It Was Worth Every Penny
It Was Worth Every Penny
这是值得每一分钱
Sara Webber entered a grocery store.She approached the owner of the store and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries .She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work, they had seven children,and they needed food .John Longhouse,the grocer,laughed at her and requested that she leave his store at once.
萨拉韦伯走进一家杂货店。她来到这家店的老板，问他是否愿意让她负责一些杂货。她轻轻地说她丈夫生病了不能工作，他们有七个孩子，他们需要食物。约翰长屋，杂货店，嘲笑她，要求她在一旦离开他的店。
Having the family’s needs in mind ,she said ,“Please ,sir！I will bring you the money just as soon as I can .”The grocer refused to give her credit ,as she did not have a charge account at his store.
有家庭的需要考虑，她说，“请，先生！我会给你钱，只要我能。”杂货店老板拒绝给她的信用卡，她在他的店没有一个费用账户。
Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation between the two .The customer walked forward and told the owner that he would stand good for whatever she
needed for her family.
站在柜台边上的人听到了两人之间的对话，一个顾客。顾客走过来告诉店主，他会站好，不管她需要为她的家人。
The grocer said in a very reluctant voice,“Do you have a grocery list？”Sara replied，“yes，sir.”“OK,”he said ,“put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs,I will give you that amount in groceries”
杂货商不情愿地说，“你有一个购物清单吗？”她回答说，“是的，先生。”“好吧，”他说，“把你的购物清单上的鳞片，无论你的购物清单的重量，我会给你量在杂货店
Sara hesitated for a moment,and then wrote something on a piece of paper .She laid it on the scales carefully with her head bowed. The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement when scales went down and stayed down.
萨拉迟疑了一下，然后拿出一张纸写东西。她把它放在秤认真地与她低着头。杂货商的眼睛和顾客都露出了惊讶的尺度去拉下来。
The grocer,staring at the scales,stared putting the groceries on the other side of the scales.
杂货店老板，盯着表，盯着把食品放在天平的另一端。
The scales did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on them until the scales would hold no more .The
grocer,in utter disgust,grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with greater amazement. It was not a grocery list, but a prayer, which said:“Dear Lord,you know my needs and I am leaving this all in your hands.”
天平不平衡，他继续把越来越多的杂货到规模不会有更多。杂货店，在极度厌恶，抓起一张纸从尺度上看更惊奇的是。这不是一个购物清单，但是祈祷，说：“亲爱的主啊，你知道我的需求，我离开这一切在你的手中。”
The grocer gave her the groceries and stood in stunned silence.Sara thanked him and left the store.The customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to John and said,“It was worth every penny.”杂货店老板给她东西，站在震惊的沉默。萨拉道谢后离开了商店。客户交一五零美元的账单约翰说，“这是值得每一分钱。”
It was some time later that John Longhouse discovered the scales were broken.But God knows how much the prayer weighed.
过了一段时间之后，约翰长屋发现尺度被打破。但神知道祈祷的价值。
Diamond in the Ruff
在粗钻石
Chris had just bought a diamond engagement ring and tonight was the night he planned to ask the most beautiful woman he had ever seen to become his wife.
克里斯刚买了今晚的钻石订婚戒指，他打算向他所见过最美的女人成为他的妻子，晚上。
Laura was very understanding and more interested in spiritual things than possessions.However,this ring meant the world to her.They picked it out together.His proposing was for the sole purpose of creating a memory neither of them would ever forget. 劳拉非常了解，在属灵的事比财富更感兴趣。然而，这枚戒指给她意味着整个世界。他们把它捡了起来。他提出的唯一目的是创建一个存储都不会忘记。
When Chris got home from the jewelry store,he only had four hours to clean up his apartment and prepare dinner.When he opened the door,as usual,his very large and lovable Saint Bernard,Ruff,greeted him by placing his large paws on Chris’s shoulders and looking at him eye to eye.
克里斯回家时从珠宝店，他只有四个小时来打扫他的公寓，准备晚餐。当他打开门时，像往常一样，他非常大的和可爱的圣伯纳德，拉夫，招呼他把他的大爪子放在克里斯的肩膀
上，看他的眼睛。
Ruff had felt a little neglected of late,because Chris had been so busy preparing for this important night.Chris was in a hurry and told Ruff to get down and sit on the couch.Ruff did so,for he always obeyed him.
吃时感到有点被忽视了，因为克里斯一直忙着准备这一重要的夜晚。克里斯急于告诉吃下去，坐在沙发上吃。这样做，因为他总是服从他。
Chris took the ring out of the box and placed it on the end table.He left the room to get a rose he had bought earlier in the day.
