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图①：上学路上，我发现路边躺着一个钱包。
shàng xué lù shang wǒ fā xiàn lù biān tǎng zhe yí gè qián bāo
On the way to school, I notice a wallet lying by the road.
图②：我打开钱包，心想：失主一定急坏了。
wǒ dǎ kāi qián bāo xīn xiǎng shī zhǔ yí dìng jí huài le
I open the wallet and think: the owner must be terribly worried.
图③：我把钱包交给林老师，林老师打电话联络失主。
wǒ bǎ qián bāo jiāo gěi lín lǎo shī lín lǎo shī dǎ diàn huà lián luò shī zhǔ
I hand the wallet to Miss Lin, and she phones the owner.
图④：失主阿姨拿回钱包，连声向我道谢。
shī zhǔ ā yí ná huí qián bāo lián shēng xiàng wǒ dào xiè
The auntie who lost it gets her wallet back and thanks me again and again.
想一想 Guiding questions
问：这件事是在什么时候、什么地方发生的？
zhè jiàn shì shì zài shén me shí hou shén me dì fang fā shēng de
When and where did this happen?
答：一天早上，在我上学的路上。
yì tiān zǎo shang zài wǒ shàng xué de lù shang
One morning, on my way to school.
问：我在路边看见了什么？
wǒ zài lù biān kàn jiàn le shén me
What did I see by the road?
答：我看见路边躺着一个咖啡色的钱包。
wǒ kàn jiàn lù biān tǎng zhe yí gè kā fēi sè de qián bāo
I saw a brown wallet lying by the road.
问：打开钱包以后，我看到什么？心里怎么想？
dǎ kāi qián bāo yǐ hòu wǒ kàn dào shén me xīn li zěn me xiǎng
After opening the wallet, what did I see? What did I think?
答：钱包里有一叠钞票和几张卡。我想：失主一定急得像热锅上的蚂蚁。
qián bāo lǐ yǒu yì dié chāo piào hé jǐ zhāng kǎ wǒ xiǎng shī zhǔ yí dìng jí de xiàng rè guō shàng de mǎ yǐ
There was a wad of notes and a few cards. I thought: the owner must be like an ant on a hot wok.
问：我是怎么处理这个钱包的？
wǒ shì zěn me chǔ lǐ zhè gè qián bāo de
What did I do with the wallet?
答：我一到学校，就把钱包交给林老师。林老师马上打电话联络失主。
wǒ yí dào xué xiào jiù bǎ qián bāo jiāo gěi lín lǎo shī lín lǎo shī mǎ shàng dǎ diàn huà lián luò shī zhǔ
As soon as I got to school, I handed the wallet to Miss Lin. She phoned the owner straight away.
问：失主来了以后，发生了什么事？
shī zhǔ lái le yǐ hòu fā shēng le shén me shì
What happened after the owner came?
答：一位阿姨匆匆忙忙地赶来，拿回钱包后，紧紧地握着我的手，连声道谢。
yí wèi ā yí cōng cōng máng máng de gǎn lái ná huí qián bāo hòu jǐn jǐn de wò zhe wǒ de shǒu lián shēng dào xiè
An auntie hurried over, got her wallet back, held my hand tightly and thanked me again and again.
问：这件事让你明白了什么？
zhè jiàn shì ràng nǐ míng bai le shén me
What did this teach you?
答：拾金不昧是一种美德。别人的东西，我们不能占为己有。
shí jīn bú mèi shì yì zhǒng měi dé bié rén de dōng xi wǒ men bù néng zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu
Returning what you find is a virtue. We must never keep what belongs to someone else.
好词好句 Good words and sentences
好奇 钞票 热锅上的蚂蚁 辛辛苦苦 犹豫 联络 匆匆忙忙 连声 感激 甜滋滋 拾金不昧 占为己有
好奇 hào qí: curious; 钞票 chāo piào: banknotes; 热锅上的蚂蚁 rè guō shàng de mǎ yǐ: an ant on a hot wok (frantic); 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ: with great effort; 犹豫 yóu yù: to hesitate; 联络 lián luò: to contact; 匆匆忙忙 cōng cōng máng máng: in a great hurry; 连声 lián shēng: again and again; 感激 gǎn jī: grateful; 甜滋滋 tián zī zī: sweet; happy inside; 拾金不昧 shí jīn bú mèi: to return money one finds; 占为己有 zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu: to take as one's own
我的心里好像有两个小人在吵架。
wǒ de xīn li hǎo xiàng yǒu liǎng gè xiǎo rén zài chǎo jià
It was as if two little people were quarrelling inside me.
失主发现钱包不见了，一定急得像热锅上的蚂蚁。
shī zhǔ fā xiàn qián bāo bú jiàn le yí dìng jí de xiàng rè guō shàng de mǎ yǐ
When the owner finds the wallet gone, they must be as frantic as an ant on a hot wok.
阿姨紧紧地握着我的手，连声说：“谢谢你！谢谢你！”
ā yí jǐn jǐn de wò zhe wǒ de shǒu lián shēng shuō xiè xie nǐ xiè xie nǐ
The auntie held my hand tightly and kept saying, "Thank you! Thank you!"
