高中三年级英语(人教版)全一册 Unit 10 Integrating Skills 1

　　The door opened. Jim stepped in and closed it. He looked thin and very serious. Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two -- and to be burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he was without gloves.

　　Jim stopped inside the door. His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read. It terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor a look showing that he did not approve, nor horror, nor any of the feelings that she had been prepared for. He simply stared at her with that strange expression on his face.

　　Della got up and walked towards him. "Jim, honey," she cried, "don't look at me that way. lhad my hair cut off and sold it because I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It'll grow again -- you won't mind, will you? I just had to do it. My hair grows very fast. Say 'Merry Christmas!' Jim, and let's be happy. You don't know what a nice -- what a beautiful, nice gift I've got for you."

　　"You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim. "Cut it off and sold it," said Della. "Don't you like me just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, aren't I?" Jim looked about the room. "You say your hair is gone?" he asked. "You needn't look for it," said Della. "It's sold, I tell you -- sold and gone. It's Christmas Eve, boy. Be good to me, for it went out of love for you. Shall I put dinner on, Jim?"

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