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妈妈的礼物
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和其它孩子一样，圣诞节早上，我盼望着收到礼物，打开，看看里面是什么。我有两个兄弟和一个姐妹，圣诞节那天，我们总是轮流打开礼物。妈妈和爸爸爱看我们眼神中的兴奋。那是我的幸福时刻，一家团聚，幸福无比。我认为父母从观看我们打开礼物中得到的乐趣要超过他们自己收到礼物。但有一年圣诞节，这一切变了。 我打算给妈妈买一个礼物，但买什么呢？我没有多少钱，于是爸爸帮我买了一个礼物——一串项链。我不记得项链是什么样子了，但我记得它很漂亮。我找了一个大盒子和一个又一个的小盒子。我包装好所有的盒子，然后把小盒子装入大盒子，大概共有七层。我还记得，当妈妈打开大盒子时，她的眼睛睁得大大的，看得出她很激动。当她打开第二层时，她更激动了。她终于到了最后一层，打开，猜她看到了什么？我忘记把项链装进去了。当发现盒子里面没有东西时，妈妈似乎一点也不在乎，因为她已从打开礼物中得到了很多乐趣。但当我递上项链时，眼泪开始在她眼中打转。 有趣的是，我不记得那年我收到了什么礼物，却清清楚楚记得我送出了什么。这是非常有价值的一课，给与优于获得。 附：原文 I was like any other child on Christmas morning. I looked forward to receiving presents, opening them and seeing what I got. I had two brothers and a sister, and we would all take turns opening gifts. My dad and mum love to see the joy in our eyes. For me, those were some happy times. Our family were together there and it just seemed to be a time of happiness at our home. I think my parents seemed to enjoy watching us opening our presents more than receiving presents themselves. But one Christmas all that changed. My goal was to get my mum a nice present, but what? I didn't have much money, then my dad helped me buy a present. It was a necklace. I didn’t remember what it looked like, but I do remember it was pretty. I got a really big box, and then another smaller box and them another smaller box and so forth. I wrapped each box and put them in the bigger box. There are around 7 boxes in all. I remember when my mum was opening the big box her eyes were wide open I could tell she was excited. Then when she got it opened and saw the next box she was more excited than she opened the first one. She finally got to the last box and opened it, but guess what? I had forgotten to put the necklace in it. When found it was empty, she seemed not to care because she had so much fun opening the gift. But when I gave her the necklace, tears started forming in her eyes. The funny thing is that I don't even remember I what I got that year, but I do remember what I gave. I learned a valuable lesson. It is better to give than to receive. | 
发表于 2013-5-21 09:36:51
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