按住电梯的人

类别：情绪

陌生人举手之劳的电梯善举，只需两秒却能彻底点亮他人的一整个早晨。

时长 57 秒 · 语速 144 wpm

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I was late. 我快迟到了。

My hands were full: a laptop, a coffee, 两手拿满了东西：一台笔记本电脑、一杯咖啡、

a bag of lunch, an umbrella dripping on my shoes. 一袋午饭，还有一把正往我鞋上滴水的伞。

Across the lobby, the elevator doors were starting to close. 在大堂另一头，电梯门正缓缓合上。

I walked faster, but I knew I wouldn't make it. 我加快了脚步，但我知道肯定赶不上了。

The next one would take four minutes. 下一趟得等上四分钟。

The doors were almost shut. 电梯门几乎要关严了。

Then a hand came out. 就在这时，伸出了一只手。

Just a hand, between the doors, and they opened again. 就那么一只手，挡在两扇门之间，门又重新开了。

I got in. 我走了进去。

"Thank you." “谢谢。”

The hand belonged to a woman in a green coat. 那只手属于一位穿绿大衣的女士。

She didn't say anything. 她什么也没说。

She gave a small nod, 只是微微点了点头，

the kind that means "of course," 就是那种表达“不客气”的意思，

and looked back up at the numbers. 然后又抬头看着楼层数字。

She got off on six. 她在六楼下了。

I never saw her again. 之后我再也没见过她。

She has certainly forgotten me. 她肯定早就把我给忘了。

It cost her two seconds. 对她来说，不过是耽误了两秒钟。

I think about that. 我常常会想起这件事。

How cheap it is to change someone's morning. 改变一个人的一整个早晨，代价竟是如此微不足道。