名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 Grandma’s Pearls 学案-高三英语二轮复习培优.docxVIP

高三英语培优·名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 Grandma’s Pearls 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 心灵鸡汤精选Grandma’s Pearls 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 家族传统 四星 779 【文章梗概】外婆留给我一串珍珠，是太外婆给她的：每当女儿做了什么特别的事、学到了什么教训、或者做了她认为明智的事，太外婆都会给女儿一颗； 还有一颗是外公为纪念结婚50周年送给外婆的。外婆希望我能在自己的孩子身上传承这个家族传统。但我不以为然：我要自己继承家族传统而不是我的孩子。我自食其力来实现梦想，而不愿靠人施舍 — 以此给家族传统再添一颗珍珠。 When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left. Sufi Epigram Two weeks after Grandpa died, Grandma came to live with us. Every day, she sat in a rocker in the living room, staring out the window and fingering a small red pouch that she kept with her always. I would try to joke with her and make her laugh like she used to, but she would just nod sadly and continue rocking. One day, I noticed Grandma looking out the window. I stood up, stretched my cramped legs and walked over to her. “What are you watching, Grandma?” I asked. Grandma’s head jerked, like she was waking up from a nap. “Nothing, really. Just looking into the past.” I didn’t really know what to say. Grandma stared at me, seeming to really see me for the first time in the weeks since she’d moved in. I pointed to her lap. “Why do you keep that red bag with you?” Grandma’s skinny, bent fingers moved lovingly along the bright red velvet. “Everything I ever learned is in this bag,” she said. I pulled up a stool and sat by her knees. “What do you mean?” “I’ll show you.” Grandma gently pulled the worn ribbons that held the bag closed, then reached in and removed a strand of large, silvery-white pearls. “It’s beautiful!” I said. Leaning closer, I realized the huge pearls were strung on a slender length of leather. “Your great-great-grandmother gave this to my mother, who gave it to me.” Her eyes glistened. “I remember it like it was yesterday. She gave me this piece of leather, with one pearl strung on it. She called it a pearl of wisdom. She gave it to me because I ignored the stories everyone was telling about a man who had moved into town with his two daughters. I mad