Mrs Elise was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day
at lunch time, I was getting ready to eat my tuna fish (金槍魚) sandwich and suddenly Mrs Elise asked me if she
could buy my sandwich from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy
a hot hunch from the cafeteria (食堂).
I was excited. I never bought my lunch at the
cafeteria. It was too expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch
and took the bag back home to use it again the next day. So you could
understand my happiness when I had the chance to buy a hot lunch.
When we finished lunch that day, Mrs Elise took me
aside and said she wanted to explain why she had bought my sandwich. I really
didn’t care why, but it gave me a few minutes of her special attention, so I
was quiet as she explained. She told me that she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays, they
ate fish on Fridays.
Oh, I couldn’t wait to get home and tell my mother
that from then on I wanted a tuna fish sandwich on Fridays. After my mother
understood why, she gladly made tuna fish sandwiches for me on Fridays. She
even made it with brown bread because she knew Mrs Elise liked brown bread.
From then on, every Friday I could get in line with other kids for a hot lunch.
I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about cafeteria food. It tasted divine
to me!
I realize now that Mrs Elise could have made herself
tuna fish sandwiches on Fridays. But she bought mine because she saw a little
girl who was excited at the simple act of having a hot lunch.
I will never forget Mrs Elise for her pity for me and
generosity (慷慨) and what I should do is to follow her
example.
1. From this passage we know_______.
A.Mrs Elise was
the best friend of the writer
B.the writer
came from a poor family
C.many or the
writer’s classmates liked cafeteria food
D.the writer
like to eat tuna fish sandwiches on Fridays
2. Mrs Elise bought the writer’s sandwiches
because_______.
A.she was tired
of cafeteria food
B.she hated
getting in line with kids
C.she liked the
tuna fish sand writer’s made by the writer’s mother
D.she wanted to
show care to the writer
3. The underlined word“divine”means“_____”.
A.perfect B.sweet C.unpleasant D.bad
4. Which of the following can we learn from this
passage?
A.It is hard to
please all.
B.Better to
give than to receive.
C.Love makes
the world go around.
D.The more you
offer, the more you get.