VOA慢速英语:欧·亨利《麦琪的礼物》

短语讲解：

1. Which led to the thought that life is made up of little cries and smiles, with more little cries than smiles.

lead to 导致; 把…带到; 领到
例句：Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。

2. Something fine and rare -- something close to being worthy of the honor of belonging to Jim.

belong to 属于
例句：Earls, princes, and kings belong to the nobility.
伯爵、亲王和国王属于贵族。

3. Had the Queen of Sheba lived in their building, Della would have let her hair hang out the window to dry just to reduce the value of the queen's jewels.

hang out 伸出
例句：Don' t hang out of the window, or you may fall.
别伸出窗外，不然可能掉下去。

4. If Jim does not kill me before he takes a second look at me," she said to herself, "he'll say I look like a song girl. But what could I do--oh!

look like 看起来与（某人或某物）相像[相似]
例句：You look like a nice upstanding young man.
你看起来像是一个正直的好青年。

5. Poor man, he was only twenty-two and he had to care for a wife.

care for 照料; 喜欢
例句：They hired a nurse to care for her.
他们雇了个护士来照顾她。

6. You have cut off your hair?

cut off 切除; 切[隔]断; 剪[切， 砍]下
例句：Our phone's been cut off
我们的电话被切断了。