【读新闻学英语】暖男大爷感动新西兰，为他买单都不足以表达感激之情

By 新西兰中文先驱网· 2017年05月10日 03:06

当别人对自己患有自闭症的儿子评头论足时，超市中偶遇一位善良的老人，他的善良举动融化了这位新西兰妈妈的心，为了表达自己的感激，她……

A woman's heartfelt offer to pay for an elderly man's groceries has gone viral and melted the hearts of the nation.

一位女士真诚地提出要帮一位老人支付所购买的物品账单，这一视频广泛传播开来，温暖了全国人民的心。

Heartfelt：真诚的，衷心的

Go viral：病毒化传播

Melt：融化

Aneta Mitai was in Pak'n Save, Papamoa, with her 2-year-old autistic son when an elderly man stood and entertained her son, a gesture that struck a chord with her.

当时Aneta Mitai和患有自闭症的2岁儿子在Papamoa的Pak'n Save。一位老人站着和她的儿子玩乐起来，这个举动触动了她。

Autistic：自闭症的

Gesture：举动

Strike a chord：产生共鸣，触动心弦

"I was at the checkout with my son, Sirus, who was starting to become restless and kicking off his shoe and hat when the elderly man approached him and put his shoe back on,"

“当时我和儿子Sirus在结账处，他开始变得不安分并且弄掉了自己的鞋子和帽子，这位老人走向他并帮他穿好了鞋子。”

Checkout：付款处

Restless：坐立不安

"He started talking with my son which took his attention away from climbing out of the trolley. He even told him to put his potai [hat] back on because it's very cold in here, which blew me away since he acknowledged our Maori culture. "

他开始和我儿子聊天，从而吸引他的注意力才防止了他从推车里爬出去。他还告诉我儿子把帽子戴上，因为这里很冷。他知道我们的毛利文化，这让我大吃一惊。

Take one’s attention：吸引某人的注意力

Blew me away：让我大吃一惊，让我始料未及

Mitai praised the man, saying his kind nature towards her son inspired her to then pay it forward to the man.

Mitai称赞这位老人，说他对她儿子的善举激励了她，想为他买单。

Praise：表扬，称赞

Inspire：激励，启发

"It meant a lot for me as a mother with an autistic toddler for a stranger to show affection towards him as we have had previous unpleasant encounters shopping with people rudely commenting on my disruptive, naughty child.His kind gesture made the shopping experience that bit easier, so I decided to repay his kindness."

像我这样带着自闭症幼儿的妈妈来说，收到来自陌生人的善意意义非凡。我们之前在这里有着不愉快的购物遭遇，人们对我调皮的儿子粗鲁地评头论足。他的善举让我的购物体验好了很多，我决定为他买单以示谢意。

Toddler：幼儿

Affection：喜爱

Encounter：遭遇

Disruptive：引起慌乱的，具有破坏性的

Mitai then approached the man, and told him she'd like to pay for his groceries. "No way! That's a fortune there! I can't let you do that," he told Mitai.

Mitai走向这位老人，告诉他愿意帮他买单。老人告诉Mitai：“不用，这笔钱不是小数，我不能让你这么做。”

Approach：走向，接近

Fortune：大笔的钱

A video of the heartfelt moment was posted to Facebook on Monday and has had more than 39,000 views and 1000 reactions.

这个暖心举动的视频周一被发布到了Facebook上，共有39000人观看，1000人评论。

Post：发布

" Hey, I've known Ian [guy in your video] almost all my life and you honestly have done the best thing possible to one of the nicest most kindest guys I've ever known. "

“我认识视频中的Ian很多年了，他是我认识的最善良的人，你做得很好。”

All my life：我的一生

Honestly：诚实的，真的

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