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高中英语轻松阅读英语美文：手套Gloves素材
平日里一分钱恨不得掰成两半花，买点小东西都要精打细算的他却不小心把打折时买的珍爱的皮手套给丢了，这可着实把他急坏了……
ByFreemanJ.Wong
Seventy-three-year-oldGeorgeMcNeilonselectedhisfoodinValueMartmorecarefullythanNASAchoseitscandidatesforthespaceshuttle.Skimmilkwas$2.99,onsalefrom$3.49;whitebread,89centswitha10-centdiscount;tablesalt,99cents,20centsofftheregularprice.Leavingthecashier,heestimatedthathehadsaved80centstoday.Hewaspleasedthathehadgotgoodvalueforhismoneyagain.
Attheexit,thechillywindremindedhimofhisgloves."Nowwherearethey?"Notinthecoatpockets.Notinthepantspockets.Notinthegrocerybageither.Hewassurehewaswearingthemwhenheenteredthestore.Heclearlyrememberedthrustingthemintothepocketofhiscoat.Theworriedmanmadeasecondthoroughsearchofallhispockets,againincludingthegrocerybag.Nowhewassuretheymusthavebeendroppedsomewhereinsidethestore.OldGeorgehadboughttheblackglovesata25%discount,forjust$35.00,tenyearsago.Theyweregenuinelambskin,softandwarmandverydurable.Untilthen,hehadworncheaperman-madematerialthatneverlastedlongerthanthreeyears.Hisimpulsivedecisiontobuytheexpensiveglovesturnedouttobeagoodone,whichevenpromotedhissocialstatusonthebus,aspoorerpassengersstaredathimenviouslyforsixmonthsoutoftheyear.Hehadtakencarenottoletadropofwaterorraintouchhisexpensivegloves,sotheylookedlikenew.Losingthisfavouritepossessionwasalmostlikelosingachildtohim.
Badluck,hethought,tolosehisexpensiveglovesonNewYear'sEve.George,calmontheoutsidebutfranticontheinside,re-enteredthestorewithlongsteps.Hefollowedthesameroutehehadwalkedbefore,startingatthebreadcounter,tothedairysection,theaislewheresaltandsugarwereplaced,thentherestofthestore.Theywereallopenaislesanditdidnottakelongtobeconvincedthatthegloveswerenotinsight.Aftercheckingtheforty-foot-longbreadsection,hequickenedhispacethroughthetwo-hundred-footaisleleadingtothedairyproducts.Thereheeventurnedovereggboxestoseeifthegloveshadfalleninbetween.Severalminutesofanxioussearchingturnedouttobeinvain.Hisheartgrewheavierandhestartedtosweatasheenteredaislesix.Thesaltandsugarwerepackedinwhitebags,andanythingblackcouldbespottedeasily.No.Hisblackglovesweregone.Hissharpeyescouldnothavemissedthem.
Heranthroughalltheotheraisles,thenallthewaytothecashier,buttherewasnothing.
"Societyhaschanged,peoplehavechanged",hemurmuredtohimself."Yearsago,ifsomebodypickedupsomethinglost,theywouldgiveitback.Notanymore!"
Yethedidnotgiveup.Hestartedfromthebreadsectionagain.This
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timehefocusedonthebasketsandglovesinothershoppers'hands.Hewouldstareatanybodywearingblackglovestoseeiftheylookedlikehis.Thefirsttwoladieshemetweregloveless.Thethirdpersonhesawwasamanwhodidweargloves,buttheywereworkingglovescoveredwithpaintstains.Onhiswaytothedairysection,therewasaglimmerofhope:henoticedaladyfifteenfeetawaywearingapairofglovesasdarkandexpensiveashis.Hespedupandinthreesecondswasinfrontofher.Heevensaid"Hi!".Butwhenthesurprisedladyreturnedhisgreetings,hiseyesdroppedtotheflooragain,forthefingersofhergloveswerejustfartoosmallforhim.Stepsfurtheron,heencounteredamanwholookedlikealawyeroradoctor,whowasdefinitelywearingapairofblackleathergloves,butwouldn'titbeembarrassingtoask,"Areyouwearingmygloves?"Onsecondthought,Georgedecidedthatanybodywhowantedtokeephisgloveswouldn'tbesofoolishastowearthemrightinsidethestore.Sohestartedtolookatpeople'sbulgingpocketsinstead,butbeforelong,hefoundbulgingpocketsweretoohardtodetect.Mostofthemwerestuffedwithscarves,books,hatsandcaps,notnecessarilygloves."Iamnodetective,"headmittedtohimself,andheadeddejectedlytowardstheexit.
Onhiswayout,hewentovertothecashiertoaskifshehadreceivedanylostgloves,butshesaidno.Thenhewenttothemanager'sofficetomakethesameinquiry.Sheaskedhimwhatcolourtheywere,andwhenhesaid"black",therecameanotherdisappointinganswer.Suchapairofexpensivegloves,whowouldgivethemup?Hetookhistimenow,finallywaddlingoutofthestore.
Itwasfreezingcold,perhapszerodegreesFahrenheit.Withouthiswarmgloves,hehad