1、讀美文：Vanilla Sugar Biscuits 香草餅干 A small boy at summer camp received a large package of his favorite vanilla sugar biscuits in the mail from his mother. He ate a few then was careful to place the rest of them under his bed. The next day, after lunch, he went to his tent to get a delicious biscuit. He

2、 discovered that the box was gone and asked if anybody had seen them anywhere. He immediately communicated this information to his camp teacher. That afternoon the teacher saw another boy sitting behind a tree eating the stolen biscuits. “That young man,” he said to himself, “must be taught not to s

3、teal. Whatever it takes for him to prevent this happening again.” He considered a helpful, new method and had a conversation with the boy. He returned to the group and found out the boy whose biscuits had been stolen. “Billy,” he said, “I know who stole your biscuits. Will you help me teach him a le

4、sson?” “Well, yesbut arent you going to punish him?” asked the boy rather surprised at the recent situation. “No, that would only make him hate you,” the teacher said without doubt. “I want you to call your mother and ask her to send you another box of biscuits.” The boy did as the teacher asked and

5、 a few days later received another plastic box of biscuits in the mail. “Now,” encouraged the teacher, “the boy who stole your biscuits is down by the lake. Go down there and share your biscuits with him.” “But,” the boy said understanding this with difficulty, “hes the thief.” “I know. This may req

6、uire some of your trust and for you to do remain patient. But perhaps you can welcome my suggestion and advice. Dont be nervous. Try itsee what happens.” Half an hour later the camp teacher was glad to see the two come up the hill, arm in arm, in agreement. The boy who had stolen the biscuits was in

7、sisting on getting the other to accept his army knife as a trade for the stolen biscuits, and the other was just as honestly refusing the gift from his new friend, saying that it made no difference, a few old biscuits werent that important anyway, but a lifetime friendship did.譯文 有個正在度夏令營的小男孩，收到他媽媽寄

8、給他的一盒香草餅干，這可是他最愛吃的東西了。他吃了幾塊，把剩下的小心翼翼地放到床下。第二天吃完午飯，小男孩走進帳篷，準備吃一塊美味的餅干。然而，他發(fā)現(xiàn)放餅干的盒子不見了，他急忙問有沒有人看到它。小男孩立即就把這個消息告訴了夏令營的老師。 其實，這個下午，這位老師就看到另外一個小男孩坐在樹下正吃著偷來的餅干。這個老師自言自語道：“必須要教會這個小男孩不可以偷東西，無論怎樣，他都不可以再偷了。” 他想到了一個可以幫助他的新辦法，于是，他決定和這個小男孩談談。他回到小組，找到被偷餅干的小男孩。“比利，”他說：“我知道是誰偷了你的餅干，你能幫我去教育他一下嗎？” “好的，但是您不打算懲罰他嗎？”小男孩

9、對這個情況很驚訝。 “不，那樣做只會使他恨你，”老師肯定的說到：“我想讓你去給你媽媽打個電話，讓她再給你寄一盒餅干。” 這個小男孩照老師說的做了。幾天后，他又收到了一塑料盒郵寄來的餅干。 老師鼓勵他說：“現(xiàn)在那個偷你餅干的小男孩正坐在湖邊，你去那兒，和他一起吃餅干。” “但是，”這個小男孩不解地說，“他是個小偷。” “我知道，”老實說，“這個可能既需要你信任他又需要有耐心，但是我希望你能接受老師的建議。別緊張，去試試吧，看看會怎樣。” 半小時后，這位老師高興地看到這兩個男孩臂挽臂來到了山上，顯然兩個人的意見已達成了一致。偷了餅干的小男孩執(zhí)意要給這個小男孩一把軍刀以此來交換他偷吃的餅干。這個小男

10、孩真誠地拒絕了新朋友的禮物，他說這是沒有關系的，幾塊餅干一點都不重要，重要的是咱們建立的一生的友誼。拓展訓練 Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was gone. He went to tell his camp _46_ about it. The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Toms biscuit behind a tree.

11、He _47_ an idea to solve(解決) the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “I know who _48_ your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a lesson?” “Well, yesare you going to punish _49_, sir?” Tom asked. “No, I am not,” the coach explained _50_. “That would only make him hate you. I want you to write

12、to your mother and ask for more _51_.” Tom received another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go and _52_them with the boy who stole your biscuits.” Tom didnt understand the coachs intention, _53_he still followed his advice. Half an hour later the coa

13、ch saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to _54_his toy robot in payment for (賠償) the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so _55_. In some situations, forgiveness (原諒) is better than punishment.46. A. cookB. doctorC. coachD. cleaner 47. A. got on withB. went on withC. came up withD. caught up with48. A. took away B. ran away C. went awayD. threw away 49. A. meB. himC. us D. them 50. A. shylyB. angrilyC. excitedlyD. patiently51. A.