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程發貴

1.Once upon a time there lived a blind man in a village. He had been blind in both eyes for many years.

從前一個村子里住著一個瞎子,他雙目失明已有許多年了。

2.He lived a happy life because he got on well with his neighbors and they often helped him.

他生活得很好,因為他與鄰居們相處融洽,他們常常照顧他。

3.It was New Years eve. All the people celebrated the Spring Festival joyfully.

大年三十,人們歡度新春佳節。

4.The blind man was steaming jiaozi at home.

瞎子在家蒸餃子。

5.After a while,he finished the work.

很快,他蒸好了餃子。

6.A bowl of jiaozi in one hand,a lamp in the other. He sent the jiaozi to the neighbors.

他一手端著餃子,一手提著燈籠,把餃子給鄰居們送去。

7.They were very strange: Isnt it like lighting a candle (蠟燭) for a blind person — a sheer (絕對的) waste?

鄰居們都倍感驚訝:這豈不是瞎子點燈——白費蠟嗎?

8.At last, they understood what the blind man meant. It was New Years eve. There was no moon. The blind man did so in order to…

鄰居們終于明白了瞎子的用意。大年三十,天很暗,沒有月亮,瞎子這樣做為的是……