I was at work when a violent storm started.

暴風雨開始時，我正在工作。

At first, it was just rain.

一開始只下雨。

Soon after that, a strong wind picked up.

不久後便颳起強風。

There hadn't been such a storm for years.

已經好幾年沒下過這樣的暴風雨。

Suddenly, my colleague told me that someone was hanging out near my car.

剎那間，我的同事說有人在我車旁邊徘徊。

That day I had parked it in the street, across the road from my office.

那天我把車停在辦公室對面的路邊。

Angry and worried, I rushed outside into the rain.

又生氣又擔憂的我衝到雨中。

There was nobody near my car.

發現沒人在我車的附近。

But when I approached it, I noticed that one thing had changed.

但當我靠近一看，注意到有件事變了。

Somebody had shut the roof hatch of my car that I had left open in the morning so that the rain didn't get inside.

有人關上了我早上打開的頭頂車窗，這樣雨就不會跑進車內。

After Katrina.

卡崔娜事件過後。

Hurricane Katrina destroyed the house of Joanna but that wasn't the worst.

颶風卡崔娜摧毀了 Joanna 的家，但這還不是最糟的事。

The young woman had to move in with her parents.

這位小姐必須搬回去和父母同住。

She was in despair, but the reason wasn't her lost belongings.

她絕望透頂，但並非因為丟失物品。

During the hurricane, her beloved cat, Simone, had disappeared.

颶風期間，她的愛貓 Simone 不見了。

Joanna didn't know anything about her destiny.

Joanna 不知道 Simone 到底發生什麼事。

Six years passed but the woman never considered adopting another pet.

六年過去了，她始終不考慮再領養寵物。

One day, Joanna got a phone call.

有一天，Joanna 接到一通電話。

A man introduced himself.

一名男子向她介紹自己。

He was from the Human Society of the United States, the most popular animal protection organization.

原來他是美國人道主義協會，也就是最受歡迎之動保組織的工作人員。

He informed Joanna that her cat had been found.

他告知 Joanna 說她的貓已經找到了。

When the shocked woman came to pick Simone up, the cat recognized her at first sight and rushed toward her.

震驚的她去接 Simone 時，那隻貓立刻認出了主人，並奔向她的懷抱。

Nowadays, Joanna and Simone are inseparable.

現在 Joanna 和 Simone 再也分不開了。

A sales assistant's story.

銷售助理的故事。

I work in a clothes store in Boston, and nothing special ever happened there before.

我在一家波士頓的服飾店工作，一切再平淡不過。

Then one day, I had two customers.

直到有一天來了兩位顧客。

It was a lovely couple: a tall man and a nice woman.

他們是一對佳偶：男方高挑，女方友善。

The man was holding the hand of the woman who seemed very shy.

男方牽著女方的手，女方看起來很害羞。

All the time, she was staying close by his side.

她一直緊緊待在他身邊。

The man started to explain to me what they needed.

男方開始說他們的要求。

It was some clothes for the woman.

他們要幫女方買一些衣服。

I found the whole situation extremely strange because it was the man who described the color and the style of the necessary clothes.

我發現事情非常奇怪，因為一直是男方在描述衣服的顏色和款式。

He mentioned what size they needed and specified that the fabric had to be very soft.

他提到需要的尺寸大小，還特別叮嚀要材質非常柔軟的衣服。

At the same time, the woman kept silence.

與此同時，女方一直保持沉默。

I went off in search of the garments.

我跑去找指定的衣物。

All the time that I spent choosing skirts, dresses, and pants, I was thinking about how bossy the man was.

邊找衣物的過程，我邊想著「這男人也太愛發號施令」。

After all, he didn't let his partner utter a single word!

畢竟他完全沒讓另一伴有發言的機會！

When I returned, the man took the clothes and thanked me.

我回到他們身邊時，男方接過衣物並道了謝。

After that, he took the hand of the woman and carefully led her toward the fitting rooms.

之後，他牽起女方的手，並小心翼翼地將她牽向試衣間。

And at that moment it dawned on me.

這時我才明白。

The woman was blind, and the man did all he could to take care of her.

女方是瞎子，而男方所做的一切只是為了照顧她。

A poor man.

可憐的男子。

We were traveling across Africa with my friend when this happened.

這是我和朋友旅遊行經非洲時發生的插曲。

One day, we encountered a poor man.

有一天，我們遇到一位可憐的男子。

He was gaunt and exhausted.

他骨瘦如柴又精疲力竭的樣子。

We asked him how to get to the post office, and he showed us the way.

他們問他去郵局的方向，而他指了指路。

After that, my friend struck up a conversation with the man.

之後我的朋友和他聊起天來。

We got to know that he hadn't eaten for two days.

進而得知他已經兩天未進食。

My friend offered the hungry man his sandwich.

我朋友把他的三明治給了對方。

And the first thing the poor man said was "We can divide it into three parts"!

對方說的第一句話是：「我們可以分成三等份」！

Your kindness pays off.

你的善意終有回報。

This happened on the day when I was driving to a job interview.

這是我開車前往工作面試途中的插曲。

It was the final stage of the hiring process, and I had to meet with a big boss that day.

當時已到最後階段，而那天我要和老闆見面。

I was incredibly excited since it was the job of my dream in a big corporation.

我興奮不已，因為在大企業上班是我夢寐以求的。

On my way, I saw a woman.

在路上我看到一個女人。

She was standing by the side of the road near her car.

她站在她停在路邊的車旁。

She looked distraught.

一臉心煩意亂的樣子。

One of the tires of her vehicle was flat.

有一個輪胎爆胎了。

I knew that I could be late for the interview.

我知道我可能因此遲到。

Nevertheless, I stopped to help her to change the tire.

但我停下來幫她換輪胎。

She thanked me, and I hurried to the interview.

她向我道謝後我便匆匆趕去面試。

Imagine my surprise when I found out that she was my interviewer!

想像一下當我發現她是我面試官時，我有多驚訝！

She was the CEO of the company.

對方是公司的執行長。

It probably won't surprise you that I got the job.

你大概不意外我會得到這份工作。

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