雙語美文：學會做一個聽衆
After long hours of waiting for my friend at the bus station,
我在公交站等着朋友，已經過去了好幾個小時
I got tired
我感到疲乏
and was tempted to just leave
有些想就這樣走開
and plan another meeting.
約着下次再見面
As I was still deciding,
我正猶豫不決
there came a man selling culture shoes
一個販賣文化鞋的男子走過來
and started showing them off to me
開始向我展示他的鞋子
so as I could buy or something,
希望我買下一雙
I just smiled and said thank you.
我只是微笑，說“謝謝，不用了”
I don't know if it was the smile or what
我不知道是因爲看到我的微笑還是什麼原因
but the young-man stepped closer
那個年輕男子走過來
and stood beside me
在我身邊站定
and started talking to me.
和我交談起來
"You know
你知道
I didn't just end up like this,
過去我的生活不是這樣的
selling shoes,
過去我不是個賣鞋子的
I had a life...
我有很好的生活
had a family
我有自己的家庭
but one day
可是有一天
life just turned up side downand
他的生活忽然天塌地陷
all was gone just like that",
一切都轉瞬即逝
he said.
他說
Those were his words,
用他的話說
in short,
簡而言之
his wife stole all his money,
他的妻子盜走了他所有的錢
sold his car and house,
把他的車和房子都變賣了
it was really a hard time for him
他度過了一段無比艱難的時期
and he was psychologically tortured.
心裏承受着巨大的折磨
A lot happened
他經歷了許多事
and then he decided to pick up the pieces of his life
他決定，把破碎的生活重新拼湊起來
and try to make ends meet,
讓一切重歸正規
that's when he started making culture shoes
從那以後，他就開始做文化鞋
and selling them to earn a living.
通過賣鞋子維持生計
As I stood there
我站在那裏
listening to him pour out his heart
聽着他掏心掏肺的講述
and story of his life,
瞭解他過去的生活故事
I was still surprised
我倍感驚訝
how in the world
究竟爲什麼
can someone be so open to a total stranger like that
一個人竟能這樣對陌生的人敞開心扉
and it dawned on me that
隨後我突然想到
some people get relieved that way.
傾訴讓他們心中釋懷
You see,
你看
a lot of times
生活中時常
we meet people
我們遇到形形色色的人
and most of them have burdens in their hearts,
他們中大多數心中都有苦惱
some of them don't even have a person to listen to them,
他們之中些人，甚至找不到一個聽衆
so I've learned
從此我學會了
to be good to all people
友善的對待所有的人
and always give them my time
永遠準備着把自己的時間獻給他們
to listen to what they have to say.
傾聽他們想說的話
By doing this
這樣做
it will not only help that particular person
不僅能夠幫助那個傾訴者
but also the one listening
也能幫助傾聽的那個人
since you get to learn something from them
因爲你能從他們身上獲得新知
and see the other side of life.
看到人生百態
This will make the world a better place to live in for all of us.
這會讓世界變得更加美好，讓生活在這世界的你我更加幸福。
