Some people live in the world for body while others for dignity.
I once took a walk along the street on a Saturday dusk, with a Pepsi can in my hand. An old woman in ragged clothes staggered towards me, with a sack on the back another poor woman living on collecting used cans, jars and tins! Walking nearer she looked up at me and then fixed her eyes on my can.At that time, I hadn't finished my cola, so I gave her several coins instead.
I was wrong.
She stared at me for a few seconds and handed back the money. Quite confused I asked:"Why not? Isn't that what you want?"
"I am not a beggar," she said seriously, word by word.
Instantly, I felt so sorry. I had intended to help her, regarded her as a beggar instead of an ordinary man. Thus I hurt her.What I could do at that moment was only to drink up the cola and handed her the emptied can. This time, she gave me a smile with some gratification and gratitude in her eyes. The woman is poor in material life but is so respectable as a man. I am not only moved but also have learned a good lesson.
簡 評
這篇短文全長214字，卻生動地展現了一個貧而不賤的老嫗形象。現在的大街小巷上，常可看見老人、兒童、甚至中年人街頭乞討。這些人中有些肯定是為生活所迫，但見得多了則難免讓人懷疑他們中的有些人是否在騙取我們的同情。而這位衣衫檻褸、生活困頓的老婦人卻靠“拾荒”自食其力。文章對老婦人的描寫著墨不多，但短短幾句話，一個雖然身處社會最底層卻自尊自強的可敬形象卻躍然紙上。
文貴在新。這篇文章的語言雖然不很老練，內容安排也有不少可以改進之處，但和很多老生常談、無病呻吟的文章比起來，讓人覺得言之有物、感情真摯。
An Unforgettable Incident
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Some people live in the world for body while others for dignity.
I once took a walk along the street on a Saturday dusk, with a Pepsi can in my hand. An old woman in ragged clothes staggered towards me, with a sack on the back another poor woman living on collecting used cans, jars and tins! Walking nearer she looked up at me and then fixed her eyes on my can.At that time, I hadn't finished my cola, so I gave her several coins instead.
I was wrong.
She stared at me for a few seconds and handed back the money. Quite confused I asked:"Why not? Isn't that what you want?"
"I am not a beggar," she said seriously, word by word.
Instantly, I felt so sorry. I had intended to help her, regarded her as a beggar instead of an ordinary man. Thus I hurt her.What I could do at that moment was only to drink up the cola and handed her the emptied can. This time, she gave me a smile with some gratification and gratitude in her eyes. The woman is poor in material life but is so respectable as a man. I am not only moved but also have learned a good lesson.
簡 評
這篇短文全長214字，卻生動地展現了一個貧而不賤的老嫗形象。現在的大街小巷上，常可看見老人、兒童、甚至中年人街頭乞討。這些人中有些肯定是為生活所迫，但見得多了則難免讓人懷疑他們中的有些人是否在騙取我們的同情。而這位衣衫檻褸、生活困頓的老婦人卻靠“拾荒”自食其力。文章對老婦人的描寫著墨不多，但短短幾句話，一個雖然身處社會最底層卻自尊自強的可敬形象卻躍然紙上。
文貴在新。這篇文章的語言雖然不很老練，內容安排也有不少可以改進之處，但和很多老生常談、無病呻吟的文章比起來，讓人覺得言之有物、感情真摯。