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广播听力:Choosing a Christmas Without Presents

Source: CRI    2011-12-27  我要投稿   论坛   Favorite  

Back in 1957, Dr Seuss wrote How the Grinch Stole Chrismas, spurred on by his realization that a lot of people had lost the feeling about what Christmas was about. The Grinch slithers into Whoville and steals all the whole heap of the cute who's decorations and presents. Then he gets up early the next morning, goes out to watch the miserable whos, all upset. But the surprise comes on Christmas morning when all the whos are there and in fact they're not miserable at all. They're celebrating Christmas as joyously as ever, presents or none. And it is at that moment that the Grinch realizes that Christmas is not just just about Christmas. Maybe it's about something just a little bit more than that.

Fifty some years later, Dr Seuss's comment about the meaning of Christma