It was a few days before Christmas many years ago and it looked like it would be a lean one for my family. 多年前,在圣诞节前的那几天,我意识到对于我们家来说,这将会是一个紧巴巴的圣诞节。 The saw mill that I was working at had laid a lot of us off while machinery was being repaired so we didn’t have much money. 我工作的木材加工厂当时正在维修机器,于是我们当中很多被临时停雇,因此我们当时没有什么钱。 |