One morning, a blind* boy sat in front of a building
with a hat by his feet .He held a sign* which said,“I am blind. Please help me.
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few
coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign,
turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He
put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could 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* and
ask,“Are you the one who changed my sign in the 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 can’t see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were
saying the same thing?
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Special
low prices on all clothes
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LIST PRICE标价
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SALE PRICE卖价
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Shoes
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$48
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$32
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Skirt
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$180
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$95
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Coat
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$420
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$288
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Trousers
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$160
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$108
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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 beauty* of the
day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while
the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this
simple story.
The first is: Treasure*what you have. Someone else has
less. Try your best to help those who need your help.
The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There
is always a better way.
1.On the sign what the man wrote was,“_______.”
A. Treasure what we have already had.
B. Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.
C. We are so lucky that we are not blind.
D. Try your best to help those who need your help.
2.The word“recognized”here in Chinese means______.
A.承认
B.接受
C.表扬
D.认出
3.From the passage we know that _____.
A. the boy always has a hat on his head.
B. the man is one of his friends.
C. the boy is blind and needs help.
D. the boy works for the man.
4.According to the passage, which of the following is
TRUE?
A .The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some
words on the sign.
B. The man took away all the few coins from the hat.
C. The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school.
D. Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy.
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