双语阅读美文：一个陌生人所带给我的的问候(2)

　　第二天，当我上班再经过这个保安时，我们互致问候后，我问道：“昨天我们谈了那么多，可我还不知道你的名字呢。”他答道：“加里。”我也回应道：“我叫黛博拉。”

　　One Monday morning, I stopped to talk to Gary. Gary pulled a picture of his 7-year-old daughter out of his wallet. He told me they had spent the weekend together going to church and to the movies. He shared the importance of teamwork in the military and talked about the friends he had lost, fighting in Kosovo. He shared his vision of going back to school to become an airline pilot. I shared my dreams of wanting to work for myself.

　　一个星期一的上午，我停下来和加里说话，他从皮夹里抽出一张相片，他七岁女儿的。他告诉我他们一起度过了周末，一起去了教堂，看了电影。他跟我聊了军队里团队精神的重要性，也谈起了他在科索沃战争中失去的朋友们，还讲了他想回到学校成为一名飞行员的想法。我也向他谈了我想自己单干的梦想。

　　At 42 years old, Gary followed his heart, entered into pilot training, and went back to school to earn a degree in business. Later, he received a call from the ROTC offering him a job at the University of New Mexico. Gary took the job, and moved away. It’s been several years since I last spoke to Gary in front of the men’s department, yet the memory feels like yesterday.

　　42岁的时候，加里遵从内心的想法，进入了飞行员训练班，还回到了学校准备获取商学院的学位。后来，他接到(美国)后备军官训练队的电话，请他到新墨西哥大学工作。加里接受了这份工作，离开了。自从我最后一次在男装店前跟他说话已经好几年过去了，可是这些记忆仍像昨天发生的那样清晰。

　　Gary reached out to me, touched me and made my morning the best part of the day. I experienced the beauty of friendship and love.

　　加里走进了我的世界，触动了我，让每天早晨成了我一天中最美好的一段时光。我感受到了友谊和爱的美好。

　　In the busyness of life, we often forget to wish a stranger hello although how easy it is, and how great and lasting a difference it can make. When you say hello to a stranger and share from the heart, you become a pebble in the pond. With each ripple4 you create, you spread love that continues to give, long after it seems that it has disappeared.

　　在生活的忙忙碌碌中，我们常常忽视对陌生人的问候，尽管这些简单的问候能给我们的生活带来很大的不同和持久的影响。当你向陌生人问候并对他(她)袒露心扉的时候，你便像那池塘里的鹅卵石，随着你激起的每一个涟漪，你的爱也在不断传播着，这份爱的涟漪会一层一层荡漾开去，久久不会消逝。