簡(jiǎn)單的耐心之舉

A SIMPLE ACT OF PATIENCE

Recently a popular department store opened in our area. People have been talking about it for months! On the third day after its grand opening, I thought I’d stop by to visit.

When I arrived there I noticed right away that the parking area was extremely busy. As I had parked my car and was about to go into the store, a lady had just gotten into her car and was about to leave. She had parked across from me and there was a four-waystop sign behind our parking area. As the lady tried to back out, some of the other drivers were extremely rude! They shouted and beeped at the lady and she had a look of terror on her face. She looked at me hopelessly as if she didn’t know what to do.

I gestured for the lady to pull down her window and I told her that she was doing just fine. She smiled and seemed to relax. I then became her rearview mirror as it was hard for her to see behind her while backing out of the parking space. As I watched for her safety, she was able to back out far enough to drive forward.

At this point, she was even happier! She thanked me many times. I thought that many of the other drivers weren’t sympathetic enough toward this clearly nervous woman and I was happy to help the lady out. Besides, who knows, I may have prevented a potential accident thanks to what I had done.

【日積月累】

◇department store 百貨公司

◇rearview mirror n.（車輛上的）后視鏡

◇four-waystop 四向停車(在一個(gè)不大的十字路口，放上紅綠燈不經(jīng)濟(jì)，就在四個(gè)方向放上STOP的牌子，每輛車到路口時(shí)都要先停一下，然后按照先來后到通行)

◇beep v. (使汽車?yán)�叭�?/FONT>) 發(fā)出嘟嘟聲