No one wanted to work on Christmas Eve, so the shift went to me. I kissed my family goodbye and went off to spend the night in the hospital.

实习期一过，我就迁到加州的伍德兰希尔斯，到小社区医院的急救室上班，作为新人，只有值圣诞节前夕的夜班，我与家人告别，来到了单调冷清的医院。

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On Christmas Eve we give presents to one another.

我们在圣诞夜互相交换礼物。

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I could still remember very clearly that one afternoon when we finished our class, we went to some other classes to sing songs for them, just like what people do in the states on Christmas Eve.

我还记得很清楚，一个下午，当我们完成了我们的类，我们去其他班唱歌，就像人们在圣诞前夕在美国做什么。

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