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I have a Rewards Card for Showcase Cinema that allows me to earn rewards points with each purchase that I make at the theatre and periodically provides me with a free popcorn, soda or movie ticket coupon. 我有一张Showcase电影院的积分卡，每次消费都会积点，然后定期给我提供免费的爆米花，汽水，和电影优惠券。 I had recently accumulated enough rewards points to obtain a coupon for a free popcorn. 最近我的积分可以换免费的爆米花了。 Standing in the movie theatre ticket line on Saturday, I noticed just ahead of me, a father with his 2 small boys also waiting to buy their tickets for the Matinee Movie. 周六，我正在排队买电影票，注意到有一个父亲带着两个孩子就排在我的前面，准备看日场电影。 Knowing that movies can be quite expensive for families nowadays, I tapped the Dad on the shoulder and asked, ‘I have a coupon for free popcorn and don’t plan to use it, would you like it for one of your boys?’ 如今在电影上的花销对于一个家庭来说也是有点小贵，所以我拍了下那位父亲的肩膀，问道：“我正好有一张爆米花的免费优惠券，我不打算用了，要不你给其中一个小朋友来一份吧。 He said, ‘Yeah, sure. That’s great! Thanks!’ and took the coupon. ”父亲答道，“好的，太棒了，谢谢你！”说着手下了优惠券。 A few minutes later, after they had purchased their tickets, one of his small sons who appeared to be about 9 or 10 years old, walked up to me and silently held out a shiny penny to show me. 几分钟以后，他们都买好了票，其中的一个小男孩，看起来大概9到10岁的样子，向我走来，然后默默地拿出一美分给我看。 I took it and said, ‘Wow that’s cool! It’s really shiny!’ 我拿过来看着说道：“这个好酷，而且它看起来很闪。” He quietly replied, ‘It’s a 2011’. As I handed it back to him. “它是2011年生产的”小男孩答道，接着我就把硬币还给了他。 He pushed the penny towards me once again and quietly said, ‘You can keep it’. 他又把硬币递过来说：“你可以收下它”。 Showing my gratitude, I replied, ‘Wow that’s awesome, thank you very much” and asked, ‘Where did you get it!’ and he said quite softly, ‘I found it in my Dad’s car’. 为了表示我的感激我说道：“这枚硬币太棒了，非常感谢！你是从哪里找到的？”“是从我爸爸的车里”他轻声说道。 I said, ‘Oh that’s cool, thanks! 我说：“很不错呢，谢谢！” He smiled, quietly turned and walked back to his Dad who returned my smile with a knowing smile of his own. 他笑了，然后转身朝着他爸爸走去，只见他爸爸也报以微笑，好似他知道事情的始末。 It’s the small special moments like that that can make an ordinary day, special. 这个美好特别的一刻，让平凡无奇的一天变得有意义。 (责任编辑：admin) |