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I don't want my money back."
我不想要回錢。”
Still, the encounter produced its own kind of rewards.
盡管如此，這次遭遇還是有意義的。
For Fortune, it was a lesson in cultural awareness amid the sometimes bitter national debate about immigrants,
于福瓊而言，在某些時候，尤其是關(guān)于阿拉伯移民的激烈辯論中，這是一個文化認知上的教訓(xùn)。
especially from the Arab world. "I'm from a small, mainly white town,"Fortune said.
福瓊說：“我來自一個小鎮(zhèn)，主要是白人的小鎮(zhèn)，”
"I've never met a Muslim. He's a good man."
“我從未見過穆斯林，他是一個好人。”
Almazrouei's lesson was perhaps more complex. Shortly after moving to the United States,
Almazrouei的教訓(xùn)可能更復(fù)雜。在搬到美國后不久，
he’d had his own brush with crime. While standing on a street in Eugene, Oregon,
他自己也與罪犯有過沖突，站在俄勒岡州尤金的大街上，
Almazrouei had been confronted by a man who punched him and told him to "go home."
Almazrouei遇到了一個男人，這個男人打了他，并告訴他“回家去”。
Rattled by the encounter, Almazrouei moved to Portland, and not long after,
Almazrouei很是氣憤，搬到了波特蘭，
he had his experience with the thief and Fortune's computer.
經(jīng)過這次事件之后，他就有了經(jīng)驗。
When a story about the two young men's encounter made it to the local papers,
當(dāng)兩個年輕人相遇的故事登在當(dāng)?shù)氐膱蠹埳蠒r，
Almazrouei received a call from Wim Wiewel, the president of Portland State University, where Almazrouei is studying economics.
Almazrouei接到了波特蘭州立大學(xué)校長Wim Wiewel的電話，Almazrouei正在波特蘭州立大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟學(xué)。
Impressed with his student's integrity, Wiewel gave Almazrouei a new MacBook Pro.
學(xué)生的誠實給他留下了深刻的印象，Wiewel給了Almazrouei一臺新的MacBook Pro筆記本電腦。
"We thought since you gave back the laptop, we should give you a laptop so that you'll have one," Wiewel told him.
Wiewel告訴他：“我們認為既然你歸還了筆記本電腦，我們就應(yīng)該給你一臺，這樣你就有筆記本電腦了?！?/div>
"We're very proud of you. It was a great story, but you did the right thing."
“我們?yōu)槟愀械津湴?。這個故事很好，但你做的很對?！?/p>
