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1、书虫分级读物-圣诞欢歌.txt = TXT之家 免费TXT电子书下载 http:/ 附：【本作品来自互联网,本人不做任何负责】内容版权归作者所有。 =1 Marleys ghostIt is important to remember that Jacob Marley was deadDid Scrooge know that？Of course he didScrooge and Marley had been partners in London for many years，and excellent men of business they were，too When Marley
2、died，Scrooge continued with the business aloneBoth names still stood above the office door ：Scrooge and MarleySometimes people who were new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge，and sometimes Marley，but he answered to both namesHe did not care what name they called himThe only thing that mattered t
3、o him was the business，and making moneyOh！He was a hard，clever，mean old man，Scrooge was！ There was nothing warm or open about himHe lived a secretive，lonely life，and took no interest in other people at allThe cold inside him made his eyes red ，and his thin lips blue，and his voice high and crossIt pu
4、t white frost on his old head，his eyebrows and his chinThe frost in his heart made the air around him cold，tooIn the hottest days of summer his office was as cold as ice，and it was just as cold in winterNobody ever stopped him in the street to say，with a happy smile，My dear Scrooge，how are you？When
5、will you come to see me？No poor man asked him for money，no children asked him the time，no man or woman ever ，in all his life， asked him the wayAnimals as well as people were afraid of himDogs used to hide in doorways when they saw him comingBut what did Scrooge care！It was just what he wantedHe like
6、d being on the edge of peoples busy lives，while warning everyone to keep away from himOne Christmas Eve，old Scrooge was working busily in his officeIt was cold，frosty，foggy weather Outside it was already dark，although it was only three oclock in the afternoon，and there were candles in all the office
7、 windows The fog covered everything，like a thick grey blanketScrooge kept his office door open，in order to check that his clerk，Bob Cratchit，was workingBob spent his days in a dark little room，a kind of cupboard，next to his employers officeScrooge had a very small fire，but Bobs fire was much smaller
8、It was very cold in the cupboard，and Bob had to wear his long white scarf to try to keep warmMerry Christmas，uncle！God bless you！cried a happy voiceScrooges nephew had arrivedBah！said Scrooge crosslyHumbug！Christmas is humbug！Surely you dont mean that， uncle？said his nephewI do，said scroogeWhy do yo
9、u call it“merry”Christmas？Youre too poor to be merryWell，replied the nephew，smiling，why are you so cross？Youre too rich to be unhappyof course Im cross，answered the uncle，when I live in a world full of stupid people like you！You say“Merry Christmas”！But what is Christmas？Just a time when you spend t
10、oo much，when you find yourself a year older and not an hour richer，when you have to pay your billsEveryone who goes around saying“ Merry Christmas”should have his tongue cut outYes，he should！Uncle！Please dont say that！said the nephewIve always thought of Christmas as a time to be helpful and kind to
11、 other PeopleIts the only time of the year when men and women open their hearts freely to each otherAnd so，uncle， although Ive never made any money from it，I think Christmas has been and will be a good time for me！And I say，God bless Christmas！Bob，in the cupboard，agreed loudly，without thinkingHe imm
12、ediately realized his mistake，and went quickly back to his work，but Scrooge had heard himIf I hear another sound from you，said Scrooge，youll lose you job！Dont be angry with him，uncle，said the nephewcome and have dinner with us tomorrowDinner with you？Ill see you dead first！But why wont you come？Why？
13、Because Christmas is humbug！Good afternoon！I want nothing from youI ask nothing of youWhy cant we be friends？Good afternoon！said Scrooge第 1 页书虫分级读物-圣诞欢歌.txt I am sorry，with all my heart，to find you like thisI have never wanted to argue with youBut I came to see you and invite you because its Christm
14、as，and so Ill say，a merry Christmas，uncle！Good afternoon，said ScroogeAnd a happy new year！Good afternoon！said ScroogeHis nephew left the room，without an angry word，stopping only to wish Bob Cratchit a merry ChristmasThen two other gentlemen came inThey were large，round，comfortable-looking men，with b
15、ooks and papers in their handsThis is Scrooge and Marleys，I think，said one of them， looking at the papers that he was carrying Am I speaking to Mr Scrooge or Mr Marley？Mr Marley is dead，scrooge repliedHe died seven years ago today，on Christmas EveIm sure that you are just as kind to the poor as your partner，said the gentleman，smilingWhat was true was that Scrooge was just as mean as Marley，and Marley had been just as mean as ScroogeAt this happy time of year，Mr Scrooge，the gentleman went on，taking up hi
