填空题
One day a friend asked Mark Twain if he could remember the first money he ever earned. He
thought
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a long time and then said, "Yes, it was at school. I can remember
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then.
Schoolboys in those days didn"t take good care of school property (财产). They often had their
desks or benches
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. There was a rule in our school that
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boy who damaged his desk
with a pencil or a knife would be beaten in front of the whole school, or would have to
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five dollars. "
One day I damaged my desk in someway. I had to tell my
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I broke the rule. I had to
decide
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I would pay five dollars or be punished before the whole school. My father said it
would be
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bad to have our family disgraced (耻辱) in front of the whole school. He agreed
to give me five dollars to hand
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to the teacher. But before giving me the money, he took me
upstairs and gave me a good beating.
"But as I had had one beating and got used to it, I decided I would take another beating at
school and keep the five dollars.
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that"s what I did. That was the first money I earned.