為什么不是我？

同學們，你是否曾對什么人心生嫉妒呢？你知道嗎？嫉妒其實只是人類普遍的一種情緒反應。善意的嫉妒會讓我們更加努力，惡意的嫉妒則會讓我們變得可怕，不僅傷害到別人的感情，也讓自己心里不安，很不快樂，最后，受傷的反而是自己哦！

故事里的鉛筆，因為嫉妒而做出暗中傷害對方的舉動，真是很不應該！被嫉妒的情緒所控制，通常意味著自己缺乏自信。一天到晚擔心別人表現得比自己好，冷言冷語說些像是：“其實那也沒什么了不起啦！”“我早就知道該那樣做，我只是不想說！”等等的言辭，其實，只會讓別人不舒服，也讓自己更難過而已。

那么，心里覺得有點嫉妒時，該怎么辦呢？冷靜一下，想想自己身上有什么樣的優點和特質？所以，上帝也很公平地給了別人一些優點啊！人都不完美，而上帝總是公平的。如果每個人都很棒，這世界不就更棒了嗎？讓我們一起加油！

“I must do something，” Pencil said to Ball Pen.

The two went to school with Tommy every day.

But Tommy never used Pencil to write.

Words：

ball pen圓珠筆

use動詞，使用（過去式：used）

One day，Pencil got up early and sharpened himself.

“I’m better than Ball Pen now！”said Pencil.

But Tommy still picked Ball Pen.

“Ball Pen must have a secret，”said Pencil.

When Ball Pen got back，Pencil asked，“How do you get Tommy to pick you every time he writes？”

Ball Pen was so tired after his long day’s work and didn’t want to talk. He fell asleep at once.

Pencil was unhappy.

He thought Ball Pen just wanted to show off and didn’t want to share his secret. He started to hate Ball Pen more and more.

Words：

sharpen 動詞，削尖（過去式：sharpened）

pick動詞，挑選（過去式：picked）

secret名詞，秘密

tired形容詞，累的

fall asleep睡著（fall過去式：fell）

think動詞，想，認為（think過去式：thought）

show off炫耀

share動詞，分享

hate動詞，恨

One night，Pencil came up with an idea. He took the Ball Pen’s hat away and hid it in the drawer.

The next day Tommy had a test.

As usual，Tommy picked Ball Pen up.

Words：

come up with想出（come過去式：came）

hat名詞，帽子（本文指圓珠筆的筆帽）

hide動詞，隱藏（過去式：hid）

drawer名詞，抽屜

as usual像往常一樣

But he couldn’t write with Ball Pen because he couldn’t find the hat.

“Oh，no，” said Tommy.

Tommy picked up Pencil. He used Pencil to write the whole day. And Pencil was very happy and excited.

When pencil got home that day，he found Ball Pen was much taller than him.

“Oh，there must be something wrong with my eyes，” said Pencil.

Pencil was so short now. Tommy picked it up and said，“You are my favorite，I really don’t want to throw you away.”

But finally，Tommy threw the Pencil into the trash basket. And he found the Ball Pen’s hat in the drawer.

Words：

throw動詞，扔（過去式：threw）

trash名詞，垃圾

basket名詞，籃子

hurt動詞，傷害

jealous形容詞，妒忌的

You will only hurt yourself by being jealous.

“Tell me your secret，Ball Pen. I want to come back ...” shouted Pencil.

But now，he was small，his voice was too quiet，and Ball Pen didn’t hear him.

A. 同學們，看完了故事，還記得鉛筆在故事中說過什么話嗎？想一想，將正確答案填在橫線上。

1. I’m_______than Ball Pen now！

better shorter good

2. Ball Pen must have a_______.

hat secret short

3._______me your secret.

Throw Sharpen Tell

B. 同學們，依照下面的圖，把單詞的正確順序拼寫出來。

eidtr eradwr sthar

_______ _______ _______

（答案請見P64）