真正的精灵

彭文国

难词探意

1. stumble upon 偶然遇到;发现

2. tangle / t  ɡl/  v. （使）缠结在一起;（和……）争吵;打架

Christmas is not only for fun， neither just for gifts for your own children. It is the time for us to show kindness and real love to children as well as the world.

Randy Heiss was an Arizona man. He lived with his wife， and Lary， their dog. On Dec. 16， he went out for a walk with his dog， when he stumbled upon a red balloon that had become tangled on a plant.

Heiss went to investigate and discovered that attached to the balloon was a handwritten note to Santa Claus in Spanish， asking for a coloring book and markers. On the back it was signed “Dayami.”

Heiss took the note home to his wife and decided to make it his mission to track down Dayami. He posted on social media the note and explained his plan. But several days went by with no luck. With Christmas fast approaching， Heiss turned to Radio XENY， a radio station in Mexico， for help， from where the family assumed the note had originated.

“I knew Christmas was about to pass， so I had to do something，” Heiss said. “Thats why I quickened it up.”

It took just an hour before Dayami was tracked down on the other side of the US— Mexico border， in the city of Nogales.

“They sent pictures of her holding the balloon， with her sisters and cousins，” Heiss said of XENY， adding that they asked him when he could get down there.

“My whole day has changed. I was supposed to go to work！ “Heiss said with a laugh. “Im lucky I have a job with some flexibility.” So the couple began to take action. Just that day， Heiss played Santa， going to a local Walmart to pick up presents for Dayami. It had little difficulty to find the gifts that the girl had written on the note.

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Together with his wife， Heiss drove across the border to give the gifts to the little girl.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The parents were incredibly grateful for Heiss generosity. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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With Christmas fast approaching， Heiss turned to Radio XENY， a radio station in Mexico， for help， from where the family assumed the note had originated.

【翻譯】__________________________________________________________________

【点石成金】本句中，With Christmas fast approaching是介词短语做状语，表示时间。a radio station in Mexico是同位语，用来解释Radio XENY。而from where the family assumed the note had originated是借此提前的定语从句。