高中必修一 · 第 8 课
丢失的钱包 The Lost Wallet
放学路上，杰克捡到一个装满现金的钱包。是占为己有，还是物归原主？短短几分钟的选择，成了杰克高中时代最难忘的一课。
📖 20 个单词📄 425词长文📝 5+12 题
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2课文精读：丢失的钱包 (The Lost Wallet · 约425词)
放学路上，杰克捡到一个装满现金的钱包。是占为己有，还是物归原主？短短几分钟的选择，成了杰克高中时代最难忘的一课。 读课文，先自己理解，再点 🔊 听朗读。
The Lost Wallet
It was a windy Friday afternoon. Walking home from school, Jack noticed a black wallet lying under a bench near the bus stop. He picked it up and opened it carefully: there was a thick wad of money, a bank card and a photo of an old couple. Jack's heart beat fast. Looking around, he saw nobody. He could have put the wallet in his pocket, and no one would ever know. But then he saw the worried faces in the photo, and he knew what he had to do.
那是一个刮风的周五下午。放学走回家时，杰克注意到公交站旁的长椅下有一个黑色钱包。他捡起来小心地打开：里面有一沓厚厚的钞票、一张银行卡和一张老夫妇的照片。杰克心跳加速。环顾四周，一个人也没有。他本可以把钱包塞进口袋，没有人会知道。但随后他看到了照片里担忧的脸，他知道自己必须做什么。
The address on the bank card led him to a small neighbourhood not far from school. Jack found the house and knocked on the door. An old man opened it, his eyes red from crying. 'Is this yours?' Jack asked, holding up the wallet. The old man's face changed completely. 'My wallet! I thought I had lost it forever!' He explained that the money was for his wife's medicine, and that he had been looking for the wallet all afternoon.
银行卡上的地址把他带到了离学校不远的一个小街区。杰克找到那所房子，敲了敲门。一位老爷爷开了门，眼睛哭得通红。“这是您的吗？”杰克举起钱包问。老爷爷的脸色完全变了。“我的钱包！我以为永远找不回来了！”他解释说，这些钱是给妻子买药用的，他找了一下午。
The old man wanted to reward Jack with a hundred yuan, but Jack refused. 'Helping you is enough for me,' he said. 'If I took your money, I would be no better than a thief.' The old man insisted, so Jack finally accepted a cup of tea and a warm handshake. Walking home, Jack felt lighter than he had in weeks. He understood, for the first time, that giving is not losing; it is a way of gaining something that money cannot measure.
老爷爷想给杰克一百元作为酬谢，但杰克拒绝了。“能帮到您就足够了，”他说，“如果我拿了您的钱，我就和小偷没什么两样。”老爷爷坚持要给，杰克最后只接受了一杯茶和一次温暖的握手。走回家时，杰克觉得脚步比几周来都轻快。他第一次真正明白，给予不是失去；它是一种获得金钱无法衡量的东西的方式。
The story spread quickly at school, and Cozy used it in his lesson the next day. 'Look at the choices we make every day,' he said. 'Jack weighed the easy path and the right path, and he chose the right one. That is what it means to have a good character. We do not become good by accident; we become good by choosing well, again and again, in situations both big and small.' Jack, who usually hated attention, felt his face grow hot, but his heart was full.
这个故事很快在学校传开，第二天 Cozy 在课上用了它。“看看我们每天做的选择，”他说，“杰克权衡了容易的路和正确的路，他选择了正确的那条。这就是拥有好品格的意义。我们不是偶然变好的；我们是通过一次又一次在小事大事中做出正确选择而变好的。”平时讨厌被关注的杰克觉得脸发烫，但心里满满的。
A month later, the old couple came to the school with a basket of eggs and a letter of thanks. 'This school has raised a fine young man,' the letter said. The headmaster read it aloud at the morning assembly, and the whole school applauded. After the assembly, Jack's friends surrounded him. 'You are a hero!' Lily said. Jack shook his head. 'I am not a hero,' he said quietly. 'I just did what I would want someone to do for my own grandparents.'
一个月后，老夫妇带着一篮鸡蛋和一封感谢信来到学校。“这所学校培养了一位优秀的年轻人，”信里写道。校长在晨会上朗读了这封信，全校鼓掌。晨会结束后，朋友们围住杰克。“你是英雄！”莉莉说。杰克摇了摇头。“我不是英雄，”他轻声说，“我只是做了我希望别人为我的爷爷奶奶做的事。”
📖 读后理解（0/5）
1. Where did Jack find the wallet?
2. Why was the money in the wallet important to the old man?
3. What did Jack accept from the old man?
4. What did Cozy say about becoming good?
5. Why did Jack say he was not a hero?
3语法小课堂：非谓语综合（道德故事）
不定式与 -ing 作宾语
decide / want + to do；enjoy / avoid + doing
表决定、打算、希望用不定式：He decided to return the wallet. （他决定归还钱包。）
表享受、避免、建议用 -ing：She avoided making mistakes. （她避免犯错。）
有些动词两者皆可但意义不同：stop to do（停下来去做）vs stop doing（停止做）。
⚠️ remember / forget / regret + to do（未做）vs + doing（已做）。
过去分词作状语/定语
done 短语作状语或定语
作状语表被动或状态：Surprised by the news, she cried. （听到消息很惊讶，她哭了。）
作定语表被动完成：the wallet found on the bus （在公交车上捡到的钱包）。
分词作状语时逻辑主语与主句主语一致。
⚠️ 过去分词作状语可改写为状语从句：Surprised... = Because she was surprised...
👨🏫Cozy 老师说：高中语法重在「在语境中理解」——多读课文里的例句，语法自然就活了。
4课后练习（0/12）
1. He decided ___ the wallet to the old man.
2. She avoided ___ the same mistake again.
3. ___ by the good news, she cried with joy.
4. The wallet ___ on the bus was returned to its owner.
5. Remember ___ the door when you leave.
6. He stopped ___ a short rest under the tree.
7. aid 的意思是：
8. Jack ___ the easy path and the right path, and chose the right one.
9. ___ means 'to look for something carefully'.
10. The old man wanted to ___ Jack with a hundred yuan.
11. silence 的意思是：
12. What did Jack finally accept from the old man?