Nothingtosellandnothingtobuy没有东西可卖也没有东西可买.docVIP

Nothing to sell and nothing to buy 没有东西可卖也没有东西可买 It has been said that 据说everyone lives by selling something. In the light of this statement根据这种说法, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers 哲学家by selling wisdom智慧 and priests牧师 by selling spiritual comfort. Though it may be possible to measure the value of material good in terms of money, it is extremely非常的 difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform执行 for us. There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge 不给予paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely正好 this service. The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way adv同样地 that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell. Tramps流浪汉 seem to be the only exception to 之例外this general rule. Beggars乞丐 almost sell themselves as human beings to arouse唤醒 the pity v 可怜，n同情 of passers-by. But real tramps are not beggars. They have nothing to sell and require nothing from others. In seeking independence独立, they do not sacrifice their human dignity高贵. A tramp may ask you for money, but he will never ask you to feel sorry for 同情him. He has deliberately 故意地chosen to lead the life he leads and is fully aware of 知道the consequences. He may never be sure where the next meal is coming from, but he is free from the thousands of anxieties which afflict 折磨other people. His few material possessions make it possible for him to move from place to place with ease. By having to sleep in the open, he gets far closer to the world of nature than most of us ever do. He may hunt, beg, or steal occasionally to keep himself alive; he may even, in times of real need, do a little work; but he will never sacrifice his freedom. We often speak of tramps with contempt轻蔑 and put them in the same class as beggars, but how many of us can honestly say that we have not felt a little envious 羡慕的of their simple way of life and their freedom from care? 据说每个人都靠