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大学英语精读1_07 Unit Seven Text 第七单元 课文 The author finds out that good intentions alone are not enough when his attempt to be kind to an old man leaves them both feeling worse than before. THE SAMPLER 圣诞布丁品尝师 In a certain store where they sell puddings, 有一家出售布丁的商店， a number of these delicious things are laid out in a row during the Christmas season. 每年圣诞期间都把许多这类美味的食品摆成一排供顾客选购。 Here you may select the which is most to your taste, 在这里你可以挑选最合你口味的布丁。 and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision. 甚至商店还允许你先把各色布丁品尝一番，然后再作出决定。 I have often wondered whether some people, who had no intention of making a purchase, 我常常纳闷，会不会有一些根本无意购买的人 would take advantage of this privilege. 利用这一优惠趁机揩油。 One day I asked this question of the shop girl, 有一天，我向女店员提出了这一问题， And I learned it was indeed the case. 从她那儿得知事情果真如此。 Now, theres one old gentleman, “有这样一位老先生， for instance, she told me, 比如说，”她告诉我。 he comes here almost every week and samples each one of the puddings, “他差不多每个星期都要到这儿来，每只布丁他都要尝一尝， though he never buys anything, 尽管他从来不买什么东西， and I suspect he never will. 而且我猜想他永远也不会买。 I remember him from last year and the year before that, too. 我从去年，甚至前年就记住他了。 Well, let him come if he wants it, 唉，要是他想品尝就让他来吧， and welcome to it. 欢迎他来品尝。 And whats more, 而且， I hope there are a lot more stores where he can go and get his share. 我希望有更多的商店可以让他去品尝。 He looks as if he needed it all right, 他看上去似乎确实有这种需要， and I suppose they can afford it. 我想这点小意思他们是不在乎的。” She was still speaking when an elderly gentleman limped up to the counter and began looking closely at the row of puddings with great interest. 就在她讲这话的时候，一位上了年级的先生一瘸一拐地走到了柜台前，开始对着那排布丁兴致勃勃地仔细看了起来。 Why, thats the very gentleman Ive been telling you about, “喏，这就是刚刚对你说起的那位先生，” whispered the shop girl. 女店员轻声对我说。 Just watch him now. “现在你就看着他好了。” And then turning to him: Would you like to sample them, sir? 接着她就转过身去对老人说道：“先生，您想品尝这些布丁吗？ Heres a spoon for you to use. 您可以用这把调羹。” The elderly gentleman, 这位老先生， who was poorly but neatly dressed, 衣着虽然破旧，