【正文】 亮我們生命的人們。but it is also a time to reflect on what confronts those less fortunate than ourselves, at home and throughout the are taught to love their neighbours, having passion and concern, and being ready to undertake charity and voluntary work to ease the burden of deprivation and may ourselves be confronted by a bewildering array of difficulties and challenges, but we must never cease to work for a better future for ourselves and for wish you all, wherever you may be, a very happy Christmas.第五篇：英國女王2009圣誕演說Each year that passes seems to have its own leave us with a feeling of satisfaction, others are best was a difficult year for many, in particular those facing the continuing effects of the economic am sure that we have all been affected by events in Afghanistan and saddened by the casualties suffered by our forces serving thoughts go out to their relations and friends who have shown immense dignity in the face of great personal , we can be proud of the positive contribution that our servicemen and women are making, in conjunction with our over 13,000 soldiers from the United Kingdom, and across the Commonwealthare currently serving in debt of gratitude owed to these young men and women, and to their predecessors, is indeed is 60 years since the Commonwealth was created and today, with more than a billion of its members under the age of 25, the organisation remains a strong and practical force for I attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago and heard how important the Commonwealth is to young munication technologies allow them to reach out to the wider world and share their experiences and many, the practical assistance and networks of the Commonwealth can give skills, lend advice and encourage is inspiring to learn of some of the work being done by these young people, who bring creativity and innovation to the challenges they is important to keep discussing issues that concern us allthere can by no more valuable role for our family of have been closely associated with the Commonwealth through most of its personal and living bond I have enjoyed with leaders, and with people the world over, has always been more important in promoting our unity than symbolism Commonwealth is not an organisation with a is rather an opportunity for its people to work together to achieve practical solutions to many aspects of our lives, whether in sport, the environment, business or culture, the Commonwealth connection remains vivid and is, in lots of ways, the face of the with continuing support and dedication, I am confident that this diverse Commonwealth of nations can strengthen the mon bond that transcends politics, religion, race and economic know that Christmas is a time for celebration and family reunions。.古語云，“與其詛咒黑暗，不如點(diǎn)亮明燭。盡管這并非易事，但我們不應(yīng)該就此灰心。①evoke：及物動詞，喚起②goodwill：善意③twinkling lights：閃爍的燈光④is due to：由于⑤in part：部分地⑥touching：感人的⑦the custom soon spread：這個風(fēng)俗迅速蔓延⑧a newlymarried：新婚不久的⑨a meeting of：一次...的會議⑩Commonwealth leaders：英聯(lián)邦領(lǐng)袖?inspirational：鼓舞人心的?a symbol of hope：希望的象征 Gathering round the tree gives us a chance to think about the year aheadin a stable⑩were far from? ideal, but worse was to e as? the family was forced to flee? the 39。當(dāng)這幅觸動人心的畫公布之后，很多家庭都想要個自己的圣誕樹，從此，圣誕樹的風(fēng)俗漸漸擴(kuò)散開來。我希望，像我一樣，你會安慰拿撒勒人耶穌的人，往往在巨大的逆境的情況下，住一個外向，無私和犧牲生命的例子。我認(rèn)為我們有一個巨大的量，如個人學(xué)習(xí)。我們可能會開始看到的東西，在一個新的視角。一些曾經(jīng)被突然授予那些東西似乎不那么肯定，自然會引起不安全的感覺。rather, it inspires us to try harder: to be thankful for the people who bring love and happiness into our own lives, and to look for ways of spreading that love to others, whenev