英语翻译A Payment Greater Than Money1 When I was 14,I earned mon
英语翻译
A Payment Greater Than Money
1 When I was 14,I earned money in the summer by mowing lawns,and I got to know people by the flowers I had to remember not to cut down,by the things stuck in the ground on purpose or by the things lost in the grass.I also learned something about my neighbors in Louisville,Ky.by their preferred method of payment:by the job,the month or not at all.
2 Mr.Ballou fell into the last category,and he always had a reason.One day he had nothing smaller than a fifty.On another he was flat-out of checks; on another he was simply not home when I knocked on his door.Still,except ___for the money,he was a nice enough old guy,always waving or tipping his hat when he'd seen me from a distance.I figured him for a thin retirement check,maybe an injury that kept him from doing his own yardwork.I kept a running total,but didn't worry about the amount too much.Grass was grass,and the little that was Mr.Ballou's didn't take long to trim.