Wonder （adapted excerpt）《奇迹男孩》（节选）

刘珂

Step 1   感知·閱读导航

话题导入

《奇迹男孩》讲述了一个面目丑陋、内心善良的男孩破茧成蝶的不凡故事，奥古斯特·普尔曼 （August Pullman）因为天生患有罕见疾病、面部畸形，十岁之前的他从未上过学。但是在中学的第一年，他选择迎接挑战，开始了他异常艰辛的校园生活。在学校里他会遇到怎样的人和事？在各种意想不到的冲突中，他会如何继续向前？除主人公外，书中许多人物都闪耀着美好的光芒，故事情节引人入胜，描写充满真情。

本文为小说节选，全文897字，建议用时10分钟。

阅读立意

阅读时应达到以下四个目标：

1.能够复述故事的主要情节，了解主要人物及其相互关系;

2.以文中线索为依据，推测主人公的外貌，分析其性格特点;

3.通过对比冲突双方，理解校园欺凌的特点与胜利的含义;

4.通过思考节选段体现的道德寓意与主旨，深入理解小说标题的内涵。

When we headed back the way we came， we walked straight into a group of kids we didn't know. They'd just come out of the woods， doing stuff I'm sure they didn't want their teachers to know about. I could smell cigarettes. They pointed a flashlight at us. There were six of them： four boys and two girls. They looked like seventh graders.

“What school are you from？” one of the boys called out.

“Beecher Prep！” Jack answered， when suddenly one of the girls started screaming.

“Oh my God！” she screamed， holding her hand over her eyes.

“No way！” one of the boys cried out， and then he covered his mouth. “No freakin' way！”

All of them started half laughing and half covering their eyes now， pushing each other and cursing loudly.

“What is that？” said the kid pointing the flashlight at us， and it was only then that I realized that the flashlight was pointed right at my face， and what they were talking about—screaming about—was me.

“Let's get out of here，” Jack said to me quietly.

“Wait wait wait！” yelled the guy with the flashlight， cutting us off.

“Oh man！ Oh man！” he said， shaking his head， his mouth wide open. “What happened to your face？”

“Stop it， Eddie，” said one girl.

Again we tried to walk away from them， and again the kid named Eddie cut us off. He was at least a head taller than Jack， who was about a head taller than me， so the guy looked huge to me.

“No man. It's an alien！” laughed Eddie.

“Leave him alone， okay？” said Jack.

“Make me，” answered Eddie.

Jack tried to push past Eddie， but Eddie pushed Jack's shoulders hard， which made Jack fall heavily backward.

“Look，” I said， stepping in front of Jack. “We're a lot smaller than you guys...”

“Oh man， it talks！” screamed Eddie， “Are you talking to me？ You don't want to mess with me， you ugly freak （怪物）.”

And this was the point where I knew I should run away as fast as I could， but Jack was still on the ground and I was not to leave him.

“Yo， dude，” said a new voice behind us. “What's up， man？”

Eddie spun around and pointed his flashlight toward the voice. For a second， I couldn't believe who it was.

“Leave them alone， dude，” said Henry， with Miles and Amos behind him.

“Says who？” said Eddie. “Are you a freak， too？”

Henry didn't answer him but looked at us. “Come on， guys， let's go. Mr Tushman's waiting for us.”

I knew that was a lie， but I helped Jack get up， and started walking over to Henry. Then out of the blue， Eddie grabbed  （抓住） my hood （风帽） as I passed by him， which made me fall flat on my back and hurt my elbow （肘部） pretty bad on a rock. I could hardly see what happened afterward， except that Henry rammed （撞击） into Eddie like a monster truck and they both fell down to the ground.

Everything got really crazy after that. Someone pulled me up by my sleeve and yelled， “Run！” and someone else screamed，“Get 'em！”， and for a few seconds I had two people pulling my sleeves in opposite directions until my sweatshirt ripped （裂開）， and the first guy started pulling me behind him by my arm as we ran. I could hear footsteps behind us， chasing （追赶） us， and voices shouting. We were running like crazy， and whenever I started to slow down， the guy pulling me would yell， “Don't stop！”

Finally， after what seemed like a forever of running， someone yelled，“I think we lost them！”

“Are you sure？” Miles asked， letting go of my arm. That's when I realized that he'd been the one who was pulling me.

“Shh！ Let's listen！”

We all got super quiet， listening for footsteps in the dark. All we could hear were the crickets and frogs and our own crazy panting （喘息）.

“Yeah， we lost them，” said Henry.

“Losers！” Amos shouted really loudly， and we all started laughing.

“Dudes，” said Jack， hand high in the air. “That was really cool of you guys to come for us. Thanks.”

“No problem，” answered Henry， highfiving Jack. And then Miles and Amos high？鄄fived him， too.

“Yeah， dudes， thanks，” I said， also holding my palm （手掌） up， though I wasn't sure if they'd high？鄄five me， too.

Henry looked at me and nodded. “It was cool how you stood your ground.” he said， high？鄄fiving me. And then Amos high？鄄fived me， too.

“Very cool，” said Miles， high？鄄fiving me， too. “Sorry I ripped your sweatshirt.”

I looked down， and my sweatshirt was completely torn down the middle.

“Hey， your elbow's bleeding，” said Jack.

“Yeah.” I shrugged （耸肩）. It started to hurt a lot.

“You okay？” said Jack， seeing my face.

I nodded. Suddenly I felt like crying， and I was trying really hard not to do that.

