英语悠选脱口秀 第145期:要不要给乞丐钱

 讲解

Today's key word is beggar

beggar b-e-g-g-a-r

乞讨者

A beggar is someone who lives by asking people for money or food.

Here is an example:

He offered 10 yuan to the beggar.

他给了那个乞丐10块钱。

So what do you think or feel about beggars on the street? Will you give them money?

Or you think they are just too lazy? It is debatable, so let's talk!

For those who will give beggar money when they see them on the street.

Those beggars live a miserable¹ life on the street.

They just need some help.

街上的乞丐太可怜了。对于我们来说钱包里的几块钱对我们的生活不会有特别大的影响。

But that money could make a great deal of difference to the beggars.

如果把给乞丐的几块钱换算成幸福指数，那么他们通过这些钱得到的幸福感比我们要多得多吧！

These poor people are just like you and me. They just haven't had the luck in life.

我们不能总带着有色眼镜去看他们。

当然骗子很多，但万一他真的需要一点点的帮助呢？

But for those who says no to beggars:

Begging for money is like a disease, some people think it is the easiest way to make money.

So if you give money to them, it is like you are helping² spreading the disease.

另外，你不想知道自己辛辛苦苦赚来的钱到底会被用到哪里去吗？

When you give money to beggars, you have no idea about how they will spend the money.

Therefore, it is much better to directly give them food or clothes.

So what's your opinion?

留言告诉我们吧

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。