One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue,when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. I turned into the first sock shop that caught my eye,and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old came forward. “What can I do for you,sir?”“I wish to buy a pair of socks.” His eyes glowed. There was a note of passion in his voice. “Did you know that you had come into the finest place in the world to buy socks?”I had not been aware of that,as my entrance had been accidental. “Come with me,” said the boy,ecstatically. I followed him to the rear of the shop,and he began to haul down from the shelves box after box,displaying their contents for my delectation.
一個晴朗的下午我沿著第五大道走著,當我記得一定要買一雙襪子的時候,我看到第一家襪子店吸引了我的注意力并拐了進去,然后一個不超過17歲的男孩職員走過來。“我能為您做什么,先生?”“我想買一雙襪子。”他的眼睛閃閃發(fā)光。從他的聲音里發(fā)出一種吸引注意的激情。“您知道您來到了世界上最好的地方買襪子嗎?“我沒有意識到我的進入是這么的偶然。“跟我來。”男孩心醉神迷地說道。我跟著他走進他后面的商店,他開始從貨架上拿下一個又一個盒子后,為我的挑選而打開里面的東西。