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雙語美文:你還在等什麼?

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You can never do a kindness too soon,

雙語美文:你還在等什麼?

想要做出善舉,永遠不會爲時過早


for you never know how soon it will be too late.

因爲你永遠不會知道,何時你將錯失行善的機會


How many times have we said,

多少次我們會這樣說


 "Oh I'll do that tomorrow."

哦,明天我會做這件事的


Sometimes tomorrow never comes

有時這樣的明天遙遙無期


and we find ourselves saying,

到最後我們只能說


 "Boy, I wish I hadn't put that off."

“天吶,真希望自己沒有拖延”


Our family has been friends with Betty for many years.

我們一家人與Betty是多年的好友


Over the years

這些年來


we shared phone calls

我們一直會互通電話


and birthday cards.

相互贈送生日賀卡


Betty sent our youngest son Brandon a birthday card

Betty每年都送我們的小兒子Brandon一張生日卡片


with $5.00 in it

裏面夾着5美元鈔票


until he graduated.

直到他從學校畢業


This past November

去年11月


I called Betty to see how she was

我打了一個電話給Betty,想問問她近況如何


and what she had done on her birthday.

問問她生日當天做了什麼


I was quite surprised when Betty didn't answer the phone;

Betty卻沒有接電話,爲此我十分驚訝


instead her daughter Carol did.

接電話的是她的女兒Carol


Carol told me

Carol告訴我


that her mom had gone downhill fast

她媽媽身體情況急速惡化


and she was now in Hospice care.

現在已經在臨終關懷院接受照顧了


Carol handed the phone to Betty.

她把電話交給了Betty


I talked briefly to her

我簡短的跟她說了幾句話


and let her know we loved her.

讓她知道我們愛她


As soon as I got off the phone

我一放下電話


I sent a text to Brandon

就給Brandon發了一條消息


to let him know

讓他知道


Betty wasn't doing well.

Betty的情況不太好


Little did I know

我並不知道的是


that Brandon stopped what he was doing

Brandon立刻停下了手裏的工作


and immediately sent flowers to Betty.

送了一束花給Betty


You can imagine

你一定能想象


how proud I was of Brandon

我多麼爲Brandon驕傲


when Carol called the next day

Carol第二天就打來了電話


letting me know

讓我知道


how much Betty loved the flowers

Betty多麼喜歡那些花


Brandon had sent.

花兒就是Brandon送去的


A few days later

幾天之後


Betty died.

Betty去世了


You can never do a kindness too soon,

想要做出善舉,永遠不會爲時過早


for you never know how soon it will be too late.

因爲你永遠不會知道,何時你將錯失行善的機會