十块钱而已被追了一个星期又惊又暖！_英语美文

十块钱而已被追了一个星期又惊又暖！

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2021-10-24 11:13 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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When I was in college

当我还在读大学的时候

I worked at CVS,

我在一家连锁量贩店打工

a guy came to buy batteries¹

一个人来买电池

and was a couple dollars short.

少了几块钱

after trying to count out his change

我帮着他一起把他的零钱数了一遍

I told him not to worry about it

然后告诉他，不必担心

and just take the batteries.

然后就把电池交给了他

I forgot about the whole thing almost instantly²

我几乎是瞬间就把这整件事忘掉了

because it wasnt a big deal.

因为这本就不是什么大事

a few days later

几天之后

the guy comes back in,

那个人又回来了

waits in line to buy something

排队等着买什么东西

and asks if I remembered him.

问我还记不记得他

He then told me

接着他告诉我

that I really helped him out that day

那一天多亏了我给他帮忙

and he proceeded³ to leave a $20 bill on the counter⁴

接着他便在柜台上留下20美元的钞票

and walked out.

然后出去了

I will never forget that,

我永远忘不了这件事

the fact that

忘不了

he remembered me doing something so small

他为我做过的如此微不足道的事情记住了我

and then went out of his way

大费周章的找到我

to more than re-pay it.

他所做的比回馈更多

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1 batteries
n.电池；（蓄）电池（组）( battery的名词复数 )；一系列；排炮；层架式鸡笼
参考例句：
to replace the batteries 更换电池 He is certain that this TV set will operate on batteries. 他肯定这个电视机可以用电池。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 instantly
adv.立即，立刻
参考例句：
She was used to having her orders instantly obeyed.她习惯了让人即刻服从她的命令。 Though he slept soundly,he awoke instantly.他虽然睡得很香，但是马上就醒了。

3 proceeded
v.进行( proceed的过去式和过去分词 )；前进；（沿特定路线）行进；（尤指打断后）继续说
参考例句：
The lawyer proceeded to tackle him on this subject. 律师在这一问题上继续与他交涉。来自《简明英汉词典》 The horse proceeded at a walk. 马儿慢慢前进。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 counter
n.柜台；计数器；adj.相反的；adv.与…相反地；vt.反对，反击；vi.反对，反击
参考例句：
This counter is closed now.这个柜台现在已停止营业。 Set the counter to zero and you'll know where the recording starts.把计数器拨到零，你就会知道录音从哪儿开始。

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