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名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选A Perfect Exchange
心灵鸡汤精选A Perfect Exchange
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great expectations
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【文章梗概】姨妈是一个节俭的人，她从不用商店购买的东西作为礼物，也不会把钱浪费在化妆品上。一枚饰针是她唯一的配饰。一件漂亮的裙子，只有在正式场合才穿。今年姨妈和我们一起过圣诞节。我为姨妈准备的礼物——诱人的果酱，一个红色蝴蝶结。当姨妈打开礼物时，她非常激动。而姨妈送给我的礼物是几本她的亲笔日记和她一生最喜爱的饰针，我视之为珍宝。这个圣诞节我和姨妈都收到了彼此最喜爱的礼物，这个圣诞节令我至今难忘。
An aunt is someone special to remember with warmth, think of with pride, and cherish with love.
~Author Unknown
The unexpected, tube-shaped gift from Aunt Maisy was wrapped in familiar paper — the same wallpaper that had graced her outhou walls. I giggled to mylf thinking how my thrifty aunt had saved that scrap of leftover wallpaper in her attic for years.
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Hard as I tried, I couldn’t imagine what Aunt Maisy, who was not one to spend money on store-bought “gifts,” would possibly be giving me for Christmas! We had never exchanged gifts before. In fact, we only saw her and Uncle Chill a couple of times a year in the summer when Dad would drive us nearly a hundred miles to visit them.
But Uncle Chill was gone now, and Mom and Dad had coaxed Aunt Maisy into coming to spend Christmas with us. They hoped she might stay since, according to Mom, she wasn’t well enough to live on her own anymore.
I hadn’t planned on fitting a gift for Aunt Maisy into my Christmas budget, but Mom insisted I buy her something. I browd through Eaton’s and drooled over the boxed chocolates, thinking what a great gift they’d make since she would have to share them with me! But I remembered Aunt Maisy was not suppod to eat anything with sugar becau she had diabetes.
I sprayed my coat with perfumes from the test bottles, but I knew Aunt Maisy would scold me for was
ting money on store-bought toiletries that she claimed were “far too expensive” and “good for nothing but making you sneeze.”
I rummaged through bins of scarves, shawls, and handkerchiefs, but nothing emed suitable for Aunt Maisy, who wasn’t one to wear frilly or fancy things. She only had one good dress, which
she wore to church or when she was having company.
I admired an endless array of jewellery, but all the glistening strings of beads, chains, earrings and bracelets emed far too flashy. The only piece of jewellery I ever recalled eing my aunt wear was a tiny,enameled strawberry brooch, which Uncle Chill had given her when they were young and courting. Whenever she wore her good dress, the little brooch was pinned to its collar.
It was nearing noon, but I still hadn’t found anything suitable for Aunt Maisy! I figured I’d pop into the drugstore and buy mylf some bubblegum before meeting Dad.
云的英文单词As I stood in line while people were getting their prescriptions filled, I spotted the cutest little jars of jam I had ever en! There were three little jars per t, nestled in a pretty red tartan box with a cellophane front. But what really caught my eye was the word on the sign above the boxes. It read “diabetic” and stated that the jams were “sugar-free” and “doctor approved.”
My heart was pounding with excitement as I remembered hearing Aunt Maisy tell Mom how much she misd her “sweets.” I eagerly cho the box that contained three of her favourite backyard fruits: gooberry, strawberry and currant. I paid the cashier, who talked me into buying a red bow with my leftover change from the purcha.
To this very day, I can still picture the look of delight on Aunt Maisy’s face as she opened her gift from me! She fus d and fusd as though the box of jams was the finest gift she had ever received. I hadn’t expected my gift to give her such pleasure, and I was even more surprid at the unexpected joy I felt in watching her open it. She even asked Mom to pin the red bow onto her collar, and it was only then I noticed Aunt Maisy was not wearing her beloved strawberry brooch.
Finally, my turn came to peel the outhou wallpaper off the funny, tube-shaped gift. Tucked inside the tube were veral old, yellowed notebooks, which we call “scribblers” in Canada, rolled up and bound with rubber bands, along with a tiny box that rattled when it was shaken.
I slipped the bands off the scribblers and found the fragile pages were filled with Aunt Maisy’s handwriting. In her journals, she had recorded all of our summer visits and the things we did together — things I took for granted. I never realid, until then, how much she and Uncle Chill had cherished the time we spent together. And inside the tiny box was Aunt Maisy’s beloved strawberry brooch.
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Today, the scribblers and the precious little pin are two of my most prized posssions. And that Christmas of so long ago still holds a special place in my heart.
