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Brenda was about to close up the post office when she saw an old man entering the door with a package in his hands. She checked the clock and it was only five minutes until closing time. She was more than ready to go home, so she decided not to receive the old man. “We've already closed. Come back on Monday," she told him.
布伦达正要关闭邮局,这时她看到一位老人手里拿着一个包裹进门。她查了一下钟,离关门时间只有五分钟了。她已经做好了回家的准备,所以她决定不接待老人。“我们已经关门了。星期一回来,”她告诉他。
The old man refused to leave.“Please, ma'am. I need to send this package. I walked 4 miles in the rain to get here ," he begged. Brenda sighed and then asked the man to fill in the form. She noticed his hands shaking and his writing was impossible to read.
老人拒绝离开。“求你了,夫人。我需要寄这个包裹。我冒雨走了4英里才到这里,”他恳求道。布伦达叹了一口气,然后让那个人填写表格。她注意到他的手在发抖,他的字迹也看不懂了。
“Sir,write more clearly!" she yelled. Brenda stared at the clock. She was worried. She would be late to pick her child up from school, so she stepped outside and gave her husband a call.
“先生,写得更清楚!”她喊道。布伦达盯着时钟。她很担心。她去学校接孩子会迟到,所以她走到外面,给丈夫打了个电话。
Brenda was shivering(颤抖)from the cold. The old man came up lo her and look his worn coat off and offered it to her. “It's cold here. Use my coat to warm you, " he said kindly, Brenda looked at theman and saw that underneath the coat, he only had a thin V-neck shirt on. Then she noticed he had a pacemaker---a device that regulates a person's heartbeat. It was the same as her late father used to have,too.
布伦达在发抖(颤抖)远离寒冷。老人走到她面前,脱下他那件破旧的外套,递给她。“这里很冷。用我的外套给你暖和。”他和蔼地说。布伦达看着他们,发现外套下面只有一件薄薄的V领衬衫。然后她注意到他有一个起搏器——一种调节人心跳的设备。这和她已故的父亲过去也有一样。
She realised she had been rude to somebody who was her father's age. Brenda looked at the old man with sympathy. She realised she had taken out all of her anger on him, even though he did not deserve it.
她意识到自己对一个和她父亲同龄的人很粗鲁。布伦达同情地看着老人。她意识到她已经把所有的愤怒都发泄在他身上了,尽管他不应该这样。
“Sir, what is your name? Come, let's process your package," she said. “Thank you, dear. My name is William, " he replied as they walked insid