如果生活給了你酸澀的檸檬，不妨做成爽口的檸檬汁

So, in fifth grade,

事情是這樣的，在我上五年級(jí)的時(shí)候

my backpack was stolen from my dad's car,

有人從我爸爸的車(chē)?yán)锿底吡宋业谋嘲?/p>

which had my binder

背包里有我的活頁(yè)夾

which had all my school stuff in it,

所有的課業(yè)資料都在里面

and a few other valuables,

還有幾樣我十分珍視的東西

like I used to and still like to write stories,

比如，那時(shí)我很喜歡寫(xiě)故事，現(xiàn)在我依舊如此

and it had notebooks in it

活頁(yè)夾里有一個(gè)筆記本

that I had stories

里面有我寫(xiě)的故事

in that I have been working on for quite a while.

這些故事我已經(jīng)認(rèn)真琢磨了許久

And when my dad had come

那時(shí)我爸爸來(lái)到我的房間

and woken me up

叫醒我

to tell me that his car was broken into

告訴我他的車(chē)被人撬開(kāi)了

and my backpack was stolen,

我的背包被偷走了

I was devastated

我深受打擊

and crying for about a half an hour to an hour.

足足哭了將近一個(gè)小時(shí)

Then I decided to go to school with absolutely nothing.

然后，我決定不帶任何東西去上學(xué)

My 5th grade teacher, Miss Taylor,

五年級(jí)的老師，Taylor老師

was really sweet

是個(gè)非常好的人

and kind to me and understanding,

她十分和藹，又善解人意

and she gave me an extra binder that she had,

她把自己的一本超大號(hào)的活頁(yè)夾送給了我

and to help personalize it,

為了標(biāo)明它歸屬于我

she got out a piece of paper,

她拿出一頁(yè)紙

and started writing my name in a cool font,

開(kāi)始用非常好看的字體寫(xiě)我的名字

because she was really good at fonts.

她的藝術(shù)字寫(xiě)的非常好看

She then gave it to me

接著，她把它交給我

and said

說(shuō)到

"here, color it in",

給你，把它圖上顏色吧

and I was devastated of her kindness.

我為她的善良感動(dòng)不已

But still to this day

可是直到今天

I haven't colored it in.

我還沒(méi)有給它圖上顏色

But sometimes

不過(guò)，有時(shí)

I still look at it

我還是會(huì)看著那本活頁(yè)冊(cè)

and appreciate what she had done for me that day.

欣賞之中想著，那一天她為我做了一件多么好的事呀

But here's something even better:

不過(guò)，那天還發(fā)生了更好的事情

later that same day,

同一天晚些時(shí)候

Miss Taylor had gotten a call from the office

Taylor老師從辦公室里接了一個(gè)電話

and when she had gotten off the phone,

當(dāng)她放下電話時(shí)

she had said exactly this:

我至今清清楚楚記得她這樣說(shuō)道

"Zoe, A miracle has happened!

Zoe，奇跡發(fā)生了!

Someone found your binder!",

有人找到了你的活頁(yè)冊(cè)

And I zoomed down to the office,

我一路沖到辦公室

and got my binder.

終于拿回了自己的活頁(yè)冊(cè)

It was really stuffed full,

里面塞得滿滿的

because the person that had found it

因?yàn)檎业竭@本活頁(yè)冊(cè)的人

had stuffed all the other stuff

把其他的東西也塞了進(jìn)去

that the robber had dumped out all the stuff in my backpack

小偷把我背包里所有的東西都倒了出來(lái)

and just took my backpack,

只拿走了我的背包

but that person had stuffed all that stuff inside of my binder.

撿到的人把所有被倒出來(lái)的東西都塞進(jìn)了我的活頁(yè)冊(cè)

When I opened it

當(dāng)我打開(kāi)它時(shí)

I saw all my stuff including an envelope .

我看到自己所有的東西都在里面，還有一只信封

On the back of the envelope

信封背面上

it they had written

寫(xiě)著一行字

"I'm sorry all your stuff got stolen.

我和抱歉，你的背包被偷走了

but I hope this helps"

但我希望這會(huì)讓你感到欣慰

and I opened the envelope

我打開(kāi)信封

and it had $20 in it,

發(fā)現(xiàn)里面有20美元

that the person that found all the stuff

是那個(gè)找到所有這些東西的人

had put in the envelope

把這些錢(qián)放進(jìn)信封

so that I could buy more school stuff!

好讓我重新去買(mǎi)學(xué)校里需要的文具!

I just think that that was such a kind act!

我想，這是多么令人贊嘆的善舉!

So it turns out that

所以，這件事證明

there are lots of people out there that are kind,

世界上有許多人，他們心底良善

and can bring back faith and hope to humanity,

可以讓人們重拾對(duì)人性的信任和希望

and that teachers can make the best of the worst.

而辛勤的園丁，能夠讓最壞的成為最好的

So if something bad happens

所以，如果糟糕的事情發(fā)生了

and you ever feel down,

如果你感到沮喪

just remember that,

請(qǐng)記住

if life gives you lemons

如果生活給了你酸澀的檸檬

make lemonade,

不妨做成爽口的檸檬汁

and remember that

請(qǐng)記住

there are some good people out there in the world.

世界上總有一些好人在