生活教给你的重要课程The Important Things Life Teaches You

    During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz.
    在我上护士学校的第二个月,老师给我们进行了一次突击测试。

    I was a careful student and had breezedthrough2 the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"
    作为一个认真的学生,我轻易地完成了试卷,而最后一题却难倒了我:"学校打扫卫生的女士叫什么？"

    Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times.  xiaogushi8.com She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how could I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.
     这肯定是个玩笑。我曾经见过几次这个清洁工。她个子很高,发色较暗,大约五十多岁,但我怎么会知道她的名字呢？我没回答最后这个问题就交了答卷。

     Before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade. "Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers you will meet many people. All are significant3. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say 'hello’.
     下课前有个学生询问最后这个问题会不会计入我们的分数。教授回答说:"当然啦！英语小故事在你们的职业生涯中,你们会遇到很多人。每个人都非常重要。你们必须学会去关注和关心他们,即使你们只是微笑或说声'你好’。"

     "I’ve never forgotten that lesson. I later learned her name was Dorothy.
我一直都忘不了那节课。后来我知道了那位清洁工叫Dorothy。