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It was on the morning of warm spring. A small girl Betsy wanted a gift for her mother.

When she entered the jewelry shop and asked， “Will you 1）wrap this 2）brooch up in pretty paper for me， please？"“Are you buying it for someone？”the shop owner Pete asked.“Yes. My mom loves it very much. I want to buy it as her birthday present."“How much money do you have？" asked Pete. From the pocket of her coat， the girl took a handful of pennies and put them on the 3）counter.“This is all I have， "she explained simply. Betsy didn’tknow that her money couldn't buy thebrooch at all.

Pete 4）hesitated and looked atthe girl again. She was a pretty girl. Her eyes were blue as the sea. Andnow there was a happy look in herblue eyes. It stuck Pete. He 5）removedthe price mark and packed the broochwith pretty paper and tied with a green6）ribbon.“Here you are， " he said with a smile on his face， “Don't lose it on the wayhome. Happy Birthday to your mother！"

詞組加油站

a handful of

一把;少量的

1） wrap [raep]v.包裹;覆蓋

2） brooch [breut] n.胸針

3） counter ['kaunta]n.柜臺(tái)

4） hesitate [heziteit]v.猶豫

5） remove [ri’muv]v.移開;移走

6） ribbon ['riban]n.帶;緞帶

一個(gè)暖春的早晨，一個(gè)名叫貝特西的小女孩想買一個(gè)禮物送給她的媽媽。

當(dāng)她走進(jìn)了一家珠寶店時(shí)，她對(duì)老板皮特說，“ “請給我用漂亮的紙包一下那枚胸針可以嗎？”皮特問道：“你是為某個(gè)人買的嗎？”“是的，我媽媽非常喜歡它。我想把它作為生日禮物送給媽媽?！薄澳阌卸嗌馘X？”皮特問。小女孩從上衣口袋中掏出一把便士，將它們放在柜臺(tái)上?！拔矣羞@么多”她簡明扼要地解釋說。貝特西不知道她的這筆錢根本就買不到這枚胸針。

皮特猶豫了一下，又看了小女孩一眼。她是個(gè)漂亮的女孩，眼睛像大海一樣湛藍(lán)，而且在她藍(lán)色的眼睛里總洋溢著快樂的神情。這一下子打動(dòng)了他。隨后，他取下了胸針的價(jià)格標(biāo)簽，并用漂亮的紙包好那枚胸針，上面還扎著綠色的緞帶?！敖o你，”他微笑著說道，“別在回家的路上丟了喲！祝你媽媽生日快樂！