美国老人捡零钱 2万美元捐助流浪猫
<p><span word="Never">Never</span> <span word="underestimate">underestimate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="handful">handful</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pocket">pocket</span> <span word="change">change</span>.</p><p>永远不要小看一把零钱的价值。</p><p><span word="Rick">Rick</span> <span word="Snyder">Snyder</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 69-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="resident">resident</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Manatee">Manatee</span> <span word="County">County</span>, <span word="Florida">Florida</span>, <span word="refused">refused</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sit">sit</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="retired">retired</span>. <span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="tended">tended</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="passions">passions</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="work">work</span>: <span word="caring">caring</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="feral">feral</span> <span word="cats">cats</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="community">community</span>."<span word="I">I</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="liked">liked</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>. <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="feral">feral</span> <span word="cats">cats</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="noticing">noticing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="laying">laying</span> <span word="around">around</span>," <span word="Snyder">Snyder</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bradenton">Bradenton</span> <span word="Herald">Herald</span>. "<span word="So">So</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="picking">picking</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="keeping">keeping</span> <span word="track">track</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span>."</p><p>69岁的里克·斯奈德住在福罗里达州的孟那堤郡，虽然已经退休但他并不甘心每天坐在摇椅里无所事事，而是做着工作以外自己热爱的事：照顾和他生活在同一个社区的野猫。“我一直很喜欢动物。我照顾这些野猫已经有很多年了。有一天我发现地上有很多遗落的硬币，”斯奈德对《布雷登顿先驱报》说道。“于是就开始捡硬币并做好记录。”</p><p><span word="Since">Since</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 10 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="Snyder">Snyder</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="managed">managed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="collect">collect</span> $21,495 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="loose">loose</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="weighing">weighing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1 <span word="metric">metric</span> <span word="ton">ton</span>, <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Herald">Herald</span> <span word="Tribune">Tribune</span>. <span word="Waking">Waking</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="around">around</span> 4 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="each">each</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="Snyder">Snyder</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="town">town</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="coins">coins</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="vacuums">vacuums</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="washes">washes</span> <span word="and">and</span> [<span word="vending">vending</span> <span word="machine">machine</span>]<span word="vending">vending</span> <span word="machines">machines</span> [/<span word="w">w</span>]<span word="along">along</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cats">cats</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bradenton">Bradenton</span> <span word="Herald">Herald</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="walks">walks</span> <span word="anywhere">anywhere</span> <span word="between">between</span> 45 <span word="and">and</span> 48 <span word="miles">miles</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="collects">collects</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="of">of</span> $5.60 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="day">day</span>.</p>
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