About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college,I was working as an intern①at my University's Museum of Natural History②.One day while w orking at the cash register in the gift shop,I saw an elde rly couple come in w ith a little girl in a w hee lchair.
As I looked closer at this girl,I saw that she w as kind of perched on her chair. I the n realized she had no arms or legs, just a head,neck and torso③.She was we aring a little white dre ss with red polka④dots.
As the couple whe eled her up to me I was looking down at the register.I turned my head tow ard the girl and gave her a wink.As I took the mone y from her grandparents,I looked back at the girl,who was giving me the cutest,large st smile I have ever seen.All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl,w hose smile just me lted me and almost instantly gave me a comple tely newsense of w hat life is all about.She took me from a poor,unhappy college student and brought me into her world;a world of smile,love and warmth.
That w as ten years ago.I'm a succe ssful busine sspe rson now and whenever I ge t dow n⑤and think about the trouble s of the world,I think about that little girl and the rem arkable le sson about life that she taught me .
Notes:
①intern实习医师
②Natural History博物学
③torso未完成的(不完整的)作品,残缺 不全的东西
④polka波尔卡舞,女用紧身短上衣
⑤get down沮丧