看着阿姨感激的笑容，我的心里甜滋滋的。
kàn zhe ā yí gǎn jī de xiào róng wǒ de xīn li tián zī zī de
Seeing the auntie's grateful smile, I felt sweet inside.
范文 Sample composition: 路上捡到的钱包
那是一个星期一的早上，天空蓝蓝的，飘着一朵白云。
nà shì yí gè xīng qī yī de zǎo shang tiān kōng lán lán de piāo zhe yì duǒ bái yún
It was a Monday morning; the sky was blue, with a white cloud drifting across it.
路上的行人不多。
lù shang de xíng rén bù duō
There weren't many people about.
我背着书包，像往常一样走路上学。
wǒ bēi zhe shū bāo xiàng wǎng cháng yí yàng zǒu lù shàng xué
With my school bag on my back, I walked to school as usual.
快到学校的时候，我忽然发现路边躺着一个咖啡色的钱包。
kuài dào xué xiào de shí hou wǒ hū rán fā xiàn lù biān tǎng zhe yí gè kā fēi sè de qián bāo
When I was nearly at school, I suddenly noticed a brown wallet lying by the road.
我好奇地捡起钱包，打开一看，里面有一叠钞票，还有几张卡。
wǒ hào qí de jiǎn qǐ qián bāo dǎ kāi yí kàn lǐ miàn yǒu yì dié chāo piào hái yǒu jǐ zhāng kǎ
Curious, I picked it up and opened it: inside were a wad of notes and a few cards.
我的心里好像有两个小人在吵架。
wǒ de xīn li hǎo xiàng yǒu liǎng gè xiǎo rén zài chǎo jià
It was as if two little people were quarrelling inside me.
一个说：“没有人看见，把钱留下来吧！”另一个说：“这不是你的东西，快还给失主！”
yí gè shuō méi yǒu rén kàn jiàn bǎ qián liú xià lái ba lìng yí gè shuō zhè bú shì nǐ de dōng xi kuài huán gěi shī zhǔ
One said, "Nobody saw you, so keep the money!" The other said, "It isn't yours. Give it back to the owner, quickly!"
我握着钱包，手心都冒出了汗。
wǒ wò zhe qián bāo shǒu xīn dōu mào chū le hàn
I held the wallet, and my palms were sweating.
我想：失主发现钱包不见了，一定急得像热锅上的蚂蚁。
wǒ xiǎng shī zhǔ fā xiàn qián bāo bú jiàn le yí dìng jí de xiàng rè guō shàng de mǎ yǐ
I thought: when the owner finds the wallet gone, they must be as frantic as an ant on a hot wok.
这些钱，也许是别人辛辛苦苦赚来的。
zhè xiē qián yě xǔ shì bié rén xīn xīn kǔ kǔ zhuàn lái de
This money might be what someone worked very hard to earn.
想到这里，我不再犹豫，加快脚步向学校走去。
xiǎng dào zhè lǐ wǒ bú zài yóu yù jiā kuài jiǎo bù xiàng xué xiào zǒu qù
At that thought, I stopped hesitating and hurried on towards the school.
一到学校门口，我就看见了林老师。
yí dào xué xiào mén kǒu wǒ jiù kàn jiàn le lín lǎo shī
As soon as I reached the school gate, I saw Miss Lin.
我把钱包交给她，把事情的经过说了一遍。
wǒ bǎ qián bāo jiāo gěi tā bǎ shì qing de jīng guò shuō le yí biàn
I handed her the wallet and told her what had happened.
林老师竖起大拇指说：“你做得对！”然后，她马上按照卡上的资料，打电话联络失主。
lín lǎo shī shù qǐ dà mǔ zhǐ shuō nǐ zuò de duì rán hòu tā mǎ shàng àn zhào kǎ shàng de zī liào dǎ diàn huà lián luò shī zhǔ
Miss Lin gave me a thumbs-up and said, "You did the right thing!" Then she used the details on the card to phone the owner straight away.
不久，一位阿姨匆匆忙忙地赶来了。
bù jiǔ yí wèi ā yí cōng cōng máng máng de gǎn lái le
Before long, an auntie came hurrying over.
她说，她找了一个早上，急得不得了。
tā shuō tā zhǎo le yí gè zǎo shang jí de bù dé liǎo
She said she had been searching all morning and was beside herself with worry.
阿姨拿回钱包，紧紧地握着我的手，连声说：“谢谢你！谢谢你！”
ā yí ná huí qián bāo jǐn jǐn de wò zhe wǒ de shǒu lián shēng shuō xiè xie nǐ xiè xie nǐ
The auntie took back her wallet, held my hand tightly and kept saying, "Thank you! Thank you!"
她打开钱包看了看，东西一样也没少，终于松了一口气。
tā dǎ kāi qián bāo kàn le kàn dōng xi yí yàng yě méi shǎo zhōng yú sōng le yì kǒu qì
She opened the wallet and checked: nothing at all was missing, and at last she breathed a sigh of relief.
