读美文 背单词3.There Is Always a Better Way
儿童节的诗歌-服务员个人工作总结
There Is Always a Better Way
好方法无处不在
A blind boy sat silently on
the stone steps of a tower building in the square
with a
hat by his feet. With his gloved
fingers, he put a flat board on the ground.
Written in
crayon, the handwriting said:”I’m
blind, please help.” The hat was nearly empty as
there were only a few coins in the hat.
A stranger was walking by. He took a few coins
from his pocket and dropped
them into the hat.
He then took the board, turned it around, and
printed some words
on it with paint. He put
the board back and fixed it at a height so that
everyone who
walked by would see the new
words.
A lot more people were giving money
to the blind boy. Soon that hat began to fill up.
That afternoon the man who had changed the
board came to see how things were.
The boy
heard his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one
who changed my board this
morning? What did
you write?”
The kind-heart man said, “I only
wrote a sentence with the truth. I translated
what you said but in a different way to
improve the message and increase interest
for
people for your sign. It describes your
experience.”
He recited the text he had
written:”Today is a beautiful autumn day and I
cannot see
it.”
Do you think the first
board and the second board had the same meaning?
Of course
both boards expressed to the people
the fact that the boy had no sight.
But the
first board plainly told people that the boy was
blind and to help by putting
some money in the
hat. The second board told people that they were
able to enjoy the
fantastic, bright light of
the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he
was blind.
The second board suggested that
people were lucky that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second board’s
choice of words succeeded better
to get
people’s attention and achieve more action from
others?
有个盲人小男孩默默地坐在广场
里一座塔式大楼的台阶上，他的帽子放在脚
边。他戴着手套，将一块扁平木板放在地面上，上面用蜡笔写
上了几个字：“帮
帮忙，我是一个盲人。”帽子里几乎是空的，里面只有几枚硬币。
一个
陌生人正好走过。他从口袋里掏出几枚硬币，丢进帽子里。然后，他拿起
木板，把它转过来，用颜料在上
面印上了几个字。他把木板又放了回去，并放到
了一个较高的位置，这样，路过的人都可以看到了。
越来越多的人把钱放进小男孩的帽子里。很快，帽子就被硬币填满了。这天下
午，修改过木
板的男人又来到了这里，看看事情怎么样了。盲童听出来脚步声，
问到：“您就是今早修改木板上字的那
个先生吧？您在上面写了什么呢？”
这个好心的男人说：“我只是写了一句大实话。我把你写的话
换了一种方式写
出来，把你木板上的信息修改了一下，以此来引起人们的关注。那些字写出了你
的感受。”
这位男士把他写的话读出来：“今天是个美丽的秋日，可是我看不见。”
你认为第一次写的字和第二次写的字是同一个意思吗？当然，这两次都说明一
个事实，那就是这个小男孩
失明了。
但第一次写的话只是简单告诉别人这个小男孩失明了，帮忙给他一点钱。而第
二
次写的话告诉人们：你们可以看见如此美好的光明，而他却不能。第二次写的
表达了这样的含义：没有失
明的人是多么的幸运啊。
对于第二次，只是选择了另外几个字，就能引起人们的关注，并使他们付
诸了
行动，对此，我们应该感到惊讶吗？
拓展训练
A
blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a
hat by his feet. He held up a sign
which said:
“I am blind, please help.” There were only a few
coins in the hat. A man
was walking by. He
took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them
into the hat.
He then took the sign, turned it
around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back
so that everyone who walked by would see the
new words. Soon the hat began to fill
up. A
lot more people were giving money to the blind
boy. That afternoon the man
who had changed
the sign came to see how things were. The boy
recognized his
footsteps(脚步)
and asked: “Were you the one who changed my sign
this morning?
What did you write?” The man
said: “I only wrote the truth. I said what you
said but
in a different way.” What he had
written was: “Today is a beautiful day but I
cannot
see it.”
Do you think the
first sign and the second sign were saying the
same thing? Of
course both signs told people
the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told
people
to help by putting some money in the
hat. The second sign told people that they were
able to enjoy the day, but the boy could not
enjoy it because he was blind. The first
sign
simply said the boy was blind. The second sign
reminded people they were lucky
that they were
not blind.
There are at least two
lessons we can learn from this simple story. The
first is: Be
thankful for what you have.
Someone else has less. Help where you can. The
second
is: Be creative. Think differently.
There is always a better way!
【小题1】 What
did the boy do on the street?
A. He
sold his old hat. B. He begged (乞讨)
for money.
C. He was busy collecting
coins. D. He showed his good handwriting.
【小题2】How did the man help the blind boy?
A. He took the boy’s sign away.
B. He gave the boy a lot of money.
C. He changed the words on the sign.
D. He asked other people to help the
blind boy.[来源:学.科.网]
【小题3】 What does the
underlined word
A. 辨认出 B. 看到 C.
承认 D. 注意到
【小题4】 Which of the
following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The man did nothing to help the blind boy
except changing the words on the
sign.
B. Before the man changed the words, the hat had
been full.
C. Without the man’s help,
the blind boy couldn’t get so much money.
D. The kind man was very thankful to the blind
boy.
【小题5】 Which is the
best title for the passage?
A. A kind
and clever man. B. A blind boy in the
street.
C. Let’s help the disabled
people. D. Different words make a difference.
答案：BCACD