卡卡英語 第225期:窮人的自尊
今天分享的是一個(gè)感人的故事。
重點(diǎn)詞匯
Great Depression <美>大蕭條
sarcastically adv.諷刺地，挖苦地
retort n.反駁，回嘴;反駁的回答
recall vt.使想起，回想;
pride n.驕傲;自尊
PENNIES FOR CANDLES
by Jean,New Jersey
When I was a child, during the Great Depression, my mother sent me to the store to buy candles because our electricity had been turned off. I gave the clerk in the store my pennies for the candles, and he sarcastically said, "Didn't pay the electric bill?" I held my head up high and replied, "Of course we did, but we want to have dinner by candlelight tonight." I still laugh when I recall our "candlelight" dinner and the look on the clerk's face after my retort. We didn't have much money, but we had pride.
買蠟燭
大蕭條時(shí)期，我還是個(gè)孩子。媽媽讓我去商店買蠟燭，因?yàn)槲覀兊碾娏Ρ磺袛嗔?。我給了店員硬幣買蠟燭，他諷刺地說，"沒有付電費(fèi)嗎？"我抬起頭來，回答說："我們當(dāng)然交了，但我們今晚想在燭光下吃晚飯。"當(dāng)我回憶起我們的"燭光晚餐"和在我的反駁之后，那個(gè)職員臉上的表情，我都會(huì)笑。我們沒有很多錢，但我們有自尊。
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