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The Stranger Who Changed My Life

It was a sunny morning in the spring of 1966. I was driving a taxi, looking for a customer. While passing New York Hospital, I found a man running down the hospital steps, waving at me.

I stopped. The man reached the taxi and jumped in. “The Airport, please,” he said. As always, I wondered about my passenger. Was this man a talker? After a few moments, he started saying, “How do you like driving a taxi?”

“It’s OK,” I said. “I make a living and meet interesting people sometimes.”

“What do you do?” I asked.

“I am a doctor at New York Hospital.”

Many times during long rides, I’d developed a good relationship with my passengers and received very good advice from them. This time I decided to ask for help.

“Could I ask a favor of you?” He didn’t answer. “I have a son, 15, a good kid. He wants a job this summer. Is it possible that you get one for him?”

He still wasn’t talking, and I was starting to feel foolish. Finally, he said, “Well, my students have a summer research project. Maybe he could join in. Have him send me his school record.”

He left his address and paid me. It was the last time I ever saw him.

Robbie sent off his grades the next morning. And gradually this incident was forgotten. Two weeks later, when I arrived home from work, Robbie handed me a letter. He was informed to call Dr. Plum for an interview.

Robbie got the job. The following summer, Robbie worked at the hospital again, but this time, he was given more responsibility. Then, he worked at the hospital for a third summer and gradually developed a love of medical profession.

Near graduating from college, Robbie applied to and was admitted to New York Medical College. After getting his medical degree, Robbie, the son of a taxi driver, became a doctor at Columbia Medical Center.

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那个改变了我生活的陌生人

1966年春天的一个阳光明媚的早晨，我正在开出租车，寻找乘客。当经过纽约医院时，我看到一个男人从医院台阶上跑下来，向我挥手。

我停了下来。那个人跑到出租车前，跳了上来。“去机场，拜托，”他说。我像往常一样，开始琢磨我的乘客。这个人会是个话唠吗？过了一会儿，他开始说话了，“你喜欢开出租车吗？”

“还行吧，”我说，“我可以糊口，有时还能遇到一些有趣的人。”

“你是做什么工作的？”我问他。

“我是纽约医院的一名医生。”

很多次在长途驾驶中，我和乘客们建立了很好的关系，并从他们那里获得了非常好的建议。这次我决定请求帮助。

“我能请你帮个忙吗？”他没有回答。“我有一个15岁的儿子，是个好孩子。他这个夏天想找份工作，你能帮他找到吗？”

他还是沉默不语，我开始觉得自己有些愚蠢。最终，他说：“嗯，我的学生们有一个暑期研究项目。也许他可以加入。让他把学校成绩单寄给我。”

他留下了地址并付了钱。这是我最后一次见到他。

第二天早上，Robbie寄出了他的成绩单。渐渐地这件事被遗忘了。两周后，当我下班回家时，Robbie递给我一封信。他被通知打电话给Plum博士以安排面试。

Robbie得到了那份工作。接下来的夏天，Robbie再次在医院工作，但这次他被赋予了更多责任。然后，他第三个夏天在医院工作，并逐渐对医学产生了热爱。

临近大学毕业，Robbie申请并被纽约医学院录取。获得医学学位后，出租车司机的儿子Robbie成为了哥伦比亚医学中心的一名医生。