雅思双语阅读:给自己的圣诞礼物
The Gift of Possibility
That Christmas Eve, the streets of Boston were clogged with tourists and locals bundled in wool and flannel. Shoppers, hawkers, and gawkers whirled and swirled around me.Frosty the Snowman,Let It Snow!and Jingle Bellsplayed in stores; on the sidewalks, the street musicians did their best. Everyone, it seemed, was accompanied by someone else smiling or laughing. I was alone.
那年的圣诞前夕,我走在波士顿的街道上,路人熙熙攘攘,游客和本地人打扮的衣着光鲜。购物者、小贩和路人把我围在中间。街旁商店播放着圣诞歌曲,走到哪里都能听到《结霜的雪人》、《下雪吧》和《铃儿响叮当》。人行道上,街头音乐家卖力的表演着。似乎每个人都有人陪伴,脸上绽放出幸福的笑容。只有我是孤身一人。
The eldest of a Puerto Rican family of 11 children growing up in NewYorkscrowdedtenements, Id spent much of my life seeking solitude. Now, finally, at 27, a college student in the midst of a drown-out breakup of a seven-year relationship, I contemplated what Id so craved, but I wasnt quite sure I liked it. Every part of me wanted to be alone, but not at Christmas. My family had returned to Puerto Rico, my friends had gone home during the holiday break, and my acquaintances were involved in their own lives. Dusk was falling, and the inevitable return to my empty apartment brought tears to my eyes.Blinking lights from windows and around doors beckoned, and I wished someone would emerge from one of those homes to ask me inside to a warm room with a Christmas tree decorated with tinsel, its velvet skirt sprinkled with shiny fake snow and wrapped presents.
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