侯怡

The rain fell so hard that I wondered if it was pebbles1 instead of rain that fell on my head. I walked faster through the empty streets of New York. I lost in my thoughts and I even didnt notice someone was in front of me.

雨下得很大，我都懷疑落在頭上的會(huì)不會(huì)是鵝卵石而不是雨。我加快速度穿過(guò)紐約空蕩蕩的街道。我走了一下神，甚至沒(méi)有注意到前面有個(gè)人。

“Im so sorry，” said a vaguely2 familiar voice. I turned around.

“抱歉，”一個(gè)隱約熟悉的聲音說(shuō)道。我轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身。

“S—Sally？” I said， “Is that you？”

“薩——薩莉？”我說(shuō)，“是你嗎？”

“Seanna？” I nodded， and Sally enthusiastically3 hugged me.

“希娜？”我點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭，然后薩莉熱情地?fù)肀Я宋摇?/p>

“Seanna！ I missed you so much. How are you？ Hows your job？ Where do you work？”

“希娜！我太想你了。你過(guò)得好嗎？工作怎么樣？你在哪里工作？”

“Sally，” I said and looked at her seriously. She read my expression and we went to a nearby coffee shop and ordered some drinks. Actually， Sally did. I didnt have the extra4 money， and if I didnt get a job...

“薩莉，”我說(shuō)道，然后嚴(yán)肅地看著她。她讀懂了我的表情，然后我們?nèi)チ烁浇囊患铱Х鹊瓴Ⅻc(diǎn)了一些喝的。其實(shí)是薩莉點(diǎn)的，我沒(méi)有多的錢了，如果我找不到工作……

“So，” Sally began， “what has been going on in the last ten years？” My smile disappeared， and I played with my napkin in order to avoid her eyes. However， there had been no one who knew me better.

“那么，”薩莉開(kāi)口說(shuō)道，“你這十年都經(jīng)歷了什么？”我的笑容消失了，手里玩弄著餐巾來(lái)躲避她的眼睛。然而，沒(méi)有人比她更了解我了。

“Is everything okay？” she asked quietly.

“一切都好嗎？”她輕輕地問(wèn)道。

“I lost my job two months ago，” I said. “I have gone to seven or eight job interviews， but all of them failed. My parents cut me off because of that fight， so I cant ask them for help， and…”

“兩個(gè)月前我丟了工作，”我說(shuō)?！拔乙呀?jīng)去了七八個(gè)面試了，但是全都沒(méi)有通過(guò)。因?yàn)槟谴螤?zhēng)吵，父母斷了我的經(jīng)濟(jì)來(lái)源，所以我不能向他們求助，而且……”

“Lets make a plan and start over again，” Sally said and pat my hand gently. And then， I followed her. We begged for better luck in this mess that was in my life.

“我們來(lái)做個(gè)計(jì)劃，從頭開(kāi)始吧?！彼_莉說(shuō)著輕輕拍了拍我的手背。隨后，我也跟她做了同樣的事。我們祈求在我生活中的這團(tuán)亂麻里能有點(diǎn)好運(yùn)。

“Weve done everything we could，” she said happily and placed a few dollars on the table， then we left.

“我們做了所能做的一切，”她開(kāi)心地說(shuō)，然后在桌上放了幾美元后，我們就離開(kāi)了。

“It will come.” After promising to meet her again， I went back home alone. All of a sudden， my phone rang， and I stopped in a doorway to listen. What I heard next nearly made me drop the phone. I got the job. I could start my life again. It was a start， a good start. This news was the best Id got in a long time. Thank you， I said to the only friend who listened to me and offered her help， thank you.

“好運(yùn)會(huì)到來(lái)的?！贝饝?yīng)會(huì)再次與她見(jiàn)面后，我獨(dú)自回家了。突然，我的手機(jī)響了，我在一家店的門口停下來(lái)接聽(tīng)了電話。接下來(lái)我所聽(tīng)到的差點(diǎn)讓我的手機(jī)掉了下去。我得到了那份工作，我可以重新開(kāi)始我的生活了。這是一個(gè)開(kāi)始，一個(gè)好的開(kāi)始。這是我這么久以來(lái)聽(tīng)到的最好的消息。謝謝你，我心里對(duì)唯一一個(gè)在困難的時(shí)候傾聽(tīng)我的心聲、并幫助我的朋友說(shuō)，謝謝你。

Notes

1. pebble [? ? ? ? ] n. 鵝卵石

2. vaguely [?? ? ??] adv. 含糊地，模糊地

3. enthusiastically [?? ? ??] adv. 滿腔熱情地

4. extra [?? ? ??] adj. 額外的