英语阅读 一份特别的新年礼物.docVIP

英语阅读 一份特别的新年礼物 每到新年，人们都习惯送给亲人和朋友一件新年礼物，以贺新年。我们总希望自己送上的礼物是最特别的，希望收到礼物的人能记住我们特别的新年祝福。今天这篇双语文章就是关于一份特别的新年礼物的故事，我们一起边学英语边品位故事吧。 　　亲友长辈疼爱我们，老师教育我们，一线岗位工作者服务我们……在其位，谋其职，对于我们每一个人来说似乎就是天大的道理，毋庸置疑。或许我们的意识里有太多“理所当然”，因此我们极少对父母说“感谢你们”，对老师说“多谢栽培”，对保洁的叔叔阿姨道一句“辛苦了”……我们的幸福离不开他们的坚守岗位，一句“谢谢”，一句“您辛苦了”也许不能为他们带来多大的财富，却是对其工作的最大鼓励和支持。从今天起，为每一个坚守着岗位和本分的人送去一声理解的祝福吧！? 　　It was 1st January, the first day of the year and a holiday for me. What luck! I started by thinking of getting the bank work out of the way. The bank person, an elderly gentleman with a white beard, was, as usual, curt[简略的] to my polite “Happy New Year.” He nodded and I sat in front of him. 　　那天是1月1日，新年的第一天，也是我的假日。真幸运！我开始盘算到银行去把工作办妥。给我办理业务的银行职员是一位老先生，留着一捋白胡子。他像平常一样简洁地回应我那句礼貌的“新年快乐”。他对我点点头，我便坐到他面前。 　　Minutes passed and nothing happened. 　　几分钟过去了，什么事情也没发生。 　　Then very hesitantly[犹豫地] I put my form and booklet[小册子] in front of him. He was busy filling up entries in his register. After a few minutes he took my form and from his cabinet he took out a very thick file from which he started filling in my details. I sat there wondering why we had computerized banking if we were still filling in forms and registers.? 　　然后，我万分犹豫地把自己的表格和小册子放到他面前。他正忙着往登记簿里录入条目。过了几分钟，他拿起我的表格，从文件柜里抽出一本厚厚的档案文件，开始登记我的信息。我坐在那里，不禁疑惑既然我们要人工填写表格和登记簿，那还要电脑化的银行业务来干嘛呢。 　　After waiting for a few more minutes, in which I showed all signs of being impatient, I asked him if my work was done. The moment I uttered[说] the words, I felt as if a bombshell[炸弹] had fallen on him. He shouted, “Nothing is done, it will take time!” 　　在继续等待的几分钟里，我表现出各种不耐烦的小动作。我问他我的业务是否办理好了。就在我说话的那一刻，我觉得那像一颗炸弹落在他的身上。他大声吼道：“全都没办好，这需要时间！” 　　Just then I saw his morning cup of tea which had been lying there for the last ten minutes, untouched. The tea had turned almost cold while he was doing his work. Suddenly I felt what this man, who had been working at this counter for the last God-knows-how-many years, must be feeling when customers like me come who are always in a hurry to get their work done. W