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【文章梗概】兒子的優(yōu)秀使他榮獲獎學(xué)金，這招來了一些人的嫉妒和負面評論。兒子因此非

常沮喪，很久不能走出陰霾。無奈之下，“我”帶著兒子拜訪了校長。他的話使兒子大受啟

發(fā)，恢復(fù)了往日的精神面貌。

Bewhoyouareandsaywhatyoufeel,becausethosewhominddon'tmatter,and

thosewhomatterdon'tmind.

?BernardM.Baruch

Mysonstaredstoicallyoutthewindowofthecar.Lookingclosely,Isawthe

tracksofearliertearsonhischeeks.Whathadhappened?He'dbeenfinewhenI

droppedhimoffatschool.Whatcouldhavegonesowronginthepastsevenhours?

Howcouldhepossiblylooksosadwhenheshouldbesohappy?

Twoweekspreviously,mysonhadbeenselectedforascholarshiptoattendthe

collegeofhischoicebecauseofhisacademicaccomplishmentsandcommunityservice.

Ourentirefamilyhadbeeninacelebratorymode.Weweresogratefulforthenews.

Itwassuchawonderfulachievementandrelieftoknowwewouldgetfinancial

assistanceforhiscollegeeducation.

Sowhathadgonewrong?Whysuchasadfaceanddowncasteyes?

Ifinallygottheanswerafterafewhoursofprobing.Ilearnedthatmyson,s

scholarshipnewshadgeneratedjealousyamonghisfriends.Notonlywerethese

classmatesunsupportive,buttheircommentsreflectedresentmentthathewas

thinkingabout“goingaway“tocollege.Sincehewas“anerd"and“sorich”

now,theysaidhemightaswellgoaway,becausehewasn,twelcomewiththemanymore.

Ashismother,IfeltIshouldknowhowtomakeeverythingbetter,butIdidn't.

Themockingandbullyingdidn'tmakesensetome.Ikeptwonderinghowsomething

sopositivehadbeentwistedintosomethingsonegative.Isearchedforwordsof

comfort,butnothingIsaidhelpedmyson.

Whenthescholarshiphadfirstbeenannounced,myson,sschoolwasasexcited

andproudaswewere.Theawardreflectedpositivelyonthecurriculum,teachers,

andstaff.Theschoolhadheldaceremonyfortheannouncement.Thenewshadbeen

printedintheschoolpaper,andanewsreleasewassenttothemedia.Ifeltit

musthavebeenthatpublicitythattriggeredtherecentcomments-and,inthe

ensuingdays,thenegativerhetoricjustkeptcoming.

Forthefirsttimeinhislife,mysondidnotwanttogotoschool.Hebegan

sayinghewasnotevensurehewantedtogotocollege.NothingIsaidordidmade

anydifference.Everyday,heseemedmoredispiritedanddownhearted.Hissadness

hunglikeagraycloudoverourwholefamily.

Nothinghisteacherssaidhadmuchimpacteither.Bothhiscounselorandhis

principalofferedwordsofencouragement,buttherewasnotanychange.Theslump

inhisshouldersandthesadnessinhiseyesremained.

Thetauntsfromhispeersalsokeptcoming.

Afterafewweeks,Ifeltmysonwasbecomingseriouslydepressed.Hisworld

wascrumbling.Whenheannouncedthathewantedtogiveupthescholarship,Iknew

somethinghadtobedone.

Idecidedtogouponemorerungontheacademicladderandtakehimtovisit

thesuperintendentofschools.Ididn'tknowthesuperintendent,havingencountered

himonlyatafewacademicfunctionsandcommunityevents,butnooneelseinthe

schoolsystemhadbeenabletochangemyson'soutlook.Iwasdesperate.

Thesuperintendent?sofficewasinaseparateadministrativebuilding,removed

fromthehigh-schoolcampus.Whenwearrived,itwashardnottobeimpressedby

theimposingandimpressivesurroundings.Itwasaveryprofessional,successful

atmosphere,andIfeltfortunatethisbusymanhadagreedtoseeus.

Ourinitialinteractioncenteredaroundintroductions,schoolactivities,and

congratulationsonmyson,sscholarship.Thesuperintendent,however,seemedto

sensewhatwaswrongandwhywewerethere.Hebegantoaddressmysondirectlyand

maintaineyecontactonlywithhim.Theytalkedaboutthemeritsofeducation,how

itwashardtochangeone'ssurroundings,andthebenefitsofnewchallenges.I

can'trecallhisexactwords,butitwassomethingalongthelinesofthefollowing:

aWheneveryoudecidetogrowalittleandextendyourselfabovethenorm,there

isalwaysadangeryouwon'tbethesame.It'slikethetreesintheforest.When

onetreedecidestogrowtallerthanallrest,thattreeismostlikelytogethit

bylightning.It'sachanceyoutake.Whenpeoplearedifferent,itseems1ike

they,remorelikelytobeattackedforthosedifferences.Iknowthisbecausewhen

Iwasateacher,Ihadnoproblems.Ifitinwithalltheotherteacherswithwhom

Iworked.Iwassurroundedbycolleaguesandfriends.Iwantedtobeaprincipal,

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however,andwhenIachievedthatgoal,Ifoundsomeofmycolleaguesandfriends

resentedmyadvancement.”

