167 people paid it forward at a McDonald's on Father's Day
父親節(jié)那天,在麥當(dāng)勞穿梭餐廳,有167個人為后面的人買單
One simple act of kindness can spark a chain reaction of charity -- and a McDonald's drive-thru in Indiana proved it on Father's Day.
一個簡單而善意的小舉動,會引發(fā)一連串的美好的回應(yīng) - 上個周末的父親節(jié),在印第安納州的一家麥當(dāng)勞穿梭餐廳,就發(fā)生了這樣一件事。
It started when a woman in downstate Scottsburg noticed a dad with small kids in the car behind her as she paid at the cashier's window, Tammi Hammonn, a manager at the McDonald's, told CNN.
緣起,是一名來自Scottsburg的婦女在窗口付賬的時候,發(fā)現(xiàn)后面車?yán)锏囊晃桓赣H帶著幾個小寶寶,Tammi Hammonn,這家麥當(dāng)勞的經(jīng)理告訴CNN說。
"She looked back and saw a father with four little kids, with a couple of Happy Meals and such," Hammonn said. "She said she was going to pay for him, and to tell him Happy Father's Day."
“她回頭看到,一個爸爸帶著四個小家伙,點了兩個歡樂套餐,等等”, Hammonn說:“她就說要幫助他付賬,并告訴他父親節(jié)快樂。”
But that was just the beginning. From 8:30 p.m. to midnight, every driver paid it forward.
但是,那只不過是個開始。從晚上8點半開始,一直到午夜,每個顧客都為后面的人買了單。
“It was pouring rain, and I was in the middle of it, wondering why my drive-thru was so slow," said Hammonn, who also was a customer -- guest 105 -- that night in the drive-thru lane. "I saw the man in front of me talking to the cashier out in the rain, and I was wondering what was going on.”
“當(dāng)時下著大雨,而我也在雨里排著隊,很奇怪為什么今天的隊這么慢,”Hammonn說,她是另外一個同名的顧客 - 第105號 - 也排在那一天的穿梭隊伍中。“我看到前面的那個男人在雨里跟收銀員說話,我正奇怪他們在說什么呢。”
Drive-thru cashier Hunter Hostetler ushered through the generosity -- car after car after car.
穿梭餐廳的收銀員Hunter Hostetler將前一個客人的美意一輛車一輛車的傳遞下去。
“I had people telling me, 'No, it's going to stop here. It's going to stop at 100. You're not going to make it past,'" he told CNN affiliate WDRB.
“有的人跟我說,’不行,我不能讓這件事停在我手里,到第一百再停吧。你不能不收我的錢,’“他跟CNN關(guān)系媒體說。
But it just kept going.
但是,就一直這樣進(jìn)行下去了。
"I thought it was pretty amazing," the 161st customer, Abby Smith, told WDRB. "You don't see a lot of pay-it-forwards anymore.”
我覺得這簡直是一件太棒的事情了,”第161個客人,Abby Smith告訴媒體說。“這樣的事實在是太少見了。”
When a customer threatened to break the streak, the McDonald's crew picked up the slack, pooling their own pocket money to keep it alive. They only had to shell out about $27, Hammonn said, adding that in the end, they were “stoked."
當(dāng)有某一個客人顯示出猶豫不想這樣做的時候,麥當(dāng)勞的員工就接過來,用自己腰包里的錢把它繼續(xù)下去,但是也不過就是出了27塊錢,Hammonn說,到后來,他們都非常“振奮。”
Hostelter, Smith and Hammonn all attributed the thoughtfulness to their small town.
Hosteler,Smith和Hammonn都對自己所在的城市里的人們的相互體貼感到開心。
"Probably anywhere in the world, something like this just doesn't happen," Hostetler told WDRB.
“或許在世界的其他地方,也很少會發(fā)生這樣的事,”Hosteler跟媒體說。
The chain only ended when the restaurant closed -- and the last woman desperately wanted to keep it going.
這個自發(fā)的行動直到餐廳關(guān)門才得以結(jié)束,而且最后的一個女人拼命堅持還要繼續(xù)。
“We had to tell her we were so sorry, and we needed to close," Hammonn said. "But it would have gone further.”
“我們不得不跟她說抱歉,因為我們要關(guān)門了,”Hammonn說,“要不然的話,還會繼續(xù)下去的。”
Added Smith: "It's a great feeling to know that there's a lot of great people out there still.”
Smith說:”看到世界上還是有那么多好心的人,感覺實在太好了。“
重 點 單 詞 匯 總
Pay it forward : is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying it to others instead of to the original benefactor.
是一種說法,講述“做一件好事,并不是報答前一個對他有恩的人,而是為下一個人帶來某種好處、福利等的意思。
drive-thru : 穿梭餐廳
chain reaction : 連鎖反應(yīng)
cashier : 收銀員
attribute : 認(rèn)為…是;把…歸于;把…品質(zhì)歸于某人;認(rèn)為某事[物]屬于某人[物]
thoughtfulness : 體貼
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