阅读理解some years ago i took on a task in a southern county to work with people on public welfare. what i wanted to do was to show that everybody has the capacity to be self sufficient and all we have to do is to activate（激励）them. i asked the country to pick up a group of people who were on public welfare, people from different racial groups and different family groups. i would then see them as a group for three hours every friday. i also asked for a little petty cash to work with, as i needed it.the first thing i said after i shook hands with everybody was, “i’d like to know what your dreams are.” everyone looked at me as if i were kind of fool.one woman said to me, “i don’t know what you can do with dreams. the rats are eating up my kids.”“oh,” i said, “that’s terrible. no, of course, you are very much involved with the rats and your kids. how can that be helped?”“well, i could use a new screen door because there are holes in my screen door.” i asked, “is there anybody around here who know how to fix a screen door?”there was a man in the group and he said, “a long time ago i us
