1、高中英語作文鞋釘(Makingthetacks)thehardworkingblacksmithjonesusedtoworkalldayinhisshopandsohardworkingwashethatattimeshewouldmakethesparksflyfromhishammer.thesonofmr.smith,arichneighbor,usedtocometoseetheblacksmitheverydayandforhoursandhourshewouldenjoyhimselfwatchinghowthetradesmanworked.”youngman,whydonty

2、outryyourhandtolearntomakeshoetacks,evenifitisonlytopassthetime?”saidtheblacksmith.“whoknows,oneday,itmaybeofusetoyou.”thelazyboybegantoseewhathecoulddo.butafteralittlepracticehefoundthathewasbecomingveryskilledandsoonhewasmakingsomeofthefinesttacks.oldmr.smithdiedandthesononaccountofthewarlostallhi

3、sgoods.hehadtoleavehomeandwasforcedtotakeupresidenceinanothercountry.itsohappenedthatinthisvillagetherewerenumerousshoemakerswhowerespendingalotofmoneytobuytacksfortheirshoesandevenattimeswhentheypaidhighpricestheywerenotalwaysabletogetwhattheywanted,becauseinthatpartofthecountrytherewasahighdemandf

4、orsoldiersshoes.ouryoungmr.smith,whowasfindingitdifficulttoearnhisdailybread,rememberedthatonceuponatimehehadlearnedtheartofmakingtacksandhadthesuddenideaofmakingabargainwiththeshoemakers.hetoldthemthathewouldmakethetacksiftheywouldhelptogethimsettledinhisworkshop.theshoemakerswereonlytoogladoftheof

5、fer.andafterawhile,mr.smithfoundthathewassoonmakingthefinesttacksinthevillage.“howfunnyitseems,”heusedtosay,“evenmakingtackscanbringafortune.mytradeismoreusefultomethanwereallmyformerriches.”瓊斯是個非常勤勞的鐵匠，常常一整天都在店里工作。他工作非常努力，他的鐵錘下常常是火花飛舞。鄰居史密斯先生很有錢，他的兒子常常來看瓊斯打鐵。他喜歡看這位工匠工作，常常一看就是幾個小時。“年輕人，為什么不親自嘗試一下如何制

6、作鞋釘呢，哪怕只是為了消磨時間?”鐵匠說，“沒準，有一天它會對你有幫助?！睉袘械暮⒆娱_始想看看自己到底能做什么。然而，僅僅經(jīng)過很短的練習，他便發(fā)現(xiàn)自己非常熟練起來，很快他就做出了最好的鞋釘。老史密斯先生去世了，而他的兒子則因為戰(zhàn)爭的緣故失去了所有的財產(chǎn)。他不得不離開家園，在另外一個國家住了下來。巧的是，這個國家的這個地區(qū)，急需大量軍鞋，所以這個村子里有很多鞋匠，他們總是花費很多錢購買鞋釘。有時，即使付了很高的價錢，也買不到他們想要的鞋釘。在這食不果腹的困難時刻，年輕的史密斯記起自己曾學過制鞋釘這門手藝，便突發(fā)奇想，想和這些鞋匠們做一個交易。他對他們說，如果他們可以幫助他成立一個店鋪，他就可以做鞋釘