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为了哨子你付出昂贵的代价YouGiveTooMuchforYourWhistle
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本杰明·富兰克林BenjaminFranklin
WhenIwasachildofsevenyearsold,myfriends,onaholiday,filledmypocketwithcoppers.Iweoashopwheretheysoldtoysfor;andbeihesoundofawhistle,thatImetbythewayinthehandsofanotherboy,Ivoluntarilyaveallmymoneyforohene,alihehouse,muchpleasedwithmywhistle,butdisturbingallthefamily.Mybrothers,andsisters,ands,uandingthebargainIhadmade,toldmeIhadgivenfourtimesasmuchforitasitwasworth;putmeinmindwhatgoodthingsImighthaveboughtwiththerestofthemoney;amesomuyfolly,thatIcriedwithvexatioiongavememrilegavemepleasure.
This,hoardsofusetome,theimpressiongonmymind;sothatofteemptedtobuysomeuhing,Isaidtomyself:Don'tgivetoomuchforthewhistle;andIsavedmymoney.
AsIgrewup,totheworld,aiohoughtImetwithmany,verymany,whogavetoomuchforthewhistle.
WhenIsawoooambitiousofcourtfavhistimeinattendanlevees,hisrepose,hisliberty,hisvirtue,andperhapshisfriends,toattainit,Ihavesaidtomyself,thismaoomuchforhiswhistle.
WhenIsawanotherfondofpopularity,tlyemployinghimselfinpoliticalbustles,inghisownaffairs,andrui,hepays,indeed,saidI,toomuchforhiswhistle.
IfIknewamiser,everykindoffortableliving,allthepleasureofdoinggoodtoothers,alltheesteemofhisfellow-s,andthejoysofbefriendship,forthesakeofagoorman,saidI,youpaytoomuchforyourwhistle.
&leasure,sageverylaudableimprovementofthemind,orofhisfortuomerecorporealsensatihishealthintheirpursuit,Mistakenman,saidI,ypainforyourself,insteadivetoomuchforyourwhistle.
IfIseeonefondofappearaneclothes,finehouses,fiure,freeequipages,allabovehisfortune,forwhitractsdebts,andendshisaprison,Alas!SayI,hehaspaiddear,verydear,forhiswhistle.
Wheifulsweet-temperedgirlmarriedtoanill-eofahusband.ity,sayI,thatsheshouldpaysomuchforawhistle!
Inshort,Iceivethatgreatpartofthemiseriesofmaupohefalseestimatestheyhavemadeofthevalueofthings,andbytheirgivingtoomuchfortheirwhistles.
七岁时,有一次放假,朋友们给了我很多铜币,塞了满满一口袋。
于是,我便直奔一家儿童玩具专卖店。
路上,我被一个男孩手中哨子的哨音吸引住了,于是,我主动提出用我所有的铜币换他的哨子。
我很得意,一回到家里,就吹着哨子满世界跑,但这哨音打扰了家人。
哥哥、姐姐和表亲们得知我做的这笔交易后,就告诉我,我付了四倍于哨子价值的钱。
他们说我多付的钱可以买好多好东西,还笑话我竟然做出这等蠢事。
我懊恼得哭了起来,这件事带给我的苦恼多于快乐。
不过,这件事一直留在我的记忆中,对我今后的人生益处良多。
从那以后,每当我想去买一些不必要的东西时,总对自己说:不要为哨子付出太多。
于是,我便省下了钱。
长大后,进入社会,遇到了很多人。
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