Since very young, I’ve always given whatever I could afford to people who asked for it. But an exception was that when I was living in San Francisco, I came across a homeless guy begging for cash to get tobacco.
从很小的时候起，如果某人想要某样东西，如果我能负担得起，我就会给。但一个例外是，当我住在旧金山时，我遇到一个无家可归的人乞求现金去买烟草。
He had tears in his eyes and it seemed like he was going to die. Of course he wouldn’t, but I guess I appreciated his honesty and the expression in his eyes really moved me. I pulled out my wallet, but I only had $20 bills from an ATM. I was a near-broke college student. But too bad he already saw me pull my wallet out. So I handed him a 20 and made him promise me he’d also get something to eat.
他眼里含着泪水，似乎快要死了。当然他不会死，但我想我很欣赏他的诚实，他眼中的表情真的打动了我。我掏出钱包，但我只有从自动取款机上取出的20美元。我是一个几乎快破产的大学生。但可惜他已经看到我把钱包拿出来了。所以我递给他20美元，并让他答应我他也会买点东西吃。
Then I walked off to a bus stop and waited with a group of people. Next thing I knew, he found me at the stop smoking a cigarette happily, pointed and yelled, “ I’d die in a fire for you! I would! ” Everyone at the bus stop stared at me as he walked away. I just smiled, and it totally made my day and I will never forget his face.
然后我走到一个公共汽车站，和一群人一起等。接下来我记得的是，他发现我在车站快乐地抽着烟，指着我大喊，“我愿意为你赴汤蹈火!我愿意!”他走开时，公共汽车站的每个人都盯着我。我只是笑了笑，这让我过了愉快的一天，我永远不会忘记他的脸。
You never know what your act will lead them to do. One guy used the money to buy calling cards to call family. A nice mother went into an Internet cafe with whatever cash I had to look for jobs online. The point is, an act of kindness toward anyone can seem like no big deal to you and cost you nearly nothing. But I believe in the effects it can have on people, that hopefully they still have faith in humanity. It’s this interaction that is more valuable than money and may save some from living in solitude, depression, crime, poverty, or addiction. Maybe that’s a big impossible dream, but if it’s no big deal to you, then why not help out a little?
你永远不知道你的行为会让他们做什么。一个人用这笔钱买了电话卡给家人打电话。一位好妈妈带着我给的现金走进了一家网吧去网上找工作。关键是，对任何人的善举对你来说似乎没什么大不了的，而且几乎不会让你付出任何代价。但我相信它对人们的影响，希望他们仍然对人性充满信心。正是这种互动比金钱更有价值，可以拯救一些人免于孤独、抑郁、犯罪、贫穷或成瘾。也许这是一个不可能实现的梦想，但如果对你来说没什么大不了的，那为什么不帮忙呢？
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