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Just Like Dad. Nearly 25 years ago, my father told me about his experiences in the Vietnam War.
像父親一樣。大約25年前，我父親給我講了他參加越戰(zhàn)的經(jīng)歷。
One night, he was stranded in unfamiliar territory with a flat tire.
一天晚上，由于輪胎漏氣，他被困在了不熟悉的地區(qū)。
Luckily, a fellow soldier came along and gave my father his spare.
幸運(yùn)的是，一個(gè)戰(zhàn)友過(guò)來(lái)把他的備用輪胎給了我父親。
Now I’m a paramedic. I recently worked with an older EMT I had never met.
現(xiàn)在我是一名護(hù)理人員。我最近和一位我從未見(jiàn)過(guò)的年長(zhǎng)急救醫(yī)生一起工作。
At the end of our 12-hour shift, he said, “You know, you look a lot like your father.”
在我們12小時(shí)的輪班結(jié)束時(shí)，他說(shuō)：“你知道嗎，你長(zhǎng)得很像你爸爸。”
He recognized my last name. I had been paired up with the hero who’d saved my father 50 years earlier.
他認(rèn)出了我的姓。我和50年前救了我父親的英雄一起工作。
A Very Special Finish. My son, Mark, volunteered to help Cherie, a young runner, at a local Special Olympics.
一次非常特別的收尾。在當(dāng)?shù)氐囊淮翁厥鈯W林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)，我兒子馬克自愿幫助一名叫切麗的跑步運(yùn)動(dòng)員。
Cherie was happy and enthusiastic. Mark encouraged her, kept her calm, and let her know when it was time to line up for her race.
切麗非常開(kāi)心，充滿熱情。馬克鼓勵(lì)了她，讓她冷靜，讓她知道什么時(shí)候排隊(duì)參加比賽。
When the starting pistol sounded, she took off like a lightning bolt, leaving her fellow racers behind.
當(dāng)開(kāi)始的槍聲響起，她像閃電一樣跑了出去，把其他參賽選手拋在后面。
As she neared the finish line, she stopped, turned around, and motioned for the other runners to hurry.
在接近終點(diǎn)線時(shí)，她停了下來(lái)，轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身，示意其他選手加快速度。
She waited for them so they could all cross the finish line together.
她在等待他們，這樣他們就可以一塊越過(guò)終點(diǎn)線了。
Waste Not, Want Not. I was getting lunch at the deli counter of our neighborhood grocery store.
不浪費(fèi)，不想要。我在鄰居雜貨店的熟食柜臺(tái)吃午餐。
In addition to my sandwich, I ordered a quarter pound of macaroni salad.
除了我的三明治，我還點(diǎn)了一份四分之一磅的通心粉沙拉。
The clerk put the salad on the scale and apologized that it was a little more than I had asked for.
店員把沙拉放在了秤上，并道歉說(shuō)，它比我要的分量更重一點(diǎn)。
Was that all right? I said it was fine and that it wouldn’t go to waste.
這樣行嗎？我說(shuō)沒(méi)關(guān)系，不會(huì)浪費(fèi)的。
That’s when the grandmotherly customer next in line replied, “Well, it would sure go to mine!”
這時(shí)，我后面的一位老奶奶顧客說(shuō)，“本來(lái)它會(huì)是我的！”
