Question

【題目】 David, an artist from the UK, found a lot of money in his new house-38,000 dollars in a place where no one could see it. Although he had Louse payments(貸款) he decided to return all of the money to the previous(先前的)owner of the house, Mr. Brown. Would you have done the same? Just days after he had bought the house, David came into the small house. When he was walking around in the house, he noticed a little hole in the wall. He didn’t know what was inside, so he walked towards the wall. It was very dark inside, but an old box caught his eye. “It was heavy. I thought there might be some pieces of wood,” he said. In fact, there weren’t. It was full of lots of dollar bills. But he and his wife knew they had to return the money to Mr. Brown.

“We have three boys and we teach them to be honest and to do what is right, and we knew this was a teachable moment that I would never get back again,” David said. “it’s been a great lesson for our kids.”

【1】Were there any pieces of wood in the old box?

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【2】What did David decide to do after he found a lot of money in his new house?

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【3】Why is it given a great lesson to David’s kids?

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【4】If you were David, what would you do with the money? Tell us your reason.

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】No, there weren’t. / No.

【2】He decided to return the money (to Mr. Brown/ to the previous owner).

【3】Because they can learn to be honest/ to do what is right./ Because they can do something honest with it.

【4】I would also return the money back, because this is not my own thing. It’s a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.

【解析】

文章講述了一位英國(guó)的藝術(shù)家在買(mǎi)完房子不久，他發(fā)現(xiàn)墻上有一個(gè)小洞，在里面發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)裝滿錢(qián)的箱子，雖然他有貸款要還，但是他仍然決定把錢(qián)還給以前的房主，他認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)教育孩子要誠(chéng)實(shí)的好機(jī)會(huì)。

【1】根據(jù)文中“It was heavy. I thought there might be some pieces of wood,” he said. In fact, there weren’t. It was full of lots of dollar bills. “很重。我想可能有一些木頭碎片，”他說(shuō)。事實(shí)上，不是。里面裝滿了很多美元鈔票。可知箱子里面裝的并不是木頭碎屑，故答案為No, there weren’t./ No.

【2】根據(jù)文中David, an artist from the UK, found a lot of money in his new house-38,000 dollars in a place where no one could see it. Although he had Louse payments(貸款) he decided to return all of the money to the previous(先前的)owner of the house, Mr. Brown. 大衛(wèi)，一位來(lái)自英國(guó)的藝術(shù)家，在他的新房子里發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多錢(qián)——38000美元，在一個(gè)沒(méi)有人能看到它的地方。雖然他有貸款，但是他決定把錢(qián)還給先前的房主，布朗先生�？芍�他決定把錢(qián)還回去，故答案為He decided to return the money (to Mr. Brown/ to the previous owner).

【3】根據(jù)文中“We have three boys and we teach them to be honest and to do what is right, and we knew this was a teachable moment that I would never get back again,” David said. “it’s been a great lesson for our kids.” 大衛(wèi)說(shuō)：“我們有三個(gè)男孩，我們教他們誠(chéng)實(shí)，做正確的事，我們知道這是我再也找不回來(lái)的一個(gè)值得教導(dǎo)的時(shí)刻�！边@對(duì)我們的孩子來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)很好的教訓(xùn)�？芍�是因?yàn)樗�覺(jué)得這樣可以教他們的孩子誠(chéng)實(shí)，怎么做是正確的，故答案為Because they can learn to be honest/ to do what is right./ Because they can do something honest with it.

【4】如果我是大衛(wèi)，我也會(huì)把錢(qián)還回去，因?yàn)檫@本身就不是屬于我的東西，“拾金不昧”是中華民族的傳統(tǒng)美德，我作為一個(gè)中國(guó)人必須要有這樣的品質(zhì)，故答案為I would also return the money back, because this is not my own thing. It’s a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.