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42 A rich father
42 有钱的老爸
John D．Rockefeller, the wellknown millionaire contributed millions to the poor who suffered disasters, but he himself was very mean about small sums of money. One day he went to stay at a hotel in New York and asked for the cheapest room in it. He said,“I am staying here alone and only need a small room."
著名的百万富翁，约翰·戴维德·洛克菲勒，为受灾的穷人捐款达数百万元，但他本人在小钱上却非常节俭。有一天，他去住纽约的一家旅馆，要了旅馆里最便宜的房间。他说：“我一个人住在这儿，只需要一个小房间。”
The manager showed him into a room and said,“This is our cheapest room with simply equipment,” and added,“but why do you choose a poor room like this? When your son stays here, he always has our most luxurious room, yours is our cheapest."
旅馆经理领他到一个房间里，说：“这是我们这里最小最便宜的房间，只有简单的设备。”接着又说：“可是你为什么要选这么差的房间呢？您的公子每次住在我们这里，都要最豪华的房间；而您却住最便宜的。”
"Oh! yes, I envy him very much,"said Rockefeller,"because his father is a rich man but mine isn't."
“哦，是的，我很羡慕他。”洛克菲勒说：“他的老爸是个有钱人；我老爹却不是。”
