(原版)澳大利亚语文第一册 LESSON 78
LESSON 78 A CHRISTMAS PARTY
A CHRISTMAS PARTY
I
1. Nell was a little girl who was very poor.
She had been ill for a long time.
She lived next door to Grace and Colin.
All were glad when she was better just before Christmas.
2. "Let us have a Christmas-tree party for Nell, please, Mother," said Grace and Colin.
3. "I think that is a happy thought," said Mother.
4. Grace and Colin cut out and painted Christmas bells and sent one to each of their friends.
5. On the back was written,
This Christmas bell Rings out with glee To ask you to Our Christmas tree. Come at 5 p.m. on 24th December.
6. One day, they went to the shops to buy the gifts for their friends.
7. Early on Christmas Eve, all were busy with the tree.
Even little Nell helped.
8. Dad fixed a star to the top of the tree, Mother hung strings of silver and gold from its branches, Grace and Colin tied pretty glass bulbs to it, and last of all, Nell handed to them the gifts which they tied to the tree as well.
9. What a lovely sight it made!
II
1. At last five o'clock came and Mother and Dad helped Grace and Colin to greet their friends.
2. The children did not see the tree at first, for they all went out into the garden to play.
3. They had a picnic tea on the lawn, and each one was given a Christmas-bell paper cap to wear.
They looked so gay.
4. After tea, they went in-doors to see the tree.
Oh, how lovely! they all cried, as they gazed at the tree which stood in the middle of the room.
5. They took hold of hands and danced round the tree, while they sang this song——
Round the Christmas tree we go, In a merry ring just so, We are happy, we are gay, For the morn brings Christmas Day.
6. Then Grace and Colin cut the gifts off the tree and little Nell handed one to each of the friends.
How happy they all were!
7. When it was time to go home, the children thanked Grace and Colin for a very happy time.
Nell was the happiest of all.
8. Before going to sleep that night, Grace said to Mother, "What a happy day we've all had! Little Nell forgot that she had ever been ill."
9. "Yes," said Mother,
It's loving and giving That makes life worth living.
