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Last year 去年 I was able to do a nice thing for some community members. 我为社区里的小伙伴做了一点力所能及的好事 I was homeless 我是一个无家可归的流浪汉 and made a poor living by flipping polar fleece 靠变卖摇粒绒的廉价衣物过活。 Essentially, 可想而知 shipping costs would have killed any margin 销往外地的运输费用会把我的理论扣光 and local wasn't working. 而本地又没有任何销售渠道 So I took the downtime I had at a night job 于是，我趁着晚间工作时的休息时间 and made double fleece no sew tie blankets 做了双层的无缝羊毛毯 and handed them out to fellow homeless people 把它们分发给了其他的流浪汉 after shift one morning 那是一天早上，我下班之后 at a food pantry 在一个食品分发食堂里 when the frosts were hitting. 天上正下着冰雹 It was a brief experience but positive. 这段经历很短暂，却充满了正能量 I made about two dozens people's mornings with a clean new blanket 我让二三十人能够披着干净的新毯子度过他们的早晨 while waiting in the cold. 那时他们正站在冷风中 Yesterday, 昨天 around a year later 那件事过去大约一年后 I saw a homeless person walking down the street 我看到一个流浪汉走过街道 with one of those blankets. 身上还披着那时我做的毯子 The fabric choice, 质地精良 my poor technique, 手艺粗糙 all of it. 正是出自我手 I'm sure I've never seen this person before 我确信自己从未见过此人 so that blanket went on a journey 那条毯子必是几经转手，经过了一趟旅程 and is still providing comfort to someone. 但仍为人们提供着温暖 I'm not homeless anymore, 如今我不再无家可归 but times are hard, 但世事艰辛 and seeing that really brightened my day. 那样的场景，让我的一整天都明亮起来 I just wish I had some more fleece now. 现在我真希望自己还有更多的羊毛可以做毯子 (责任编辑：admin) |