— Linda Gabris —
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
margin call
2.giggle[ˈɡɪɡl]vi. __________________________
3.thrifty[ˈθrɪfti]adj.__________________________
4.scrap[skræp]n. ________________________
5.attic[ˈætɪk]n.________________________
7.brow[braʊz]vt.________________________
8.drool[druːl]vi.________________________
9.diabetes[ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz]n.________________________
10.spray[spreɪ]vt.________________________
12.rummage['rʌmɪdʒ]vt. ________________________
13.bin[bɪn]n. ________________________
14.shawl[ʃɔːl]n. ________________________
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15.frilly['frɪli]adj.________________________
16.array[ə'reɪ]n. ________________________
17.glisten['ɡlɪsn]vi. ________________________
18.bead[biːd]n. ________________________
20.brooch[brəʊtʃ]n. ________________________
21.pin[pɪn]vt. ________________________
22.pop[pɒp]vi.________________________
23.bubblegum[ˈbʌblɡʌm]n.________________________
25.tartan['tɑːtn]n. ________________________
28.currant[ˈkʌrənt]n. ______________________
29.bow[ baʊ , bəʊ]n.______________________
30.fuss[fʌs]vi.______________________
31.peel[piːl]vt.______________________
32.bound[baʊnd]vt. ______________________
33.rattle[ˈrætl]vi.______________________
34.slip[slɪp]vt.______________________
35.fragile[ˈfrædʒaɪl adj.______________________
36.cherished[ˈtʃerɪʃ]vt.______________________
【句子学习】
请根据中文句子填空。
（一）动作描写
1. I ______________________ to mylf thinking how my thrifty aunt had saved that scrap of leftover wallpaper in her attic for years.
想到一向勤俭的姨妈攒了这么多剩下的墙纸一定化了好多年，我咯咯地笑起来了。
2. As I ______________________ while people were getting their prescriptions filled, I ______________________ the cutest little jars of jam I had ever en!
当我排着队而人们正拿着处方买药时，我看到了最诱人的果酱。
3. But what really ______________________ was the word on the sign above the boxes.
但是真正引起我注意的是盒子包装上的字。
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4. I never realid, until then, how much she and Uncle Chill had cherished the time we spent together.预科是什么意思
直到那时我才认识到她和叔叔Chill是多么珍惜我们在一起的时光。
（二）情绪描写
1.____________________________________________as I remembered hearing Aunt Maisy tell Mom how much she misd her “sweets.”
当我记得曾经听到姨妈对母亲讲她多么想吃甜食时，我的心里激动地砰砰直跳。
2. To this very day, I can still picture____________________________________________ as she opened her gift from me!
直到今天，我仍然能够想起姨妈打开我送给她的礼物时脸上开心的表情。
3. She ______________________ and ______________________ as though the box of jams was the finest gift she had ever received.
她激动不已，好像那盒果酱是她曾经收到的最好的礼物。
4. I hadn’t expected my gift to give her such pleasure, and I was even more surprid at ______________________I felt in watching her open it.
我没想到我的礼物让她如此开心，同时也对自己看着她打开礼物时内心里那种未曾料到的喜悦而感到惊讶。
拓展练习读后续写
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was Christmas Eve when my sister and I decided to open our prents before our mom got home from work.
She usually came home about an hour after we got home from school, which we thought was plenty of time to sneak a peek (偷看) at the gifts under the tree.
Since my sister was older, and that put her in charge, she opened the first gift while I was ordered to stand guard at the big picture window in our front room.I was to report any suspicious (可疑的) activity or persons, namely our mother.
Finally, when my sister’s curiosity was satisfied and she had finished wrapping her last prent back up, we changed places.
My heart beat so fast that it felt like my chest was moving in and out.My sister reminded me to be careful so I wouldn’t tear the paper, and to wrap the prent back up the same way that I had found it.
After unwrapping a few prents, I found it faster to open one end of a prent and peek inside.Cool! Mom and Dad got me headphones for my stereo! I pulled the headphones out of the box and was about to put them on when my sister shouted, “Quick! Wrap it hack up! Mom’s coming!”
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My heart hit the floor along with the headphones.My body was as frozen as a snowman.I shoved the headphones back in the box but my hands were shaking so much that I tore the paper trying to wrap it back up.My sister was yelling at me, which only made my hands shake more.I heard the door opened.I thought I was going to wet my pants!
I had just finished burying the package with my headphones in it when my mother came into the front room.I jumped up and said, “Hi, Mom!” She smiled at me and said “Hi,” back, but didn’t appear to suspect a thing.My heart began to slow as I took a deep breath.That was clo.Too clo!注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
On Christmas morning, my sister and I gave award-winning performances when we opened our prents—again.
Looking at each other, my sister and I laughed—Mum had actually found out our cret.
心灵鸡汤精选答案
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
2.giggle[ˈɡɪɡl]vi. 咯咯笑;remix什么意思
3.thrifty[ˈθrɪfti]adj.节约的
4.scrap[skræp]n. 碎片
5.attic[ˈætɪk]n.阁楼;