克里斯从盒子里拿出戒指放在茶几上。他离开房间去玫瑰他买了当天早些时候。
While Chris was out of the room,Ruff moved his head closer to the ring.He didn’t know what it was,but he wondered if it could be used in their favorite game,Throw and Fetch.Ruff played that game a little different than most dogs.He would grab an object in his mouth,shake his head from side to side as he could,then cats the object in any direction and catch it before it stopped moving.All Chris had to do was watch.
克里斯一离开房间，拉夫移动他的头靠近环。他不知道那是什么，但是他不知道可以用自己喜欢的游戏，扔取。吃了这
个游戏有一点不同于大多数的狗。他将在他的嘴里抢的对象，动摇他头从一边到另一边，他可以在任何方向，然后猫的对象和捕捉它才停了下来。克里斯所要做的就是看。Ruff liked Chris to watch him do everything and since he had since he had felt left out recently he looked closely at this little object on the table.Ruff picked up the ring with his tongue,with his tongue,with the diamond sticking out of his mouth,just as Chris came back into the room.
拉夫克里斯喜欢看他做的一切，因为他自从受到冷落，最近他看着这个小客体上桌。吃拾起戒指的舌头，舌头，用钻石伸出了他的嘴，就像克里斯回到房间。
Horror gripped Chris as he froze with fear.If Ruff threw the ring,he might damage it.So he yelled at Ruff,which was something he had never done before.Ruff was surprised and startled,and the next thing he knew,he had swallowed the engagement ring.
恐怖笼罩着克里斯为他冻结与恐惧。如果拉夫把戒指，他可能会损坏它。所以他大声叫Ruff，这是他以前从来没有做过的。吃感到惊讶和震惊，接着他知道，他吞下的订婚戒指。Chris cried out“Oh no,”as he ran to Ruff and felt inside his mouth in hopes of finding the ring.He didn’t.(to be continued) 克里斯叫道：“哦，不，”他跑到他觉得他口中发现的环的希
望。他也不行。（待续）
Well,Chris knew he would get it back eventually,buy for now,right now,he thought to himself,“What am I going to do?”呃，克里斯知道他会回来，最终，买了，现在，他想，“我要做什么？“
As he prepared dinner,he could imagine Laura crying.He had promised her the most unforgettable evening.The one thing Chris hated more than anything else in the word was causing Laura grief or sadness,because he loved her so much.
为他准备的晚餐，他可以想象劳拉在哭。他曾答应她最难忘的夜晚。克里斯的一件事不超过任何其他的词是造成劳拉悲痛或忧伤，因为他太喜欢她了。
The only thing he could do was tell her the truth and bear her disappointment.
他唯一能做的就是告诉她真相，忍受她的失望。
She was there on time and had a lovely meal.However for Chris,it had become more like the Last Supper.After having their after-dinner coffee on the couch,Laura nudged him as if saying,“Let’s get on with it.Where’s the ring?”
她在那里的时间和有一个可爱的饭。然而对于克里斯来说，它已经变得更像是最后的晚餐。他们在沙发上吃咖啡后，劳拉将他好像在说，“让我们面对它。戒指在哪里？“
Chris pretended to go and the ring.He entered his bedroom,walked over to his bed,and sat down.He put his head in his hands,hoping to figure out how to get out of the mess he was in.
克里斯假装去环。他走进他的卧室，走到床边，坐了下来。他把他的头放在他的手里，希望能找出如何滚出去混乱的他。
After a while,he walked back into the living room and sat on the couch next to Laura.Ruff came over and put his paw on Chris’s leg as if to say,“I’m sorry.”He rubbed Ruff’s head and prepared to tell Laura the truth.
过了一会儿，他走回客厅，坐在沙发上，旁边的劳拉。拉夫过来把爪子放在克里斯的腿，好像在说，“我很抱歉。”他搓毛的头，准备告诉劳拉真相。
“I planned on making this the most unforgettable proposal,”Chris said.“You know I love you with all my heart,”and then he thought to present the news with some added humor,and said,“Ruff has something he wants to tell you.”
“我打算这最难忘的建议，”克里斯说。“你知道我全心全意的爱你，”然后他认为目前的消息增加了一些幽默，说，“吃有话要告诉你。”
Having said that,he patted Ruff on his back firmly and said to
him,“Now it’s your turn.”just then,the ring,which was lodged in Ruff’s throat,dislodged,and Ruff coughed it up with a with a single noise and shot it three feet into the air,from where it landed in Laura’s hands.
