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1. It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up1 their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in2 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone. The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries(食品杂货), saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live. I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly3 after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before. People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading4 effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity(人性) as a whole. And it has influenced(影响) us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting5. 那是一个冬天的早晨，就在2005年圣诞节之前几个星期。当大多数人都在发动汽车的时候，我丈夫特雷弗只能早早地起床，从家里骑着自行车，到四公里外的地方去上班。到了上班的地方，他像往常一样把自行车停在后门外面。10个小时的工作后，他回来发现自行车不见了。 这辆黑色的18速科纳自行车是我们惟一的交通工具。特雷弗骑着它去工作，每个星期工作60个小时来维持我们小家的生计。这辆车还让我们不用从住的地方走很远的路去买食品和杂货。 我很伤心，竟然有人会偷我们的自行车，因此就写信到报社去倾诉我们的遭遇。在那之后不久，我们地区有些人就给我们提供了帮助。有位好心的陌生人甚至买了一辆自行车，打电话叫我的丈夫去拿。我的丈夫又可以骑着自行车上下班了。一个素不相识的人特地去帮助一个素未谋面的人，这真的很可敬。 人们说，微笑可以从一个人传递到另一个人，而出自陌生人的善举则更是如此。这段经历对我们的生活产生了深远的影响，因为这增强了我们对人性的信心，还让我们更加留心我们有什么东西是可以和他人分享的。善举不论大小，都表现了人的关爱，它产生的结果可以是永恒的。 2. Over the last 70 years, researchers have been