Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life. (46) But after the division of labor has once thoroughly taken place, it is but a very small part of these with which a man’s own labor can supply him, the far greater part of them be must derive from the labor of other people, and he must be rich or poor according to the quantity of that labor which he can command, or which he can afford to purchase. (47) The value of any commodity, therefore, to the person who possesses it is equal to the quantity of labor which it enables him to purchase or command. Labor, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.
The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. (48) What every thing is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dis
Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life. (46) But after the division of labor has once thoroughly taken place, it is but a very small part of these with which a man’s own labor can supply him, the far greater part of them be must derive from the labor of other people, and he must be rich or poor according to the quantity of that labor which he can command, or which he can afford to purchase. (47) The value of any commodity, therefore, to the person who possesses it is equal to the quantity of labor which it enables him to purchase or command. Labor, therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.
The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. (48) What every thing is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dis
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C 根据下面的短文回答下列问题 A rich man and a poor tailor (裁缝) live in the same house. The tailor liked to sing while he worked. But the rich man liked to sleep and he didn’t like the sound. One day the rich man said, "Tailor, I will give you a lot of money every day if you will stop singing." "Fine," said the tailor. And so the tailor stopped singing, and he became richer and richer. But he became unhappy because he wanted very much to sing again. Finally he brought all his money back to the rich man. He said. "Take all your money. I cannot be happy if I cannot sing." |
| One day a poor man was cutting a tree
near a river. Suddenly his old axe(斧子) fell in-to the water. He felt very sad
because he lost his only axe. Then a fairy (tiller) came out and asked him what
was the matter. "I have lost my axe." he said, "It fell into the water when I was cutting the tree." The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, "Is that yours " "No." said the man. The fairy then showed him a silver (银) axe and asked again, "is this yours " "No." again answered the man. Then she showed him the old axe. "Yes, that is mine." called out the happy man. "I know it." said the fairy, "1 only wanted to see whether you are honest, and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe with the old one." |
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