Irememberwonderingwherehewasgoingwiththis,butInoticedmysonwas

sittingupinhischairandlisteningintently.Hewasobviouslyinterestedinthis

man'sperspectisothesuperintendentwenton.

“WhenIdecidedtobecomethesuperintendentofalltheschoolsinthesystem,

itwasevenworse.Iremembertheresentment***thelackofencouragement.Iknow

whatyou,refeeling,butyoucan'tletthosefeelingskeepyoufromyourgoals

一becauseI'11tellyouasecret.YouknowthosetreesImentioned,well,when

youdogrowtaller,andyouriseaboveal1theothertreesintheforest,yourealize

thereissomuchmoretosee.Yourviewisbetterthanever.Youcanseethesky,

thestars,andeverythingelsebeyondyourlittlelocalforest.Onceyouseewhat's

outthere,yourealizeyoucan,tgoback.You'veseenit,andyou'renotthesame.

Youwanttogrowtallerandextendyourselfevenfurtherbecauseyouwanttosee

more.Youwanttodomore.Don'tbeafraidtogrow,son.Inthelongrun,youwon,t

regretit.Ineverhave.”

aWhenyoudogrowtaller,andyouriseabovealltheothertreesintheforest,

yourealizethereissomuchmoretosee.”

Well,Idon'tknowifitwashim,hiswords,theoffice,orthetreesinthe

forest,butmysonfinallysmiled.Heshookhandswiththesuperintendent,stood

upalittletaller,and,withinafewdays,returnedtothebright,smiling,

effervescentboywe'dalwaysknown.

Intheweeksthatfollowed,Itriedtofigureoutwhatthedifferencewasand

whythisman'sadvicehadresonated.Ibelievemyerrorwasindownplayingthe

problemandtellingmysonthatwhatotherpeoplesaiddidn,tmatter.The

superintendentknewthatthosewordsdidmattertomyson.Heunderstoodbecause

he'dbeenthere.

Yearshavepassed,andmysonisnowarespectedphysician.I'mveryproudof

him,andIremainverygratefulthatonemantookthetimeoutofhisbusydayto

givemysonsomepersonalandheartfeltadvicethatmadeallthedifference.

【詞匯過關(guān)】

請寫出下面文單詞在文章中的中文意思。

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1.stoically/'stGuikli/adv.——

2.celebratory/tsel.I'brei.tar.i/adj.

3.resentment[ri'zentmGnt]n.

4.nerd[n3rd/n3：d]n.________

5.mock[mak/mok]vt.

6.bully['bull]vt.___________

7.twist[twist]vt.

8.trigger[*trig9(r)]vt._______

9.ensue[in'sju:]vi.________

10.rhetoricretank]n._____

11.counselorkaunsle]n._____

12.slump[slAmp]n.

13.taunt[to:nt]n.________

14.crumble['krAmbl]vt.___

15.superintendent[su:pa(r)lnt9ndQnt]n.____________________________

16.administrative[ad，ministrativ]adj.—

17.impose[im，peuz]vt.

18.merit['merit]n.____________________

19.effervescent[ef。'vesent]adv.

20.resonatefrezaneit]vi.

【句子學(xué)習(xí)】

請根據(jù)中文句子填空。

(-)動作描寫

1.Hebegantoaddressmysondirectlyandhim.

他開始直接對我兒子講話，只和他保持眼神交流。

2.Heunderstoodbecause.

他理解，是因為他有過類似的經(jīng)歷。

3.Heshookhandswiththesuperintendent,________________________________,and,

withinafewdays,thebright,smiling,

effervescentboywe'dalwaysknown.

他和警長握了握手，站得高了一點，幾天之內(nèi)，他又回到了我們一直認識的那個男孩的模樣：

聰明、微笑、歡愉。

4.Onemantogivemysonsomepersonaland

heartfeltadvicethatmadeallthedifference.

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一個人從忙碌的一天中抽出時間給我兒子提了一些個人的、發(fā)自內(nèi)心的建議，這些建議讓一

切變得不同。

（二）情緒描寫

1.Lookingclosely,Isawonhischeeks.

仔細看，我看到了他臉上早先的淚痕。

2.Whysuchasadfaceand?

這樣一張悲傷的臉和沮喪的眼睛是為什么？

3.Everyday,heseemedmore.His

sadnessourwholefamily.

每天，他都顯得更加沮喪和沮喪。他的悲傷像一朵灰色的云籠罩著我們?nèi)摇?/p>

4.andthesadnessinhiseyes

remained.

