高三英语培优·名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 A Perfect Exchange 班级：_____学号：_____姓名：_____ 心灵鸡汤精选A Perfect Exchange 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 人间友爱 五星 753 【文章梗概】姨妈是一个节俭的人，她从不用商店购买的东西作为礼物，也不会把钱浪费在化妆品上。一枚饰针是她唯一的配饰。一件漂亮的裙子，只有在正式场合才穿。今年姨妈和我们一起过圣诞节。我为姨妈准备的礼物———诱人的果酱，一个红色蝴蝶结。当姨妈打开礼物时，她非常激动。而姨妈送给我的礼物是几本她的亲笔日记和她一生最喜爱的饰针，我视之为珍宝。这个圣诞节我和姨妈都收到了彼此最喜爱的礼物，这个圣诞节令我至今难忘。 An aunt is someone special to remember with warmth, think of with pride, and cherish with love. ~Author Unknown The unexpected, tube-shaped gift from Aunt Maisy was wrapped in familiar paper — the same wallpaper that had graced her outhouse walls. I giggled to myself thinking how my thrifty aunt had saved that scrap of leftover wallpaper in her attic for years. Hard as I tried, I couldn’t imagine what Aunt Maisy, who was not one to spend money on store-bought “gifts,” would possibly be giving me for Christmas! We had never exchanged gifts before. In fact, we only saw her and Uncle Chill a couple of times a year in the summer when Dad would drive us nearly a hundred miles to visit them. But Uncle Chill was gone now, and Mom and Dad had coaxed Aunt Maisy into coming to spend Christmas with us. They hoped she might stay since, according to Mom, she wasn’t well enough to live on her own anymore. I hadn’t planned on fitting a gift for Aunt Maisy into my Christmas budget, but Mom insisted I buy her something. I browsed through Eaton’s and drooled over the boxed chocolates, thinking what a great gift they’d make since she would have to share them with me! But I remembered Aunt Maisy was not supposed to eat anything with sugar because she had diabetes. I sprayed my coat with perfumes from the test bottles, but I knew Aunt Maisy would scold me for wasting money on store-bought toiletries that she claimed were “far too expensive” and “good for nothing but making you sneeze.” I rummaged through bins of scarves, shawls, and handkerchiefs, but nothing seemed suitable for Aunt Maisy, who wasn’t one to wear frilly or fancy things. She only had one good dress, which she wore to church or when she was having company. I admired an endless array of jewellery, but all the glistening strings of beads, chains, earrings and bracelets seemed far too flashy. The only piece of jewellery I ever recalled seeing my aunt wear was a tiny, enameled strawberry brooch, which Uncle Chill had given her when they were young and courting. Whenever she wore her good dress, the little brooch was pinned to its collar. It was nearing noon, but I still hadn’t found anything suitable for Aunt Maisy! I figured I’d pop into the drugstore and buy myself some bubblegum before meeting Dad. As I stood in line while people were getting their prescriptions filled, I spotted the cutest little jars of jam I had ever seen! There were ... ...
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