【英语美文】贫穷时，我们更彼此关爱(2018.4.16)

4.16 【英语美文】贫穷时，我们更彼此关爱，一首中转命运的钢琴曲《星尘》

When I put my hand in my mailbox, I got a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. The check I expected and badly needed wasn't there. The school secretary explained later that we, teachers, weren't paid until the end of the month. This was a problem. I had four dollars in my wallet, and the end of the month was a whole month away.

What to do? The four dollars I had left wouldn't even pay for my cheap motel room that night, much less buy dinner. I had my trumpet in the car, as I played trumpet as well as a little piano, and my first thought was to find a "gig" that night, but it was too late in the afternoon, and I didn't know the city well enough to go looking. So I did something most musicians have done at one time or another. I decided to hock my horn.

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2018-04-16 读美文学英语 英语PK台

http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PJx8w_53w6pzJOJApHnvpQ

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Betsy

2017.4.16