学霸导读 同学们对美丽的手有什么样的定义呢?难道只有白皙和细嫩的手才是世界上最美的手吗?
Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the w 1 day. Once the three ladies quarreled (争吵). One of them said, “Look, how w 2 and beautiful my hands are!” Another said, “My hands are more beautiful.” The third said, “Mine are the most beautiful ones.” An old beggar woman came to them. “Beautiful ladies,” she said, “I am h 3 . Please give me something to eat.”
But the three ladies gave her nothing. They only asked, “Tell me, who of us has the most beautiful hands?”
A peasant woman was also s 4 by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough (粗糙的) from work. The old woman came to her and said, “I am hungry. Please give me something to eat.” The peasant woman took out the only cake she had and gave her h 5 .
The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the peasant woman by the hand, brought her before the rich ladies and said, “Now, I shall tell you w 6 hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor peasant woman are rough from hard work, but they gave me food; they are far more beautiful than your white hands which have never done a 7 .”
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take out 拿出
meet v. (与……)会面,会合
once adv. 一次
beggar n. 乞丐
far adv. 远;非常