练习材料:

Lesson27(1) Nothing to sell and nothing to buy

It has been said that everyone lives by selling something.

In the light of this statement,

teachers live by selling knowledge,

philosophers by selling wisdom

and priests by selling spiritual comfort.

Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money,

it is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us.

There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives,

yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service.

The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop.

Everyone has something to sell.

Tramps seem to be the only exception to this general rule.

Beggars almost sell themselves as human beings to arouse the pity of passers-by.

But real tramps are not beggars.

They have nothing to sell and require nothing from others.

In seeking independence,

they do not sacrifice their human dignity.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：  statement/steɪtmənt    philosophers/fɪˈlɒsəfəz    wisdom/wɪzdəm    priests/priːsts    spiritual/spɪrɪtjʊəl    comfort/kʌmfət    material/məˈtɪərɪəl    extremely/ɪksˈtriːmli    estimate/ɛstɪmɪt    grudge/grʌʤ    surgeon/sɜːʤən    precisely/prɪˈsaɪsli    society/səˈsaɪəti    exception/ɪkˈsɛpʃən    pity/pɪti    tramps/træmps    sacrifice/sækrɪfaɪs    dignity/dɪgnɪti   

练习感悟：一旦超过太长时间，尽管还坐在这里，但是脑子已经昏了，读出来的单词也是错误百出。今晚赶在午夜前完成的计划没完成。不过最后还是录制完成。休息休息。天亮继续。