在去面試的路上

ON THE WAY TO JOB INTERVIEWS

Dear Debby, you let the world know that kind people still exist.

I was on my way to two job interviews. Not surprisingly, I was nervous, so before getting off the train, I took my phone out of my bag, making sure the address was right. A short walk later, I reached the subway, but when I went to get money for my ticket, I found that my wallet was gone. Suddenly I realized that I might have lost it when I phoned on the train.

I ran back to the information counter of the train station and asked the conductor if anyone had found my wallet. The answer was no. I was disappointed. At this time, a woman told me that the train had not left yet. Her name was Debby, and she was a shopkeeper in the train station. I hurried to see if they had found my wallet. Unluckily, it seemed that someone had taken it.

I returned to the information counter heartbroken. Not only would I miss the two interviews, but I was trapped into the embarrassing situation of having no money. I burst into tears as I explained my situation to Debby. To my surprise, she reached into her bag and handed me $7. “It’s all I have right now,” she said, “Use it to get to your interviews.” After I finished my two interviews with the $7, I came back to thank her, but she was gone.

I was deeply moved by the woman’s kindness. And just when my day couldn’t get worse, I received a call. It seemed that a conductor had found my wallet and would meet me on the train the next day.

I just want to share that kindness can happen when we least expect it. When it happens, we should pay it forward.

【日積月累】

conductor n.乘務(wù)員，列車員，售票員

embarrassing adj.令人尷尬的，令人為難的

【參考譯文】

在去面試的路上

親愛的德比，謝謝你讓這個(gè)世界知道還有好人。

那是去在參加兩個(gè)工作面試的路上。我很正常地有點(diǎn)緊張，所以在下火車之前我從包里拿出手機(jī)，撥過去確定地址是否正確。走了沒多久，我就到了地鐵口，但是拿錢買票的時(shí)候，發(fā)現(xiàn)錢包不見了。猛然想起可能是在火車上打電話的時(shí)候丟的。

我跑回火車站的咨詢臺(tái)，問服務(wù)員有沒有人撿到我的錢包。那個(gè)人回答說沒有。我很失望。這時(shí)一個(gè)女士告訴我火車還沒離站。她的名字叫德比，在火車站經(jīng)營一家商店。我跑上車看有沒有人撿到我的錢包，但不走運(yùn)，好像有人拿走了。

我灰心地走回咨詢臺(tái)。我不僅趕不上那兩個(gè)面試，而且還陷入了身無分文的尷尬境地。當(dāng)向德比解釋這情況的時(shí)候我哭了起來。讓我驚訝的是她從包里拿出7美元遞給我。“我現(xiàn)在身上只有這么多，”她說，“用它去參加面試。”我用這7美元參加完面試后回來感謝她，但她已經(jīng)走了。

這位女士的善良深深地打動(dòng)了我。就當(dāng)我這一天倒霉透頂?shù)臅r(shí)候，我接到了一個(gè)電話。原來一個(gè)乘務(wù)員找到了我的錢包，說第二天會(huì)在火車上還給我。

我想告訴大家的是，在我們最意想不到的時(shí)候，會(huì)有人向你伸出援助之手。當(dāng)這種事發(fā)生的時(shí)候，我們應(yīng)該把這善舉傳遞下去。

【人生啟迪】

生活中我們常碰到有人在公共汽車上發(fā)現(xiàn)自己忘了帶錢，結(jié)果包有陌生人主動(dòng)替他解圍，雖然那不是很大的數(shù)目，但是忘記帶錢包的也許趕往的是個(gè)很重要的地點(diǎn)。再次碰到幫你出錢的人機(jī)會(huì)很小，但是你肯定會(huì)碰上忘帶錢包乘車的人，知道該怎么做了吧？