看着阿姨感激的笑容，我的心里甜滋滋的。
kàn zhe ā yí gǎn jī de xiào róng wǒ de xīn li tián zī zī de
Seeing the auntie's grateful smile, I felt sweet inside.
这件事让我明白：拾金不昧是一种美德。
zhè jiàn shì ràng wǒ míng bai shí jīn bú mèi shì yì zhǒng měi dé
This taught me that returning what you find is a virtue.
别人的东西，无论多么吸引人，我们都不能占为己有。
bié rén de dōng xi wú lùn duō me xī yǐn rén wǒ men dōu bù néng zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu
However tempting someone else's things may be, we must never keep them for ourselves.
范文二 从失主阿姨的角度 From the auntie's side
那天早上，我急急忙忙地出门上班。
nà tiān zǎo shang wǒ jí jí máng máng de chū mén shàng bān
That morning, I hurried out of the house to go to work.
走到公司门口，我才发现钱包不见了。
zǒu dào gōng sī mén kǒu wǒ cái fā xiàn qián bāo bú jiàn le
Only when I reached the office door did I find that my wallet was gone.
钱包里有我这个月的生活费，还有好几张卡。
qián bāo lǐ yǒu wǒ zhè ge yuè de shēng huó fèi hái yǒu hǎo jǐ zhāng kǎ
In the wallet was my money for the month, and several cards too.
我急得满头大汗，沿着来时的路找了一遍又一遍。
wǒ jí de mǎn tóu dà hàn yán zhe lái shí de lù zhǎo le yí biàn yòu yí biàn
I was so worried I broke into a sweat, and searched the way I had come again and again.
可是，路上什么也没有。
kě shì lù shang shén me yě méi yǒu
But there was nothing on the road.
我心里又着急又难过，不知道该怎么办才好。
wǒ xīn li yòu zháo jí yòu nán guò bù zhī dào gāi zěn me bàn cái hǎo
I felt anxious and upset, and didn't know what to do.
就在这时，我的手机响了。
jiù zài zhè shí wǒ de shǒu jī xiǎng le
Just then, my phone rang.
电话里，一位姓林的老师说，有个学生在路上捡到了我的钱包。
diàn huà lǐ yí wèi xìng lín de lǎo shī shuō yǒu gè xué sheng zài lù shang jiǎn dào le wǒ de qián bāo
On the phone, a teacher named Lin said a pupil had found my wallet on the road.
我一听，马上赶到学校。
wǒ yì tīng mǎ shàng gǎn dào xué xiào
As soon as I heard, I rushed to the school.
校门口站着一个小男孩，旁边是戴着眼镜的林老师。
xiào mén kǒu zhàn zhe yí gè xiǎo nán hái páng biān shì dài zhe yǎn jìng de lín lǎo shī
A little boy stood at the school gate, with Miss Lin in her glasses beside him.
男孩双手把钱包递给我，有点不好意思地说：“阿姨，您看看少了什么没有。”
nán hái shuāng shǒu bǎ qián bāo dì gěi wǒ yǒu diǎn bù hǎo yì si de shuō ā yí nín kàn kan shǎo le shén me méi yǒu
With both hands the boy passed me the wallet and said a little shyly, "Auntie, please check if anything is missing."
我打开一看，钱和卡一样也没少。
wǒ dǎ kāi yí kàn qián hé kǎ yí yàng yě méi shǎo
I opened it and looked: not one note or card was missing.
我紧紧地握着他的小手，激动得说不出话来。
wǒ jǐn jǐn de wò zhe tā de xiǎo shǒu jī dòng de shuō bu chū huà lái
I held his small hand tight, too moved to speak.
我连声说：“谢谢你！你真是个诚实的好孩子！”
wǒ lián shēng shuō xiè xie nǐ nǐ zhēn shì gè chéng shí de hǎo hái zi
I thanked him again and again: "Thank you! You really are an honest, good boy!"
林老师笑着告诉我，他发现钱包后，马上就交给了她。
lín lǎo shī xiào zhe gào su wǒ tā fā xiàn qián bāo hòu mǎ shàng jiù jiāo gěi le tā
Miss Lin told me with a smile that he handed the wallet to her as soon as he found it.
走出学校，我的心里暖暖的。
zǒu chū xué xiào wǒ de xīn li nuǎn nuǎn de
Walking out of the school, I felt warm inside.
一个小学生，在没有人看见的时候，也能做到拾金不昧，真让人感动。
yí gè xiǎo xué shēng zài méi yǒu rén kàn jiàn de shí hou yě néng zuò dào shí jīn bú mèi zhēn ràng rén gǎn dòng
A primary school pupil who returns money even when no one is watching: that is truly moving.
我想，世界上有了这样的孩子，就会变得更美好。
wǒ xiǎng shì jiè shang yǒu le zhè yàng de hái zi jiù huì biàn de gèng měi hǎo
I think that with children like him, the world becomes a better place.