Unit 2 Morals and Virtues-【新课程能力培养】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第三册学习手册（人教版）

UNIT 2　MORALS AND VIRTUES　 UNIT 2　MORALS AND VIRTUES Culture Background Analysis Moral dilemma There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers,he used two buckets. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidat- ed one,which had seen many years of service, but was now past its best. Every morning,the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path,one on each side,to the flower- beds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds,much water had leaked along the path. Sometimes the new bucket would say,“See how capable I am! How good it is that the gar- dener has me to water the flowers every day! I don􀆳t know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space you are!” And all that the old bucket could say was, “I know I􀆳m not very useful,but I can only do my best. I􀆳m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me,at least. ” One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usu- al,he said,“You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path. ” Then the two buckets did so. All along the path,they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried,there was just bare(光秃秃 的)earth; on the other side