英语_阅读_30 years ago_待读

It was a few years ago.
那是几年前的事了。

A friend had sent me a restaurant gift card for Christmas and I had picked a sunny Sunday afternoon to use it.
一个朋友送了我一张餐厅礼品卡做圣诞礼物，我选了一个阳光明媚的周日下午去使用它。

It felt good taking my two grown sons and daughter to a nice sit-down restaurant instead of the fast-food places we usually ate at.
带着我两个已经长大的儿子和女儿去一家不错的正餐餐厅，而不是我们平时常去的快餐店，感觉很好。

The meal was delicious and we all had a good time just being together.
这顿饭非常美味，我们大家在一起度过了愉快的时光。

When the waitress brought the check, I looked down at it.
当服务员拿来账单时，我低头看了看。

The gift card covered almost all of it.
礼品卡几乎覆盖了全部费用。

I reached into my wallet to get enough cash to cover the rest.
我伸手进钱包，拿出了足够的现金来支付剩下的部分。

I saw two bills in my wallet.
我在钱包里看到两张钞票。

The first would cover the rest of the bill and give the waitress a nice tip.
第一张可以付清剩下的账单，还能给服务员一个不错的小费。

The second bill was much larger so I reached down to pick out the first one.
第二张钞票要大得多，于是我伸手拿出了第一张。

At that moment, my mind flashed back to 30 years ago.
就在那一刻，我的思绪回到了三十年前。

I was working as a waiter in a restaurant much like the one we were in now.
那时，我在一家餐厅做服务员，和我们现在所在的这家餐厅很相似。

It was long hours of hard work for low pay.
那时工作时间很长，收入很低。

I went home just only making enough to feed my young family.
我回家时，收入仅够养活年幼的家人。

I also remembered how more than once I saw the waitress counting their little tips worrying about how they were going to pay the rent and buy their kids things they needed.
我还记得不止一次，我看到服务员们在点小费，担心自己怎么支付房租，怎么买孩子们需要的东西。

I remembered the pain in their eyes and sadness in their faces at the end of the day.
我记得他们眼中的痛苦和一天工作结束时脸上的悲伤。

I blinked (眨眼) and was back in the present again.
我眨了眨眼，又回到了现在。

My fingers touched the smaller bill in my wallet.
我的手指触到了钱包里较小的钞票。

I smiled, pushed it back down, and picked out the much larger bill.
我微笑着把它推回去，拿出了那张更大的钞票。

I folded it around the gift card and covered both of them with the check.
我把它折好，包裹住了礼品卡，将两者一起覆盖在账单下。

As we all got up from the table, I handed them to the hard-working waitress.
当我们都从桌子上站起来时，我把钱递给了那位辛勤工作的服务员。

“You keep the change,” I said with a smile and a happy heart.
“找零不用了，”我带着微笑，心里充满了喜悦地说。

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逐句翻译，不需要序号，先英文然后中文相间

It was a few years ago. A friend had sent me a restaurant gift card for Christmas and I had picked a sunny Sunday afternoon to use it. It felt good taking my two grown sons and daughter to a nice sit-down restaurant instead of the fast-food places we usually ate at. The meal was delicious and we all had a good time just being together.
When the waitress brought the check. I looked down at it. The gift card covered almost all of it. I reached into my wallet to get enough cash to cover the rest. I saw two bills in my wallet. The first would cover the rest of the bill and give the waitress a nice tip. The second bill was much larger so I reached down to pick out the first one.
At that moment my mind flashed back to 30 years ago. I was working as a waiter in a restaurant much like the one we were in now. It was long hours of hard work for low pay. I went home just only making enough to feed my young family. I also remembered how more than once I saw the waitress counting their little tips worrying about how they were going to pay the rent and buy their kids things they needed. I remembered the pain in their eyes and sadness in their faces at the end of the day.
I blinked (眨眼) and was back in the present again. My fingers touched the smaller bill in my wallet. I smiled, pushed it back down, and picked out the much larger bill. I folded it around the gift card and covered both of them with the check. As we all got up from the table, I handed them to the hard-working waitress. “You keep the change,” I said with a smile and a happy heart.