Oncetherewerefivebeggars(乞丐).OnewasEnglish,oneTurkish,oneGreek,onewasanArabandonewasPersian.(46)___Theypromissedtosharewhattheyhadandhelpeachotherindifficulttimes.(47)___Theytalkedaboutwhattodowithit.Atlasttheydecidedtobuysomethingtoeat.
"Let'sbuysomegrapes(葡萄)!"saidtheEnglishman.ButtheTurkwanted"uzum",theArab"aneb",theGreek"stafelea",andthePersianwanted"angur".Theydidnotunderstandeachother'slanguageverywell.(48)___
Whiletheywerefightingabouthowtospendthemoney,astrangercamealong.Heknewallfivelanguages.(49)___Aftertheytoldhim,hesaid."Givemeyourcoin.Iwillbuywhatyouwant."
Hewassoonbackwithabunch(串)ofgrapes.(50)___Theyallaskedforthesamething,butthewordfor"grapes"isdifferentlanguages.
Ifpeoplecouldunderstandeachother,therewouldbenoneedtoargueandfight.
A.Heaskedthemwhytheywerefighting.
B.Lateramanandgavethemacoin(硬币).
C.Onedaytheymetanddecidedtostaytogether.
D.Eachbeggarwashappy,aseachhadwhathehadwanted.
E.Soontheywerequarrelling(争吵) andevenfighting.