【心灵鸡汤】高中英语 增加词汇量 一份爱的礼物素材.doc

3心灵鸡汤:一份爱的礼物In1945,a12-year-oldboysawsomethinginashopwindowthatsethisheartracing.Buttheprice—fivedollars—wasfarbeyondReubenEarle'smeans.Fivedollarswouldbuyalmostaweek'sgroceriesforhisfamily.Reubencouldn'taskhisfatherforthemoney.EverythingMarkEarlemadethroughfishinginBayRoberts,Newfoundland,Canada.Reuben'smother,Dora,stretchedlikeelastictofeedandclothetheirfivechildren.Nevertheless,heopenedtheshop'sweathereddoorandwentinside.Standingproudandstraightinhisflour-sackshirtandwashed-outtrousers,hetoldtheshopkeeperwhathewanted,adding,"ButIdon'thavethemoneyrightnow.Canyoupleaseholditformeforsometime?""I'lltry,"theshopkeepersmiled."Folksaroundheredon'tusuallyhavethatkindofmoneytospendonthings.Itshouldkeepforawhile."Reubenrespectfullytouchedhisworncapandwalkedoutintothesunlightwiththebayripplinginafresheningwind.Therewaspurposeinhislopingstride5.Hewouldraisethefivedollarsandnottellanybody.Hearingthesoundofhammeringfromasidestreet,Reubenhadanidea.Herantowardsthesoundandstoppedataconstructionsite.PeoplebuilttheirownhomesinBayRoberts,usingnailspurchasedinHessiansacksfromalocalfactory.Sometimesthesackswerediscardedintheflurryofbuilding,andReubenknewhecouldsellthembacktothefactoryforfivecentsapiece.Thatdayhefoundtwosacks,whichhetooktotheramblingwoodenfactoryandsoldtothemaninchargeofpackingnails.Theboy'shandtightlyclutchedthefive-centpiecesasheranthetwokilometershome.Nearhishousestoodtheancientbarnthathousedthefamily'sgoatsandchickens.Reubenfoundarustysodatinanddroppedhiscoinsinside.Thenheclimbedintotheloftofthebarnandhidthetinbeneathapileofsweetsmellinghay.ItwasdinnertimewhenReubengothome.Hisfathersatatthebigkitchentable,workingonafishingnet.Dorawasatthekitchenstove,readytoservedinnerasReubentookhisplaceatthetable.Helookedathismotherandsmiled.Sunlightfromthewindowgildedhershoulder-lengthblondehair.Slimandbeautiful,shewasthecenterofthehome,thegluethatheldittogether.Herchoreswerenever-ending.SewingclothesforherfamilyontheoldSingertreadlemachine,cookingmealsandbakingbread,plantingand