八美元的公寓

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Their home was a furnished flat at eight dollars a week. 他们住的是一间带家具的公寓，每周租金八美元。

Downstairs was a mailbox that no letter ever seemed to enter, 楼下有个信箱，好像从来没有塞进过一封信，

and a doorbell that no finger could ever make ring. 还有一个任谁去按都按不响的门铃。

Beside it was a card that read "Mr. 门铃旁贴着一张名片，上面写着“

James Dillingham Young." 詹姆斯·迪灵汉·杨先生”。

Back when Jim earned thirty dollars a week, 想当年吉姆一周还能挣三十美元的时候，

that name had looked grand. 这个名字看起来还挺气派的。

Now his pay had been cut to twenty, and "Dillingham" looked faded, 如今他的薪水被降到了二十块，“迪灵汉”几个字看着也暗淡褪色了，

as if it were thinking of shrinking into a modest little "D." 就好像正琢磨着缩水成一个不起眼的小写字母“D”。

But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home, he was called "Jim," 不过每当詹姆斯·迪灵汉·杨先生回到家，他都会被唤作“吉姆”，

and hugged tight by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, 还会被詹姆斯·迪灵汉·杨太太紧紧抱在怀里——

known to you as Della. 也就是大家熟知的德拉。

Money can shrink a name on a door, 钱确实能让门牌上的名字缩水，

but it can't shrink a hug. 但它可缩水不了一个拥抱。

Which is all very nice. 这一切当然再好不过了。

But a hug doesn't buy a Christmas present. 可光靠拥抱，是买不来圣诞礼物的。