英语翻译开头是Christmas was just a week away and I had five people left to shop for but only three dollars.文章大部分是以对话的形式.希望能找到文章的原文和翻译……感激不尽啊,主要是翻译!

英语翻译开头是Christmas was just a week away and I had five people left to shop for but only three dollars.文章大部分是以对话的形式.希望能找到文章的原文和翻译……感激不尽啊,主要是翻译!
英语翻译
开头是Christmas was just a week away and I had five people left to shop for but only three dollars.文章大部分是以对话的形式.
希望能找到文章的原文和翻译……感激不尽啊,主要是翻译!

英语翻译开头是Christmas was just a week away and I had five people left to shop for but only three dollars.文章大部分是以对话的形式.希望能找到文章的原文和翻译……感激不尽啊,主要是翻译!
It's said that you can never have too many friends, but Christmas was just a week away and I
had five people left to shop for on my christmas list and only three dollars to my name. How do you tell your mother, brother and three friendsthat you can only spend sixty cents on each of them?
"Let's set a price limit on our gifts this year," I suggested to my best friend Joanie.
"That's a good idea," Joanie agreed. "How about nothing over five dollars?"
"How about nothing over sixty cents?" I felt like the biggest cheapskate in the world.
"I guess this is where I'm supposed to say it's not the gift, it's the thought that counts," Joanie smiled. "But don't blame me if all you get is a stick of gum!"
It is almost impossible to buy anything for under sixty cents, so it was really going to have to be very small gifts with very big thoughts. I'd never spent so much time or effort trying to come up with the right gift for the right person.
Finally, Christmas day arrived, and I was worried how people would feel about my "cheap" gifts.
有人说,你永远不会拥有太多的朋友.圣诞节还有一个星期就要到来了,我要为5个人准备圣诞礼物,但是我只有三美元了.如果是你,你会怎样告诉你的母亲、兄弟和两外三位朋友,你只能在他们每个人身上花60美分?
“让我们对今年的礼物定个价格怎样”我向我最好的朋友琼妮提议道
“这主意不错,”琼妮赞同道,“不超过5美元怎样?”
“不超过60美分呢?”我觉得自己像是世界上最小气的人.
“我认为我指的不是礼物本身,而是一个想法,”琼妮笑道,“如果你收到的只是一支口香糖,不要责怪我哦!”
购买任何未满60美分,这几乎是不可能的,所以它是真的有非常有想法但又真的非常小的礼品.我从来没有花费这么多时间和精力来为合适的人买合适的礼物.
最后,圣诞节到了,我担心的是人们会怎样看待我“廉价”的礼物.
我给我的母亲蜡烛与一张纸条,上面说,“你是我生命中最亮的光.”她都快哭了,当她读到这句话的时候,她都快哭了.
我给我弟弟一个木尺.在它的后面,我写到,“世界上没有任何可以和你相比的兄弟了.”他给了我一包糖,上写：“你真是我的甜心.”在这之前,他从来没有对我说过这样的话.
I gave my mother a scented candle with a note that said, "You are the brightest light in my life." She almost cried when she read the note.
I gave my brother a wooden ruler. On the back of it I'd painted, "No brother in the world could measure up to you." He gave me a bag of sugar and had written on it, "You're sweet." He'd never said anything like that to me before.
For Joanie, I painted an old pair of shoes gold and stuck dried flowers on them with a note that said, "No one could ever fill your shoes." She gave me a feather and a Band-Aid. She said I always tickled her funny bone and made me laugh until her sides ached.
对于琼妮,我画了一双金子般的鞋,并贴上干花,附上一张纸条,说：“没有人能填满你的鞋子”她给了我一个羽毛和一个创可贴.她说,我总是挠她的痒,直到她的两侧疼痛难忍,我才笑.
To my other friends, I gave one a paper fan and a note on it, "I'm your biggest fan." To the other, I gave a calculator that cost one dollar and I painted a message on the back, "You can always count on me." They gave me a horseshoe for luck and a bundle of sticks tied with a ribbon because "friends stick together."
对于我其他的朋友,我给了一个纸扇和纸条,“我是你最大的粉丝.”另一个,我给了一个计算器,成本一元,我写了一句话,“你总是可以指望我.”他们给了我代表好远的马蹄和用丝带绑着枝条,因为“朋友要粘在一起.”
I don't remember all the other gifts that I got from people last Christmas, but I remember every one of the "cheap" gifts.
My brother thinks I'm sweet. My mother knows she is the most important person in my life. Joanie thinks I'm funny and make her laugh, which is important because her dad moved away last year and she misses him and is sad sometimes.
我不记得去年圣诞节我得到的其他礼品,但我记得每一个“廉价”的礼物.
我哥哥认为我很贴心.我的母亲知道她是我生命中最重要的人.琼妮认为我有趣,逗她开心,这一点非常重要,因为她的父亲去年离开了,她有时会伤心地思念他.
I was worried I would have enough money for Christmas gifts, but I gave gifts to five people and still had twenty cents left over. We all still talk about our "cheap" gifts an dhow much fun it was to come up with a gift that cost pennies but told someone how we really felt about them. On my bookshelf, I still have a bag of sugar, a feather, a horseshoe and a bundle of sticks . . . and they are priceless.
本来我很担心,希望有足够的钱为圣诞礼物,但我给五人送礼,仍然遗留下来的20美分.现在,我们还是会谈论我们的“廉价”的礼物,尽管成本几分钱,但我们真的觉得他们非常有趣.我的书架上,我仍然有一袋糖,鸡毛,一个马蹄和丛枝. . .他们是无价的.