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1、10、YourNeedisGreaterThanMineIn many big cities there are people who cannot get work. Sometimes they do not want to work, but sometimes there isnt any work for them to do.Some of these people beg(乞求)for money. Some of them sell boxes of matches or cheap pens, and some of them sell flowers.Andrew neve
2、r gave money to beggars.(乞丐) People should work for their money, he believed. He also believed there was work for everyone, which was not true.One day when he was waiting for a bus, a beggar came up and asked him for money. The beggar was an old woman wearing very old and dirty clothes. She had no s
3、hoes and she was selling some sweet-smelling flowers.Give an old woman ten dollars, mister, she said to Andrew. I havent had a meal(餐) for three days.Im not giving you ten dollars, Andrew said.What about five dollars, then, mister the poor old woman asked. Thatll buy me a couple of pieces of bread.N
4、o, Andrew said.Then what about one dollar the old woman asked. I can buy an orange for one dollar.I havent got one dollar, Andrew said. Now go away.The old woman looked at him sadly, and then gave him her flowers.Here, mister, she said. You have these. You need them more than I do.在很多大城市都有人没有工作。有时是他
5、们不想工作，但有时他们是根本没有工作可做。 这些人中有的讨钱，有的卖火柴或者廉价的钢笔，而有的则卖花。 安德鲁从来不给乞丐钱。他认为，人应该工作赚钱。他还错误地认为，每个人都是会有工作的。 有一天，他正在等公车，一个乞丐走上前来，向他讨钱。这个乞丐是一个老妇人，穿着一件又旧又脏的衣服，没穿鞋。她卖的花气味芳香。 “给我十美元吧，先生。”她向安德鲁恳求道，“我已经三天没吃饭了。” “我不会给你十美元的。”安德鲁说。 “那么，给五美元呢，先生？”穷苦的老妇人继续恳求，“那够我买两块面包的了。” “不给。”安德鲁拒绝道。 “那么，一美元？”老妇人继续，“一美元我可以买一个橘子啦。” “我没有一美元，请你走开。”安德鲁说。老妇人悲哀地注视着他，然后把她的花都给了安德鲁。 “给你，先生。”老妇人说道：“拿着这些花，你比我更需要它们。”