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牛津译林版 必修五 Unit 1
Father of Fortune
By Ted Bosley
Once again,the Christmas season was upon us.And once again,my daughter Tania was asking,“What do you want for Christmas,Dad?”
“The usual,” I replied.After twenty-three years,she knew that this meant boxer shorts and some happy socks,the kind that help that tender old bunion.These were Christmas rituals（例行仪式）for me.
In the small town of Peterborough,Ontario,where we lived,life had a certain rhythm,and the festive season was full of ritual.After living in Calgary for many years,I had returned to my hometown to be near my own aging dad,and life took on a fairly predictable sort of rhythm.But this particular year,my daughter,Tania,and her young husband,Barry,changed all that. Every day for two weeks prior to Christmas,un |
