西红柿的故事—优秀英文短文阅读(适合大学四六级水平)
兰州大学分数线-上海东华大学分数线
AGoodHearttoLeanon
WhenIwasgrowingup,Iwa
sembarrassedtobeseenwith
everelycrippledandvery
short,andwhen
wewouldwalktogether,hishandonmyar
mforbalance,people
inwardlysquirmattheun-wanted
attention.
Ifheevernoticedorwasbothered,henever
leton.
Itwasdifficulttocoordinateoursteps——hish
alting,mine
impatient——andbecauseofthat,wedidn'
tsaymuchaswe
estartedout,healwayssaid,setthe
rytoadjusttoyou.
Ourusualwalkwastoorfromthesub
way,whichwashow
toworksick,anddespitenastyweath
er.
Healmostnevermissedaday,andwouldmakeittothe
office
rofpride.
Whensnoworicewasontheground
,itwasimpossiblefor
himtowalk,timesmysistersorI
would
pullhimthroughthestreetsofBrooklyn
,NY,onachild'ssleigh
ere,hewouldclingtothe
h
andrailuntilhereachedthelowerstepsthatthewarmertun
nel
attanthesubwaystationwasthe
basementofhi
sofficebuilding,andhewouldnothavetogo
outsideag
ainuntilwemethiminBrooklyn'onhiswayhome.
WhenIt
hinkofitnow,Imarvelathowmuchcourageit
musthavet
akenforagrownmantosubjecthimselftosuch
owhedidi
t——withoutbitterness
orcomplaint.
Henevertal
kedabouthimselfasanobjectofpity,nordidhe
looked
for
inotherswasaheartandifhefoundone,theownerwa
s
goodenoughforhim.
NowthatIamolder,Ibelieve
thatisaproperstandardby
whichtojudgepeople,even
thoughIstilldon'tknowprecisely
owthetime
sIdon’thaveone
myself.
Unabletoengageinmanya
ctivities,myfatherstilltriedto
ocalsandlotbaseb
allteam
founditself|withoutamanager,
knowled
geablebaseballfanandoftentookmetoEbbetsFieldto
dtogotodancesand
parties,wherehecouldhaveagoodt
imejustsittingand
watching.
Ononememorableoc
casionafightbrokeoutatabeach
party,'tcontentto<
br>sitandwatch,buthecouldn'
frustrationhebegant
oshout,llfightanyonewhowilltit
downwithme!
n
extdaypeoplekiddedhimby
sayingitwasthefirsttime
anyfighterwasurgedtotakeadive
evenbeforethebout
began.
Inowknowheparticipatedinsomething
svicariously
throughme,layedball(poorly),he
n
Icamehomeonleave,hesawtoitthatIvisitedhisoffi
ce.
Introducingme,hewasreallysaying,ismyson,but
itis
alsome,andIcouldhavedonethis,too,ifthingsh
adbeen
ordswereneversaidaloud.
Hehasbeengone
manyyearsnow,butIthinkofhimoften.I
wonderifhese
nsedmyreluctancetobeseenwithhimduring
d,Iamsorr
yInevertoldhimhowsorryIwas,
howunworthyIwas,ofh
imwhenI
complainabouttrifles,whenIamenviousofan
other'sgood
fortune,whenIdon'thaveaheart
Ats
uchtimesIputmyhandonhisarmtoregainmybalance,
an
dsay,setthepace,Iwilltrytoadjusttoyou.
西红柿的故事TheTomatoStory
AJoblessmanappliedforth
epositionof'office
boy'anagerinterviewedhim
thenwatchedhimcleaningthefloorasatest.
一个失业的人去微
软申请办公室文员的职位,人事经理
面试他,并且看着他打扫地板,作为测试。
Youaree
mployed'youre-
mailaddressandI'llsendyoutheappl
icationtofill
in,aswellasdatewhenyoumaystart.‘你被录用了’人事经理说:给我你的邮箱地址,我会把
申请表发给你填,发给你的同时也意味着你
开始上班
Themanreplied'ButIdon'thaveacomputer,
n
eitheranemail'.
这个人回答说:但是我没有电脑,更没有邮箱了
'I'mso
rry',on't
haveanemail,
whodoesn'texist,canno
thavethejob.'
我很抱歉,人事经理说:如果你没有邮箱,那就意味着
你不能生存
,一个不能生存的人当然不能有工作。
't
knowwhattodo,
decide
dtogotothesupermarketandbuya10Kg
tomatocrate.
p>
这个人不抱希望的离开了,他不知道要做什么,口袋里
只有10块钱,他决定去超市
买了10公斤西红柿。
Hethensoldthetomatoesinadoortodoorthantwohours,hesucceededto
atedtheoperationth
ree
times,andreturnedhomewith.
接着他在附近门挨着门卖西红
柿,不到两小时,他成功
的将他的资金翻了一倍,他又做了3个小时,到回家时身上
已经有60
块钱了。
Themanrealizedthathecansurvivebythis
wa
y,andstartedtogoeverydayearlier,and
,hismoneydo
ubledortripled
everyday.
这个人认识到他可以用这种方式生存,以后
他每天起的
很早,回家的很晚,因此,他的钱每天都翻两三倍。
Shortly,heboug
htacart,thenatruck,and
thenhehadhisownfleetofde
liveryvehicles.
很短的时间里,他买了个手推车,然后卡车,接着他有
了自己
的运输车队。
5yearslater,themanisoneofthebiggest
f
oodretailersintheUS
5年以后,他成了美国最大的食品零售商……
Hestartedtoplanhisfamily'sfuture,and
decide
dtohavealifeinsurance.
他开始计划他家庭的未来,就决定买个人身保险
Hecalledaninsurancebroker,andchosea
protection
plan.
他打电话给保险经济人,然后选择一个保险
Whentheconversatio
nwasconcludedthe
brokeraskedhimhisemail.
The
manreplied,'Idon'thaveanemail.'
Thebrokeranswer
edcuriously,'Youdon'thave
anemail,andyethavesuc
ceededtobuildan
imaginewhatyoucouldhave
been
ifyouhadanemail?!!'Themanthoughtfor
awhileandre
plied,'Yes,I'dbeanofficeboyat
Microsoft!'
当谈
话结束后保险经济人问他的邮箱地址,他说:我
没有邮箱
保险经济人很吃惊的说:你没有邮箱都
可以成功的建立
一个帝国,你能想象如果你有邮箱的话会怎么样吗?
这个人想了一下然后回答:
是的,我会成为微软的办公
室文员
Moralofthestory故事寓意<
br>Moral1
Internetisnotthesolutiontoyourlife.网络不是你生活的解决办法
Moral2
Ifyoudon'thaveInternet
,andworkhard,
youcanbeamillionaire.
如果你没有网络,
但是努力工作,你仍可以成为百万
富翁
Moral3
Ifyoureceivedth
ismessagebyemail,youare
closertobeingaofficeboy
girl,thana
millionaire……
如果你收到了这封邮件,表示你离办公室文
员很近了,
而不是百万富翁……