零起点美语-One Good Turn Deserves Another

One Good Turn Deserves Another

One good turn deserves another. That's the lesson five store clerks learned recently.
　　Every day a strange old man came to their supermarket to buy groceries. "Once he came in wearing only one shoe," recalled one of the clerks. And although he grumbled a lot and they often had to stand there listening to him, he was a nice old man. The clerks befriended him and even helped him carry his groceries. One day when he fell ill with cancer, they even visited him in the hospital. The old man turned out to be a retired doctor. And, of course, when he died, he didn't die a pauper. He left US$70,000 in his will to thank them for their kindness.

　　“善有善报”是五名店员最近学到的一课。
　　每天,一位陌生的老先生都会到他们的超级市场来买杂货。其中一名店员回想道：“有一次他进来时只穿着一只鞋子。”虽然他常发牢骚并且他们得站在那里听他抱怨,但他仍然是个心地不坏的老先生。那几个店员待他像朋友一样,甚至还帮他拿他买的杂货。有一天他罹患了癌症,他们还到医院探望他。那位老先生原来是一名退休的医师。当然,他临终时并非是个穷光蛋。他在他的遗嘱中留下七万美元来感谢他们的好心。