说到这，他拍了拍他的背上牢牢地领他说，“现在轮到你了。”这时，环，并提出在拉夫的喉咙，脱落，和拉夫咳出来的一个单一的噪声并拍摄到三英尺的高空，从它降落的地方在劳拉的手中。
She looked at the engagement ring,then at Chris,who had a surprised look on his face,then at Ruff,and back to Chris,paused for a moment,and said,“How did you get him to do that?What a surprise!How different it is to propose like that!How I love you,Chris!”
她看着订婚戒指，然后在克里斯，他吃惊地看着他的脸，然后在吃，回到克里斯，停了一会儿，然后说，“你怎么能让他这么做？这真是令人吃惊。提出了类似的是多么的不同！我爱你，克里斯！“
A Bank Robbery
抢劫银行
One morning George entered the bank feeling something was about to happen.
一天早晨，乔治走进银行，感到有什么事情将要发生。
At two o’clock a robber walked in.
二点，一个强盗走进。
“This is a holdup,”the man said roughly.He took a pistol from his pocket and stepped over to George’s cage.
“这是抢劫，”他粗鲁地说。他从口袋里掏出一把手枪和跨步来到乔治的笼子。
“Hand it over!”
“把钱交出来！“
“yes,sir,”said George.“Would you like it in ten- or twenty-dollar bills?”
“是的，先生，”乔治说。“你会喜欢它在十或二十美元的钞票吗？“
“Just hand it over!”
“就拿过来！“
George reached into his cashbox and took all the bills from the top section,close to six thousand dollars.He passed them through the window.The robber snatched them,stuffed them into his pocket,and turned to leave.
乔治把手伸进钱箱从顶部的带走了所有的钱，接近六千美
元。他通过通过窗口。强盗抢过来，塞进口袋，然后转身离开。
Then,while everyone watched the man leave,George calmly lifted off the top section of the cashbox and slipped bills from the bottom section into his pockets.
然后，每个人都在看着他离开，乔治平静地升空的钱箱的顶部和底部滑法案从他的口袋里。
The robber was gone.George fainted.When he woke he was at home.George took the money from his pockets and counted it.He had seven thousand dollars.He was very happy.
强盗了。乔治晕了过去。当他醒来，他在家。乔治从他的口袋里的钱数了起来。他有七千美元。他很高兴。
The next morning George was called into Mr.Burrows’office to meet Mr.Caruthers,former president of the bank.
第二天早晨，乔治被叫到办公室来满足mr.burrows卡拉瑟斯先生，该银行前总裁。
“George,I was sorry to give you a hand time yesterday.That was quite an adventure.It just goes to show how easy it is to rob bank.”Mr.Caruthers said.
“乔治，很抱歉昨天给你一个手的时间。那真是一次冒险。这就说明它是多么容易抢银行。”mr.caruthers说。
“Sir?”said George,confused.
先生？“乔治说，困惑。
“With all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our little bank can robbed too.I played my little game yesterday,just to keep everybody on their toes.”
“所有的银行被抢，这些天，我想它会证明我们的小银行也可以抢劫是一个好主意。我昨天打我的小游戏，只是为了让每个人都保持警觉。”
“And the money?”George asked in a low voice.
“钱吗？“乔治低声问道。
“I put it all back in your cashbox.We’re just finishing up the audit now.”
“我把它放回你的钱箱。我们只是完成了审计现在。”George turned cold with fear.
乔治把冰冷的恐惧。
Behind them,the door opened and Mr.Bell,the chief auditor,put his head into the room.“Mr.Burrows,”he said gravely,“may I see you a moment?”
在他们背后，门开了，贝尔先生，首席审计员，把头伸了进来。“mr.burrows，”他严肃地说，“我可以和您谈谈吗？“
Computer Doctor
电脑医生
One day,a man complained to his friend,“My elbow really hurts.I guess I should see a doctor.”
有一天，一个男人对他的朋友说，“我的胳膊肘疼的厉害。我想我应该去看医生。”
His friend suggested,“don’t do that.You might as well try a computer doctor.There’s a computer at the drug store that can diagnose anything,quicker and cheaper than a doctor.Simply put in a sample of your urine,and the computer will diagnose your problem and tell you what you can do about it.It only costs $10. 他的朋友建议，“不要那样做。你不妨试试电脑医生。在药房可以诊断任何有一台电脑，而不是医生更快更便宜。只要简单地把你的尿液样本，和电脑就可以诊断出你的问题，告诉你该怎么做它的成本只有10美元。
The guy figured he had nothing to lose,so he filled a jar with a urine sample and went to the drug store.Finding the computer,he poured in the sample and deposited $10.The computer started to make some noise and various lights began to flash.After a brief
pause,out popped a small slip of paper which read:
他以为他没有什么可失去的，所以他装满了一罐尿样去了药店。找到电脑，倒在样品和沉积10美元的计算机开始发出一些噪音和各种灯光开始闪烁。经过短暂的停顿，掉出了一张小纸条，读：
You have tennis elbow.
