The Worker
All l over the world,some people work with their hands,and some work with their brains.The world
needs both kinds of workers.
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Sometimes,the people working with their brains think that they are more important.One day,a lawyer
asked a boatman to take him across the river.“ Do you know math and science?" he asked.“ Did you
study law or languages?he went on.
“ I don't need to learn these skills,” said the boatman.“ You are wasting your life,young man,” said the
lawyer.
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Then the boat came to the middle of the wide river.The water was deep there.The boat was old and
weak.Soon they saw a hole in the boat.Water slowly began to fill the floor of the boat.
The boatman looked at the lawyer.“ Excuse me.Did you learn to swim?" asked the working man.
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The lawyer answered,“ I am an educated man.Why do I need to learn swimming?
" That is too bad,dear educated man.The water is coming in our boat.Our boat is sinking,and the river
is deep and wide,,” said the boatman.
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读后做一做
Tell true or false.判断正(T)误(F)
(
)1.The lawyer thought his work was more important.
)2.The boatman didn't learn science.
(
)3.The river was wide.
)4.The boat was new and big.
(
)5.The lawyer could swim.
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