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英语翻译A man named Grant once found a box of old papers in a ro

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英语翻译
A man named Grant once found a box of old papers in a room at the top of his house.He burnt most of these.Grant did not like old things very muck.But he kept a letter this time; at the bottom of it was the name of a well-known writer.
"When this letter was written,"said.Grant,"no one knew about this writer.But now everyone reads him.Some people like to buy letters like this.I may be able to get a lot of money for this letter if I sell it to the right inan."
But there were a lot of dirty marks all over the letter.Grant did not like these.
"It doesn't look nice,"he thought."No one will want to buy a letter if it's dirty.I'll have to clean it first."
So he took a piece of cloth and some water and started to work,with a lot of care.When at last he finished,the letter looked new.Grant was very pleased with what he had done.
He took the letter to a shop where old papers of this kind are bought and sold.
"I want to sell this letter," Grant said to the man in the shop."It was written by a famous wirter.You know about these things .How much will you pay for it?"The man looked at the letter for along time.
"Only two pounds!"said Grant."But you should pay a lot more for a leanr like this.And just look?
I've even cleaned it so that it looks nice."
"I can see that," said the man." That's the trouble.People who boy old papers like them to be dirty!"
一个名叫格兰特的人曾在他房子的顶层发现了一箱旧文件.他把其中的大部分都烧掉了.他非常不喜欢旧东西.但这一次,他保留了一封信,在信的末尾是一个著名作家的名字.
“写这封信的时候,”格兰特说道,“没有人知道这个作家.但是现在,人人都在读他的作品.有的人喜欢买这样的信件,如果我能把这封信卖给合适的买家,或许我就能赚到一大笔钱.”
但是信纸上有许多污渍,格兰特不喜欢这样.
“它看起来令人不舒服,”格兰特心想,“没有人愿意买一封脏兮兮的信,我得先把它洗干净.”
于是他找来一块毛巾,用水小心翼翼地擦洗起来.当他洗完的时候,这信看起来就跟新的一样了.格兰特对自己的工作感到非常高兴.
他带着信来到专门买卖这种旧文件的商店里.“我想卖这封信,”格兰特对店员说,“它是由一个著名的作家写的.这些事你知道的.你打算用多少钱来买它?”店员拿着信看了许久.
“就两英镑!”格兰特叫到,“买这样的一封信,你应该支付更多的.你要不再看看?我已经洗过了,所以它才看起来那么干净.”
"我看到了,”店员说到,“这正是麻烦所在.那些买旧文件的人就喜欢它们是脏兮兮的!”