英语美文背诵 撒播爱心(下)

The lady noticed that the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant¹, but she never let the strain² and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered Joe.

老太太发觉她差不多有8个月的身孕， 但她并没有让疲惫与疼痛改变她待人接物的态度。老太太惊讶于在这样惨淡的情况下，他还能给与陌生人这样的温暖。她想起了比尔。

After the lady finished her meal, and the waitress went to get her change from a hundred dollar bill, the lady slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. She wondered where the lady could be, and then she noticed something written on a napkin. There were tears in her eyes, when she read what the lady wrote. It said, "You don't owe me a thing, I've been there too. Someone once helped me out, the way I'm helping³ you. If you really want to pay me back, here's what you do. Don't let the chain of love end with you."

老太太吃完饭后，女服务员去给她的百元大钞找零。当女服务员回来时，老太太已经走了，女服务员正在奇怪，忽然看到餐巾上写了几行字，下面有4张100元面额的钞票。读者上面的话语，泪水模糊 了她的双眼。纸巾上写道；“你不欠我什么，我也遇到过这样的事。有人曾帮助过我，就像我帮助你一样。假如你真的要报答我，你就这么做：不要让这条爱之链在 你这里断掉。

Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but the waitress made it through another day. That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. How could she have known how much she and her husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard. She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, "Everything's gonna be all right. I love you, Joe.

喔，桌子要清理，糖罐要加满，客人要服务，但是女服务员有应付过了一天。那天下班回到家里，躺在床上时，他想着这笔钱，想着老太太写的话。老太太怎么知道她和她的丈夫继续这笔钱呢？下个月孩 子就要出生，日子越来越艰难了。她知道她的丈夫有多担心，她在他旁边躺了下来，轻轻地吻了吻他，小声地说：“一切都会好的，我爱你，比尔。”

1 pregnant   

adj.怀孕的，怀胎的

参考例句：

• She is a pregnant woman.她是一名孕妇。
• She is pregnant with her first child.她怀了第一胎。

2 strain   

n.紧张，拉紧，血统；v.劳累，拉紧，过份使用

参考例句：

• Strain the fat off before you serve the soup.在上汤前把里面的油滤掉。
• He had a muscular strain.他肌肉过劳。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。