西红柿的故事—优秀英文短文阅读(适合大学四六级水平)

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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.


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……

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