Unit-1-BIG-BUCKS-THE-EASY-WAY课文翻译大学英语四.pdf

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AY 课文翻译大学英语四 Unit 1 BIG BUCKS THE EASY WAY John G. Hubbell

Two college-age boys, unaware that

making money usually involves hard

work, are tempted by an advertisement

that promises them an easy way to

earn a lot of money. The boys soon

learn that if something seems to good

to be true, it probably is. "You ought to look into this," I

suggested to our two college-age sons.

"It might be a way to avoid the indignity

of having to ask for money all the time."

I handed them some magazines in a

plastic bag someone bad hung on our

doorknob. A message printed on the bag

offered leisurely, lucrative work ("Big

Bucks the Easy Way!") of delivering

more such bags. "I don't mind the indignity," the