“Wait， your hearing aids are gone！” said Jack.

“What！” I yelled， touching my ears. The hearing aid band was definitely gone. “Oh no！” I said， and that's when I couldn't hold it in anymore， I started to cry. I was very embarrassed but I couldn't stop the tears from coming. The guys were nice to me， though. They patted （轻拍） me on the back.

“You're one brave little dude， you know that？” said Henry， putting both his arms around me and let me cry.

Step 2 實践·文本解读

立意呈现

Ⅰ.Sort out the characters and plots

Ⅱ.Understand the main character

1.What does August look like？ （no more than 10 words）

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2.According to the excerpt， what words can describe August's personality？ （no more than 10 words）

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III.Analyze the conflict between the two sides

1.Compare the two sides and fill in the blanks

2.Is the conflict an equal fight？ What is the essence of Eddie's group's behaviour？

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3.Which side is the winner of the conflict？ How to understand winning in such situations？

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Step 3 运用·读写整合

Ⅰ.Draw moral lessons

We can learn various moral lessons from the different characters in the excerpt. Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.

1.What can we learn from August？

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2.What can we learn from the unkind seventh graders？

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3.What can we learn from Eddie？

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4.What can we learn from Jack， Henry， Miles and Amos？

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Ⅱ.Explore the theme

What is the theme of the excerpt in your opinion？

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Ⅲ.Understand the title

How do you understand the title of the book Wonder？

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【点石成金】要深入理解小说书名的含义，我们必须跳出节选并结合背景知识进行充分挖掘。让我们思考如下问题：奥古斯特天生患有严重的罕见疾病却能在历经大小无数次手术后和正常孩子一起上学，这是一种怎样的奇迹？面容异常丑陋的奥古斯特难免遇到他人的歧视与欺凌，但他却勇敢乐观、开朗自信，这是一种怎样的奇迹？最重要的是，奥古斯特不仅赢得了同学的认可与友谊而且带动他人传递善良，这又是一种怎样的奇迹？

Step 4 提升·素养建构

Ⅰ.熟词生义

Ⅱ.热词积累

1.walk straight into sb 径直遇上某人

2.cut sb off 阻碍;挡住某人的路

3.leave sb alone 不要干扰某人

4.out of the blue 出其不意地

5.a monster truck 巨轮卡车

6.let go of 松手;放开

7.high？鄄five sb 与某人举手击掌

8.stand one's ground 坚守阵地不退缩

Ⅲ.写作特点

What are the features of the language， description and story of the excerpt？

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Ⅳ. 读后感悟

通过对小说《奇迹男孩》节选的深入解读，我们不禁被书中人物的闪光品质打动，对校园欺凌与传递真善美有了进一步的体察，对生命中的奇迹这一含义有了不一样的领悟，不妨阅读原著全文或者观看同名电影，把自己的所感所悟写成书评或影评。

一篇书评通常包括如下要点：

1.交代书名、作者、题材及故事发生的时间和地点;

2.简单介绍情节但别过多剧透，描述主要人物及其性格发展;

3.探讨故事的主旨或象征意义;

4.表达自己的观点。____________________________________

Ⅴ.视野拓展

小说《奇迹男孩》是作者R. J. Palacio的处女作，2013年出版伊始就好评如潮，2017年改编的同名电影也票房口碑双丰收，这与其中许多简单却发人深省的句子不无关系，现摘录如下句子供同学们品味赏析。

1.You can't blend in when you were born to stand out.你天生与众不同，注定不会淹没于人群之中。（这句话出现在书的封面。）

2.Doctors have come from distant cities. Just to see me. Stand over my bed. Disbelieving what they're seeing. They say I must be one of the wonders ; of God's own creation. And as far as they can see they can offer. No explanation.医生从遥远的城市赶来看我。站在我的床边。他们无法相信自己的眼睛。说我一定是上帝创造的奇迹。就眼前的一切，他们难以给出合理的解释。（这是书名的出处，出现在书的序言部分，来自于Natalie Merchant的歌曲Wonder的歌词。）

3.The universe is like a giant lottery. You purchase a ticket when you're born. And it's all just random whether you get a good ticket or a bad ticket. It's all just luck. On second thought， it's not all random， because if it really was all random， the universe would abandon us completely. And the universe doesn't. It takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see. Maybe it is a lottery， but the universe makes it all even out in the end. The universe takes care of all its birds.宇宙就像一个巨大的彩票抽奖。你在出生时购买一张彩票，而且你得到的彩票的好坏完全随机，全靠运气。转念一想，这并非完全随机，因为如果真的是完全随机的话，宇宙就会完全抛弃我们。而宇宙并没有这么做。它以我们看不见的方式照顾它最脆弱的造物。也许它是一种抽奖，但宇宙最终会使它回归公平。宇宙会照顾它所有的鸟儿。

4.The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track， or even your grade point average. It's what you've done with your time， how you've chosen to spend your days， and whom you have touched this year.衡量你成長了多少的最佳方式不是你长高了几英寸或你现在能绕跑道跑几圈，甚至不是你的平均成绩点数，而是你用你的时间做了什么，你选择如何度过那些日子，或是今年你感动了哪些人。

5.It is at moments of other people's kindness that we can recognize the face of God in human form. Kindness is such a simple thing like a nice word of encouragement， an act of friendship or a passing smile.就是在他人表达善意的时刻，我们才能在人类中认出上帝的面目。善良是如此简单的事，就像一句鼓励的话，一个友好的举动或者一个路过时的微笑。