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第11章 A Glass of Milk温暖

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently: “Thank You, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

A Glass of Milk

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.

However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water.

眼睛被喜悦的泪水打湿,她在心底里默默地祈祷着:“谢谢你,上帝,你的爱已通过人类的心灵和双手传承了。”

温暖

一天,一个可怜的小男孩在挨家挨户地卖东西,他的目的是为了攒够学费。他非常饿,但全身却只有一角钱。于是他决定向下一户人家讨口饭吃。

是一位漂亮的年轻姑娘开的门,然而小男孩却不知所措了。他没有讨饭,只是要了一点水喝。

She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”

“You dont owe me anything,” she replied. “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quitquit vi.离开, 辞职, 停止 before this point.

Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called in to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultationconsultation n.请教,咨询,磋商;讨论会,会诊 .

她看得出小男孩已经很饿了,于是就倒了一大杯牛奶给他。男孩慢慢地喝完牛奶,然后问道:“我应该付多少钱?”

她微笑着回答:“不用付钱。妈妈告诉我,应该无私助人。”男孩说:“你太令我感动了。”

说完,这个叫霍华德·凯利的男孩就离开了这户人家。此时的他精神抖擞,信念坚定。而在此之前,他本来想放弃了。

很多年之后,那位女子得了一种罕见的重病,当地医生对此束手无策。最后,她被转到大城市医治,由专家会诊治疗。大名鼎鼎的霍华德·凯利医生也参加了医疗方案的制定。

When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

Dressed in his doctors gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approvalapproval n.赞成, 承认, 正式批准 .

He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off.

Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words…

当他听到病人来自的那个城镇名字时,一个奇怪的念头霎时闪过他的脑际。他马上起身直奔她的病房。

凯利医生身穿手术服,来到病房,一眼就认出了她。回到会诊室后,他决心一定要竭尽所能来治好她的病。从那天起,他就特别关照这个对自己有恩的病人。

在不懈的努力下,手术取得了巨大的成功。凯利医生要求把医药费通知单送到他那里,他看了一下,便在通知单的旁边签了字。

收到医药费通知单后,她连看的勇气都没有。因为她确信,治病的费用将会花费她整个余生来偿还。

最后,她硬着头皮打开了医药费用通知单,旁边的那行小字引起了她的注意,她不禁轻声读了出来:

“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently: “Thank You, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

“医药费已付:一杯牛奶。”

(签名) 霍华德·凯利医生

眼睛被喜悦的泪水打湿,她在心底里默默地祈祷着:“谢谢你,上帝,你的爱已通过人类的心灵和双手传承了。”

“感恩的心,感谢有你,伴我一生,让我有勇气做我自己;感恩的心,感谢有你,花开花落,我依然会珍惜。”感恩回报是生活中主题,在这个主旋律的节拍下,我们都是在恩泽中不断成长的人儿。一路上,我们种下的善果,在未来的某一天终将得到回报。我们每个人都要有颗感恩的心,学会感恩,珍惜生命,人生的意义就在于此。