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A little white snowflake that lived in the sky,
Kept looking down here with a tear in its eye;
And wherever it looked, alas¹, it could see
The ground was as bare, and as brown, as could
be;
And out of the windows, the childrens' bright
eyes
Looked wistfully up, at the gray winter skies,
While one little fellow was crying outright²,
Because the white snowflakes were nowhere in
sight,
And how could Santa come
In his reindeer³ sleigh,
And Christmas now only
Just two days away?

1 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。

2 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

3 reindeer   

n.驯鹿

参考例句：

• The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.那群驯鹿被一只狼群寻踪追赶上来。
• The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.驯鹿时代人的生活是一种边区生活。