2014年4月自考英语二阅读选择文章翻译

Kindness of Strangers

At the store where Iworked, I noticed a young boy of about ten shopping alone with his school list.He placed everything in his basket and went to the checkout.

The young shop assistanttold him the total price, $37.60. The boy was instantly disappointed and saidhe had only been given $20. He took out one thing at a time until he got downto his $20. With eyes full of tears, he asked if he could phone his mum to pickhim up. When he got through, it appeared that even this was inconvenient forhis mother.

He bit hard on his lip tostop the tears and walked outside to wait on the bench in front of the shop.This was all too much for the young assistant who had served him and she said,“I wish I could afford to pay for the rest of his things.” One of the othergirls said she had a few dollars. Then two others said they could help as well.

These four young girlspooled their money and found that they had more than enough money for the boy’sextra purchases. So they upgraded his pens and pencils to top-quality ones,then took the bag out to the boy on the seat. His young face changed from sadnessto the most beautiful smile. His mother arrived much later to pick him up.Instead of running to the car, he ran back into the store and called out,“Thank you!”

I was so proud of my teamthat day. They did something wonderful for that boy and also found the pleasureof giving was as great as receiving.

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陌生人的善意

在我工作的商店里，我注意到一个大约十岁的小男孩独自带着他的学校用品清单购物。他把所有东西放进篮子，然后去结账。年轻的收银员告诉他，总价是37.60美元。小男孩立刻感到失望，表示他只有20美元。他开始一件件地拿出来，直到价格降到20美元。眼里满是泪水，他问能否打电话给妈妈来接他。当他联系上妈妈时，看起来对他妈妈来说接他也不方便。为了不让眼泪流下来，他用力咬住嘴唇，然后走到店外，在前面的长凳上等待。

为他服务的年轻收银员看到这一幕，非常难过，说：“我真希望我能负担得起剩下的那些东西。”另一个女孩说她有几美元，然后另外两个女孩也表示可以帮忙。这四个年轻女孩凑在一起，发现她们的钱足够支付男孩剩下的物品。于是她们将男孩的笔和铅笔升级为顶级质量的，然后把包递给坐在长椅上的男孩。他年轻的脸从悲伤变成了最美丽的笑容。很久以后，他的妈妈才来接他。但他没有跑向汽车，而是跑回商店，大喊：“谢谢！”

那一天，我为我的团队感到非常自豪。她们为那个男孩做了一件美妙的事情，也发现给予的快乐和接受的一样伟大。