Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood, and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth's house was high enough to escape it.
Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house.Elizabeth’s friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to attend to.
“Well，”Elizabeth explained to her friends，“At the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in France. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now.The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children，‘We won't be able to have much for Christmas.I'm going to get just one present for us all.Now I'll go and get it.'She came back with a little girl who had no parents.‘Here's our present.’She said to her own children.The children were more than excited to get such a present.They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sister.I was that Christmas present.”
-kill [kɪl]v.杀死；消灭；使痛苦；消磨
典型例句
Those stairs kill me every time！
每次上那些台阶都使我精疲力尽！
最常用法
kill a man 杀死一个
kill time 消磨时间
kill sb's interest 破坏某人的情趣
killer n.杀人者；凶手；致命物
-present [ˈpreznt]n.礼物；现在 adj.在场的；现在的；v.赠送；呈现
典型例句
He bought me a valuable ring as a birthday present.
他给我买了一只贵重的戒指作为生日礼物。
最常用法
at present 目前，现在
the people present 在场的人
the present chairman 现任主席
联想记忆
gift n.礼物；赠品
absent adj.缺席的
-warm [wɔːrm]adj.温暖的；热情的 v.变暖；使暖和
典型例句
a warm person 热情的人
最常用法
warm one’s heart 心中感到热乎乎的
warm up 变暖；活跃起来；热
warm up to 对……变得较有好感
联想记忆
warmth n.温暖；热烈；热情；热心
warmly adv.亲切地；温暖地；热烈
cool adj.凉爽的；凉的；冷漠的 vt.（使）变凉；（使）冷静
伊丽莎白和她的六个孩子蜗居在一个小房子里。有年冬天一场大洪水冲走了许多房屋，但伊丽莎白家的房子由于地势高而躲过了这场劫难。
伊丽莎白接纳了一家人，这家人在洪水中失去了一切。她与这家人共享一个家，直到他们另外找到一处房子。伊丽莎白的朋友无法理解她在已经有这么多孩子要养活的情况下，为什么还要付出那么多。
伊丽莎白给她的朋友讲了一个故事：“第二次世界大战末，法国的一个小镇上有一个可怜的女人。她的丈夫在战争中丧生了，她还要拉扯好多个孩子，就像我现在这样。”
“圣诞节的前一天，这个女人对她说孩子们说：‘我们没有太多的东西来过圣诞节，我打算送我们所有人一个礼物。我现在就去把它带来。’她带回来了一个失去父母的小女孩，并对孩子们说‘她就是我们的圣诞礼物。’”
“孩子们为能得到这样一份礼物而激动不已。他们热情地欢迎一个小女孩的到来，她成为了他们的小妹妹，与他们一起成长。而我就是那个圣诞礼物。”