My mother often feeds pigeons in the park near her home in
Portland, Maine. One day, as she fed the growing flock surrounding her, a man came over to her.'While you're feeding perfectly good bread to the birds,'he told mother angrily, 'there are people starving in Africa.'
Mother, never
one to back down from a fight, looked him in the eye and said, 'I'm sorry,'but I can't throw that far!'
太远了
我
母亲常在缅因州波特兰市她家附近的公园里喂鸽子。一天，正当她喂着 身边越聚越多的鸽群时， 一个男人向她走去。
“您将这么好的面包喂鸟，’他愤愤地对母亲说道，“而
非洲却有人在挨饿。”
我母亲，一位从来也不会在斗争中退缩的人，瞪着他说道：
“很抱歉，可我没法扔那么远！”