他低落的肩膀和悲傷的眼神依然照舊。

（三）環(huán)境描寫

Whenwearrived,theimposingand

impressivesurroundings.他當(dāng)我們到達時，我們很難不被周圍令人印象深刻的環(huán)境所打動。

拓展練習(xí)讀后續(xù)寫

閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。

Mary'sfamilywasverypoor;hermomworkedasacashieratastoreandher

dadworkedasaguardian.However,Marywasstudyingatafamousprivateschoolthat

cost$15,000eachyear.Evenso,shedidn,treallybringtoomucheconomicburden

toherfamily.Beinggoodatal1hersubjects,Marycouldstudythereonascholarship

andshehadnotroublepayingalmostallnecessities.

Atschool,Maryalwaystriedtopretendtobeagirlfromarichfamily,because

she'safraidthatotherswouldbeunwillingtomakefriendswithheriftheyknew

herfamilybackground.Everyoneattheschoolhadniceclothesandshoes,soitbecame

harderandharderforMarytokeepup.

Mary'sfriendPatriciahadbeenplanningabigpartyforher16thbirthdayfor

twoweeks,whichwasgoingtobeheldintheballroomofahotel.Maryhadalsobeen

invitedtotheparty.Shewantedtowearabeautifuldresstotheparty,butshe

knewshecouldnotaffordit.

“Mary,whatareyougoingtowear?”herfriendLindaaskedher."IthinkI'11

wearthedressIworeatyourbirthdaypartylastyear,“Marysaidinalowvoice.

Lindasaid,"You'rekiddingme,right?”“Yeah,Iam!Youguessedit!vMarysaid.

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Forfearofbeinglaughedat,shehadtolieandinordertocoverupherlie,she

hadtogetanewdress.

Everyonewouldbewearingexpensiveandbeautifulclothes,butMarycouldonly

spent$30onadress.Whatcouldshedotogetanewdressfortheparty?Marywas

consideringdoingonemorepart-timejob,butshehaddonethreepart-timejobsand

couldn,tsparetimeforanewone.

注意：

1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；

2.請按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。

Afterschool,Marywenttotheshoppingmal1,expectingtofindsomethingcheap

butnice.

Onthesecondday,Maryreceivedaparcelwithnosender*snameonit.

心靈雞湯精選答案

【詞匯過關(guān)】

請寫出下面文單詞在文章中的中文意思。

1.stoically/'stauikli/adv.恬淡寡欲地；

2.celebratory/(sel.I'brei.ter.i/adj.慶祝的

3.resentment[ri'zentmQnt]n.怨恨，忿怒

4.nerd[n3rd/n3id]n.討厭的人

5.mock[mak/mDk]vt.嘲弄，嘲笑

6.bullyVbull]vt.威嚇；欺侮；

7.twist[twist]vt.扭轉(zhuǎn);扭曲

8.trigger['trigs(r)]vt.引發(fā)，觸發(fā)，

9.ensue[in'sju:]vi.跟著發(fā)生;繼起

10.rhetoricretarik]n.虛飾的語言

11.counselorUkaunsla]n.顧問，指導(dǎo)老師；

12.slump[slAmp]n.下沉，萎靡

13.taunt[to:nt]n.辱罵；嘲弄

14.crumblekrAmbl]vt.摧毀，破壞；

15.superintendent[su：pG(r)int9ndGnt]n.主管，

16.administrative[ad'ministrativ]adj.管理的;行政的

17.impose[im,pauz]vt.強加于；

18.meritmerit]n.優(yōu)點，價值，

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19.effervescent[efe'vesant]adv.興奮的

20.resonate['rezsneit]vi.共鳴

【句子學(xué)習(xí)】

請根據(jù)中文句子填空。

（-）動作描寫

1.Hebegantoaddressmysondirectlyandmaintaineyecontactonlywithhim.

他開始直接對我兒子講話，只和他保持眼神交流。

5.Heunderstoodbecausehe,dbeenthere.

他理解，是因為他有過類似的經(jīng)歷。

6.Heshookhandswiththesuperintendent,stoodupalittletaller,and,within

afewdays,returnedtothebright,smiling,effervescentboywe'dalwaysknown.

他和警長握了握手，站得高了一點，幾天之內(nèi)，他又回到了我們一直認識的那個男孩的模樣：

聰明、微笑、歡愉。

7.Onemantookthetimeoutofhisbusydaytogivemysonsomepersonalandheartfelt

advicethatmadeallthedifference.

一個人從忙碌的一天中抽出時間給我兒子提了一些個人的、發(fā)自內(nèi)心的建議，這些建議讓一

切變得不同。

（二）情緒描寫

1.Lookingclosely,Isawthetracksofearliertearsonhischeeks.

仔細看，我看到了他臉上早先的淚痕.

5.Whysuchasadfaceanddowncasteyes?

這樣一張悲傷的臉和沮喪的眼睛是為什么？

6.Everyday,heseemedmoredispiritedanddownhearted.Ilissadnesshunglikea

graycloudoverourwholefamily.

每天，他都顯得更加沮喪和沮喪。他的悲傷像一朵灰色的云籠罩著我們?nèi)摇?/p>

7.Theslumpi