丢失的手套

江苏 刘 珂

Step 1感知·阅读导航

73岁的加里购物时总是精打细算，常能买到物美价廉的商品。十年前，他以低价买到了一副十分满意的手套，然而，不久前他却在超市将手套不小心弄丢了。在另买手套之前，他最后一次来到失物招领处碰运气……他能找回心爱的手套吗？

本文为短篇故事，全文405词，建议用时7分钟。

阅读目标

1.把握故事梗概并探究主人公的性格特点；

2.挖掘故事内蕴含的关于人性善恶的主旨；

3.体会并模仿故事的语言风格，合理构思情节并展开读后续写。

阅读预热

I.Discussion

Have you lost something valuable to you,or have you accidentally picked up someone else's lost property?If so,what happened afterwards?Did you get back or return the lost property?Share your experiences as well as what you reflected upon them with your partners.

Ⅱ.Prediction

The hero of the following story lost his beloved gloves in a supermarket.According to your prediction,will he get the gloves back?If so,how will the gloves return to him?If not,what might happen to the gloves and how will the hero feel?Discuss it with your partners.

173-year-old Gary selected his food in Value Mart more carefully than NASA chooses its candidates for the space shuttle.Skim milk（脱脂牛奶）was$2.99,on sale from$3.49;white bread,89 cents with a discount;table salt,99 cents,20 cents off the regular price.Leaving the cashier,he estimated that he had saved 80 cents today.He was pleased that he had got good value for his money again.

2At the exit,the cold wind reminded him of his gloves.“Now where are they?”Not in the coat pockets.Not in the grocery bag either.The worried man made a thorough search of all his pockets again,including the grocery bag.Now he was sure that they must have been dropped somewhere inside the store.

3Old Gary had bought the black gloves at a 25%discount ten years ago.His quick decision to buy the expensive gloves turned out to be a good one,which even promoted his social status on the bus,as poorer passengers stared at him enviously.Losing this favorite possession was almost like losing a child for him.

4Gary re-entered the store with long steps.He followed the same route he had walked before.There were all open passages and it did not take long for him to be convinced that the gloves were not in sight.

5“Society has changed;people have changed,”he murmured to himself.“Years ago,if somebody picked up something lost,they would give it back.Not any more!”

6On his way out,he went over to the cashier to ask if she had received any lost gloves.She asked him what color they were,and when he said“black”,there came a disappointing answer.He took his time now,finally walking out of the store.

7Back home,Gary was at a loss.In deep winter,he could not do without a pair of gloves.He was very upset that people no longer returned things they found on the road.

8After a week,Gary decided to buy another leather pair.Before boarding the subway,he stepped into Value Mart again to see if by any chance his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office.“What color are they?”the woman in the office asked again.“Black,”he gave the same answer.She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of men's leather gloves,“Are they?”

Step 2 理解·文本解读

I.Combing the events in the right time order

A.Gary asked the cashier whether she had received lost gloves.

B.Gary bought discounted daily necessities at Value Mart.

C.Gary walked the same route he had walked before in search of the gloves.

D.Gary went to the lost and found office again to try his fortune.

E.Gary decided to buy another pair of gloves.

F.Gary realized he had left his favorite gloves in the store.

Ⅱ.Exploring the characteristics of the main character

Clues in the article Possible characteristics Leaving the cashier,he estimated that he had saved 80 cents today. 1.________________He was pleased that he had got good value for his money again. 2.________________His quick decision to buy the expensive gloves turned out to be a good one,which even promoted his social status on the bus. 3.________________“Society has changed;people have changed,”he murmured to himself.“Years ago,if somebody picked up something lost,they would give it back.Not any more!”4.________________

Ⅲ.Deep thinking

When old Gary came to the lost and found office the second time,did he hold out much hope?Why?

Ⅳ.Exploring the theme

The narration tells the story of an old man losing his favorite gloves with an open ending.Readers are uncertain whether Gary got the gloves back in the end.Why doesn't the author give a definite ending to the story?What do you think the theme of the passage is?

Step 3 运用·读写整合

Continuation task

请根据小说情节、内容、语言特点及所给段落开头语，续写两段,使之成为一篇完整的小说。词数150左右。

Paragraph 1:

Looking at the fairly new gloves in the woman's hand,Gary hesitated for a moment.___________

Paragraph 2:

When Gary was about to leave the office,the door opened from outside and a young man came in.________________________________________________________________________________

Step 4 提升·素养建构

Read the following sentences and discover their language features.

1.73-year-old Gary selected his food in Value Mart more carefully than NASA chooses its candidates for the space shuttle.

2.His quick decision to buy the expensive gloves turned out to be a good one,which even promoted his social status on the bus,as poorer passengers stared at him enviously.Losing this favorite possession was almost like losing a child for him.

3.Gary re-entered the store with long steps...He took his time now,finally walking out of the store.

浅谈失物招领

许多公共场所都设有失物招领处，其英语表达为Lost and Found，可以帮助人们有效地找回或归还遗失物品。

失物招领是人们生活中经常发生的情景，许多文艺作品都以此为主题。例如，由英国导演菲利普·亨特（Philip Hunt）执导的喜剧短片Lost and Found（中文译名《远在天边》）。影片讲述了在秋叶纷飞的港口小镇，一只孤独的企鹅彷徨在空荡荡的街道上，它饥肠辘辘、无所依靠，漫无目的地来到了一个小男孩的家中。企鹅似乎对男孩的收音机颇感兴趣，男孩则有些不知所措，只得把它送到失物招领处，然而根本没人丢失过企鹅。小企鹅成为男孩的累赘，几番周折，男孩得知企鹅都生活在南极。于是，他制作了小木船，和小企鹅踏上了前往南极的归乡旅途……

该片由英国著名动画工作室AKA根据绘本名家奥利弗·杰弗斯（Oliver Jeffers）的同名原著改编。该片荣获2009年英国电影电视艺术学院儿童奖最佳影片奖和2009年芝加哥国际儿童电影节儿童评委会奖最佳动画片。