英语话剧剧本:The Gifts礼物

 　　The Gifts礼物

　　Mon.：Tomorrow will be Christmas. But Della feels very sad. Because she has no money to buy a present for her husband , Jim . She has only one dollar and eighty-seven cents . They have only 20 dollars a week, it doesn’t leave much for saving¹.

　　In fact, Della and Jim have two possessions³ in which they both take very great pride. One is Jim’s gold watch, which has been his father’s and his grandfather’s. The other is Della’s long beautiful hair.

　　D: Life is so hard for me. Though I saved the money for many months , I still have only one dollar and eighty seven cents.

　　D: I---- I---- I have to have my hair cut and sold it . In that way I can get some money and I can buy a beautiful present for Jim.

　　(At the shop—“Madame Sofronie. We Buy Hair Goods⁴ of All Kinds”)

　　D: Will you buy my hair?

　　M: Yes, I buy all kinds of hair. Sit down, please. Take your hat off and let me have a look. Oh, very beautiful. Very good! Twenty dollars , OK?

　　D: All right. But please give it to me quickly.

　　M: Here you are. Twenty dollars.

　　D: Thank you. Bye.

　　M: Bye.

　　Mon.：Della spent two hours in the streets. Then she stopped at a Gold Shop and bought a gold watch chain⁵. Now ,Della is at home.

　　D: Oh, what a beautiful gold watch chain. I think it must match Jim's watch. When he sees it he must be very happy .

　　(Suddenly the door opened and in came Jim . )

　　J: You-----?

　　D: Jim. Don’t look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold it because I couldn’t have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. Jim, it will grow quickly. You don’t mind, do you ? I just had to do it. My hair grows very fast, you know. Say “Merry Christmas!” Jim, and let’s be happy.

　　J: You’ve cut off your hair?

　　D: I’ve cut it off and sold it. It’s sold. I tell you -sold and gone, too. It’s Christmas Eve , Jim. Be good to me, for it went for you.

　　J: Well , Della. Don’t make any mistake about me. I don’t think there’s anything about a hair cut that could make me love you any less. I know, it went for me. Look at this package .

　　D: What ?

　　J: Look at it yourself. You 'll see.

　　D:Ah! The combs⁶. They were in the shop windows for many months!

　　J:Yes, the beautiful combs, pure⁷ tortoiseshell, with jewelry⁸ rims--just the color to wear in your beautiful, hair.

　　D: But , Jim. They are expensive combs. I know, my heart had longed for them without the least hope of possession². Now they are mine. Thank you Jim.

　　J; Now, you will see why I was upset at first.

　　D: Jim, you don’t know what a nice –what a beautiful , nice gift I’ve got for you. Can you guess?

　　J: I'm sorry. I won't guess.

　　D: Look. A gold watch chain. Isn’t it lovely ,Jim? I hunted⁹ all over the town to find it. You’ll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it .

　　J: Della, Let’s put our Christmas gifts away and keep them a while. They’re too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money. And I bought the combs. Now, Let’s have our supper.

1 saving   

n.节省，节约；[pl.]储蓄金，存款

参考例句：

• Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
• Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。

2 possession   

n.拥有，具有，占有，控制；所有物，所有权，财产；着魔，着迷

参考例句：

• According to facts in my possession he can't possibly be guilty.根据我所掌握的事实，他是不可能有罪的。
• The land is in the possession of the merchant.这块地为该商人所有。

3 possessions   

n.[法]财产；占有( possession的名词复数 )；领地；个人财产；持有违禁物

参考例句：

• The group forswears all worldly possessions. 这个团体放弃一切尘世财物。
• I lost some of my most prized possessions in the fire. 大火吞噬了我的一些最珍贵的物品。

4 goods   

n.商品，货物

参考例句：

• He is loading the goods into the back of the car.他正把货物装入车的后部。
• The boy delivered the goods to the right house.那个男孩送货给要货的人家。

5 chain   

n.链，连锁，束缚；vt.用铁练锁住，束缚，囚禁

参考例句：

• He now owns a chain of 970 food stores.他现在拥有970家连锁食品店。
• He joined the ends of the chain.他把链子的两端接起来了。

6 combs   

n.连身式内衣；梳子( comb的名词复数 )；压发梳；（作为装饰物的）发插；梳理（头发）v.梳理( comb的第三人称单数 )；在…搜寻，彻底搜查

参考例句：

• Her hair keeps sticking up no matter how often she combs it. 不管她怎么勤梳头，她的头发总是竖着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• On the dressing table there are three combs. 梳妆台上有三把梳子。 来自辞典例句

7 pure   

adj.纯的，纯粹的，纯净的，无垢的，纯洁的，完美的，抽象的

参考例句：

• The evening dress is made out of pure silk.这件睡衣是用真丝做的。
• Gold must be pure and man must be perfect.金要足赤，人要完人。

8 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

9 hunted   

v.打猎( hunt的过去式和过去分词 )；猎取；搜寻；寻找

参考例句：

• His eyes had a hunted look. 他双眼透露出一种恐慌的神态。
• We hunted the neighbour's chickens out of our yard. 我们把邻居家的小鸡从我们院子里轰走了。 来自《简明英汉词典》