《麦琪的礼物》英译汉1

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

              麦琪的礼物

    一美元又加八十七美分，这就是她所有的钱，其中六十美分还是硬币。她买东西时，通过和杂货店老板、卖菜的和卖肉的面红耳赤地讨价还价，不惜被人背地里骂小气，一次省下一两个硬币。她数了三回，还是原来那个数，然而明天就是圣诞节了—需要花钱的日子！

毫无疑问。她除了扑倒在小沙发上，嚎啕大哭以外，啥事都干不了。德拉就是这么干的，让人不由得深思生活的本质：生活是由呜咽，抽泣和微笑构成的，而抽泣的时候却占了大多数。