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派对结束后,贝丝常溜进劳伦斯先生家弹
琴,沉醉在音乐世界里。为感谢老人的善意,她
亲手缝制了一双拖鞋,却意外收到了改变她命运
的礼物——一架属于她的钢琴。
After that party, Beth often
appeared in Mr Laurence's house,
coming and going unseen.
She lost herself in playing the piano there.
She never knew that Mr Laurence opened his
study door to hear the music. She only knew he
was kind, and she enjoyed herself heartily.
"Mother, I'm going to work Mr Laurence a
pair of slippers. He is so kind to me. Can I do
it?" asked Beth one day.
"Yes, my dear. It will be a nice way of
thanking him. The girls will help you about
them, and I will pay for the materials," replied
Mrs March.
After many serious discussions with Meg
and Jo, the work started. Beth worked away all
day long, and the slippers were finished soon.
Then she wrote a short, simple note, and with
Laurie's help, got them onto the study table one
morning before the old gentleman was up.
When this excitement was over, Beth
waited to see what would happen. On the
afternoon of the second day, when she came
back home, from a distance, she saw her sisters
waving their hands at the windows, and several
joyful voices screamed, "Here's a letter from
the old gentleman!"
Beth hurried on. At the door her sisters
stopped her, all pointing and all saying at once,
"Look there! Look there!" Beth did look, and
turned pale with delight and surprise, for there
stood a little cabinet piano, with a letter lying on
the glossy lid, saying, "For Miss Elizabeth
March."
"For me?" gasped Beth, holding onto Jo.
"Yes, all for you, my precious!" cried Jo,
hugging her sister and offering the note. "You
read it! I can't, I feel so excited!" said Beth. Jo
opened the paper and began to read:
"Miss March, I have had many pairs of
slippers in my life, but I never had any that
suited me so well as yours. I like to pay my
debts, so I know you will allow 'an old
gentleman' to send you something which once
belonged to the little granddaughter he lost.
With hearty thanks and best wishes. Your
grateful friend, James Laurence."
根据短文内容,回答下列问题,每题答案不
超过6个词。
1. Why did Mr Laurence open the study door?

2. Who helped Beth make the slippers?

3. What does the underlined word "them" in
Paragraph 4 refer to?

4. How did Beth feel when she got the present?

5. Who did the piano belong to before?

[文章大意]本文主要讲述了贝丝和劳伦斯先生之间的温情互动。文章通过贝丝和劳伦斯先生的故事,展现了感恩、善意和人与人之间的真挚情感。
1. To hear the music.
2. Her mother and sisters(Meg and Jo).
3. The slippers.
4. Excited. /Delighted and surprised.
5. Mr Laurence's granddaughter.