你有网球肘。
Soak your arm in warm water.
把手浸在温水里。
Avoid heavy labor.
避免重体力劳动。
It will be better in two weeks.
两周内会更好。
Later that evening while thinking how amazing this new technology was and how it would change medical science forever,he began to wonder if this computer could be fooled.
那天晚上在思考这不可思议的新科技会如何改变医疗科学，他开始怀疑，计算机可以被愚弄。
He decided to give it a try.He mixed together some tap water,a stool sample from his dog,and urine samples from his wife and daughter.To top it off,he poured some orange juice into the bottle.
他决定试一试。他混合了一些自来水，从他的狗的粪便样本，和他妻子和女儿的尿液样本。最重要的是，他到瓶子里倒了一些橙汁。
Holding the blend,he went back to the drug store,located the computer,poured in this sample and deposited $10.The machine again made the usual noise,flashed lights,and printed out the following analysis:
保持混合，他回到药店，找到电脑，倒在这样和存入$通常噪声，再做10机闪烁灯，并打印出以下分析：
Your tap water is too hard.Get a water softener.
你的自来水太硬。有软水器。
Your dog has ringworm.Bathe him with anti-fungal shampoo.
你的狗有癣。给他洗澡用抗真菌洗发水。
Your daughter is using cocaine.Put her in a rehabilitation clinic. 你女儿吸毒。把她放在康复诊所。
Your wife is pregnant... twin girls.They aren’t yours.Get a lawyer.
你的妻子怀孕…双胞胎女孩。她们不是你。找个律师。
Tips for Online Shopping
网上购物
Online shopping has never been more popular.
网上购物有没有更受欢迎。
Before you hit the virtual malls,learn how to save time and money.
当你打虚拟商场，学习如何节省时间和金钱。
Tip1
TIP1
If you want to buy from a store you haven’t heard of,do some research before you buy.Manufacturers’websites offer valuable information about their products.Make sure the site lists a physical address.Finally,check to see if it displays seals from consumer protection organizations.If not,take your business somewhere else.
如果你想买一个商店，你没有听说过，在你购买之前做一些研究。制造商的网站提供关于他们的产品的有价值的信息。请确保该网站列出了一个物理地址。最后，检查看如果它显示海豹从消费者保护机构。如果没有，把你的业务在其他地方。
Tip2
Tip2
Compare prices for products across a number of websites.You’ll be amazed at the range of prices you’ll https://www.wendangku.net/doc/2514769159.html,e search engines like Google to locate product reviews.You can see what other shoppers say about a particular product by checking their reviews.
比较在多个网站的产品的价格。你会惊奇地发现，价格范围，你会发现。用谷歌搜索引擎定位产品的评论。你可以看看其他购物者说，检查他们的评论，一个特定的产品。
Tip3
TIP3
Many online merchants ofter discounts that can save you a lot of money.To receive a discount,you enter the coupon code in the order form.It’s then taken off the total buying price.
许多网上商家提供折扣，可以为你节省很多的钱。为了获得折扣，你输入的订单的优惠券代码。然后从总购买价格。Tip4
TIP4
With shipping fees,the total price may be much higher than what you would pay in a retail store.Many sites offer free shipping as a way to attract customers.How do you return unwanted goods?Who pays for return shipping?An e-tailer should provide answers.
运输费用，总价格可能比你要付零售商店。很多网站提供免费送货，作为一种手段来吸引顾客。你怎么还不必要的货物？谁支付运费？电子零售商应该提供答案。
Tip5
Tip5
All famous sites should post a privacy policy that explains what they do with customer information.Take a few minutes to review it.if you don’t agree with the policy,don’t shop at the site.Don’t provide unnecessary information by filling out the optional fields in the order form.
所有著名的网站发布的隐私权政策应该说明他们与客户的信息。需要几分钟来评论如果你不同意的政策，不去现场。不提供不必要的信息填写在订单可选域。
Tip6
Tip6
Credit cards offer the same consumer protection whether shopping online or offline.You can also challenge charges and refuse to make payment in the event of a dispute with a merchant.After you submit an order,you should print the confirmation.Sometimes there is a link to a Web page where you can check the delivery.
信用卡提供同样的保护消费者的购物是否在线或离线。您也
可以挑战指控，拒绝在一个商人争议事件支付。你提交订单后，您应该打印确认。有时有一个链接到一个网页，你可以检查传递。