A Brother Like That
A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile
from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve
when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin[1] was
walking around the shiny new car, admiring it.
"Is this your car, Mister?" he said.
Paul nodded. "My brother gave it to me for Christmas."
The boy was astounded[2]. "You mean your brother gave it
to you and it didnt cost you nothing? Boy, I wish . . ."
He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He
was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the
lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.
"I wish," the boy went on, "That I could be a brother
like that."
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment[3], then
impulsively he added, "Would you like to take a ride in my
car?"
"Oh yes, Id love that."
After a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes aglow
[4], said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my
house?"
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad
wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride
home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. "Will
you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.
He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard
him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was
carrying his little crippled[5] brother. He sat him down
on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him
[6] and pointed to the car.
"There she is, Buddy[7], just like I told you
upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it
didnt cost him a cent. And some day Im gonna give you
one just like it . . . then you can see for yourself all
the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Ive been
trying to tell you about."
Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of
his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside
him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.
That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when
he said: "It is more blessed to give[8] . . . "
參考答案:既然是解读，我想就不用逐句翻译了吧？
这篇文章的内容是这样的：
“我”的一个朋友保罗从他的哥哥那里得到了一辆汽车作为圣诞礼物。在圣诞前夜，当保罗离开他的办公室后，看见一个小孩在自己的新车前走来走去，羡慕的看着这辆车。保罗告诉他这车是他一分钱没花从他哥哥那儿得到的。小孩很惊讶，保罗本以为他会说希望有个这样的哥哥，但是这孩子却说他希望自己能成为那样的一个哥哥。保罗在惊讶之下邀请孩子乘车逛街。在车上，孩子请求他将车开到孩子的家前面。又一次出乎保罗的意料，小孩的目的不是为了向邻居们炫耀，而是为了让自己的小弟弟出来看看这辆车。原来他的弟弟腿有残疾。小孩把弟弟抱出来后，向他许诺将来也买一辆这样的大车送给他，这样弟弟就可以自己亲自的外面感受圣诞节的美妙了，看看商店橱窗漂亮的商品了。然后保罗开车带着这兄弟俩人进行了一次难忘的假日“游行”。在那一天，保罗终于明白了耶稣说的一句话：“施比受更为有福！”
祝大家圣诞快乐！
