佚名/Anonymous
About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink. As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest smile I have ever seen. All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life was all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world: a world of smiles, love and warmth.
That was ten years ago. I'm a successful business person now. And whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
大约十年前，当我还是个在校的大学生时，我在学校的自然历史博物馆做实习生。一天，当我正在礼品店的收银台工作时，看到一对老夫妇推着一位坐在轮椅上的小姑娘走进店里。
近看时，我看到她完全是被放在椅子上的。她没有手臂和双腿，只有头部、颈部和躯干。她穿着一件有红色斑点的白色连衣裙。
当那对夫妇推着她朝我走来时，我正低着头看收银机。我把头转向那位女孩，朝她眨了眨眼。当接过她祖父母的钱时，我回头看了看那位小姑娘，她正朝我微笑，那是我有生以来见到的最可爱、最灿烂的微笑。突然间，她身上的所有缺陷都消失了，我看到的是一个美丽的小女孩。她的微笑感染了我，几乎立即给了我一种全新的关于生命的感受。她让我从那个贫穷、苦闷的大学生进入到她的世界——一个充满微笑、爱和温暖的世界。
那天的事一转眼已过去十年了。如今我已是一位成功的商人。当我变得沮丧，想到世间的烦恼时，我就会想起那个小姑娘，还有她教给我的那一节关于人生的非凡的课程。
微笑能够使陌生的人变得熟悉起来，能够融化冷漠。你无须花一分钱，就可以绽开笑脸，给自己带来幸福的同时，也为别人送去快乐。不要做一个吝啬的人，让自己的生活多一些微笑。
undergraduate [?nd?'ɡr?dju?t] n.大学生；大学肄业生
I was an undergraduate then.
那时候，我是大学生。
cute [kju:t] adj.可爱的；聪明的；伶俐的；漂亮的
The boy chased a cute small dog.
男孩追逐一只可爱的小狗。
handicap ['h?ndik?p] n.障碍；不利条件；不利的因素
Poor eyesight is a handicap to a student.
视力不好对学生来说是个障碍。
instantly ['inst?ntli] adv.即刻地；立即地；马上地
You have to answer them instantly.
对于这些问题，你要即刻回答。
那是我有生以来见到的最可爱、最灿烂的微笑。
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她的微笑感染了我，几乎立即给了我一种全新的关于生命的感受。
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当我变得沮丧，想到世间的烦恼时，我就会想起那个小姑娘，还有她教给我的那一节关于人生的非凡的课程。
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One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
work at：从事于；致力于；从事；在……用功
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I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest smile I have ever seen.
look back：回顾；回头看；回想
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