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A little girl with hearing problems told Santa Claus what she wants for Christmas using sign language.
一個有聽力障礙的小女孩用手語告訴聖誕老人她想要什麼聖誕禮物。
The heartwarming scene was captured by an onlooker at Middlesbrough's Cleveland Centre on November 5 and was posted to YouTube. It has since attracted over 156,600 views.
❣ onlooker--n.旁觀者，觀眾
參考例句：
A handful of onlookers stand in the field watching.
少數幾個旁觀者站在現場觀看。
One onlooker had to be restrained by police.
一個旁觀者遭到了員警的制止。
　　
In the short video, the girl's mum is then heard telling Santa: 'Sorry, she can't talk very well.'
The kind Kris Kringle then asks if she uses sign language to which her mother replies: 'Yeah, she does animals and things like that.'
Saint Nick then taps the adorable girl's arm to get her attention before using hand signals to ask her what she wants for Christmas.
In what appeared to be a scene straight out of the tear-jerking movie Miracle on 34th Street, Santa and his excited little pal are then seen conversing in sign language.
❣ pal --n.朋友，夥伴，同志；vi.結為友
參考例句：
➭He is a pal of mine.
　他是我的一個朋友。
➭Listen, pal, I don't want you talking to my sister any more.
　聽著，小子，我不讓你再和我妹妹說話了。
❣ conversing --v.交談，談話( converse的現在分詞 )
參考例句：
➭I find that conversing with her is quite difficult. 
　和她交談實在很困難。 
➭They were conversing in the parlor. 
　他們正在客廳談話。
　　
The animated youngster's eyes light up and she beams as she tells Santa that she hopes to find a scooter underneath her Christmas tree.
❣ animated --adj.生氣勃勃的，活躍的，愉快的
參考例句：
➭His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.
　他的言論引起了一場氣氛熱烈而活躍的討論。
➭We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.
　昨天晚上我們熱烈地討論時事。
❣ underneath --adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面
參考例句：
➭Working underneath the car is always a messy job.
　在汽車底下工作是件髒活。
➭She wore a coat with a dress underneath.
　她穿著一件大衣，裡面套著一條連衣裙。
　　
Within hours of the video being posted online, thousands of people had watched it - and almost all were completely enchanted with the inspiring scene.
❣ enchanted --adj. 被施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 動詞enchant的過去式和過去分詞
參考例句：
➭She was enchanted by the flowers you sent her. 
　她非常喜歡你送給她的花。
➭He was enchanted by the idea. 
　他為這個主意而欣喜若狂。

文章來源：聖誕老人與聽障小女孩手語交流