冷得直打哆嗦。但我擦擦眼泪,强挤出笑容,要让自己在女儿面前露出喜悦之情。她打开门,直扑我的怀抱,欣喜地喊叫着要马上装饰圣诞树。
Peggy had proudly set our kitchen table for our evening meal and put pans out and three cans of food which would be our dinner. For some reason, when I looked at those pans and cans, I felt brokenhearted. We would have only hamburgers for our Christmas dinner tomorrow. I stood in the cold little kitchen, misery overwhelmed me. For the first time in my life, I doubted the existence and his mercy, and the coldness in my heart was colder than ice.
佩吉已自豪地支好了桌子,摆上盘子和3个罐头,这就是我们的晚餐。不知道为什么,当我看着那些盘子和罐头时,我心痛欲碎。明天的圣诞晚餐我们将只有汉堡包。我
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