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1、英语美文：手套Gloves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,89centsw
2、itha10-centdiscount;tablesalt,99cents,20centsofftheregularprice.Leavingthecashier,heestimatedthathehadsaved80centstoday.Hewaspleasedthathehadgotgoodvalueforhismoneyagain. Attheexit,thechillywindremindedhimofhisgloves."Nowwherearethey?"Notinthecoatpockets.Notinthepa
3、ntspockets.Notinthegrocerybageither.Hewassurehewaswearingthemwhenheenteredthestore.Heclearlyrememberedthrustingthemintothepocketofhiscoat.Theworriedmanmadeasecondthoroughsearchofallhispockets,againincludingthegrocerybag.Nowhewassuretheymusthavebeendroppedsomewhereinsid
4、ethestore. OldGeorgehadboughttheblackglovesata25%discount,forjust$35.00,tenyearsago.Theyweregenuinelambskin,softandwarmandverydurable.Untilthen,hehadworncheaperman-madematerialthatneverlastedlongerthanthreeyears.Hisimpulsivedecisiontobuytheexpensiveglovesturnedoutt
5、obeagoodone,whichevenpromotedhissocialstatusonthebus,aspoorerpassengersstaredathimenviouslyforsixmonthsoutoftheyear.Hehadtakencarenottoletadropofwaterorraintouchhisexpensivegloves,sotheylookedlikenew.Losingthisfavouritepossessionwasalmostlikelosingachildtohim. Badl
6、uck,hethought,tolosehisexpensiveglovesonNewYear'sEve. George,calmontheoutsidebutfranticontheinside,re-enteredthestorewithlongsteps.Hefollowedthesameroutehehadwalkedbefore,startingatthebreadcounter,tothedairysection,theaislewheresaltandsugarwereplaced,thentherestoft
7、hestore.Theywereallopenaislesanditdidnottakelongtobeconvincedthatthegloveswerenotinsight.Aftercheckingtheforty-foot-longbreadsection,hequickenedhispacethroughthetwo-hundred-footaisleleadingtothedairyproducts.Thereheeventurnedovereggboxestoseeifthegloveshadfalleninbetwe
8、en.Severalminutesofanxioussearchingturnedouttobeinvain.Hisheartgrewheavierandhestartedtosweatasheenteredaislesix.Thes
